LBGC Centenary Book - Flipbook - Page 10
Langland Centenary Book
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Introduction
In 1954 the Club celebrated its Golden Jubilee and David H. Billings collaborated with
the late Lee Taylor to write a ‘potted history’. Some of the older members may have a
copy of this booklet. In 1979 the Club reached a milestone since its birth in 1904 and
this was duly recorded in a book entitled “The First Seventy Five Years - A History of
the Langland Bay Golf Club”. The book was researched and written by our then
President, David H. Billings, and most members will have a copy in their possession. Due
to the unfortunate illness and subsequent death of David, I accepted the challenge to
write about the last twenty-five years leading up to our Centenary in 2004. This to be
added on to the original book, albeit with some minor amendments to the latter. It did
help that I have been a member of the Club since 1963 and a member of the Board
form 1988 onwards.
Bernard Brazil
Senior members of the Club have provided much valuable information but the main part
of the text was derived from the minutes of some three hundred and twenty meetings
held from 1979 to 2004. The most difficult part of the task being not what to put in but
what to leave out. I must admit it has been a labour of love, bringing back so many
memories over a quarter of a century in the life of, what we all know, is one of the best
Golf Clubs in Wales.
Credit must go to the late David Billings for the major part of the book and sincere
thanks to Brian Nimmo,Tony Vaughan, Hugh Evans, John Beer, Derek Greaves,Viv Peters,
Mark Portsmouth, Simon Hughes and John Latham for their help in checking the facts.
Here’s to the next hundred years.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to David H. Billings
Although our Centenary year started on a high note it was at the same time a sad
occasion with the death in January of our immediate Past President David H. Billings
after a long illness. David who was Captain of the Club in 1956 and President from 1979
until 2003, did much for the Club during his lifetime. He acted as Treasurer for many
years and of course was the author of the book “The First Seventy Five Years” which
has now been adapted, and added to, for this our one hundred years celebration book.
Much could be written about David’s contribution to the success of Langland Bay Golf
Club over the years and we shall certainly miss him and his pipe.
David H. Billings
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