Hawks Nest Ladies Golf

SATURDAY’S round saw a good field out on the course in pleasant playing conditions. Tanya Sinclair found some fine form to take the win, with an excellent 40 points. Among the other individual highlights was a great moment for Rhona Smallcombe, with her first chip in on the 2^nd   hole. Other chip ins came from Janet Moore on the 4^th and Deb Gardner on the 10^th.  But  Sue Kovacs had her eye in today with 2 chip ins, the first on the 11^th from 8 metres out, and then on the 14^th from 10 metres. Well played, ladies!

Results: Saturday 11/10/25

Ladies 18 Hole Stableford – 28 Players

A Grade Winners: 1^st Antje Basson 38; 2^nd Carolyn Affleck 35; 3^rd Denise Sainty 33 C/B

B Grade Winners: 1^st Tanya Sinclair 40 (best score of the day); 2^nd Sue Campton 38; 3^rd Janet Moore 34

Place Getters (33 – 31): Jo Buttrey, Di Bott, Julie Hammond, Cheryl Foster

NTP Hole 5: A Grade Carolyn Affleck;  B Grade Pauline Barham

NTP Hole 10: A Grade Denise Sainty; B Grade Evelyn Potts

The Championship rounds always bring out the best in our golfers, and Tuesday was no exception with some excellent individual highlights. Denise Sainty chipped in from 25 metres out on the 3^rd hole for a birdie 2; Fran Henderson chipped in from 8 metres out on the 9^th; Karen Serhan on the 7^th, Sharon Barwick on the 17^th, Julie Hammond on the 1^st and Jo Buttrey on the 15^th. Overall honours though, went to Pauline Barham with her outstanding round of 69 nett – well played, ladies!

Results: Tuesday 14/10/25

Ladies 18 Hole Stroke – Round 2 Club Championship – 41 players

A Grade Winners: 1^st Denise Sainty 74; 2^nd Deb Matheson 76 C/B; 3^rd Jo Buttrey 76

B Grade Winners: 1^st Robyn Keegan 72; 2^nd Ann Syme 74 C/B; 3^rd Cheryl Foster 74 C/B

C Grade Winners: 1^st Pauline Barham 69 (best score of the day); 2^nd Di Smith 74; 3^rd Debbie Andrews 76 C/B

Place Getters (74 C/B – 78): Di Bowes, Tanya Sinclair, Janet Moore, Deb Dummett, Di Rumble Dickson, Fran Henderson, Sharon Barwick, June Biddle, Carolyn Affleck, Trish Sattler

Bohemian Spirit NTP Hole 3: A Grade Denise Sainty; B Grade Cheryl Foster; C Grade Debbie Andrews

NTP Hole 10: B Grade Deb Gardner

Gross Winners: A Grade Denise Sainty 90; B Grade Ann Syme 102; C Grade Pauline Barham 107

Round 3 of the Ladies 18 Hole Championship will be played on Tuesday 21^st October. The 2025 Medal Of Medals Round will be played in conjunction with Round 3.

After a very small group last time, it was good to see a few more of our Lady Vets on Tuesday this week, with 9 players enjoying their golf on a fine spring day. Well done to Kate Brown, who pipped Di Lindstrom on a count back for the honours.

Results: Tuesday 14/10/25

Lady Vets 9 Hole Stableford – 9 players

1^st Kate Brown 15 C/B; 2^nd Di Lindstrom 15; 3^rd Sue Nicholson 13 C/B

Thursday was Round 1 of the Lady Vets Championships, which will run over 3 weeks. A great field of 51 players turned out today in warm conditions, perfect for golf. The course was in excellent condition, though the greens were fast which led to some interesting numbers when the ladies counted up their putts! Quite a few of our ladies admitted to having a nervous start, which is sometimes the case in championship games. But as always there was a lot of love and laughter in the Green Room afterwards, regardless of the scores. Individual highlights included chip ins from Di Rumble Dickson on the 1^st, Deb Dummett for par on the 7^th,  and Rhonda Dorman and Marie Pegram, both on the 8^th.

Results: Thursday 16/10/25

Lady Vets 9 Hole Event –  51 players

1^st Deb Dummett -5; 2^nd Sharon Barwick -3; 3^rd Betty Clinch -2; 4^th Jeanette Kemp 1; 5^th Ann O’Brien 2

NTP Hole 3: Division 1 Denise Sainty; Division 2 Robyn Richardson

NTP Hole 10: Division 3 Sue Hair

By Dianne BOWES