BUNGS Tour 2012 - North Wales
7th July to 9th July 2012
The spectacular
peninsula holes at Nefyn & District.
The 2012 tour will see the society re-visit North Wales where
we will play three outstanding links courses with dinner, bed
and breakfast at The Lion Hotel in Criccieth
UPDATE
Due to there now being 40 people
attending and The Lion Hotel not being able to accommodate the
number of single rooms required, four of the party will be
staying at the nearby
Caerwylan Hotel. Evening meals to be taken with the rest of
the group at The Lion.
As usual, we will split into two teams and play a ‘Ryder Cup’
style match.
FRIDAY 6TH JULY 2012
For those travelling a
day early, bed and breakfast accommodation is available at
The Lion Hotel
at £40 per person twin and £50 per person single.
Further information on
The Lion Hotel can be seen further down the page
For those travelling on
Friday a game of golf will probably be arranged for those who
are interested. Further information will be provided in due
course.
SATURDAY 7TH JULY 2012 - PWLLHELI GOLF CLUB
Breakfast at The Lion Hotel (for those staying the extra
Friday night)
18 holes of foursomes matches (1st tee-time
9.30)
Light lunch
18 holes of fourball-betterball matches
(1st tee-time 2.30)
Three course evening meal at The Lion
Hotel
Further information on
Pwllheli Golf Club can be seen further down the page
SUNDAY 8TH JULY 2012 -
NEFYN & DISTRICT GOLF CLUB
Breakfast at The Lion Hotel
18 holes of foursomes matches
(1st tee-time 9.17)
Light lunch
18 holes of
fourball-betterball matches (1st tee-time 2.18)
Three course
evening meal at The Lion Hotel
Further information on
Nefyn & District Golf
Club can be seen further down the page
MONDAY 9TH JULY 2012 - ROYAL ST. DAVID'S GOLF CLUB
Breakfast at The Lion Hotel
18 holes of singles matches (1st
tee-time 10.08)
Two course lunch followed by prize giving
Further information on
Royal St. David's Golf
Club can be seen further down the page
Please
note that payment for this trip will be required SIX WEEKS in
advance.
40 places available
£295 all inclusive in a twin room
£315 all inclusive in a single room (20 available only)
Single rooms will be allocated on 'first-come first-served'
basis on receipt of a £50 deposit.
It is expected that all players are to play in
all the matches. Anyone wanting to play only 18 holes per
day should ideally find someone else who is also willing to
do this before signing-up to this trip.
Please note that handicap certificates may be required
and a club may refuse you access to the course without one. If
you don’t have a club handicap, you should try to get a
certificate from another source (we do have some out-of-date
‘spares’ that could be used - although we cannot guarantee these
will be accepted). Most courses we play do insist on handicap
certificates, although we’ve never actually been asked to
produce these. However, I’m giving you all warning just in case
a club decides to be really strict.
Those who have secured places can be seen further down the page.
The Lion Hotel
Y Maes, Criccieth, Gwynedd LL52 0LW
Owned and loved for over thirty years by 3 generations of
the Brown/Burnett family, the 3 star Lion Hotel is famous for
it’s welcoming atmosphere and offers everything that the modern
visitor requires. Dating back to the 18th century, the ‘Inn on
the Green’ has stunning views of mountains, coast and Criccieth
castle. All the rooms are as you would expect from a period
building, very different and individual. All rooms have a flat
screen TV with freeview, a direct dial telephone, hairdryer and
hospitality tray.
www.lionhotelcriccieth.co.uk
Pwllheli Golf Club
Golf Road, Pwllheli, Gwynedd LL53 5PS
9
miles and approx 20 minutes from the hotel
Set on the south facing coastline of the spectacular
Cardigan Bay, Pwllheli is one of the finest golf courses in
North Wales. Designed as an initial 9 hole course by Tom Morris
in 1900, the course was extended to an 18 hole course in 1909 in
line with the designs of 5 times British Open Champion James
Braid. The course combines tree-lined parkland golf with links
golf and at 6,100 yards par 69, it will challenge even the best
of golfers as well as ensuring that you get to experience golf
in a fantastic setting.
www.pwllheligolfclub.co.uk
www.top100golfcourses.co.uk/htmlsite/productdetails.asp?id=242
www.ukgolfguide.com/clwb-golff-pwllheli
Nefyn & District Golf Club
Golff, Morfa Nefyn, Pwllheli, Gwynedd LL53 6DA
14 miles and approx 25 minutes from the hotel
Stunning is the only word to describe the location of
Nefyn Golf Club. No hole in the world confronts the golfer with
the distractions to be met on the par 5 12th. It has a blind
drive, a blind second shot, a public thoroughfare, a
crater-sized pothole and a public house. Ten of Nefyn’s holes
run alongside the sea (you can actually see the sea from every
tee on the course) and the experience is such that the club’s
boast is that few people play there only once. It is one of the
most beautifully situated courses in Britain but, as a true
championship course, can be beastly to the wayward (there are
holes with water on both sides where you can both hook and slice
into the ocean). The back nine, which is built on a peninsula,
is one of the most spectacular in golf.
www.nefyn-golf-club.co.uk
www.top100golfcourses.co.uk/htmlsite/productdetails.asp?id=122
www.ukgolfguide.com/nefyn-and-district-golf-club
www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,30842.0.html
Royal St. David's Golf Club
Harlech, Gwynedd LL46 2UB
16 miles and
approx 35 minutes from the hotel
One of the finest championship links around, Royal St.
David’s has hosted a throng of championships in its time and is
noted for a succession of long testing par four holes and five
short holes, which vary in length and direction; a feature is
the large size of the greens. The last five holes form a loop
through the dunes that provide a finish the equal of any. Only
twice do successive holes proceed in the same direction, so the
wind invariably spreads trouble among the dunes and although it
is not long, it has been described by professionals as the
world’s toughest par 69. Deep in Merlin country, the course is
in the shadow of the towering Harlech castle built by ‘Longshanks’
Edward I in the 13th century, whose majestic ramparts form a
wonderful backdrop to the golf course.
www.royalstdavids.co.uk
www.top100golfcourses.co.uk/htmlsite/productdetails.asp?id=64
www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,33937.0.html
www.ukgolfguide.com/royal-st-david-s-golf-club
Allocation of places
The allocation of places for this trip will be as
follows:
FIRST REFUSAL
Those who attended the 2011
tour (but must have attended a minimum of three additional BUNGS
events during the 2010 calendar year (or attended three events
in 2011), or have been a regular
attendee at BUNGS events if not a member in 2010)
SECOND REFUSAL
Those who did not attend the 2011
tour but have been to at least three events in the 2010 calendar
year (or three events in 2011), or have been a regular attendee at BUNGS events if not a
member in 2010
THIRD REFUSAL
Those who
attended the 2011 tour to the West Country but did not attend
three regular BUNGS events in the 2010 calendar year
FINALLY Anyone else wanting to attend
Those currently
signed-up for this trip are as follows:
|
Member |
Room reserved for Friday night |
Room Allocation |
|
Graham Adams |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Bill Ball |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Graham Bilsland |
|
Graham Bilsland |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Bill Ball |
|
Martyn Dodwell |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Steve Lloyd |
|
John Evans |
Yes |
Single Room (at Caerwylan Hotel) |
|
Mike Fox |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Gordon Galloway |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Steve Gross |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Shaun Mullaney |
|
Dave Grubb |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
John Haley |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Bill Hancock |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Steve Harris |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Simon Hayward |
Yes |
Single Room (at Caerwylan Hotel) |
|
Alan Heard |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Paul Herrmann |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Bobby Ho |
|
Twin Room sharing with Howard Holliday |
|
Howard Holliday |
|
Twin Room sharing with Bobby Ho |
|
Karl Hughes |
|
Single Room |
|
Lloyd Johnson |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Mark Johnson |
|
Mark Johnson |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Lloyd Johnson |
|
Brian Keates |
Yes |
Single Room (at Caerwylan Hotel) |
|
Phil Latham |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Steve Lloyd |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Martyn Dodwell |
|
Adrian Marchant |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Jamie Moore |
|
Peter Meaney |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Jamie Moore |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Adrian Marchant |
|
Shaun Mullaney |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Steve Gross |
|
John Shaw |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with James Shipman |
|
James Shipman |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with John Shaw |
|
Andy Smith |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Ian Talboys |
|
Neil Smith |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Gordon Sullivan |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Ian Talboys |
|
Twin Room sharing with Andy Smith |
|
Jeff Thacker |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Tim Thacker |
|
Tim Thacker |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Jeff Thacker |
|
Adam Thompson |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Craig Vale |
|
Alan Tolley |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Terry Tomkiss |
Yes |
Single Room (at Caerwylan Hotel) |
|
Gary Tyler |
Yes |
Single Room |
|
Craig Vale |
Yes |
Twin Room sharing with Adam Thompson |
RESERVE LIST
1st
Reserve - Lloyd Johnson
2nd Reserve - Paul Weston
3rd Reserve
- Darren Weston
4th Reserve - John Bayliss
5th Reserve -
Malcolm Collins
6th Reserve - Steve Barkshire
Current BUNGS tour win percentages
(after the 2011 West Country tour)
|
|
TOUR WIN
PERCENTAGE |
No of tours
attended |
|
Hornby, Brian |
100.0% |
1 |
|
Latham, Phil |
75.0% |
3 |
|
Fairweather, Stewart |
70.0% |
2 |
|
Holliday, Howard |
69.8% |
10 |
|
Lloyd, Steve |
68.1% |
13 |
|
Dodwell, Martyn |
66.4% |
13 |
|
Booth, Steve |
66.3% |
4 |
|
Galloway, Gordon |
64.0% |
5 |
|
Newton, John |
63.2% |
7 |
|
Hughes, Karl |
62.9% |
13 |
|
Shaw, John |
61.9% |
12 |
|
Harris, Nick |
60.0% |
1 |
|
Vale, Craig |
58.3% |
3 |
|
Weston, Paul |
57.5% |
8 |
|
Hayward, Simon |
56.7% |
3 |
|
Smith, Neil |
56.7% |
6 |
|
Marchant, Adrian |
56.4% |
6 |
|
Talboys, Ian |
56.0% |
13 |
|
Thompson, Adam |
55.0% |
7 |
|
Thacker, Tim |
53.4% |
11 |
|
Moore, Jamie |
52.9% |
6 |
|
Bayliss, John |
51.9% |
8 |
|
Harris, Steve |
50.0% |
2 |
|
Johnson, Mark |
50.0% |
1 |
|
Poultney, Les |
50.0% |
2 |
|
Smith, Andy |
49.5% |
11 |
|
Sullivan, Gordon |
49.2% |
12 |
|
Weston, Darren |
47.9% |
7 |
|
Mansell, John |
46.9% |
9 |
|
Shipman, James |
46.9% |
12 |
|
Harris, Tom |
46.7% |
3 |
|
Heathcote, Ivan |
46.3% |
8 |
|
Bilsland, Graham |
46.0% |
10 |
|
Hancock, Bill |
45.4% |
6 |
|
Black, Graeme |
44.3% |
7 |
|
Tolley, Alan |
44.0% |
10 |
|
Thacker, Jeff |
44.0% |
5 |
|
Fox, Mike |
42.7% |
12 |
|
Ho, Bobby |
42.0% |
11 |
|
Herrmann, Paul |
40.3% |
9 |
|
Craddy, Chris |
40.0% |
3 |
|
Ball, Bill |
40.0% |
1 |
|
Tomkiss, Terry |
40.0% |
1 |
|
Keates, Brian |
39.0% |
10 |
|
Haley, John |
38.8% |
2 |
|
Stevens, Richard |
36.8% |
6 |
|
Jones, David |
35.0% |
2 |
|
Mullaney, Shaun |
35.0% |
4 |
|
Thacker, Mike |
34.7% |
5 |
|
Whitmore, Barry |
34.5% |
11 |
|
Evans, John |
30.0% |
1 |
|
Jackson, Anthony |
30.0% |
4 |
|
Grubb, Dave |
25.0% |
6 |
|
Adams, Graham |
12.5% |
4 |
|
|
