AS MATCHES go this wasn't a game of two halves but one way traffic from Wales who won the Ryder Cup at Glamorganshire Golf club by 12½ to 5½ last weekend.

The traditional yearly event started with a Texas Scramble on Friday, September 30, which was eventually won by John Peters, Paul Davies, Darryl Hamonda and Richard (last year's Wales' captain) Jeremy.

In the evening all players representing Wales and the Rest of the World were at the dinner where they received their shirts from both captains, Wales - Pete Goodfellow and Rest of the World - Richard Kynaston. A thank you here to all the shirt sponsors and to Andy Ferrier for compering the evening with his usual wit and charm.

The betting then took place to see who could predict the correct or nearest scores for the Saturday competition, which was again arranged by Mike Hennessey.

Saturday morning the first teams were on the tee at 8.10am for the foursomes and by lunchtime Wales were leading six points to three with Wayne Blatchford and Ian Jones having a resounding win of six and five.

However Messer's Brown and Hughes lost four and three, which is down to their antics on Friday night. The afternoon's matches of fourballs started with both captains playing against each other with their respective partners of Wales' James Barnett and Rest of the World's club captain Alan Buchan.

he game was won by Wales on the 18th which set the tone for the afternoon.

Outstanding performances in the afternoon came from Richard Jeremy and Nathan Waters who won eight and six, Steve Morris and Peter Edmunds who won four and three and Tom Maunder and Paul Richards also winning four and three.

Congratulations to Paul Richards for getting the most results correct, yet again Paul Brown was unsuccessful in getting any points for Wales, so there will be changes next year.

The Wales captain was presented with the Ryder Cup Trophy which was filled with Champagne from the Rest of the World captain.

The two captains' will again lead their teams next year and have appointed the following vice captains, Wales Richard Hughes and Rest of the World Mike Jones.

A great golfing weekend was had by all and the club are sure that next year's event will go from strength to strength.