Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship

The Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of Wales. It was first played in 1905 and is currently organised by Wales Golf.

Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationWales
Established1905
Organised byWales Golf
FormatMatch play
Current champion
Ffion Tynan

The Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship is contested in two phases. It begins with a 36 hole stroke play competition, with the leading 16 competitors progressing to the knock-out match play competition.[1]

It is a close event, entry being restricted to women who were either born in Wales, had one parent or grandparent born in Wales, or have resided in Wales for two years, if under 18, or for three years, if 18 or over. In addition players must not have played in the ladies closed championship of another country within the last two years or have ever played in the full international team of another country.[1]

Winners
YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef
2022Ffion Tynan19 holesDarcy HarryPennard[2]
2021Isabella Hopkins8 & 7Ffion TynanWenvoe Castle[3]
2020Not held
2019Becky Harries6 & 5Bethan MorrisCradoc[4]
2018Lea-Anne Bramwell2 upFfion TynanRadyr[5]
2017Lauren Hillier4 & 3Alice BarnesWrexham[6]
2016Kath O'Connor2 upLauren HillierCardiff[7]
2015Kath O'Connor2 & 1Chloe WilliamsVale of Llangollen[8]
2014Katie Bradbury3 & 2Becky HarriesMonmouthshire[9]
2013Becky Harries2 & 1Chloe WilliamsNefyn & District[10]
2012Amy Boulden4 & 2Becky HarriesCardigan[11]
2011Becky Harries1 upAmy BouldenRoyal St David's[12]
2010Tara Davies2 & 1Amy BouldenGlamorganshire[13]
2009Tara Davies3 & 2Lucy GouldAberdovey[14]
2008Kirsty O'Connor2 upStephanie EvansMonmouthshire[15]
2007Breanne Loucks1 upTara DaviesRoyal St David's[16]
2006Stephanie Evans3 & 2Becky HarriesTenby[17]
2005Sarah Jones5 & 4Stephanie EvansConwy[18]
2004Sarah Jones1 upAnna HighgateRoyal Porthcawl[19]
2003Kate Phillips2 & 1Katie WallsAberdovey[20]
2002Eleanor Pilgrim1 upAnna HighgateNewport[21]
2001Becky Brewerton2 & 1Sarah JonesRoyal St David's[22]
2000Kathryn EvansKate PhillipsPyle & Kenfig
1999Becky BrewertonBecky MorganConwy
1998Louise DavisBecky MorganAshburnham
1997Eleanor PilgrimLouise DavisNorthop
1996Lisa Dermott4 & 3Vicki ThomasTenby[23]
1995Lisa DermottKate StarkAberdovey
1994Vicki Thomas19 holesLisa DermottRoyal Porthcawl[24]
1993Andrea DonneVicki ThomasAbergele & Pensarn
1992Julie FosterSuzy BoyesNewport
1991Vicki ThomasHelen LawsonRoyal St David's
1990Sharon RobertsHelen WadsworthAshburnham
1989Helen LawsonVicki ThomasConwy (Caernarvonshire)
1988Sharon RobertsFiona ConnorTenby
1987Vicki ThomasSharon RobertsAberdovey
1986Vicki ThomasLisa IsherwoodRoyal Porthcawl
1985Vicki ThomasSue JumpPrestatyn
1984Sharon RobertsKaren DaviesNewport
1983Vicki ThomasTegwen ThomasLlandudno (Maesdu)
1982Vicki Thomas7 & 6Mandy RawlingsAshburnham[25]
1981Mandy Rawlings5 & 3Audrey BriggsRoyal St David's
1980Mandy Rawlings2 & 1Audrey BriggsTenby[26]
1979Vicki Rawlings2 upAudrey BriggsCaernarvonshire[27]
1978Pamela Light2 & 1Audrey BriggsNewport[28]
1977Tegwen Perkins4 & 3Pamela WhitleyAberdovey
1976Tegwen Perkins4 & 2Ann JohnsonRoyal Porthcawl
1975Ann Johnson1 upKerri RawlingsPrestatyn
1974Audrey Briggs3 & 2Hilary LyallAshburnham[29]
1973Audrey Briggs3 & 2Joan JohnHolyhead
1972Ann Hughes3 & 2Jane RogersTenby
1971Audrey Briggs3 & 1Penny DaviesRoyal St David's
1970Audrey Briggs19 holesJill MorrisNewport[30]
1969Pat Roberts3 & 2Ann HughesCaernarvonshire
1968Sylvia Hales3 & 2Nancy WrightRoyal Porthcawl[31]
1967Nancy Wright21 holesChristine PhippsRoyal St David's
1966Ann Hughes5 & 4Pat RobertsAshburnham
1965Nancy Wright3 & 2Elsie BrownPrestatyn[32]
1964Mary Oliver1 upNancy WrightSoutherndown[33]
1963Pat Roberts7 & 5Nellie SeddonRoyal St David's[34]
1962Mary Oliver4 & 2Pat RobertsRadyr
1961Mary Oliver5 & 4Nellie SeddonAberdovey[35]
1960Marjorie Barron8 & 6Elsie BrownTenby[36]
1959Pat Roberts6 & 4Adrienne GwytherCaernarvonshire
1958Nancy Wright1 upPat RobertsNewport
1957Marjorie Barron6 & 4Pat RobertsRoyal St David's
1956Pat Roberts2 & 1Marjorie BarronRoyal Porthcawl
1955Nancy Cook2 upPat RobertsHolyhead
1954Nancy Cook1 upElsie BrownTenby
1953Nancy Cook3 & 2Elsie LeverNorth Wales
1952Elsie Lever6 & 5Pat RobertsSoutherndown
1951Isabella Bromley-Davenport1 upNancy CookRoyal St David's
1950Philomena Garfield Evans2 & 1Nancy CookRoyal Porthcawl[37]
1949Sheila Bryan-SmithElsie BrownNewport
1948Isabella SeelyMarjorie BarronPrestatyn
1947Marjorie BarronElsie JonesPrestatyn
1940–1946: Not played due to World War II
1939Anne Burrell2 & 1Hilda ReynoldsSwansea Bay
1938Barbara Pyman1 upMary EmeryNorth Wales
1937Mary Emery10 & 9Philomena WhitakerRoyal Porthcawl[38]
1936Alison Rieben2 & 1Margaret ThompsonPrestatyn[39]
1935Abandoned due to snowTenby
1934Isabella Rieben3 & 2Mary Jestyn JeffreysRoyal St David's[40]
1933Mary Jestyn Jeffreys2 & 1Eileen BridgeRoyal Porthcawl[41]
1932Isabella Rieben2 & 1Mary Jestyn JeffreysAberdovey[42]
1931Mary Jestyn Jeffreys4 & 3Barbara PymanSoutherndown[43]
1930Mary Jestyn Jeffreys2 upAlison RiebenLlandudno (Maesdu)[44]
1929Alison Rieben2 & 1Barbara PymanTenby[45]
1928Margery Duncan4 & 2Alison RiebenRoyal St David's
1927Margery Duncan1 upMolly BlakeRoyal Porthcawl[46]
1926Mary Justice4 & 3Dora SmalleyAberdovey
1925Margaret Cox9 & 7Violet RhysTenby[47]
1924Margaret Cox11 & 10Barbara PymanRhyl[48]
1923Margaret Cox39 holesMolly MarleySoutherndown[49]
1922Margery Duncan9 & 8Emily Franklin ThomasLlandrindod Wells
1921Molly Marley7 & 5Alison RiebenAberdovey[50][51]
1920Isabel Phillips8 & 6Molly MarleyRoyal Porthcawl[52]
1915–1919: Not played due to World War I
1914Mabel Phelips4 & 3Edith MorganTenby[53]
1913Dorothy Brooke19 holesPhyllis ShawRhos-on-Sea[54]
1912Blanche Duncan4 & 2Polto WilliamsLlandrindod Wells[55]
1911Edith Clay2 & 1Kathleen Allington-HughesRoyal Porthcawl[56]
1910Vivien Lloyd-Roberts4 & 3Beatrice LeaverRhyl[57]
1909Blanche Duncan4 & 3Mary Ellis-GriffithSoutherndown[58]
1908Blanche Duncan4 & 2Nest Lloyd-WilliamsCarnarvonshire[59]
1907Blanche Duncan5 & 4Florence WenhamPorthcawl[60]
1906Blanche Duncan5 & 4Beatrice StorryRadyr[61]
1905Evelyn Young2 & 1Blanche DuncanGlamorganshire[62]

Source:[63]

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