Hawks Nest Ladies Golf

HAWKS Nest Ladies Golf hosted over 130 visiting golfers at our annual Open Day last Friday.

Despite the grey skies and occasional drizzle, spirits were high as teams of four competed for a range of great prizes from our event sponsors, Myall Coast Realty.

Our visiting players were well looked after, with a delicious morning tea provided by the Hawks Nest ladies to start the day.

Lunch was provided by Sando’s Restaurant following the game, as well as a champagne tasting by Peterson House Winery.

Congratulations to ladies’ captain Denise Sainty and her team of willing staff, volunteers and sponsors, whose efforts and generosity ensured that the open day was a great success.

Well done also to our winners from Pymble Golf Club, and runners up from Merewether Golf Club.

Saturday’s competition was a single Stableford event contested by 27 ladies in cool, showery conditions.

Visitors today included Jenny Sherwood from Newcastle GC, and a group from Toronto Golf Club who had played in the Open Day and didn’t want to go home!

There was no doubt about today’s winner, Ann-Marie French, who finished well clear of the field on 40 points, with Di Davis leading home B Grade on 37. Well played, ladies! Janet Moore also had another chip in on her favourite hole, the 15th.

Results: Saturday 19/7/25

18 Hole Stableford Event

A Grade Winners: 1st Ann-Marie French on 40 (best score of the day); 2nd Denise Sainty 32

B Grade Winners: 1st Di Davis 37; 2nd Cheryl Rose 34

Place Getters (33C/B-31): Sari McDonald, Robyn Wade, Louise Ciscato (Toronto), Liz Ross, Dawn Wiggins

NTP Hole 10: Louise Ciscato (Toronto)

On Tuesday, 46 ladies played in the first round for the Mumms on the Myall Trophy. The format was a 2BBB, and tight competition at the top of the leaderboard saw just a few shots separating the first 10 teams! Our ladies clearly know how wonderful the team at Mumms are, and appreciate not just their great food, but their support for Hawks Nest Ladies Golf if these close results are anything to go by. Thank you also to Di Davis for her donation of lucky draw prizes for both rounds of this event.

There were some great individual highlights today, including Jo Buttrey’s accuracy when chipping out of the rough at the back of the 8th, with just the right amount of speed to roll down the hill and into the hole; Cheryl Foster’s lovely chip in for par on the 12th; and Denise Sainty’s birdie putt on the 5th after a solid drive to the green.

Results: Tuesday 22/7/25

Mumms on the Myall 2BBB – Round 1

Overall Winners: 1st Deb Gardner & Cheryl Foster on 43; 2nd Di Bott & Di Bowes 40 C/B; 3rd Carolyn Affleck & Tanya Sinclair 40

Place Getters (40-39 C/B): Robyn Keegan & Jo Scott, Karen Serhan & Fran Henderson, June Martin & Colleen Inskip, Liz Edmonds & Elsa Jones, Liz Ross & Denise Sainty

It was great to see 11 of our Tuesday Lady Vets out on the course today, despite the overcast skies and cool breeze. And once again, Pam Kelly made her presence felt with a close win over Robyn Richardson on a count back – well played ladies!

Results: Tuesday22/7/25

Lady Vets 9 Hole Event Back 9

1st Pam Kelly 15 C/B; 2nd Robyn Richardson 15; 3rd Jeanette Kemp 13 C/B; 4th Pat Marr 13

In the Thursday Lady Vets 9 Hole Competition, 47 ladies braved the chilly morning and damp conditions following yet more overnight rain. That didn’t pose a problem for Annie Benton who had an excellent round, hitting 44 off the stick including 2 birdies. Her first was on the 5th hole with a fantastic 20m putt, followed by a second shortly after on the 7th , when her impressive approach shot from over 100m landed close to the pin for an easy putt. Well played, Annie! Other highlights today included chip ins from Di Smith on the 13th, and Colleen Inskip on the 17th.

Results: Thursday 24/7/25

Lady Vets 9 Hole Competition

Winners: 1st Fran Henderson on -3; 2nd Liz Edmonds 2; 3rd Liz Ross 4 C/B; 4th Jeanette Kemp 4; 5th Deb Dummett 6

NTP Hole 3: Division 1 Fran Henderson; Division 2 Dawn Gough; Division 3 Marg Bonney

NTP Hole 16: Division 1 Tanya Sinclair; Division 2 Di Smith; Division 3 Colleen Inskip

Guess Who? Her mind must have been elsewhere when this accomplished golfer, having marked her ball on the green and removed it, set up for her putt with a couple of practice swings. She then positioned her putter behind the marker, started her backswing, then stopped…..there was no ball there to hit! So many things to remember in the game of golf!

We are proud to announce that the Hawks Nest Lady Vets raffle recently raised over $700 for the HMRI. We will be continuing to broaden our focus on community health and wellbeing when we participate in a first aid and defibrillator training session on August 28th with Kelly Pietsch.

By Dianne BOWES