The sun shone on Trefloyne for its Annual Invitation Challenge and Captain's Day weekend and with the course looking immaculate, good scoring was going to be the order of the weekend. Visitors from neighbouring clubs and further afield came to enjoy Trefloyne's hospitality.

This year's Invitation Challenge, supporting CLIC Sargent, was held on Friday, June 2, and 23 teams fought for the team shield and individual cups that were up for grabs.

The two shotgun starts were a change this year and the morning field had the men's individual stableford being led by junior member, Chris Davies, with 36 pts. Unfortunately, he was unable to hold on to the trophy as the visitors from Hampshire made their first hit of the weekend.

Duncan McDermott also scored 36 pts to beat Chris on a countback. His wife, Caroline Hartley, took the ladies' individual salver, her first ever trophy, also with 36 pts. Their team was joined by son Will Ringwood to score 79 pts, but lost on a countback to the home team of Rob Evans, Mel Beeley and Barry Harrison.

All enjoyed the fresh buffet of food after a hard day's golf and the atmosphere of fun and laughter on the terrace had only just begun for the weekend.

Captain's Day

New captain, Meurig Evans, may have been thrown in at the deep end, but handled the occasion with a surprising amount of ease (of course, being ably assisted by the lady captain, Linda Kromrei, helped).

It was the 10th anniversary of Trefloyne and the 72 players showed that the club had come a long way since those first years. The format was a team event, with the best three of four stableford scores to count.

Past captain, Alan Chick Brown, decided to spice up the morning when he found the PA system and began announcing the players to the tee. Ceryn Harris hoped he would keep looking to the first tee and managed to fire away on the 10th before he noticed her - it was a magnificent drive anyway. Poor Mike Ansell was not so lucky when he topped his opening tee shot to the ladies' tee and continued to top the next. Needless to say, Chick passed several comments on Mike's ability. It was all in good fun, though, and did set the tone for the day - that was for everyone to enjoy themselves, be happy and that at Trefloyne, their should only be fun.

Our visitors from Hampshire, Duncan and Caroline, teamed with new member Fair Fraser and her partner John Ball to again steal the prizes. Their score of 117 pts beat the captain's team to secure victory. Captain, Meurig teamed with club professional, Christine Burton, course manager, Graham Blum and Sarah's fiancée, Gareth Knight for what was a laugh-a-minute round.

On 112 pts and the runners-up were the team of Colin and Julie Jenkins and Peter and Nesta Hart. The captain's tree off the 10th tee was hit only a few times, but the fines will continue for the remainder of the season and the jar behind the bar is likely to fill quickly.

Great surroundings, with such perfect weather and good food, made everyone who took part over the weekend realise Trefloyne really has much to offer and is a wonderful club to be part of.

Trefloyne Junior Open

Eighty-three juniors from clubs around West Wales attended the Trefloyne Junior Open on Sunday, June 4. With another perfect day, the scoring matched the weather.

Trefloyne's own Ben (Little Tiger) Price finally had all his hours of hard practice pay off when he shot a superb 73 to steal the honours from everyone. Haverfordwest's Becky Harries also played stunning golf to win the girls' section with a fine 75 gross, also giving her the title of West Wales Girls Champion.

Lady Captain's Day

The week of events continued with the Lady Captain's Day being held on Tuesday. The format this year was a 12-hole Texas Scramble held on a most perfect summer's late afternoon. One could not have hoped for a more pleasant afternoon to stroll around Trefloyne and the 15 ladies who participated had a most enjoyable and relaxing evening of golf.

Linda Kromrei led the way with her team-mates, club pro Chris and Sarah Beynon (who really must find her way out of the kitchen more often). They supported each other well and all played a part in their team score - but, the lady captain is not allowed to win her own trophy - that would not be playing fair. The winners were Sue Shooter, Sue Ash and Di Neale.

Much banter continued in the clubhouse over dinner and a more pleasant day could not have been hoped for.

Second Annual Sarahjayne Harrison Memorial

Following the success of last year's event, Barry Harrison was thankful that at least the sun shone this year and Sunday saw 62 players team up for the second Sarahjayne Memorial Golf Day.

Supporting CLIC Sargent and all the work they do caring for children with cancer and leukaemia, Barry was supported by his family on what is becoming a growing event. This year's winning team with 119 pts comprised of home players Keith Hubbard, Trefloyne's first captain, Graham Willcocks and Bob and Vicky Burks. Vicky also walked away with the ladies' individual for the day with 37 pts and the men's trophy was won by visitor, John Lee with 36 pts on a countback from Gareth Roberts.

No-one could deny the good work CLIC does for the families and children they touch and one hopes those close to us are never in the need to use them. Barry wishes to thank everyone for supporting both Sarahjayne's day and the Annual Invitation Day at Trefloyne.

Super six

Trefloyne made the short journey to South Pembs. Golf Club last Thursday.

The course looked in good condition and the greenkeeper was out watering the greens, which were looking good.

Representing Trefloyne were Chris Thompson, Scott Davies, James Maxwell, Barry Harrison, Gareth Knight and Ben Price.

Chris Thompson was first on the tee for Trefloyne, who again hit the ball well out of sight, but so did the South Pembs. player. This match was right out of the top drawer, and if you missed a par you lost the hole.

On seven, Chris was par for the course, only to be five down, showing the quality of golf being played by the home player. This is how the match stayed, with Chris finding himself five down with five to play, before eventually losing three and two.

Scott Davies followed. At the moment he is playing well and he needed to be on top of his game against another powerful South Pembs. player. If you're long, you need to be straight, and at the moment this is what Scott has. With a good short game as well, he had his opponent on the back foot and was four up on eight.

The South Pembs. player played well over the next few holes, but could not break the hold Scott had on the game as he went on to win two and one.

James Maxwell took third spot for Trefloyne. James is very much on top of his game and had his opponent on the back foot from the first tee. With the South Pembs. man having to play above his normal game to keep up with his opponent, he found the going very hard, and James came in with a good eight and seven win.

Mention must be made of the next Trefloyne player (forgot him last week, oops). Barry Harrison was on the tee in fourth position, against an evenly matched South Pembs player. Again a good match was in progress, with both players on form. Barry played good golf to go two up, and this was the lead he needed as he held on to win two and one.

Young Ben Price took fifth place for Trefloyne on the back of winning the Trefloyne open with a gross 74. He deserved his position in the Super Six team and found himself against the South Pembs. captain, who is a very strong player.

With home advantage, his opponent took the lead and, as all golfers know, there are no two days the same in this game. Ben found the South Pembs. player too strong and went down eight and seven. Last away for Trefloyne was Gareth Knight, who has played his way into the family and now his way into the team. As Gareth had not played the course before, captain Meurig Evans went along as caddy, only to be surprised to see his man take the lead on three.

Gareth, in fact, played a solid game all round and was three up with six to play, only for South Pembs. to hit back and win the next two.

Gareth then held on until the last, where he missed a putt to lose the hole, but still came away with a deserved half.

This was a good 3.5 - 2.5 win for Trefloyne in their first year in the Super Six division.

FOURSOMES KO CUP   Trefloyne played the Carmarthen A team in the Foursomes KO Cup on Saturday. Carmarthen have won this tournament for the past two years, so Trefloyne knew they were in for a very hard match. With so many players not making themselves available, it gave captain Meurig Evans a difficult time in selecting his team.

The team for Trefloyne was James Maxwell, Kim Beynon, Barry Harrison, Bill Myers, Graham Willcocks, Sam Anderson, Tiger Richard Davies, Mel Neale, Simon Arthur, Ben Price Meurig Evans, Brian Anderson, Terry Morgan, and John James.

The team for Carmarthen was Ian Marks, Mathew Moseiey, Steven Rees, Gareth Rees, Steff Lindquist, Berian Jones, Chris Jones, Jeff Harries, Adrian Thomas, Steve Hazelby, Len Davies, Eirwyn Roberts, Ultann George, Chris Bailey Evans.

On the tee first for Trefloyne were James Maxwell and newcomer Kim Beynon. With James's matchplay experience, the captain new Kim would be looked afte. When you are off first, you are always against the strongest pairing and this was no exception, as Carmarthen were strong through the whole team. James and Kim played a good solid game, only for Kim to just miss a putt on 18 to lose one down.

Second on the tee for Trefloyne were Barry Harrison and Bill Myers, two very strong matchplay players. Again the Carmarthen pair were strong, but they could not handle the resilience of Barry and Bill who took a win for Trefloyne to make the match all- square.

Graham Willcocks and Sam Anderson, in third spot for Trefloyne, gelled from the start.

With Graham's experience and Sam's blossoming skills as one of Trefloyne's outstanding youngsters, they gave the Carmarthen pair a hard time. But in this game you must keep your concentration until the very end, and this they did to win their side's second match for a 2-1 lead.

Tiger and Mel were the fourth pair out and found the going tough. When little things begin to creep into your game, it makes it that much harder and by eight they were four down. But this pair won't go down without a fight and clawed their way back to two adrift, only to lose on 16 for the overall match to go all-square.

With the match now level, Simon Arthur and Ben Price, who are now one of Trefloyne's most consistent pairings, were the next to take on the challenge offered by Carmarthen.

They took an early lead and, with their opponents finding it difficult to get back into the match, they won to make the match three-two for Trefloyne. Meurig Evans and Brian Anderson were in sixth spot for Trefloyne and again were up against a quality pair from Carmarthen. This was a good contest, but with the bounce not favouring the home pair, they found themselves trailing two down on the turn.

Trefloyne won the 10th, only to lose the next three and go five down with five to play. They won the next two, but a half on 16 was enough for Carmarthen to win, again bringing the match level.

With the score at three each, it was down to the last pair of Terry Morgan and John James. Again there was some quality golf played, only for Trefloyne to find themselves three down on eight.

And this was how it stayed on the turn, when Trefloyne won a hole, Carmarthen won the next. With Trefloyne remaining three down with three to play, they won 16, and so it was off down 17. With both teams now on the patio looking down the course and both captains biting their fingernails, Carmarthen secured a half to win the overall match four and three.

This was a good contest between two competitive clubs and a great advert for golf, which all the players enjoyed.

AND FINALLY   Tomorrow (Saturday), the A.J.O. Bowl is played at Tenby, while the following week it is held at Trefloyne.

Congratulations from all at the club to Chris Thompson and Sam who are tying the knot tomorrow.