Nomads Golf Society 2026

Llanishen: Saxons beat the Celts 9.5 – 8.5

In a closely contested match over the hilly course at Llanishen, the Saxon team led by Steve Graham won back the Newton Cup after a three year period. The morning Greensomes ended all square 3-3, but the stronger Saxon team made it pay in the afternoon singles and it was left to the Celts captain, John Thomas to hand over the trophy at the end of the day.

The day saw Nomads debuts for Dale Cleaver and Martin Ballard, welcome to the society.

Celts names first:

Greensomes

1 – Darren Williams and Ziggy Niblett beat Rowland Joyce and Manny Virdi 2+1

2 – Dale Cleaver and Andrew Gardiner lost to Simon Howlett and Peter Horlock 3+2

3 – John Thomas and Martin Ballard beat Wayne Stewart and Steve Graham 3+1

4 – Tony Griffiths and Ramesh Mistry halved with James Farley and Mark Graham

5 – Gary O’Connell and Steve Morgan halved with Mark Willicott and Mike Simpson

6 – Jitesh Mistry and Derek Freeman-Jones lost to Jon Ager and Ged Wrench 5+4

Singles

1 – Ziggy Niblett beat Rowland Joyce 1 up

2 – Darren Williams halved with Manny Virdi

3 – Andrew Gardiner lost to Peter Horlock 2 up

4 – Dale Cleaver lost to Simon Howlett 6+4

5 – John Thomas lost to Steve Graham

6 – Martin Ballard beat Wayne Stewart 7+6

7 – Tony Griffiths lost to James Farley 5+4

8 – Ramesh Mistry lost to  Mark Graham 3+2

9 – Gary O’Connell beat Mark Willicott 5+4

10 – Steve Morgan beat Mike Simpson 3+1

11 – Jitesh Mistry lost to Jon Ager 3+1

12 – Derek Freeman-Jones beat Ged Wrench 2+1