Hawks Nest Ladies Golf

THE ladies were back on deck last Saturday with 29 players contesting an 18 hole Stableford event, including visitors from Woolooware, Toronto and Moruya Golf Clubs. Despite the lay off over recent weeks, the competition was close at the top of the leader board, with only 2 shots separating the first 5 ladies. There was a feast of birdies and chip ins too: Deb Matheson birdied the 7^th and chipped in on the 4^th and 9^th; Denise Sainty chipped in for birdie on the 10^th; Maxine Mitchell birdied the 10^th; Di Bott chipped in on the 14^th, Sue Hair on the 12^th and Sue Brownrigg on the 17^th. But it was Liz Ross who took the win today with a fantastic score of 40 points – well played, ladies!

Results: Saturday 13/9/25

Ladies 18 Hole Stableford

A Grade Winners: 1^st Deb Matheson 38; 2^nd Maxine Mitchell 34 C/B; 3^rd Denise Sainty 34

B Grade Winners: 1^st Liz Ross on 40 (best score of the day); 2^nd Sue Campton 39; 3^rd Sue Hair 38 C/B

Place Getters (38 C/B – 33 C/B): Tanya Sinclair, Sue Brownrigg, Ann Syme, Carolyn Affleck, Jo Buttrey

NTP Hole 5: A Grade Carolyn Affleck; B Grade Tanya Sinclair

NTP Hole 10: A Grade Maxine Mitchell; B Grade Liz Ross

On the first genuinely hot day of the season, 42 ladies played in Tuesday’s Stableford event including Barb Bennett visiting from Warringah GC. There were some hot shots from the ladies, including Marg Bonney’s chip in for birdie from 40 metres out on the 10^th; and Di Bott’s birdie on the 5^th after her tee shot landed close to the pin on the green for an easy putt. Jo Buttrey had mixed fortunes, with a lovely chip in on the 16^th  , then chipping out of the bunker on the 12^th to within a metre of the flag, only to miss the putt! There were a lot of great scores carded with a log jam at the top, but once again it was Liz Ros, backing up from Saturday to win again, with another fantastic 40 points! Liz has been hovering around the edges of A grade for a while now, and it won’t be long until she gets a well earned promotion. It was good to see Elsa Jones visiting today, recovering from recent knee surgery. She’s very keen to get back to golf, hopefully towards the end of the year.

Results: Tuesday 16/9/25

Ladies 18 Hole Stableford

A Grade Winners: Deb Matheson 38; 2^nd Carolyn Affleck 36; 3^rd Marcia Smith 35

B Grade Winners: 1^st Liz Ross on 40 (best score of the day); 2^nd Di Bowes 37; 3^rd Tanya Sinclair 35 C/B

C Grade Winners: 1^st Sharon Barwick 38 C/B; 2^nd Di Bott 38; 3^rd Deb Andrews 36

Place Getters (35 C/B- 33): Fran Henderson, Marg Bonney, Robyn Richardson, Cheryl Foster, Maxine Mitchell, Heather McGuinn, Di Smith, Sue Kovacs, Judy Benson, Carol Wiggins

NTP Hole 3: A Grade Maxine Mitchell; B Grade Tanya Sinclair; C Grade Sharon Barwick

NTP Hole 10: A Grade Marcia Smith

Another great field of 10 lady vets played in the 9 hole event on Tuesday, with Di Lindstrom taking the win with an impressive 20 points.

Results: Tuesday 16/9/25

Lady Vets 9 Hole Event

1^st Di Lindstrom 20; 2^nd Sue Nicholson 18; 3^rd Marie Pegram 15 C/B; 4^th Jeanette Kemp 15; 5^th Pam Kelly 14

Thursday’s lady vets event was the ever popular Grandmothers Trophy Round, sponsored and presented by Shirley Pearson. Shirley has been a golfer for 55 years, playing beautiful golf and sharing her knowledge and experience with those who were new to the game. She has now called time on her golfing career, so thankyou Shirley, for your longstanding support of ladies golf at Hawks Nest.

51 ladies played for the trophy, won this year by Rosarie Mullins on 35 nett, with runner up Denise Sainty on 36 nett C/B. Congratulations, ladies! In today’s other highlights, Denise scored on birdie on the 7^th, and there were chip ins from Jacqui Collins (12^th), Marg Bonney (12^th) and Ann Browning (1^st).

Results: Thursday 18/9/25

Lady Vets 9 Hole Grandmothers Trophy

1^st Deb Andrews on -5; 2^nd Liz Edmonds -3’ 3^rd Di Vercoe -3; 4^th Sharon Barwick -2; 5^th Marie Pegram 2

NTP Hole 3: Division 1 Fran Henderson; Division 2 Judy Benson

NTP Hole 16: Division 1 Lorraine Bragg; Division 2 June London; Division 3 Julie Freeland

By Dianne BOWES