The Ladies’ Golf Union (LGU) has announce that Jill Edwards MBE has accepted the invitation to become the next President of the LGU and its subsidiary, LGU Championships Limited. The current President, Maureen Lockett, retires at the agm in February 2011, when Jill’s term of office will commence.

Chairman of the LGU in 1998, Jill brings a wealth of golf knowledge and experience to the role of President. A keen golfer since joining Llanishen Golf Club, Wales, at the age of 13, she played to a high standard, winning the Welsh Girls’ Championship in two successive years and representing her country as a player and Captain on many occasions. She has an enviable record at club level as well, and in 1969 was club champion concurrently at four different golf clubs! She served as President of both the WLGU and Glamorgan Ladies’ County Golf Association, while her outstanding contribution to golf in Wales was recognised in 2006, when she was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

The County Championships were held at The Monmouthshire Club at Abergavenny in May. In the Bronze Qualifying Round Margaret Tranter of Raglan Parc G.C. and Dianne Polland of Dewstow both recorded the best Nett Scores of 77 with Margaret Tranter winning on count back whilst the best Gross score of 100 was achieved by both Hilary Matheson of St. Pierre Golf and Roseanne Borley of St. Mellons Hilary took the prize as the result of a better back nine. All four ladies,together with eight others, then moved up to The Monmouthshire Club for the Matchplay stages where the seedings proved correct as Hilary Matheson beat Seon Young Shah, Margaret Williams and Sylvia Bevan to get to the Final whilst Rose Borley got there by winning against Diane Pollard, Maureen Tranter and Maureen Jones. In the Final the greater experience of Hilary triumphed as she beat Roseanne 5 & 4

In the Silver Division, played throughout at the Monmouthshire Golf Club, the Qualifying Round saw Lauren Diggle of The Celtic Manor Resort achieve the best Gross score of 72 with Chris Harries of Llanwern Golf Club second with 77 whilst Alison Kershaw of Newport Golf Club won the best Nett Prize with a score of 69, Rhiannon Thomas of St.Pierre Golf Club was second with 72. The Paton Cup for the aggregate of the four best nett scores in the Championships was won by the Newport quartet of Alison Kershaw, Judith Wenman, Jessica Evans and Margaret Williams.

Pctured - The Newport Ladies are presented with The Paton Cup by Professor John Miles, Captain of The Monmouthshire Golf Club

Cradoc Golf Club's men made a clean sweep of the Mid Wales Golf Association four ball better ball 18 hole medal on 30th May albeit on their home course. A well supported event was won by Adam Stevens & Gareth Watkins scoring 64, one shot better than second placed Alvin Michael & Club Assistant Professional Will Dowd, reports Pat Hart. The men continued their good form with a 4.5-1.5 away win at Burghill Valley near Hereford on 29th May. Again Club Captain David James showed the way with a 3 & 2 win in company with Alan Pooley. John James & Tom Astle won one up. On the same day Alvin Michael won the Stableford competition at Penoyre Park with 39 points playing off 6.

On Bank Holiday Monday Cradoc organised an AmAm competition for teams of four. In a closely contested event Alvin Michael, Gareth Watkins and Adam Stevens were again winners this time teamed with Dane Clancy scoring 89, this was only on count-back from John Bean, John Drain with Mike and Rob Hudman also on 89.

Recently Denbigh Golf Club Past Captain Tony Davies attended The Cancer Unit at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan, together with the Immediate Past President Eifion Jones and Immediate Past Ladies Captain Jeanette Parry to present a cheque for £2,549.23p to the staff at the unit towards Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer which was the total of his Charity Collections during his year of Captaincy in 2009. The photo shows Jeanette, Tony and Eifion presenting the cheque to the Cancer Unit staff.