Hawks Nest Ladies Golf

IT’S been a big week for Hawks Nest Ladies Golf, with the Club Championships completed for 2025. Over 3 weeks we saw 3 grades contesting both the Gross and Nett Divisions: 9 players in A Grade, 15 in B Grade and 24 in C Grade. Congratulations to our winners, and to everyone who took part this year!

Tuesday’s game was the final round of the championship. And once again, it was Pauline Barham at the top of the leaderboard, with another great gross score of 67 on her way becoming the C Grade Champion and Best Nett Winner over the field – well played!

In other individual highlights, there were chip ins from Heather McGuinn for par on the 5th, Fran Henderson 4th, Di Bott from 10 metres out on the 10th, Sue Brownrigg 11th and Debbie Andrews 13th. Deb Matheson played a great shot for par from behind the bunker on the 10th. Her chip went high, landing past the flag but with enough backspin to suck back into the hole. Well played, ladies!

Results: Tuesday 21/10/25

Ladies 18 Hole Stroke/ Round 3 Club Championships/ Medal Of Medals

Daily Results

A Grade Winners: 1st Denise Sainty 75 C/B; 2nd Maxine Mitchell 75 C/B; 3rd Jo Buttrey 75 C/B

B Grade Winners: 1st Deb Gardner 71; 2nd Deb Dummett 72; 3rd Cheryl Foster 73

C Grade Winners: 1st Pauline Barham 67 (best score of the day); 2nd Di Bott 73 C/B; 3rd Debbie Andrews 73 C/B

Place Getters (73-79): Sharon Barwick, Robyn Keegan, Chris Simmons, Jo Scott, Deb Matheson, Di Bowes, Pamela Keegan, Robyn Wade, Carol Maher, Fran Henderson, Trish Sattler, Kathy Griffiths

NTP Hole 5: C Grade Robyn Richardson

Scratch Winners: A Grade Denise Sainty 91; B Grade Cheryl Foster 101; C Grade Pauline Barham 105

Championship Results 2025

Club Champions Gross

Club Champion A Grade: Denise Sainty with rounds of 90, 90, 91 / Total 271

Runner Up A Grade: Deb Matheson 93,93, 92 / 278

B Grade Champion: Cheryl Foster 97,102, 102 / 300

Runner Up B Grade: Deb Gardner 96,109,102 / 307

C Grade Champion: Pauline Barham 112,107, 105 / 324

Runner Up C Grade: Di Bott 108,120, 110 / 338

Club Champions Nett

Nett Winner A Grade: Jo Buttrey 78,76,75 / 229

Runner Up Nett A Grade: Maxine Mitchell 75, 80, 75 / 230

Nett Winner B Grade: Robyn Keegan 68, 71, 72 / 211

Runner Up Nett B Grade: Di Bowes 66, 73, 76 / 215

Nett Winner C Grade: Sharon Barwick 70,76,73 / 219

Runner Up C Grade: Debbie Andrews 74, 76, 73 / 22 / 223

Robyn Rumble Memorial Trophy for Best Nett Over the Field – Pauline Barham 72, 67,65 / 204

2025 Medal of Medals

This event was contested by all those players who have won Monthly Medals throughout the year. The 2025 Medal of Medals Winner is Deb Gardner, who led the field of medalists with the best gross score of 71.

In other games this week, 22 ladies played in the Saturday Stroke round as an all-in event. Lynne Wales from Wyong GC and Kerry Stephen (Club Taree) joined the field, led home this week by Robyn Keegan.

Results: Saturday 18/10/25

Ladies 18 Hole Stroke

Winners: 1st Robyn Keegan on 70 (best score of the day); 2nd Carolyn Affleck on 72; 3rd Dawn Wiggins 74 C/B

Place Getters (74-75 C/B): Jo Buttrey, Chris Simmons, Lynne Wales

NTP Hole 5: A Grade Carolyn Affleck; B Grade Robyn Wade

NTP Hole 10: A Grade Deb Matheson; B Grade Di Bott

In the Lady Vets 9 Hole event on Tuesday, there were 9 ladies vying for the daily honours.

Results: 1st Di Lindstrom on 17 points; 2nd Marie Pegram 15; 3rd Jeanette Kemp 12; 4th Sue Nicholson 9; 5th Ann Browning 8

Thursday’s event saw 49 Lady Vets play Round 2 of their Championship. Sue Kovacs got off to a cracking start on the 10th with a birdie, after chipping in from the rough about 30 metres out. Jo Buttrey and Denise Sainty both had great gross scores, while Robyn Richardson and Fran Henderson led the nett scores this week.

Results: Thursday 23/10/25

Lady Vets 9 Hole Event

1st Carol Wiggins on -4; 2nd Sharon Barwick 1; 3rd Di Smith 3; 4th Barb Birmingham 3; 5th Jeanette Kemp 3

NTP Hole 3: Division 1 Jo Buttrey; Division 2 Barb Birmingham

The final round will be played next Thursday, 28/10/25.

By Dianne BOWES