Hawks Nest Ladies Golf

ON a superb winter’s day last Saturday, another great field of 35 ladies teed off in the 18 hole Stableford competition. There were some very good scores carded over the field but as is often the way, it was the last player home, Robyn Wade, who snatched the win from the clubhouse leader Evelyn Potts. Robyn and Evelyn both had great games, also sharing the honours with the nearest the pin prizes – great golf, ladies!

Perhaps the most colourful Play of the Day belonged to one player whose ball went missing in action on the 14^th. She and her partners searched high and low before locating it, nestled snugly up in the ferns in the fork of a tree. Definitely no argument there about an unplayable lie, but it cracked them all up!

Results: Saturday 6/6/2026

Ladies 18 Hole Stableford

A Grade Winners: 1^st Jo Buttrey 36; 2^nd Maree Gledhill 35; 3^rd Ruth Dickson 34

B Grade Winners: 1^st Robyn Wade 39 (best score of the day); 2^nd Evelyn Potts 38; 3^rd Janet Moore 36

Place Getters (33 –32 C/B): Sue Kovacs, Judi Salmon, Deb Gardner, Sue Brownrigg, Karen Green, Roma Bernardin

NTP Hole 5: B Grade Robyn Wade

NTP Hole 10: A Grade Deb Marheson; B Grade Evelyn Potts

The Ladies Foursomes Championships got under way last Tuesday in pleasant, dry conditions. There were 48 ladies in teams of 2, hitting alternately with just one ball, leading to some interesting ball placements – behind trees, in bunkers and in the dam! No wonder foursomes is also called “gruesomes”, or sorry golf! Nonetheless, the match resulted in a very close finish on both the nett and gross leaderboards. While it was a team round, the only individual highlight was Marguerite Miller’s chip in on the 6^th from 4 metres out – well played!

Results: Tuesday 9/6/2026

Ladies 18 Hole Foursomes Round 1

Nett Winners: 1^st Ann Morris & Cheryl Foster on 69.5; 2^nd Jo Scott & Di Bott 70.5; 3^rd Liz Ross & Maxine Mitchell 71.5

Place Getters (74.4 –78 C/B): Angela Clipperton & Denise Sainty, Janet Olsen & Tanya Sinclair, Sue Campton & Dawn Wiggins, Marguerite Miller & Kathy Griffiths, Deb Matheson & Jo Buttrey

Gross Winners: 1^st Maxine Mitchell & Liz ross 96; 2^nd Carolyn Affleck & Kristine McMahon 96; 3^rd Angela Clipperton & Denise Sainty 96

The competition is wide open as we head into round 2 next week – good luck everyone!

At last the conditions were favourable for the Lady Vets 9 Hole competition on Tuesday, with 6 players teeing off in lovely conditions. Great to see Di Nummy finding her winning form this week!

Results: Tuesday 9/6/2026

Lady Vets 9 Hole Stableford

1^st Di Nummy 16; 2^nd Wendy Gibson 10; 3^rd Pat Dodd 7

Thursday saw 34 lady vets take to the course in this week’s round. Visitor Rosalie Rajki (Cobram- Baroonga GC) had a sizzling round of 40, which included an amazing chip in on the 14^th from 35 metres out, and another on the 17^th – great golf, Rosalie! Other chip ins today came from Dawn Gough on the 13^th in her winning round, and Elsa Jones and Janet Olsen on the 14^th. Di Bott had a lovey birdie on the par 3 16^th too.

Results: Thursday 11/6/2026

Lady Vets 9 Holes Event

1^st Dawn Gough 1 C/B; 2^nd June London 1; 3^rd Elsa Jones 3 C/B; 4^th Janet Olsen 3

NTP Hole 3: Division 1 Fran Henderson; Division 3 Rhonda Dorman

NTP Hole 16: Division 1 Robyn Keegan; Division 2 Di Bott; Division 3 Julie Freeland

Last week we held a raffle after golf to celebrate the King’s Birthday long weekend. A special thankyou to member Ann Marie French, who generously  donated a family meal voucher as one of the prizes. Ann Marie is now the proud owner of Jimmy’s Smash Burgers in Hawks Nest. Our lucky winner was Kristine McMahon, who won a night off cooking!

By Dianne BOWES