LBGC Centenary Book - Flipbook - Page 36
Langland Centenary Book
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It was formally announced early in 1978 that Bob Pressdee had
been appointed non-playing Captain of the Welsh Amateur
team to play in the Home Internationals at the Ashburnham
Golf Club. Hugh Evans and John Roger Jones won the Victory
Shield Foursomes and Hugh won both the Welsh and
Glamorgan County Stroke Play Championships. Phil Balfry was
Club Champion and won his County Cap, Phil Cobley was
Captain of the County Colts and Tom Lynch, our Professional,
was County Coach for Juniors. Our Men’s First team won the
Glamorgan Team Championship at the Whitchurch Club
Cardiff. Not to be outdone in this exceptional year for golf by
Langland members, the Ladies team won the West Wales
Championship and the Junior Boys team under the captaincy of
Nigel Poole and its Junior Leader Martyn Brown, won the
South Wales Boys League Championship.What a year!
Hugh Evans and Ian Woosnam, Wales Amateur Team 1976
It was a sad year with the loss of two well-loved members.Tom
Evans, Honorary Secretary for thirty-six years and President
for fifteen years died and as indicated earlier in the book Tom
when President retained his position as Secretary.The other
departure was Ryan Davies, entertainer extraordinaire, local
resident and friend to many.
West Wales Ladies’ Championship 1978
It was about this time that the Greens were affected by the
dreaded leatherjackets but fortunately, following good work by
the Greenstaff, the problem was ultimately solved. Not solved
was the problem of members apparent inability to repair their
pitch-marks. A failing in too many golfers.The Course was
remeasured with some amendments but no change in the SSS.
The Board discussed the pros and cons of appointing a Course
Manager to replace the current Greenkeeper but no decision
was made, although the matter would come to the fore in
the future.
Financially the Club was not too well off, with profits for the
year limited to just over £1000. It was decided with some
reluctance to raise the Men’s subscription from £42 to £62 or
an increase of 46%.There were similar increases for all other
sections.There was talk of building Squash Courts as a means
of raising revenue and or taking in more members but no
decisions were made.
WGU Victory Foursome 1979
During the year the Secretary in office, Lt. Colonel Hollingdale,
resigned for a variety of reasons and was replaced by Colin
Campbell a highly respected member. One of his first actions
was to allow Trinity House to land a helicopter on the Course
or on Club land. If no complaints were received from residents
then it could be used for future emergencies. As a thank you
we were given an aerial photograph of the Course and this still
hangs in the lounge area.
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Plans were prepared to refurbish the Lounge area with the
help of a generous loan from Welsh Brewers and some
additional assistance from the Club’s Amenities Fund. A new
trophy cabinet was purchased after much debate by the Board.
The Gentlemen’s Annual Dinner was held at the Caswell Bay
Hotel with all tickets sold.
In the Summer of 1978 a highly successful Pro-am and a
Cabaret night were held in remembrance of Ryan Davies with
some £3000 raised for his memorial fund. Other items of note
included the appointment of David Billings as President of the
Club in place of Tom Evans, this after he had served for fifteen
continuous years as Chairman of the Board. He deserved a
medal for this alone.The Veterans Section continued to grow,