Seniors Pairs Open Results

The re arranged Seniors Pairs Open took place on Monday 17th July on a lovely summer's day - a massive difference to the original date when it was pouring down with rain!

This years winners with an excellent 46 points were home club pairing, Roger Booker & Allan Demery playing off 21 & 20 respectively. The next 5 places all scored 42 points with back nine, back three and final hole deciding the places. Results as follows:

1st     Roger Booker (21) & Allan Demery (20) (Builth Wells)                      46 points (£70)

2nd   J. Hanney (13) & P. Wilson (19) (Llanishen)                                              42 points (£56)

3rd    John Smith (17) & Derek Jones (18) (Builth Wells)                             42 points (£44)

4th    Nigel Davies (14) & Peter Riley (14) (Builth Wells)                              42 points (£40)

5th    Colin Durns (17) & Mel Hughes (13) (Builth Wells)                             42 points (£36)

6th    Steve Watkins (21) & Colin Apperley (16) (Burghill Valley))          42 points (£32)

2's winners: £11.00 per two

John Smith (Builth Wells)

Allan Demery (Builth Wells)

Steve Reynolds (Builth Wells)

Nigel Griffiths (Ludlow)

Dan Sweeney (Penrhos)

Peter Scott (Builth Wells)

Prize winners will receive their prize vouchers in the post. Thank you to everyone that attended.

Seniors Open Results

On a hot and humid July day the men's Seniors Open took place with 91 players taking part. Playing from the yellow tees scoring was difficult in the extreme heat. Home Club member Mel Hughes playing off a handicap of 15 scored a winning 40 points winning by 2 points from fellow home club member Peter Riley with 38 points. Results as follows:

Overall Winner - Mel Hughes (15)  Builth Wells     40 points          £50.00

Category A (0-13 handicap)

1st    David Thomas (8)           Monmouthshire  36 points          £40.00

2nd  Lyn Woodhouse (11)      Burghill Valley      34 points          £30.00

3rd   Richard Robinson (11)    Llanishen               33 points          £25.00  

4th   Chris Maidment (13)       Mountain Ash      33 points          £20.00

Category B (14-18 handicap)

1st    Peter Riley (15)                  Builth Wells            38 points          £40.00

2nd  Colin Durns (18)                 Builth Wells            38 points          £30.00

3rd   Martin James (17)             Pontypridd              36 points         £25.00

4th   Ray James (16)                   Buith Wells              35 points          £20.00

Category C (19-28 handicap)

1st    James Allen (21)               Builth Wells            36 points           £40.00

2nd   Graham Parker (21)        Builth Wells            35 points            £30.00

3rd    Hugh Davies (27)             Derllys Court         34 points           £25.00

4th    Steve Turner (25)            Rhondda                    32 points           £20.00

Par - 66; SSS - 66; CSS - 67

2's sweep - 

G. Gurung (Brecon)

L. Woodhouse (Burghill Valley)

Don Harris (Builth Wells)

R. Daniels (Burghill Valley)

M. Hunt (Burghill Valley)

Nigel Davies (Builth Wells) x 2

T. Smith (Atherstone)

Mel Hughes (Builth Wells) x 2

Colin Durns (Builth Wells)

H. Davies (Derllys Court)

John Cox (Builth Wells)

Prize winners (visitors) will receive prize vouchers in the post.

Senior (Men's) Pairs Open

Following the cancellation of today's (Monday 5th June) Senior (Men's) Pairs Open due to the wonderful British weather, the Open event has been re arranged and will be played on Monday 17th July 2017.

Those players that were on the original start sheet will be contacted with the new date and will be offered the same starting times. Additional entries will be taken, please enter via the normal channels.

Club Captain's Swansong

Saturday 25th March saw Club Captain's, Sherrie Edwards & Chris Offa host their 'Swansong' competition. Sherrie & Chris have had a phenomenal year of Captaincy especially on the fund raising front. The 3 chosen charities for the year were Motor Neurone Disease Association, Wales Air Ambulance & Midlands Air Ambulance with a whopping £5234 being raised & split between the 3 of them. Sherrie & Chris will hand over the Captaincy to Enid Evans & Tom Davies, good luck to both Enid & Tom for the forthcoming year.

2016 Club Captain's, Chris Offa & Sherrie Edwards proudly displaying their Captain's Charities fundraising efforts.

Saturday's competition was a team of four with 2 scores to count on par 4's & par 5's, 3 scores to count on par 3's. Results as follows:

Men:

1st  Gareth Pearson, Peter Scott, Andrew Jones, Andrew Evans               101 points

2nd Carl Lloyd, Jack Hammond, Paul Parry, John Parker                                    98 points

3rd  Simon Edwards, Thomas Edwards, Aaron Evans, Tom Offa                     97 points

Ladies:

1st  Sherrie Edwards, Lindsay Jones, Lisa Hughes, Hayley Price                  75 points

Mixed:

1st  Enid Evans, Gwynfor Evans, Nigel Davies, Trevor Price                              82 points

Builth Wells Golf Club 72 Club

The MARCH 72 Club draw has taken place, the lucky winners are shown below:

   1st               GERAINT MILLS                                        £100

   2nd              TRICIA DAVIES                                          £80

   3rd               KATIE DAVIES                                            £60

   4th               KEVIN PRITCHARD                                £40

   5th               MICK M ILLS                                                £20

Anyone wishing to join the 72 Club please ask in the Pro Shop or Secretary's Office. The cost is £24.00 per year with 4 draws paying out a total of £1,200 plus in prize money.

Builth Wells Golf Club 72 Club

The November 72 Club draw has taken place, the lucky winners are shown below:

   1st                Ashwynne Jones                                £100

   2nd              Roger Cumberland                            £80

   3rd               Mick Mills                                                 £60

   4th               Merriel Tonkin                                       £40

   5th               Kim Allen                                                  £20

Anyone wishing to join the 72 Club please ask in the Pro Shop or Secretary's Office. The cost is £24.00 per year with 4 draws paying out a total of £1,200 plus in prize money.

2017 Open Competitions

A full list of the 2017 Open Competition dates with entry forms are now available on the Open Events page.

Please contact Simon Edwards should you have any questions or queries with regards to any of the Open Competition's.

Memorial Team Open Competition

The Memorial Team Open Competition was played on Sunday 2nd October 2016. The competition is played in memory of those members that have sadly passed away.

Home club members led the way in the 2016 event; John Parker, Roy Samuel & Guy Walker shooting a winning score of 87 points.

Men's Section

1st     John Parker, Roy Samuel, Guy Walker               (Builth Wells)          87 points

2nd   Carl Lloyd, Gareth Davies, Deian Powell          (Builth Wells)          86 points

3rd    A. Smith, J. Morris, M. Gardner                              (Cradoc)                    84 points

4th    Chris Offa, Tom Davies, Tom Mills                       (Builth Wells)          83 points

5th    Peter Scott, Paul Parry, Steve Parry                    (Builth Wells)          82 points

Ladies section

1st     Lisa Hughes, Hayley Price, Lindsay Jones        (Builth Wells)          76 points