Hawks Nest Ladies Golf

THE Australia Day long weekend brought lots of visitors to the area, many of whom played in Saturday’s golf competition. Conditions were perfect for the ladies 18 hole Stableford, with a great field of 36 players teeing off. Chip ins came from Trish Sattler on the 2 nd , Di Bott on the 5 th , Maxine Mitchell 7 th , Judi Salmon 8 th and Julie Hammond 17 th .

Results: Saturday 24/1/26

Ladies 18 Hole Stableford

A Grade Winners: 1 st Julie Hammond 38; 2 nd Karen Green 33 C/B; 3 rd Marcia Smith 33

B Grade Winners: 1 st Pauline Barham 39 (best score of the day); 2 nd Carol Maher 38; 3 rd Di Bott 37

Place Getters (37 – 32 C/B): Elizabeth Patrick, Trish Sattler, Nadine Lennox, Carolyn Affleck, Judi

Salmon, Yvonne Sullivan, Evelyn Potts

NTP Hole 10: Deb Matheson (A Grade)

NTP Hole: 16 Yvonne Sullivan (A Grade)

Another great field of 47 ladies played in Tuesday’s Stableford round in fine conditions, with a very

welcome sea breeze keeping temperatures down. Scores were very close over the field, with just 5

shots separating the top 20 finishers. But the day belonged to Fran Henderson, who finished with

the best overall score of 39 and 1 st in B Grade, including her first ever birdie on the 16 th , as well as

snagging NTP on the 5 th . Sari McDonald also scored a birdie on the 7 th , and Jo Scott had a chip in on

the 18 th . Spare a thought for Maxine Mitchell, whose great tee shot on the 10 th fell just 1 cm short of

winning the eagles nest, which must be within 50 cm of the hole. She claimed the NTP instead. Well

played, ladies!

Results: Tuesday 27/1/26

Ladies 18 Hole Stableford

A Grade Winners: 1 st Carolyn Affleck 35 C/B; 2 nd Angela Clipperton 35 C/B; 3 rd Maxine Mitchell 35 C/B

B Grade Winners: 1 st Fran Henderson 39; 2 nd Deb Gardner 37; 3 rd Jo Scott 36 C/B

C Grade Winners: 1 st Debbie Andrews 37; 2 nd Di Rumble Dickson 36; 3 rd Janet Olsen 36

Place Getters (36 C/B – 33 C-B): Rosarie Mullins, Di Bowes, Deb Dummett, Di Davis, Louise Chadwick,

Cheryl Foster, Di Bott, Kathy Griffiths, Robyn Richardson, Angela Squires and Sue Kovacs

Bohemian Spirit NTP Hole 5: A Grade Angela Squires; B Grade Fran Henderson; C Grade Liz Edmonds

NTP Hole 10: A Grade Maxine Mitchell

It was fantastic to see a big field of 10 players tee off in the Lady Vets 9 Hole event on Tuesday, their

first game for 2026 after rain caused last week’s game to be cancelled. There wasn’t a struck match

between the top 2 players, both finishing with 18 points, with a tight tussle for the minor placings.

Results: Tuesday 27/1/26

Lady Vets 9 Hole Stableford

1 st Sue Nicholson on 18 C/B; 2 nd Di Lindstrom 18; 3 rd Rhonda Dorman 13C/B; 4 th Jeanette Kemp 13

Thursday Lady Vets saw a good field of 47 players tee off in the 9 hole Grey Tee round. Kay Webb

was all smiles to be back at golf sporting a new knee, and welcome to Saw Lim who played her first

round of Lady Vets competition today. Dawn Gough and Di Smith shared the honours for the Play of

the Day with birdies, Di on the 3 rd and Dawn on the 16 th . Both ladies hit beautiful tee shots which

landed very close to the pin, and sank their putts for 1 under par. Chip ins today: Di Rumble Dickson

has 2, one on the 12 th , another on the 15 th , Viv Ballinger on the 13 th from 5 metres out, and Rosarie

Mullins on the 7 th from 6 metres. Well played, ladies!

Results: Thursday 29/1/26

Lady Vets 9 Hole Grey Tees

1 st Marg Bonney on -4 C/B; 2 nd Marlene Stokes -4’ 3 rd Viv Ballinger -3; 4 th Chris Simmons 2; 5 th Dawn

Gough 4

NTP Hole 3: Division 1 Deb Dummett; Division 2 Di Smith; Division 3 Rhona Smallcombe

NTP Hole 16: Division 1 Robyn Keegan; Division 2 Dawn Gough; Division 3 Viv Ballinger

By Dianne BOWES