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Gwydyr Castle Golf Club, Llanrwst. (1905 - 1911)
First appeared in 1905.
South Wales Daily News Tuesday 28 February 1905 - "The new golf links at Llanrwst are fast approaching completion, and they promise to be one of the finest inland links in the Principality. It is expected they will be ready about the middle of April. An effort is being made to get some members of the Royal Family to attend the opening ceremony."
It will be noticed that it was sometimes called Llanrwst Golf Club.
North Wales Weekly News Friday 31 March 1905. Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
North Wales Weekly News Friday 23 June 1905. Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Matches played in July 1905.
North Wales Weekly News Friday 14 July 1905. Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
In 1906 the Secretary was John Blackwall, Hendre. A 9-hole course. Visitors’ fees were 1/6d a day and 5/- a week.
The following report appeared in the Manchester Courier on Friday 23 February 1906; "Llanrwst indulged in a new golf course last summer, it was situated in Earl Carrington's park and it was the noble owner who was called on to open the links. When presented with a driver for the purpose of inaugurating the venture, the Earl declined to essay the first shot, on the ground that in golfing circles to miss the opening drive was an ill-omen for the links, and an awkward situation arose; had Mr Haldine been present the difficulty would have easily been surmounted, but in his absence the delicate office of opening the course had to be delegated to a professional who was present."
Confusing heading to the article below - Llanrwst Golf Club.
North Wales Weekly News Friday 18 May 1906. Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Below is the result of a match played at Great Orme Golf Club (also now defunct) in May 1906.
| Great Orme Golf Club | Gwydyr Castle Golf Club | ||
| A Dunphy | 0 | R B Moulsdale | 1 |
| H Parker | 1 | H E Blackwall | 0 |
| C Dunphy | 1 | H H Smith | 0 |
| S Crockett | 0 | A E Parry | 1 |
| H Holt | 1 | C Cooper-Morris | 0 |
| H Crockett | 1 | E Bickers | 0 |
| 4 | 2 |
North Wales Weekly News Friday 27 July 1906. Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
North Wales Weekly News Friday 29 March 1907. Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Result of a match played in August 1909 against Trefriw Golf Club.
| Gwydyr Castle Golf Club | Trefriw Golf Club | ||
| Mr Ferguson (3 and 2) | 1 | George L Price | 0 |
| E Clutterbuck (10 and 8) | 1 | W N Smith | 0 |
| A McFarlane (3 and 2) | 1 | H H Smith | 0 |
| E J Owen | 0 | C Cooper Morris (4 and 3) | 1 |
| W G Owen (6 and 5) | 1 | D Morris | 0 |
| A Lloyd Griffith (3 and 1) | 1 | Walter Smith | 0 |
| 5 | 1 |
In 1909/10 the professional was A F Hockley. The station at Llanrwst was ¼ mile away.
The Gwydyr Golf Club was dissolved in 1911.
See separate entry for the later Llanrwst Golf Club.
Ordnance Survey Map from the time of WW1 showing Gwydyr Castle.
O.S. Map Revised 1910 to 1911; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1915}.