"Please keep the thunder and lightning away," said seniors captain Ken Gouldsbrough and his secretary Newman Vincent, as they genuflected to the weather gods. They were remembering the problems that last year's awful conditions caused them. But the bending from the waist obviously worked, as the weather held together, and we even had a very bright spell of sunshine later in the afternoon. It was very warm in the morning with hardly a breath of wind, and this meant that the course was just asking to be beaten. Hmm! First out were Tony Morris and his two playing partners, John Hancock and Vince Shaw, who were going to give the rest a hard target. Well, Tony did, and his score of 37 points was to last all day. His front nine holes rewarded him with 20 points, and then a slight hiccup or two caused a worry, but he recovered well for a nice finish. More than could be said for his playing partners, as they were also, also rans! It was nice to see Dudley Williams back playing again, after a recent choral trip to Taiwan and other points east. Probably it was Dudley who gave the lessons in genuflection to Ken and Newman! Senior golfers from most points of the compass were at Tenby for this Open Day. The furthest anyone travelled was from the Monmouthshire golf club, and Mr. Gwyn and Mr. Rees were in good company, as our own club vice-captain, Bob Parsons, used to be a member of that illustrious club, and he took great delight in showing them the way. He also had a very good score of 38 points in the 'oldies' section as well, and bagged a two to go with it. Working hard in the office doing all the booking-ins and making sure everyone knew what to do, were Newman Vincent and Colin Griffith, and they were helped out at varying intervals by Roy Morgan, Geoff Aston, Des Stone, Bob Storey, Ken Gouldsbrough and David Morgan. Out on the course, David Rees was scurrying from fairway to fairway doing a splendid job at ball spotting, while back in the office, Eamonn Maher was putting all the cards and scores through the computer, so that at the end of the day all players would be updated with their handicap changes, if needed. The Trefloyne club was well represented by Alan 'Chick' Brown, Mel Beeley and Mel Neale, but their scores were not quite good enough to get them into the frame. Chick's especially! But Mel Beeley had a fairly respectable 31 points. Visitors from Pontardawe, Neath, Glynhir, Maesteg, Brecon, Vale of Glamorgan and many other clubs, were enjoying the day. Not all were winners, but boy how hard they tried. Until fairly late in the day, leading visitor was Mr. V. Vaulters, of Maesteg, with 36 points in the 'youngsters' below 65 group, and John Cook, of Tenby, was leading in the 'oldies'over 65 section with 36 points. The trio of Spike Evans, Paul Bradley and Jim Martin came in looking as though they had been out there for ever, and Spike was in such a state, that he was contemplating a ritual burning of clubs, shoes, trolley and anything else that came to mind! But he had a 2 nett 1 for four points on the 17th, so that cheered him a little. Paul's new driver that he had paid a pauper's ransom for, worked like a charm, but his short game was not quite as good as it might have been. Jim was obviously having a hard time concentrating, what with his excavation work going on at home, and was propping up the whole field with his score. He joins an elite band of players who have gone from the highs to the lows. They are too many to name here as there is not enough paper to go round! But somebody has to have it Jim! It was good to see the clubhouse filling up with players discussing their scores, game plans and the odd 'what could have been'. We can all relate to that. The course had been presented in super condition, by Chris Jenkins and his staff. The greens were as good as could be, and everyone had nothing but praise for them. The Pontardawe players had a 'game within a game', and had a presentation of their own after everyone had finished. It was the 'Merion Griffiths Memorial Trophy' that they played for, and this year it was won by Keith Davey, who is current secretary and past captain of Pontardawe, and he is pictured with David Harris who sponsored the event. The quote of the day came from Mick Durward, of Milford Haven, who overheard the following. "You should be pleased that we were playing slow in front of you, as your ball hit my bag and then rolled onto the green." Must remember that one as it might be useful during the Tuesday roll-up! Results: Visitors (Cat A - 55 to 65) - 1. D. Jones, Langland Bay. 37 pts; 2. K. Davey, Pontardawe, 36; 3. B. Vaulters, Maesteg 36; 4. B. Hole, Langland, 34. Visitors (Cat B – 65 and over) - 1. D. Davies, Pontardawe 35 pts; 2. E. Jones, Pontardawe 35; 3. D. Harris, Pontardawe 33; 4. B. Carr, Neath 32. Tenby members (Cat A) - 1. T. Morris 37 pts ; 2. D. Stone 33; 3. D. Morgan 33; 4. H. Griffiths 33. Tenby members (Cat B) - 1. B. Parsons 38 pts; 2. J. Cook 36; 3. R. Johns 34; 4. M. Arlott 34. Best stableford aggregate on par threes: shared by D. Leeke and A. Yates, Tenby - 13 points. Nearest pin: H. Probert, Tenby. Twos: 23 in total

J.B.H.