Club report
Last week was busy at Tenby Golf Club, with a match between the Swedish Under 18 international team, a four ball better ball competition, the Hotels Cup, the Fry Cup and the Dyfed County Junior Championships.
The weather over the weekend was very good and encouraged some good scores.
SWEDISH UNDER 18s
The Swedish international Under 18 team visited Tenby Golf Club last week to play a Tenby invitation team.
The photograph shows the Swedish team, together with their manager, Peter Ostlund, the Dyfed secretary, Alan Scott, Tenby international team captain, Dan Cope, and the Tenby captain, Bob Lusher.
The Swedish team were Emil Andersson (Mjolby GK), Per Barth (Karlstad GK), Cimon Cedergren (Osterlens GK), Alexander Deilert (Haninge GK), Jimmy Engstrom (Haninge GK), Joakim Hellgren (Vasteras GK), Andreas Ljungstrom (Knistad GK), Johan Lofstedt (Vetlanda GK), Anton Mattsson (Stromstad GK) and Henrik Norlander (Fagelbro G&CC) and they all had handicaps between 1.5 and +1.4.
The Tenby invitation team were Dan Cope (Tenby), Julian Davies (Carmarthen), Scott Davies (Tenby), Rhys Enoch (Truro), Mike Harries (Haverfordwest) Dan Horseman (Newport), Griff Lewis (Aberystwyth), Lee Lewis (Gower), Steffan Lindquist (Carmarthen), Richard Merchant (Celtic Manor), Phil Smith (Dewstone), David Thomas (Whitchurch).
The game was played on a very pleasant day for golf, with light winds, and the course was in very good condition for the time of the year. It obviously suited the Swedish team as they won the match by 9.5 to 2.5
There was a lot of very good golf played and after the match the teams shared a meal. There is a lot of talent in the Swedish Under 18 team and we wish them every success in their future with golf.
Good Friday FOUR Ball better ball
This was won by A. and R. Morton with 43 points, joint second were S. and C. Davies, C. Beecher and S. Lewis, and M. Heywood and S. Hilling with 41 points.
Nine pairs had 2s. They were A. and R. Morton, B. Frayne and M. Evans (2), R. and D. Schooling, B. Hartley and R. Davies, R. Clarke and P. Williams, M. Heywood and S. Hilling, D. Hancock and I. David, R. and T. Muskett and S. and M. J. Williams.
Hotels Cup
This was played on Easter Sunday and was a stableford competition. The winner was D. Cope with 42 points, second was T. R. Hilling with 41, third was J. S. Gottwaltz with 40, fourth was G. R. Field-Thomas with 39 and fifth was B. L. Cramb with 38.
Sixty competitors took part and of these only two players got a 2. They were D. Cope and S. D. Morgan.
Fry Cup
This was played on Easter Monday, on a very still and pleasant day for golf. This was reflected in the scores.
Winner was N. Thomas with an excellent net 64, joint second were A. F. Evans, S. Davies and R. Reed with net 65s and joint fifth were J. A. F. Kicinski and G. H. Rees with net 66s.
There were 70 competitors and 13 got 2s. They were S. G. Amos, A. J. Badham, D. Cope, B. L. Cramb (2), R. T. Davies, S. Davies, N. Dickinson, J. Haley, P. Haley, M. P. Heywood, J. Preston, G. Scotcher and N. Thomas.
Dyfed County Junior Championships
On Tuesday, the course was closed for the Dyfed County Junior Championships.
With only light airs and no rain, it was a perfect day for the county's future golfers.
MONTHLY MEDAL
This weekend is the monthly medal and hopefully the good weather will stretch until then. The following Saturday, April 24, is the Golden Eagle, when the course will be closed.