A remarkable great-grandmother who once enjoyed a helicopter flight over her beloved golf club has died aged 101.

Above par Billie Needham, who still turned up on Thursdays to run the Senior Ladies Competition at Abergele Golf Club, would have been 102 on Tuesday, December 12.

The former nurse was an integral part of Abergele Golf Club. The ex-lady captain and lady president, who had sons - Peter, Christopher and Tony - had been a member of the club for 70 years and revealed she had only recently stopped playing during her 100th birthday celebrations back in 2015.

Upon entering her century year, Billie took the skies after club friends treated their "naughty" and "beloved" Billie - to a 20 minute helicopter flight over the green.

A spokesperson from Abergele Golf Club said: "Billie will be sorely missed, she was a true trail blazer.

"She was sadly not playing anymore but she still turned up on Thursdays to run the Senior Ladies comp. Billie would have been 102 on December 12 so again, sadly, she did not quite make her 102nd birthday."

Billie joined the club in 1946 with her husband Sydney after he was demobbed after the war.