2011 South Wales Open Seniors' Championship CSS Rd 1 = 73 Rd 2 = 74 (basic SSS = 72)

Tenby: Jeff Thomas goes one better.

In "friendly" conditions Royal Porthcawl's Jeff Thomas went one better than in 2010 and produced two quality rounds of 73 / 75 to take the South Wales Open Seniors' title he so narrowly missed out on in 2010.

Leading after round 1 with 73 with local Tenby player Brian Cramb also on 73. David Lindquist (Carmarthen) and David Frazer were a shot further back on 74.

The second round saw Glyn Rees (Fleetwood) come storming back in 34 shots for a second round 71 and an aggregate of 149 to take the clubhouse lead from pace - setters David Frazer (Pennard) who had added a 78 to his morning 74 to finish on 152 with Keith Stimpson (Wenvoe) coming back with a 74 to add to his 79 for 153.

Meanwhile Jeff Thomas, having seen off the challenge of his playing partners faltered on 15 with a double bogey. He got one shot back on 16 with a birdie 4 and finished par, par to take the title by one shot. Nigel Evans (St Mellons) completed the prize winners on 153 losing out to keith on the back 18.

Printable 36 Hole aggregate scores.

Leading Scores

Paul Bloomfield Wins at Southerndown.

Ex Whitchurch player Paul Bloomfield surprised many with a superb 144 over the 36 holes to win the inaugural South Wales Open Seniors title. Tied with Royal Porthcawl's Jeff Thomas after both had 73 in round 1 Thomas' 72 couldn't quite match Bloomfield's low round of the Championship 71, finishing with 145 to the winner's 144. In a strong field Garry Huggett's second round of 72 earned him 3rd place ahead of fellow Llanymynach player Basil Griffiths. It was a fine tournament for players from outside the County with David Frazer's 8th position being the next highest Glamorgan player.

CSS was 73 both rounds.

Results as downloadable pdf

Leading scores:

Result (Gross Scores):
Overall
Position R1 R2 Total
1 Paul Bloomfield 73 71 144
2 Jeff Thomas 73 72 145
3 Garry Huggett 78 72 150
4 Basil Griffiths 77 73 150
5 Glyn Rees 73 77 150
6 Robert Broad 76 76 152
7 David Lindquist 76 77 153
8 David Frazer 74 80 154
9 Christopher Plaisted 79 77 156
10 Ian Henderson 78 78 156
11 Nigel Evans 81 77 158
12 Mike Rooke 80 78 158
13 Keith Stimpson 80 79 159
14 Herbie Herbert 80 79 159
15 Paul Mason 78 82 160
16 David Humphries 81 80 161
17 David Potter 76 86 162
18 Ron D James 81 82 163
19 Ednufed Morgan 85 79 164
20 Steve Hopkins 79 85 164
21 S. Lynch 84 81 165
22 Dilwyn John 82 83 165
23 Nick Caulfield 84 82 166
24 Alan Jones 82 84 166
25 Peter Merryweather 82 86 168
26 Tim Priestland 82 87 169
27 Chris Glenny 87 84 171
28 Robert Arbourne 85 86 171