Welcome to a very special edition of The Steve Truman Golf Newsletter. 

This jam packed issue highlights all of the incredible achievements that have been made this year by our fantastically talented members. I thought this was the perfect time for this unique edition following a great Presentation night last Saturday.

This has been a ground breaking record year for Llanwern, even with our outstanding history. I am sure that the achievements made this year would be hard to be beaten by any club in the UK! I have attempted to do as comprehensive a run down of the season as I possibly could. I can only apologise if I have left anybody out. 

Right, here goes...............................

Starting with the men's section it has been an amazing year for both individuals and teams. The 1st team won the Gwent County Division 1 Championship and beat Radyr in the Champions Trophy of Gwent and Glamorgan. The 1st team made it to the semi finals of the Welsh Team Championships and the talented Jack Davidson and Owen Edwards narrowly lost in the  final of the Golf Union of Wales Victory Shield Foursomes. 

The 2nd team finished a respectable 5th in division 1 and retain their place in the premier league of Gwent.
The 3rd team gained promotion from their league and the 4th team finished 4th in the same league.
The 1st team have had many more successes as well including winning the Gwent County Team championship both gross and nett, Dave Barrell won the individual gross and nett during the same tournament. 

Richard Tayler won the Gwent County Match Play.
Julian Sansom, Richard Tayler, Owen Edwards, Jack Davidson, Phil Rees, Dave Barrell, Lee Arnold and Gareth Ottewell all played for the Gwent County Teams, with our very own #CaptainCrunch Jonathan Davidson keeping a close eye on all and of course giving us all regular twitter updates!
Owen Edwards and Jack Davidson both represented Wales in the Men’s Home Internationals and the European Team Championships. Owen went on to represent Wales at the World Amateur Team Championship in Mexico (nice work if you can get it!). 

   

   
    

Well done men! A great year...........Now onto the Seniors!

The team matches for the 2016 season have been strengthened in numbers over the past year and have achieved ever improving results. The team won the Sabrina Bowl after 12 consecutive defeats, they won with a margin of 46 stableford points. Tony Tubb won all of his 12 matches, Russell Hart won 10 and halved 1. 

Tony Horton and Lyn Bateman won their respective age groups in the Gwent County Seniors Championships. 

     

Now onto the future of Llanwern Golf club and our amazing Juniors................

Lewis Brown has had a brilliant season, winning the Junior Club Championship beating Peter Malpas in the final.  Lewis narrowly missed out on winning the Men’s Gwent Strokeplay losing in a play off, an incredible achievement. Lewis also represented the Gwent under 18’s team and helped them win the Tri-Angular Tournament. 

Dan Bearcroft won the Gwent U16’s Strokeplay Championship and also represented the Gwent County in the U18’s and U16’s teams. 

Luke Bearcroft won the Gwent U14’s Championship and represented Gwent U16’s team. Pete Malpas represented the Gwent U18’s team and also Gwent Schools in the Welsh Schools Championships.
Michael Powell represents the Gwent U16’s team. 

Jess Atwell won Monmouthshire Ladies Most Improved Junior Award for 2016.

Well done to each and every one of our Juniors, it fills me with immense pride seeing you all improving and enjoying your golf so much, keep up the great work. 

Paul White our awesome Junior Organiser also has to take enormous credit for doing such a great job with the youngsters. Long may it continue.

   

Not wanting to be outdone by the men and juniors our ladies section have also had a brilliant season...

We have had numerous new members join which has had a really positive effect within the section.
Chris Harries and Jo Waite were selected for the County 1st team who were successful in reaching the Welsh Inter County finals. The County team went on to win the finals for the 4th time in 5 years. 

The Ladies 1st team completed the league season with only 1 loss and gained promotion to the 2nd division. 

Jessica Atwell was selected to represent the County at the Under 16s Inter County Championship, with Monmouthshire Under 16s winning the event. 

Chris Harries was selected for the Welsh Seniors team and competed at the Home Internationals in Scotland.

Jo Waite had a Hole in One on 18 during the clubs Charity Day for Ty Hafan. 

Congratulations to everyone on this incredible golfing season, cant wait to see what 2017 holds for Llanwern Golf Club!

Over and out..............!!