Hawks Nest Ladies Golf

LAST Saturday’s round of Hawks Nest Ladies Golf was the June Monthly Medal, with 31 ladies playing in two grades for honours in very pleasant conditions.

And for the second week in a row it was Di Bowes who finished at the top of the leaderboard, just squeaking in with 74 nett on a countback from Robyn Keegan. Marcia Smith (who was our Tuesday Medal winner), Kathy Griffiths and Liz Patrick all shared a score of 75, so it was a very close competition for the medals.

Other highlights included Jo Scott’s great chip in on the 14th after some bunker trouble, which saved her score on that hole.

Results: Saturday 7/6/25

Ladies 18 Hole Stroke/Monthly Medal

A Grade Winners: 1st Marcia Smith 75 C/B; 2nd Kathy Griffiths (Medal Winner) 75; 3rd Jo Buttrey 80

B Grade Winners: 1st Di Bowes 74 C/B (best score of the day/ Medal Winner); 2nd Robyn Keegan 74; 3rd Elizabeth Patrick 75

Place Getters (76 C/B – 81 C/B): Sue Hair, Di Bott, Roma Bernardin, Liz Edmonds, Tanya Sinclair, Antje Basson

A Grade Gross Winner: Kathy Griffiths 93; B Grade Gross Winner: Sue Kovacs 103

Tuesday’s event was the first leg of the Ladies Foursomes Championships, a game in which pairs of players hit alternate shots with one ball from tee to hole. The team with the lowest total score wins, in this case after 18 holes. In freezing conditions, the field of 50 hardy players battled strong winds out on the course, with many struggling to play well in their many layers of warm clothing. But the challenging conditions didn’t seem to bother our leaders today, and it was the pairing of Jo Scott and Di Bott who had a convincing win with a combined score of 72.5. The next 6 pairs finished within 1.5 shots of each other in a close tussle for the minor placings, so we’re looking forward to more hot competition for this year’s title in the final round next week.

Results: Tuesday 10/6/25

Ladies 18 Hole Foursomes Championship Round 1

1st Jo Scott & Di Bott on 72.5; 2nd Ann Morris & Cheryl Foster 76; 3rd Judy Gilbert & Anne-Marie French 76.5

Place Getters (77C/B – 78.5): Angela Squires & Michele Nelson; Jo Buttrey & Carolyn Affleck; Marcia Smith & Fran Henderson; Robyn Keegan & Judy Benson; Lorraine Bragg & Colleen Inskip; Ann Syme & Elsa Jones

Congratulations to everyone who braved the elements to compete in this event – well played!

The Tuesday Lady Vets numbers have been down in the past couple of weeks, perhaps because the conditions haven’t been favourable. However, there were some good scores carded in close competition, with special mention of Ann Browning scoring a fine 14 in the wild wind this week.

Results: 3/6/25 1st Robyn West 13 C/B; 2nd Pat Dodd 13; 3rd Pat Marr 12 C/B; 4th Jeanette Kemp 12
Results: 10/6/25 1st Ann Browning 14; 2nd Sylvia Bolden 7

We had a great field of 58 ladies who played in Thursday’s 9 hole Lady Vets event in chilly conditions. It was hard to tell who was who out on the course with everyone rugged up from top to toe, but the warmth in the clubhouse afterwards was a welcome relief. Rosarie Mullins and Michelle Larkin led the field with very good nett scores of 33 and 35 respectively. There were also 3 chip ins today, all on the 3rd hole: Rosarie Mullins, Sharon Barwick and Maureen Ward all hit accurately from off the green to sink their shots in style. Well played!

Results: Thursday 12/6/25

Lady Vets 9 Hole Event

1st Colleen Inskip on -3; 2nd Sharon Barwick -2; 3rd Carol Wiggins -1 C/B; 4th Maureen Ward -1; 5th Ann O’Brien 0

NTP Hole 3: Division 1 Denise Sainty; Division 2 June London; Division 3 Sue Hair

NTP Hole 16: Division 1 Trish Collins; Division 2 Marie Pegram; Division 3 Ann Browning

By Dianne BOWES