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Newbridge and District Golf Club, Monmouth. (1920s)
First appeared following WW1.
During the 1920s the secretary was E G Jenkins, Bryngwyn, Newbridge, telephone number 29. The professional and green-keeper was E C Jones. A 9-hole course where visitors paid 2/- a day, 1/6d for ladies. Sunday play was allowed without caddies. There were stations at Newbridge, Crumlin and Abercarn 1 ½ miles away. Local hotel was the Newbridge.
Report on the new club in July 1923.
South Wales Gazette Friday 13 July 1923. Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Report on the annual dinner in November 1924.
South Wales Gazette Friday 7 November 1924. Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Newbridge & District Golf Club disappeared in the late 1920s.
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Ordnance Survey Map from the time of WW1 showing Bryngwyn, possible location of the golf course.
O.S. Map Revised 1916; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1922}.