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Club captain Tony Washer hosted the event, donated the prizes, provided the food and laid on the evening entertainment.
Results
Friday 17th June:
9 Hole Junior/Adult Texas Scramble
1st (20.3) Mike Jones, George Bundock, James Forey, Josh Howells; 2nd (21.3) Gary Williams, Richard Green, Owain Williams, Kayne Protheroe; 3rd (24) Huw Dixon, Ian Thomas, Keenon Jones, Jordan Davies.
Saturday 18th June
Captain's Junior Stableford Competition
1st Daniel Brice 40pts; 2nd Tomos Davies 34 pts (Back 9); 3rd Aled Greville 34pts.
Past Captains Gold Medal
Saturday, 18th June.
Competition Scratch Score =72 (36pts)(Men)
1 Huw Dixon, 40 pts (04); 2 Philip Watts 39 pts (10); 3 Keith Charles 39 pts (16).
Junior Stableford Boys
Saturday, 11 June
Competition Scratch Score = 71 (37pts)(Men)
1 Scott Johnston, 42 pts (10); 2 Jordan William Davies 40 pts (17); 3 Joshua Morris 40 pts (18).
Stableford
Saturday, 11 June
Competition Scratch Score = 70 (38pts)(Men)
1 Garry Williams 43 pts (12); 2 Nicholas Daniels 42 pts (06); 3 David Churchill 40 pts (12).
The countdown is on to the annual Dunvant RFC Carnival, which takes place at the rugby club on Saturday, July 2.
One of the highlights of the day will be a Dunvants Got Talent competition.
And the organisers have put down a challenge to pubs, clubs and teams to take part in the Tug of War competition.
We really have something for everyone at the carnival, said one of the organisers, Martin Newbury.
Its a real community day and we are looking forward to seeing everyone taking part and enjoying the day.
The first auditions for Dunvants Got Talent have already taken place and the grand final will take place on carnival day.
This year, there has also been competition for schoolchildren to design the carnival programme.
Two pupils from Cila primary school received vouchers for the carnival totalling 20 each. All entries will be displayed in the clubhouse on the day of the carnival. More than 2000 programmes have been printed.
The Carnival has been organised by supporters of the Dunvant RFC Under 15s and other members of the Junior and Mini sections.
The carnival starts at 1pm. There will be stalls, displays, paintballing for over 12s, live music, a hog roast, entertainment from the St.Thomas Irish Dance Group and a 50/50 prize raffle draw.
The tug of war competition will have sections for both under and over 18s. The entrance fee is 10 per team and the winners scoop half the pot.
For further information on the carnival, you can contact Martin Newbury on 07962020469 or visit Dunvant Carnival Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_123462124401305
Time to come home. For us Peaceniks, this says it all.
http://www.zazzle.com/celtic_peace_sign_with_latin_quote_and_welsh_tshirt-235270538279106455
Pembrokeshire has been called 'Gwlad yr Hud' and this description could be applied to Fishguard, or Abergwaun, (mouth of the river), as it is known in Welsh.
Norsemen came to Fishguard in the eleventh century (the Nordic 'guard' meaning a yard).
In the lower part of the townthe River Gwaun flows into the sea. This was the old fishing village, wherefamiliessurvived largely onherring during hard winters.
The sea has played an important part in the every day life of the people of Fishguard. Until 1650, Pembrokeshire suffered greatly from piracy. Welsh pirates haunted the Irish Sea and were dreaded by many. They had no shame about coming ashore and sellingtheir ill-gotten gains, such as rum, silk and spices on the open market. Piracy was not brough to an enduntil the Napoleonic Wars, when ships of the Royal Navy regularly patrolled the seas.
In 1803, the historian Malkin, wrote: 'The town of Fiscard is so filthy, so ill built, and so uncivilized, as almost to be interesting'. And again: 'The habit of intoxication is very prevalent . . . the people from the country are sober and decent. I would, however, recommend travellers to avoid a night here'.
On August 30th, 1909, the liner 'Mauretania' called at Fishguard Harbour on its voyage from New York to Liverpool. Ithad taken justfive days to reach Fishguard.When it was sighted from Strumble Head a telephone message alerted Fishguard Harbour and it arrived twenty five minutes later.
Guns fired a salute, the Pembroke Dock Brass Band played, the Territorial Army marched and the crowds lining Pencw cheered. Eight ladies in Welsh costume presented each passenger with a posy of lucky heather and the first passenger to emerge was Mr Jenkin Evans, a native of Lampeter, who had lived in Kansas City for forty three years. I'm sure he shed a tear.
That night there was a carnival and fireworks display and local children were presented with commemorative mugs.
Sadly hopes that a regular Trans-Atlantic sevice would develop never came to fruition.
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My recent drawing of Bran walking across the Irish Sea. You know the story! Yes, it's on a shirt.
I spent manyinteresting hours trying to identify the author of a cookery book from the Stratford area. A scrap of envelope,addressed to 'Mrs Averill, Broadway', had a 'receipt' written on the back. This name led me tothe vicar of Broadway,andthe Hereford and Worcester Record Office. After a lot of correspondence and forehead wrinklingI was still unsureof the writer's identity.I discovered, though, that the name 'Averill' was French in origin andthat the family had lived in Broadway since 1613.
The 'Mrs Averill' I had set out to find might have been the second wife of Alfred Averill, surgeon and doctor to the Wedgwood pottery factory.Maria Annboreeleven children and lived a long life.
Whoever Mrs Averill may have been, her cookbook represents not merely a collection of recipes but a glimpse of a long vanished society.
In the nineteenth century roads leading to Broadwaywere in poor condition but the village was on the stage coach route to London, which was ninety two miles away.
Mrs Averill probably went to London occasionally. She has written a recipe on the back of aletter she received from a silk-mercer in the city, advisinghe has a consignment, newly arrived, of black watered silk.The perfect excuse for a shopping trip!
Of course, like other ladies of her class, she had help in the house, otherwise, with eleven children she would not have got further than the front door.
There are notes in the book regarding the duties of the cook and various servants. Though Mrs Averill had abig brood to feed, she did not have to scrub potatoes, boil puddings, skin hares,make a sauce from the hare's blood, (strain the clots first).
The family's foodappears interesting and varied: they had puddings galore, wine sauces, sausage cakes, sheeps's head stew, mutton pies, kedgeree (this was the time of theRaj), mango chutneys, pickled mackerel, Bath buns, biscuits, cakes, wines, jams, jellies, trifles, Christmas puddings.
All that food. It's enough to make your eyes pop and probably kept the cook on her feet from dawn to dusk.
Last night I spent the evening at a wonderful concert at the Onllwyn Welfare Hall.
The concert was hosted by Onllwyn Male Voice Choir and was put together to help raise funds for a brilliant young Welsh tenor Matthew Ioan-Sims. As well as the Choir Matthewwas also supported by the well known soprano Annwen Williams who sang beautifully.
Mattew has a terrific voice, good sence of humourand a great presence on stage, he has been studying under Patricia O'Neill with vocal coaching from Micheal Pollock and will shortly bestudying under the internationalrenowned Dennis O'Oneill.
If you want to know more about this brilliant up and comming young Welsh artist take a look at his web site on... www.matthewioansims.co.uk
Jeff Phillips
We're having theusual summer, cold, wet and windy. Sartorially, I've hiddenaway mywoollen jumpers (hope the moths don't find them)and I'mwearingwhite cotton sweaters.
In the garden, the Dicentra Spectabilis (Bleeding Heart) has actually been spectacular, but today it's locket shaped flowersare scattered, like wet confetti, over the rockery.
I've been watching Ascot on television and the varioustakes onfashion, ranging from sophisticated and smart to way out, zany and mad. Hats make an outfit and the new upturned styles look fresh after years of fascinators, which are hard to carry off. I like the beigey pink colours, the sweet- pea colours, the zingy purple-orange clashing colours but please, I'm totally bored with black and black and white. In summer, too, os welwch yn dda!
The Queen and family are conveyedin carriages,but the Royals don'thave to worry about finding parking spots.Forgive me for mentioning this, but I havea niggle.
In summer, the starving masses of the world converge on supermarkest inHaverfordwest and Fishguard.(Alright, I admit there aren't anysupermarkests in Fishguard but there is a mini-Tesco) The parking spaces provided are too narrowfor their camper vans, transit vans, cars trailing boats, old ambulances and 'buses which have been converted into caravans. (Last week a stupendously large camper van, resembling a static home,occupied two parking spaces. The sauce!) Apart from these itinerants there are the locally owned JumeirahJanes, Chelseatractors, 4x4's and off roaders bulging obesely out of little spaces. Someone parked one of them next tomy carand, whilstI managed to get one foot out of the carI failed with my leg, though my calf is not that big. (By the way, I have two legs, lest I give the wrong impression).
If councils won't give these monsters larger areas in which to park, I'm willing to pay for a bigger spot for myself, if only to get my legs out of the car.
(I'm enjoying 'Cardiff Singer of the Year' on televison this week.)
Check out this new South Wales based service that myself and fellow colleague Jon Everson are offering to promote and market musicians and bands.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Promo-Web-internet-marketingpromotion-for-musicians/180610371993371
Many thanks
Darren Parry
