12/11/24

SATURDAY was a perfect spring day for golfers, and the field of 42 ladies included 10 visitors.

It was the Monthly Medal Round for November, and as always scores were close at the top of the leaderboard, with only 1 shot separating the 3 best scores.

But it was Deb Gardner who snuck home with the win on 74 Nett.

Results: Saturday Ladies Stroke 9/11/24

A Grade: 1st Lynda Bayliss 77; 2nd Sue Kovacs 78 C/B; 3rd Elizabeth Lewis (Wakehurst GC) 78 C/B

B Grade: 1st Deb Gardner 74 (best score of the day); 2nd Renea Kerr 75 C/B; 3rd Angela Clipperton 75

Place Getters (78 C/B- 80 C/B): Marguerite Miller, Pamela Lindsay (Manly GC), Anne-Marie French, Jenny Schenk (Manly), Deb Matheson, Samantha Leggett, Carolyn Affleck, Dawn Wiggins, Sue Browning and Janice Irwin (Monash CC)

Gross Winners: A Grade: Lynda Bayliss 94 C/B; B Grade: Deb Gardner 104

Congratulations to all our winners today.

Tuesday 18 hole golfers will miss a few weeks’ play due to conflicting events, such as the Melbourne Cup, Summer Classic Tournament and course renovations.

Congratulations to Hawks Nest representatives Maxine Mitchell and Sue Campton, on their great win over the field in the NHDLGA Country Cup Event last week.

The event pits Newcastle district players against Hunter River golfers, and has become an annual favourite in the local calendar, a bit of a grudge match between the groups. Hunter District has won the shootout 3 times to Newcastle’s 2, so the competition was hotly contested.

This year the Newcastle District took home the Cup by a clear margin in the 4BBB v Stableford at Tanilba Bay.

But in the Individual Team Event, it was Maxine and Sue, winning by just 1 shot Over the Field on a magnificent aggregate score of 45. Runners Up were Newcastle Players Patricia Fielding and Lucy Minehan on 44.

By Dianne BOWES