LAST Saturday saw a small field of Hawks Nest Golf Club ladies contest the 18 hole Stableford event in pleasant conditions.
Di Sutton from Nelson Bay, and Gaye Gillard from Toronto GC were visiting Hawks Nest while their own courses recover from the recent bad weather.
There were some great scores carded today, with a two way battle for first place between the in-form Sue Kovacs, and Di Davis, both on 40 points.
The next ten players were bunched together 4 shots back, so once again it was a close competition for the minor placings.
Results: Saturday 12/7/25
A Grade Winners: 1st Samantha Leggatt on 36; 2nd Julie Hammond 35; 3rd Gaye Gillard 34C/B
B Grade Winners: 1st Sue Kovacs 40 C/B (best score of the day); 2nd Di Davis 40; 3rd Ann Syme 35 C/B
Place Getters (35 C/B-34): Chris Simmons, Roma Bernardin, Janet Moore, Di Sutton, Antje Basson
NTP Hole 10: A Grade Gaye Gillard
Tuesday’s match was the July Monthly Medal round, with 36 ladies competing across 3 grades. Despite the day before being warm and sunny, conditions on Tuesday were cold and damp which was disappointing for all. Fortunately the competition was hot at the top, with Lorraine Bragg just squeaking past Denise Sainty for the overall win on a count back. Both ladies finished with 71 nett, after Denise fired 86 gross and Lorraine 101. Jeanette Patfield also had a 5m chip in on the 15th. Well played ladies!
Results: Tuesday 15/7/25
Ladies 18 Hole Stroke
A Grade Winners: 1st Denise Sainty 71; 2nd Carolyn Affleck 73; 3rd Michelle Osborne 76 C/B
B Grade Winners: 1st Lorraine Bragg on 71 (best score of the day); 2nd Sue Kovacs 75; 3rd Robyn Keegan 76
C Grade Winners: 1st Di Bott 75; 2nd Di Rumble Dickson 76 C/B; 3rd Jeanette Patfield 76 C/B
Place Getters (76 C/B – 77): Kathy Griffiths, Janet Moore, Di Smith, Marg Bonney, Pam Keegan, Jo Scott, Barb Birmingham, Tanya Sinclair, Karen Serhan
In the Lady Vets 9 Hole Event, there were 8 ladies who braved the cold to play. It was great to see Pam Kelly back out there today, finishing 2nd despite a long layoff. Di Vercoe chipped in on the 17th, and Pat Marr sank a 20m putt for a chip-in on the 10th.
Results: Lady Vets 9 Hole Stableford
1st: Ann Browning on 17; 2nd Pam Kelly 16; 3rd Jeanette Kemp 15 C/B; 4th Pam Gibbs 15
Thursday morning was very cold for the early starters in the 40 strong Lady Vets competition. On the front 9, Jo Buttrey carded a lovely 33 nett after parring 4 in a row, including a chip in on the 4th. One shot back was Julie Freeland on 34, who also took out Division 3 NTP on the 3rd hole. Robyn Keegan took the honours on the back 9 with 33 nett, including a 10m chip in on the 17th.
Other notable plays came from Marcia Smith with a 10m chip in down the hill from off the back on the 11th; and Jo Scott from 18m out on the 17th. This comes after Jo scored an amazing 45 points in Wednesday’s competition, in one of those rounds where everything went right – well done Jo!
Results: Thursday 17/7/25
Lady Vets 9 Hole Event
Winners: 1st Jo Buttrey -5 C/B; 2nd Fran Henderson -5; 3rd Sharon Barwick -4; 4th Robyn Deppi 2; 5th Barb Birmingham 3
NTP Hole 3: Division 1 Jo Buttrey; Division 3 Julie Freeland
NTP Hole 16: Division 1 Marcia Smith; Division 3 Liz Edmonds
Guess Who? One of our ladies invented a novel way to approach the green on the 14th today, by playing Bunker Leap Frog. After landing in the fairway bunker on the right side, she hit straight into the next one, then the last one before getting up onto the green. Not a game she’d like to repeat!
By Dianne BOWES
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