LBGC Centenary Book - Flipbook - Page 7
Langland Centenary Book
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Chairman
I joined Langland Bay Golf Club as a Junior in 1954, and now 50 years on I am very
honoured to prepare an introductory message for our centenary book.
The Course and the Clubhouse have seen great changes over this period, and following
the appointment of a new Head Greenkeeper, Jim Jenkins, we have high hopes of seeing
further improvements on the Course.
We are so fortunate to play Golf on an area of land that has spectacular views of the
Gower coast, the Devon coast and on a good day Lundy Island, some 48 miles away.
One thing that has not changed over the years, is that we have always had a vast cross
section of people making up our membership.We have been described by outsiders as
the friendly Club, and that is clearly evident on the Golf Course and in the Clubhouse.
I have always felt proud to be a member of the Club that openly welcomes visitors,
whether they are individuals, or societies.
Tony Vaughan
Chairman
I would very much like to thank our own Bernard Brazil for all his hard work in
compiling this Centenary book, and to Simon Hughes and his Centenary committee for
the planning that has been undertaken to make sure that 2004 at Langland was a
memorable year in every possible way.
Ladies’ Captain
I was introduced to the game of Golf, as a schoolgirl, by my father, the late D.O.Thomas,
who was a member of the Board of Langland Bay Golf Club for many years. I joined the
Club as a junior for the princely sum of £1-1s-0d or a guinea per year in 1937.
In 1939 the family moved from Sketty to Langland and the Langland Bay Golf Club has
been my second home ever since. I lived in the lane leading to the Club for a total of
fifty-six years, first with my parents and later with my husband.
The War years were difficult. Rather than plough up the fairways, sheep were grazed on
the top holes. My Father and our dog Tim found balls for members in the ditches and
the hedgerows, as they were unavailable new.The lay-out of the Course was very
different in those days with far less land. In all I have lived through four different Course
lay-outs.
My other golfing interest has been the West Wales Ladies Golfing Association. Our main
aim has been to promote golf for young girls. I was Chairman for sixteen years and have
been President for the past eighteen years.
Hazel Harris
Lady Captain Centenary Year 2004
It is a great honour to be asked to be Ladies Captain for our Centenary Year, this to add
to the honour of being Captain for our Golden Jubilee and also to have been elected an
Honorary Life Member. I have enjoyed every minute of my sixty-six years at Langland
Bay and wish the Club every success as it enters its second century.
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