Tenby GC’s Saturday Swingers held their Swingers’ Day recently. The weather was glorious – no rain and a fairly gentle south-westerly. The links were in an excellent overall condition.
Swingers’ Shield
The scoring was generally good with no less than 18 Swingers returning 30 pts or more.
Owen James, Phil Goodridge and Andrew Cope each had 36 pts. Andrew came home in one under par. Spencer Harries and Andy Prosser both returned a fine 38 pts with 22 and 21 respectively on the back nine.
However, despite hitting a caravan in Kiln Park with his final tee shot off Black Rock, Gary McKeown handed in a magnificent 40 pts to claim the Swingers’ Shield for 2024.
Losing out on the countback to Jerry Whitehouse, Simon Evans’ 25 pts reunited him with Spuddy. For the next year at least, Spuddy will travel between Simon’s home in St. Florence and his lodgings in Bristol!
Neil Webb, Terry Martin and Steve Maytom claim the Nearest the Pins and Dai Cope and Richard Ormond won the Longest Drives.
There were five Nearest the Pin in 2 Shots prizes. Richard Noyce won two and Spencer Harries claimed three!
Neil Webb and Owen James had the only twos of the day. Owen James, Gary McKeown and Steve Maytom were the best “Secret” Three.
Ralph and Phil Johns’ Shield
This is awarded to the Swinger with the aggregated Best 12 Scores for the year. Eight Swingers totalled 400 pts or more.
However, thanks to his Swingers’ Day 38 pts, Spencer Harries finished top of the pile to claim the Shield. He accumulated a wonderful 427 pts i.e. an average of almost 36 pts per round.
Dean Rossater, who missed Swingers’ Day due to holiday, was runner up with 425 pts and Dai Cope, who enjoyed an excellent second half to the season, was third with 422 pts.
Other leading scores were Richard Ormond – 415 pts, Jerry Whitehouse – 413 pts, Martin Morris – 406 pts, Darren Thomas – 405 pts and Gary McKeown – 402 pts.
Following their rounds, the Swingers enjoyed an excellent meal in Tenby GC’s Club Room. The Swingers will be making a donation to Alzheimer’s Forget Me Knot Appeal which is the nominated Charity of Tenby GC’s Captain Mick Seal.
Pictured above: Spencer Harries – Champion Swinger for 2024
Pictured above: Gary McKeown – Swingers’ Day Winner
Pictured above: Simon Evans with Spuddy