North Wales Golf Club appointed Robin Hughes as a community coach last year to create community links and outreach work and focus on bringing in new golfers/members.

The club is now an HSBC Golf Roots Centre and Robin, along with volunteers, has provided sessions for over 10,000 young people in the last 12 months, averaging 200 children a week, creating a successful player pathway from local schools to the club (including six primary and five secondary schools).

Many of the sessions target girls and students with behavioural challenges and use a combination of Tri-Golf, StreetGolf and golf, with many sessoins welcoming up to 70 youngsters, with an average of 40% being girls.

As a result, the club has seen an increase of junior girls' membership from 5 to 25 in a year, with financial support where needed from the club. Junior members have increased from less than 10, 18 months ago, to 90, with a further 30 juniors in the coaching system at this progressive golf club.

Thirty two year old Siôn Thomas, a member Bull Bay GC, recently completed a hat trick of championship successes. Thomas, a scratch handicapped golfer, won the North Wales Counties individual championship with rounds of 74 and 70 at the Conwy (Caernarfonshire) GC narrowly edging out Ioan Drosinos Jones of the Abersoch GC by a single shot.

The success at Conwy followed earlier victories in the Anglesey Championship which he won for the fourth time at the Holyhead GC in June, with a 36 hole total of 145 and a win at his home club championship at Bull Bay which he won in late May.

Full Results for Men’s Championship see results page:

Siôn Thomas ~ Bull Bay GC
Ross Peters ~ Flint GC
NWCGA Men’s Champion
& Nett Champions 2015
Conwy GC

2015 ~ Winners Baron Hill Golf Club

Originally promoted to Division One in 1996 Baron Hill Ladies shield team win the NWLCSA Shield Division I. Their opponents this year were Aberdovey, Rhuddlan, Padeswood & Buckley and Royal St. David’s Golf Clubs. They played 8 matches, 4 home & 4 away, during the golfing season winning 7 out of the 8 matches to retain the Shield.

For a nine hole golf club to have won the shield 10 times in the 18 years since being promoted into the 1st Division the Lady Captain was very proud to receive the shield on behalf of the Baron Hill GC Ladies Shield team.

Left: Baron Hill GC Lady Captain 2015 - Mrs Mandy Jones receiving the Division 1 Challenge Shield from Right: President of the NWLCSA - Mrs Val Wickerson.