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Langland Centenary Book
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continued to leak into the Clubhouse, mainly through the flat
roofs but in others areas as well. Money would have to be
found to rectify the faults before the situation worsened.The
House Committee reported on the state of all the wooden
window frames around the Clubhouse and the necessity to
replace with uPVC. Quotes to be obtained as soon as possible.
The Main Lounge looked dated and refurbishment overdue but
it had to take its place in the queue for funding. A large screen
TV set was obtained for the Function room, this to attract
members in to watch various sporting occasions. It was the
decision of the House Committee to hold both the Club
Dinner Dance and the Gentlemen’s Dinner at the Caswell Bay
Hotel. One pastime that did attract numbers in both senses
was Bridge with both Full and Social members involved.
per annum. Although our financial state was sound,
consideration was given to obtaining a loan, this in order to
carry out essential work in and on the Clubhouse.The first part
of the schedule related to the fitting of uPVC windows in the
mixed lounge followed by repairs to the roofs and an improved
patio area outside the mixed lounge. All this at an estimated
cost of £27,375. Work to commence when the loan was
secured.The electrics in The Clubhouse were in a dangerous
condition and and Mumbles Electrics carried out the remedial
work at a cost of £5,000. With arrival of the new Steward and
his wife, new equipment was necessary to update the kitchen,
this at a cost of £9,000. Although subscriptions had increased
considerably over the past few years, members were aware of
the costs involved in keeping the Clubhouse up to standard.
For several reasons, profits for the year were down from the
heights of the previous year to £1315.The two main items of
expenditure being the purchase of machinery for the Course
and the improvements to the car park.The mortgage on the
house we owned in Overland Road was paid off and our
overall financial state was satisfactory. Membership was now full
with waiting lists starting again for both Men and Ladies.The
Board began to look into the use of bag tags to identify
members on the Course.This to prevent visitors from avoiding
the payment of Green fees.With so many new members
playing there were complaints about the standard of dress both
on the Course and in the Clubhouse, with notices duly posted.
The Course was in fine condition for the inaugural Bob
Pressdee Tournament for 18 to 25 year old amateur golfers,
played in August, and won by Phil Price from the Pontypridd
Club. His 36 hole score of 136 being commendable. Phillip
went on to a fine professional career and was a member of the
victorious 2002 Ryder Cup team at the The Belfry. The Club
Champion for 1986 was John Roger Jones, repeating his last
years success, and under the Captaincy of Colin Hughes, the
First team were League Champions.
Agreement was made to hold the first Bob Pressdee Welsh
Colts Tournament in August 1986 as proposed and arranged by
John Roger Jones.This as a follow up to a successful match
between the Welsh Men’s and Ladies’ teams in honour of Bob’s
memory which had taken place in 1985.The Pressdee Cup to
be presented to the 36 hole winner from a field of leading
Welsh golfers up to the age of 21.The tournament was
generously sponsored by Alcoa for five years until adopted by
the Welsh Golfing Union in 1992. More of this later.The Welsh
Girls Championship was held at Langland with compliments all
round for the Course and arrangements. John Roger Jones and
Hugh Evans were selected for Wales with John Roger invited to
be a Welsh Team selector. By the way, he was the Club
Champion again and deservedly so. A proposal was made that
all Club finals be played on one day thus making it an occasion
and encourage more spectators. However the fact that some
players were involved in more than one final made it difficult
and no decision was taken.
At the beginning of 1986 quotes were still awaited for repairs
to the flat roofs on the main building. It was decided to prepare
a scheme for the refurbishing of the mixed lounge and Function
room. In an effort to attract more members to Monthly Draw
nights the prizes were increased to £100, £50 and £50, with
the Snowball £50 if present and running on if not.The entry to
the draw was increased to £2 per month.The winners also
received a bottle of whisky. In addition entertainment was
improved with, for example, a Race Night and several Dinner
or Buffet Dances.The Annual Dinner Dance was moved to the
Langland Court Hotel as was the Men’s Dinner with both well
attended. At the time of organising the latter thought was
given to holding it in the Clubhouse but the numbers involved
and the space available meant that some members could miss
out, so it was left for the present. A special party was held on
July 23rd to celebrate the marriage of Prince Charles to Lady
Diana and enjoyed by all those who attended. Due to family
problems the Steward Bob Waby and his wife resigned and
were replaced Mr. and Mrs.Turner.The Wabys had been at the
Club for about ten years.
The surplus shown on the accounts was £10,121, this mainly
due to an increase in subscriptions with the Men’s now at £157
First Team League Champions 1986
During the year the deaths occurred of Ron Cross, Past Captain
and Club Auditor and Mike Webb, the latter at too young an age
after much good work on the Board and for the junior section.
A drinking fountain was provided by Ernest Billings and installed
on the 7th tee in Ron’s memory and a teak seat purchased and
placed on the Course in Mike’s memory.
Tree planting continued, at a pace, in selected areas on the
Course.The Summer proved ideal for the Greens with
frequent showers intermingled with short dry periods.The new
equipment purchased allowed staff to get more work
completed in less time.
The Secretary received a request for the use of land behind
the 9th Green and also behind the 16th Tee for Hang-gliding.
The matter to be referred to the Beaufort Estate but with little
hope of an answer in the affirmative.
The final figure for all the work carried out on the Clubhouse
was presented to the Board early in 1987 as £26,986, with a
loan of £35,000 agreed with Welsh Brewers to cover this and
other costs incurred. Frank Parker was elected Chairman of
the Board for the eighth year in succession and at the AGM he
reported profits for the year down to £782.This due to heavy
expenditure on both the Course and the Clubhouse.The
Chairman made it clear that the Club would now have a period
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