Celtic Couriers helps junior golfers at the Ashburnham

Burry Port-based courier and delivery firm Celtic Couriers is doing its bit to support junior golfers at The Ashburnham Championship links golf course in Pembrey.
The delivery business has sponsored golf balls for the juniors for this season.
Pictured above: Gareth Jenkins, right, hands over some of the balls to Martin Stimson, the Golf Professional at 'the Ash'.
Mr Stimson said: "We are very grateful to Celtic Couriers for their support. We pride ourselves on helping give our junior golfers the very best support at the Ashburnham."
Mr Jenkins said: "Celtic Couriers has a long association with the Ashburnham and we are delighted to be able to play our part in supporting junior golfers."

Busy spell of competition for Ashburnham juniors

Ashburnham Juniors have been enjoying a busy spell of competitions.
Most notable was the Friendship Bowl competition between the Ashburnham juniors and the youngsters of the celebrated Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich in Kent.
Prince’s Golf Club claimed the inaugural “Junior Friendship Bowl” following a 4 – 2 win over Ashburnham.
The visitors led 2 – 1 following the first leg of the match in Sandwich, Kent, and the home side needed nothing less than a 3-0 home win to secure the trophy.
However, Prince’s proved too strong for the 'Ash' and they ran out 2 -1 winners on the day, securing an overall 4 – 2 victory.
Edward Spencer and James Williams claimed the only point for the Ash with a tense last hole win.
Pictured are both junior teams (the Ashburnham team in the dark colours) with the “Friendship Bowl”. The magnificent trophy was hand-made by Wyn Thomas from Burry Port to commemorate the match.
The 2013 match will recommence next April when Ashburnham travel to Kent to play the Prince’s club team in the away leg.
Prince’s Golf Club is steeped in golfing history as the great Gene Sarazen won the British Open in 1932.
Other results -
Autumn Trophy (18 Hole Stableford)
1st Rhydian Bowen 45pts
2nd Fred Holland 42pts
3rd Tomos Davies 39pts
Seniors and Juniors Texas Scramble (15 Holes )
1st Logan Phillips, Jordan Davies, Alun Clement, Alan Margery
2nd Elliot Brice, Ben Thomas, Mel Williams, Brian Williams
3rd Rhys Morgan, Zak Lewis, David Rees, Mark Holland
Black Tees Prize – Layla Francis, Becca Morgan, Toby Williams
Welsh Inter Club Finals
The Ash Junior Team finished a respectable sixth place in the Welsh Finals in Builth Wells.
Team - Oliver Rumble (Capt), Nia Greville, Jake Griffiths, Jordan Davies, Aled Greville and Ben Thomas.
The Championship was won by The Vale of Glamorgan Resort, whose team included three Welsh internationals. They now go onto represent Wales in the European Finals in Spain.
If you are interested in joining the junior golfers at the Ashburnham, contact Richard Brice, Ashburnham Junior Organiser, Tel 07917 276741.

Juniors featured in Journal and Star

Nice spotlight on trophy-winning youngsters from Ashburnham Golf Club in last week's Carmarthen Journal and Llanelli Star.

Aled wins the Huw Bowen Cup

Ashburnham Golf Club's boys' 36-hole medal competition was played on August 30.
The overall gross and winner of the Huw Bowen Cup was Aled Greville with a score of 164.
Other placings: 2. James Williams 168; 3. Daniel Brice 173; 4. Edward Spencer 177; 5. Ben Thomas 179; 6. Rhys Morgan 184.
Overall nett: 1. Daniel Brice 139; 2. Rhys Morgan 144 (back 18); 3. James Williams 144 (back 18); 4. Aled Greville 144; 5. Jared Phillips 145; 6. Edward Spencer 151.

Ashburnham Juniors win Dyfed title

The Ashburnham Junior Team were crowned Dyfed champions following the 36-hole Junior County Championships in Glyn Abbey in the Gwendraeth Valley.
Jake Griffiths clinched the season-long Individual Order of Merit title after shooting two gross scores of 71 & 73.
Edward Beynon Davies narrowly missed out on the Net Trophy and had to settle for runners-up spot following rounds of 67 & 68.
Ashburnham Junior Captain Oliver Rumble, who shot a 71 gross in the afternoon round, collected the trophy on behalf of the team.
Welsh Boys international Zac Galliford, from Borth and Ynyslas won the County Title with two brilliant sub-par rounds of 65 & 67.
The Ashburnham junior team will now represent Dyfed in the all Wales Finals.
The finals will be held at Builth Wells Golf Club in October.
Ashburnham junior golf organiser Richard Brice said he was delighted with the team's success.
He added: "The boys were a credit to the Ashburnham Golf Club. Developing young talent is very important to us here at 'The Ash' and we always take great pride in their success."

Alex Newman leads the way in Girls' Medal at 'The Ash'

 

Pontypridd's Alex Newman led the way in the Girls' Medal (0-36Hcp) at the Junior Open Day staged at The Ashburnham Championship Links Golf Club at Pembrey.
The result was -
1 Alex Newman 64 nett (Pontypridd)
2 Sophie Lovatt 69nett (Tenby)
3 Megan Gurreiro 72nett (Tenby)
Ashburnham member Nia Greville achieved the lowest gross score for the girls (81).
Lowest Gross Boys – Lloyd Elliot (76) , Llantrisant & Pontyclun Golf Club.
Six of the younger Ashburnham girls - Beca Morgan, Laila Francis, Amy Owens, Lucy Powell, Katie Burt and Dionne Protheroe - played a short 6-hole girls' competition.
Lucy Powell was the winner and the runner-up was Beca Morgan.

Pictured above: Alex Newman in full swing at The Ashburnham. Also, Alex Newman with vice-captain of 'The Ash' Gethin Davies.

A 'Girls' Golfing Gig' was held at 'The Ash'.
Eight girls (pictured above) arrived for the gig, all eager to play on a fine, fairly breezy afternoon. First off the tee, were Ffion Evans (Newport Links) with Laura Evans (Glyn Abbey), who played 12 holes, from the ladies' tees.
Ffion edged in front of Laura, by just two points. Both girls had good drives off the first tee and some great putts were seen on the 6th green, too!
The second group had Kasumi Tran (Tenby), Lauren Hughes (Machynys) and newcomer Lucy Powell (Ashburnham) playing a shorter 6-hole fun competition from the 150-yard markers.
They were observed playing a variety of good shots on the fairways and greens.
In the last group, Lucy Anthony (Tenby), Megan Thomas (Carmarthen) and Beca Morgan (Ashburnham) also played some really good shots on the fairways and especially the 6th green.
Beca and Lucy remarked that they had improved by seven shots each from the previous Friday!
Megan Thomas (Carmarthen) emerged as the winner. Lucy Powell (Ashburnham) came third with 33 shots and the runner-up was Kasumi Tran (Tenby) with 27 shots.
Organiser Andrea Martin said: "There has been a definite improvement in all the girls' golf, from the end of last year's season, so we hope it will continue! A big thank you to all the adults, who helped with the groups and photographer Olivia Martin."

Other results from 'The Ash' -
Buckley's Brewery Cup
1 Simon Williams,41 pts (06)
2 Cyrus Richard Rees, 38 pts (20)
3 Douglas Houston, 38 pts (11)
Challenge Bowls - Ladies
1 Lynette Bassett, 96 - 16 = 80
2 Fiona Halpin, 102 - 17 = 85

Juniors from 'The Ash' forge new links with famous English club

The junior golfers of The Ashburnham Golf Club in Pembrey have forged new links with the famous Princes Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent.
The junior sections of both clubs have agreed to play each other annually on a home and away basis. The winner over the two legs will receive the Friendship Bowl.
Princes Golf Club is steeped in rich golfing history, having hosted the British Open in 1932, when it was won by the great American Gene Sarazen.
More recently, it has hosted the final qualifying rounds for the British Open which was held at neighbouring Royal St George’s.
The legends of the game, including Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, have graced the links at Princes, while some notable honorary members include Gary Player and Phil Mickleson.
Richard Brice, Junior Organiser at The Ashburnham Championship Links club, said: “We have worked extremely hard to develop junior golf at ‘The Ash’ and this fixture rewards the efforts of our lower handicap golfers with a fantastic opportunity to compete on some of the most demanding and renowned links courses in the British Isles.
“We also hope the contest will spur on juniors with higher handicaps to work on their game in order to increase competition for team places.”
Ashburnham Golf Club manager Huw Morgan said he was delighted to see the new links established.
“We know ‘The Ash’ is a great links golf course and it is wonderful to see the relationship building with the Princes Golf Club in Kent.
The competition format will see both teams consisting of eight players up to a maximum handicap of 18. Teams will be selected in strict handicap order, while the format will be fourball better-ball matchplay.
The first leg of the fixture took place during the Easter break, when the Ashburnham juniors travelled to Kent and played Princes.
Despite losing 2.5 – 1.5, a young Ashburnham side put in a brave performance against an exceptionally talented Kent team which included no fewer than four single-figure handicappers.
During their visit to Sandwich, the Ashburnham team members were also invited to play a junior match against the neighbouring and equally esteemed Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club.
The team from ‘The Ash’ bounced back in style to record a superb win 2.5 – 1.5.
Welsh international Nia Greville, junior vice-captain of ‘The Ash’, paid tribute to the performance of the Ashburnham side and thanked both Princes and Royal Cinque Ports for their wonderful and welcoming hospitality.
The Ashburnham will host the return fixture later this year, with the match delicately balanced.
Photo: Junior golfers from The Ashburnham and Princes Golf Club.
For further information about The Ashburnham Golf Club, contact -
The Clubhouse, Cliffe Terrace, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, SA16 0HN
Tel:01554 832269
Fax:01554 836974
Email:admin@ashgolf.co.uk
Website - http://www.ashburnhamgolfclub.co.uk

Junior golfers on form at 'The Ash'

More than 30 young golfers took part in a half-term junior competition at Ashburnham Golf Club in Pembrey.
There were a number of excellent individual performances, including a stunning stableford score of 57 points from young Kynan Jones, who made his debut off the yellow tees.
Kynan is also a striker for Burry Port Under-12s football team.​
Shona Nelson won the equivalent girls' category.
Kynan and Shona are pictured above.
Results -
Black tee, girls: 1st Shona Nelson (40 shots); 2nd Becca Morgan/Aimee Owen (46); 3rd Layla Francis (47); 4th Katie Birt (48).
Black tee, boys: 1st Morgan Davies (29 shots); 2nd Elliot Brice (32); 3rd Ethan Birt (37).
Red tees: 1st Owain Williams 47pts; 2nd Ryan Owens 46pts; 3rd Griff Sayer 34pts; 4th Ellis Thomas 32pts.
Yellow tees (non-Congu): 1st Kynan Jones 57pts; 2nd Kris Jones 44pts; 3rd James Forey 43pts; 4th Morgan Hand 37pts; 5th Rhydian Bowen 32pts; 6th Kayne Protheroe 30pts; 7th Joe Francis 29pts.
Yellow tees (Congu): 1st Rhys Morgan 42pts; 2nd Aled Greville 39pts; 3rd Osian Bowen 38pts; 4th Ben Thomas 35pts; 5th Tomos Davies 34pts; 6th Edward Spencer 33pts.

Nice story in the Evening Post about junior golfers

Junior golfers at Ashburnham enjoyed a busy week of events during the school half term.
Luckily, the course seemed to miss most of the poor weather and the juniors took full advantage to enjoy a full week of action.
The busy week was rounded off in great style when boys and girls from across Dyfed took part in the inaugural County Boys versus County Girls competition.
A powerful visiting team from Kent, Prince's & Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Sandwich, were too strong for a young and developing Ash team and recorded a 2.5-0.5 away win.
Ben Thomas and Dan Brice combined to claim a half point for Ashburnham.
The Ashburnham junior team was Jordan Davies, Aled Greville, Ben Thomas, Daniel Brice, Josh Morris and Osian Bowen.
Autumn Trophy results: 1st Dylan Stimson (47pts); 2nd Jack Holland (40pts, back 9); 3rd Jordan Davies (40pts).
Red Tee competition (15 holes): 1st Ryan Owens (34pts); 2nd Ellis Thomas (30pts); 3rd Joe Francis (28pts, back 9).
Juniors & Seniors Texas Scramble (15 holes): 1st Norman Edwards, Rhys Morgan, Morgan Hand; 2nd Ken Gray, Dylan Stimson, Ellis Thomas; 3rd Gary Williams, Ben Thomas, Ryan Owens.
Lowest gross: (57) Bryan Reed, Fred Holland, Owain Williams.
Ashburnham hosted the inaugural county boys v girls match which saw the boys run out winners by five points to two.
The girls' points were scored by Sara Rees Evans and Sophie Lovett. The boys claimed overall victory courtesy of wins by Luke Harries, Elis Lewis, Billy Truman, Jordan Davies and Jack Harries.
More than 30 girls from Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire took part in a junior golf festival at Ashburnham during the week.
Girls, some as young as seven, took part in a variety of formats, including a 36-shot and 54-shot competition.
Ashburnham boys also joined in the event and played a mixed greensome foursome competition with the girls.
The results were as follows:
15-hole mixed greensome foursomes: 1st Rhys Morgan & Emma Hughes (Carmarthen ) 85 gross; 2nd Owain Williams & Eva Bowers (Machynys) 91 gross; 3rd Morgan Hand & Emily Joel (Machynys) 95 gross; 4th Kris Jones & Megan Jones (Glynhir) 99 gross.
11-hole mixed greensome foursomes: 1st Kayne Protheroe & Ffion Roberts (Borth) 67 gross; 2nd Keenan Jones & Clare Gitting 72 gross; 3rd Ryan Owens & Shona Nelson (Ashburnham) 74 gross (back 9); 4th Joe Francis & Brittany Lewis (Glynhir) 74.

The South Wales Evening Post story can be found on -
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Junior-golfers-busy-half-term-Ashburnham/story-13730682-detail/story.html