THE 37th Annual Hawks Nest Ladies Golf Classic was held on March 6 and 7 with a Meet and Greet held the Sunday prior.

This year we hosted over 260 lady golfers from all over the state.

Our Sponsor for this year’s event was Hawks Nest First National Real Estate.

A big thank you to them.

Morning teas were provided by our lady members each day which was welcomed as par-participants had early starts from 6.50am.

The weather over the two-day event was warm and humid but did not deter the record field on day one.

Congratulations to the winner of this year’s HN Ladies Classic 36 Hole Event Scratch Winner: Angela Norton-Smith from Forster Tuncurry GC.

Results are as follows –
36 HOLE SCRATCH WINNER 158 Angela Norton-Smith
36 HOLE SCRATCH R/UP 169 Katrina Skinner Oyston
36 HOLE NETT WINNER 140 Yvonne Sullivan
36 HOLE NETT R/UP 144 Jeanette Adlington
36 HOLE S/FORD WINNER 83 Wendy Baker
36 HOLE S/FORD R/UP 77 Susan Ainsley

Monday night was our now famous Dinner/Dance attended by 212 ladies and special guests who enjoyed a delicious two courses from PK’s Restaurant and entertainment provided by girl duo ‘Sisters from Different Misters’.

A lovely photo of Bennetts Beach on canvas, donated by Terri Meakin Photography was auctioned on the night and raised $400.

Thank you to Terri Meakin for your generosity.

Canvas was sold to Anne Dorrington from Bayview G.C.

Over 38 raffle prizes were drawn on Tuesday afternoon which proved to be a huge, recordbreaking success, raising $5,000 for Westpac Rescue Helicopter Appeal.

Westpac representative Graham Rowe contributed a ‘Helicopter Simulated Flight for 4 people’ (valued at $400) which formed part of our raffle prizes.

Thank you to our Club Professional Andrew McCormack and staff who managed to guide our record field through without a hitch.

Our Course Superintendent Ben Mills, his staff and volunteers presented our course the best it’s ever been.

Volunteer course marshalls, starters, ticket sellers, bar staff, office staff and cafe did an incredible job in helping our event run smoothly.

Finally a huge thank you to my Committee who did an outstanding job, considering that this was the first time as a committee for some of them.

I am so proud of them all.

By Maxine MITCHELL