Robert Lloyd - a Sir Gar Blog of random news . . . and some Clecs!

A golf day in memory of an Ammanford man has helped raised awareness and funds for prostrate cancer. Doug Davies died of prostate cancer on 14 February 2011, aged 68. He had few symptoms of this disease and it was discovered too late although his life was prolonged with treatment. His family felt it was important to raise awareness of prostate cancer and raise money to help buy essential equipment to help the fight against prostate cancer. His wife Sandra, daughter Denise and sons Stephen, Neil and Peter have set up an annual golf tournament at Glynhir Golf Club, Ammanford, with the first tournament in May 2011 raising £2,542. Following this success the family continued the yearly event and have raised a further £6,412. This money is going to be used to buy a much needed ultrasound machine for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Mr Moosa, Urologist, Hywel Dda University Health Board, said: “I wish to express my sincere thanks to the Davies family and all those that are supporting o...

The next meeting of Llanelli Rotary Club is a 'business' meeting at 1pm on Friday, April 5, at the Stradey Park Hotel, Llanelli. The meeting on Wednesday, April 10, will be held at the Stradey Park Hotel at 7.30pm and will be a 'committee structure' meeting. The annual Llanelli Rotary Club charity fund-raising Golf Day will be held at the Ashburnham Golf Club on Friday, July 19.

Burry Port RNLI supporters have organised a fund-raising golf day at The Ashburnham Championship Links Golf Club on Friday, September 14. Entries are invited from teams of four to compete on a Stableford competition basis. Prizes will be awarded to the first eight teams. There will also be prizes for the longest drive, nearest to the hole and hole-in-one. The entry fee is £120 per team. Tee-off times are between 9.30am and 1.30pm. Call Roger Bowen on 07890 728584.

A fund-raising charity golf day is being held at The Ashburnham Championship Links golf course on Friday. It is being organised by the Burry Port Charity Fund, which was initially started in 2008 after the Christian Ford Memorial Fund raising Committee was closed. Over the last four years, the fund has been able to run a Charity Golf Day in the name of the Christian Ford Memorial Golf Day using the trophy kindly donated by Christian’s family. This has been achieved by the generous support shown by the Ashburnham Golf Club in allowing the fund to use the course and support from Burry Port RFC. The intention of the fund is raise money to support local people/causes, where applicable, to continue/maintain local non-profit-making long standing traditional organisations within the local community. Over this time, the fund has been able to raise and distribute around £12,000 to local causes entirely due to the support received from golf teams, sponsors and friends of the now closed Chr...