Hawks Nest Ladies Golf

LAST week belonged to Sue Kovacs, with a fantastic clean sweep of all the ladies’ fixtures. In Saturday’s Medal Round, Sue was both the nett and gross winner in B Grade. She followed this with a win in the 2BBB competition on Tuesday with partner Kathy Griffiths, then scooped the pool on Thursday by leading the field with her nett score as well as taking the overall win. Outstanding Sue, well played!

Saturday’s event was the Monthly Medal round, with 27 ladies playing including visitors from Bulahdelah and East Leisure clubs. Everyone enjoyed the pleasant conditions after the wild winds of the previous week, however the debris left behind made it difficult to spot the ball, resulting in a slow game. Nonetheless it was a very close competition, where the top 8 finished within 2 shots of each other. Our winners in both grades, Carolyn and Sue, took out the nett and gross prizes this week.

Results: Saturday 5/7/25

Ladies 18 Hole Stroke Event

A Grade Winners: 1st Carolyn Affleck 75 C/B; 2nd Denise Sainty 75 C/B; 3rd Sam Leggatt 75

B Grade Winners: 1st Sue Kovacs 76 C/B; 2nd Sue Campton 76 C/B; 3rd Di Davis 77 C/B

Place Getters (76 C/B-80): Julie Hammond, Di Bowes, Roma Bernardin, Cheryl Rose, Meg South (Bulahdelah)

Gross Winners: A Grade Carolyn Affleck 89; B Grade Sue Kovacs 103

NTP Hole 10: A Grade Marcia Smith; B Grade Deb Gardner

Tuesday’s event was a 2 BBB event, with the top 8 pairs qualifying for this year’s 4 person match play competition. 42 ladies in 21 pairs played an 18 hole Stableford format on a cold, overcast day where reaching the clubhouse was a welcome respite from the elements. Our friends from Bulahdelah, Meg and Thora-Lou joined us again while their course is drying out, finishing the day in a tight bunch where only 4 shots separated the top 9 pairs. A very competitive field!

Sue Kovacs birdied the 7th in her stellar round, and there were quite a few chip-ins too: Trish Sattler impressed with hers on the 4th from 25 metres out, Wendy Gibson on the 7th, Anne-Marie French 10th, Dale McClure 12th, Di Bott 14th, Fran Henderson 16th and Rhonda Dorman 17th. Well played ladies!

Results: Tuesday 8/7/25

Ladies 18 Hole 2BBB

Winners: 1st: Sue Kovacs & Kathy Griffiths on 45; 2nd: Anne-Marie French & Liz Edmonds 44 C/B; 3rd Deb Dummett & Jo Buttrey 44

Place Getters (42C/B – 41 C/B): Sharon Barwick & Fran Henderson; Sue Fordy & Di Bott; Meg South & Thora Lou Smith; Dawn Wiggins & Sue Campton; Karen Serhan & Trish Sattler

In the Tuesday 9 Hole Lady Vets Stableford round there were 8 players battling it out, with a close tussle for first place between Jeanette Kemp and Ann Browning, both finishing with 17 points.
Results: Tuesday 8/7/25

Lady Vets 9 Holes

Winners: 1st: Jeanette Kemp 17C/B; 2nd Ann Browning 17; 3rd Pat Dodd 15; 4th Robyn West 14

A great field of 50 lady vets played Thursday’s round, and it was great to welcome back Annie Benton after 6 months out of the game, and to welcome visitor Liz Wrench from Wakehurst GC. The early starters had the best of the conditions, but things became a lot more challenging as the gusty westerly winds intensified. Once again though, Sue Kovacs was unstoppable with a lovely nett score of 33 on the back 9, while Rosarie Mullins led the front 9 with 34. Chip-ins today included the very first from Mim Murdoch on the 9th, from 5m out putting up the hill! Rosarie Mullins chipped in from 10 m out on the 6th, Sue Hair on the 3rd, Robyn Deppi 12th, Pat Dodd 18th, and Elsa Jones 18th.

Results: Thursday 10/7/25

Lady Vets 9 Hole Event

Winners: 1st: Sue Kovacs on – 9; 2nd Liz Edmonds -3; 3rd Deb Andrews -1; 4th Deb Dummett 3; 5th Robyn Deppi 4 C/B

NTP Hole 3: Division 2 Sue Fordy; Division 3 Jeanette Patfield

NTP Hole 16: Division 1 Marcia Smith; Division 2 Judy Gilbert: Division 3 Michelle Larkin

Another great individual play from one of our ladies came on Wednesday when Tanya Sinclair had an eagle on the 7th hole. Her long drive finished off to the right about 30 m from the green, but with a deft pitch, she lobbed the ball up to the green where it rolled in for an impressive 5 pointer. Fantastic!

By Dianne BOWES