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Strathalbyn Ladies Results 11/12/2024 A win for Di Krutli. On Wednesday 11th of December, the ladies at Strathalbyn continued with their Stableford rounds for the Summer Cup. Fourteen played 18 holes and one played 9 holes. Well done to Di Krutli, who continues with her consistent play to win the day with 39 points. Penny Geue was not too far behind on 37 while 4 ladies all had 36. Ann Semple, Mandi Vardon, Charmaine Aplin and Tonya Merritt all played to their handicap with that score. On 34 points were Kerrie Edwards and Jo Pickhaver while Carol Pelle finished on 32. Next came Jenny Drury on 31, Cara Eastwood 30, Pauline Walkom and Dawne Thomas both on 29 and Bernadine Gatehouse (visiting from Queensland) had 28 points. Sue Pryor had 22 points for her 9 holes which was a fantastic score. NTP on the 9th hole went to Jo P. whose drive stayed on the green to win her the prize. Tonya had a birdie on the 12th hole while Kerrie and Di had gobblers on the 6th hole and Mandi had one on the 13th hole. Cara, Dawne and Jo P. all had putts that skirted the hole or stopped one roll from dropping!! Pauline and Charmaine sent their drives into the creek while Jenny lost a ball and put 2 into the dam. However, one was still dry, so she hit a fantastic shot from there onto the green. Sometimes you can be lucky.   On Sunday 8th of December, 7 ladies had lunch out together. They headed to Oasis Gardens Restaurant and Function Centre for High Tea. They had a very delicious array of finger food and enjoyed their day out. 04/12/2024 Great turnaround for Jenny Drury. On Wednesday 4th December, 14 ladies played a Stableford round in the Summer Cup that is held over December and January. Jenny Drury decided that last week’s game was enough and showed herself and others just how well she can play golf. Jenny finished with 42 points. Not to be outdone, Mandi Vardon finished on the same score of 42 as the runner-up for the day. Mel Johnson was not far behind on 40, with Maureen Need having a great game finishing on 39 points. Jo Cullen scored 33, Charmaine Aplin and Tonya Merritt 31 each, Cara Eastwood and Bernadine Gatehouse 30 each, Pauline Walkom 29, and Kerrie Edwards 28. They were followed by Ann Semple on 25 and Carol Pelle and Penny Geue both finished with 24 points. NTP winner on the 17th hole with her second shot was Jenny. Gobblers (chip ins) were scored by Mandi on the 2nd, Jo C and Maureen both on the 10th hole. The course was in fantastic condition, nice and green after much needed rain. It was nice to see Bernadine back from Queensland for a short holiday and playing steady golf. Pauline was unlucky with putting as she skimmed the edge of the cup on 5 holes. An echidna has dug some massive holes near the ladies 9th tee block, there were hardly any kangaroos, but plenty of corellas have found their way back to the dam on the golf course. A story from the day was that Ann took her pants off. Think about it. Hope that makes a bit of sense! 27/11/2024 Christmas Characters at Lake Albert. On Friday 29th of November 7 ladies from Strathalbyn and 1 from South Lakes ventured to Lake Albert Golf club at Meningie for their annual LALA Golf Classic. This year’s theme was Christmas characters, so Gingerbread people – Ann Semple and Penny Geue, Snowmen – Cara Eastwood and Jo Cullen, Christmas trees – Jenny Drury band Lesley Scott and Mother Christmas’s – Di Krutli and Jo Pickhaver all headed that way for an Ambrose competition. They came across a variety of Elves, a couple of Grinches, Mary and Joseph, and a few Angels amongst the other characters who had also made their way to Lake Albert. The day was fun with all players having the usual variety of good and not so good shots. The weather was great – although the flies were quite a worry. Their course was in wonderful condition and a pleasure to play. The ladies had Coorong mullet wraps for lunch part way around the course and had finger desserts and fruit to finish when they were back in the clubrooms. No prizes from the golf on the day but Ann was lucky enough to win a raffle prize. Well done. Mandi Vardon wins with 66. On Wednesday 27th November, 14 ladies played a Stroke round in drizzly weather which turned quite windy by the end of the round. However, Mandi Vardon found the going just what she ordered with a fantastic 66 nett for her round. She was closely followed by mother and daughter duo of Jo Cullen and Mel Johnson, both with 67 nett. Ann Semple had 69, Tonya Merritt 71, Penny Geue 72, Kerrie Edwards 73, Jo Pickhaver 74, Di Krulti 77, Cara Eastwood 78, Charmaine Aplin 80, Pauline Walkom 81, Carol Pelle 83 and Jenny Drury 84. NTP winner with her drive on the 9th hole was Jo P. who also scored a gobbler (chip in) on the 13th hole. Mandi scored one on the 8th and Pauline found the cup on the 15th. Mandi found the dam, Carol found it twice on the same hole, while Charmaine found the creek twice. Carol is heading out with the chainsaw to get rid of some of the trees she found on the course – could be clearer next week!!?? However, Jenny said she had had a day of trauma – in the creek, behind trees and her zip got stuck on her jacket – equipment trauma!! However, we will all head out next week to see if we can do better. That’s golf! 20/11/2024 Trophy presentation 2024 The Summer Cup represents playing 2 months of Stableford competitions over summer and was won by Tonya Merritt. Monthly Medal winners were Pauline Walkom, Carol Pelle, Cara Eastwood, Penny Geue, Mel Johnson, Jo Pickhaver and Mandi Vardon. The Medal of Medals was won by Cara Eastwood. The Shylie Rymill Foursomes, our Club Foursomes, is a South Australian event run by Golf Australia in honour of Mrs. Rymill the co-founder of the SA Ladies Golf Union. Runners-up with nett score of 75.5 were Sue Phillips and Mandi Vardon. Winners were Carol Pelle and Jo Pickhaver. The Laurel Wreath is a match play event again run by Golf Australia. We play it as practice for Pennants and Club Championships. Dawne Thomas played Pauline Walkom in the final. Dawne won the Laurel Wreath. The International Bowl is the 3rd Statewide event we play at Strathalbyn, and it is a Stroke competition. In the Silver division runner-up with a nett score of 76 was Kerrie Edwards and the winner, with a nett score of 74 was Tonya Merritt. In the Bronze division runner-up with nett core of 68 was Jenny Drury and the winner with a nett score of 66 was Cara Eastwood. The Eclectic competition – in second position with a gross score of 71 and a nett score of 61.5 was Mandi Vardon while the winner with a gross score of 68 and a nett score of 59.5 was Kerrie Edwards. The Handicap winner which is awarded to the best nett score of the championship qualifying rounds – in second place was Tonya Merritt with an average of 74.6 while Pauline Walkom winning with a nett score of 71.3.  The Mc Bain Trophy is based on the Stroke rounds for Veterans over 70. Coming in second place was Pauline Walkom while Jo Pickhaver won by 2 strokes. The Handicappers Trophy for the best of 4 Putting rounds – Runner-up was Marie Kingsbury. Jo Pickhaver was the winner. The Captain’s Trophy for the best of 4 Stroke rounds – runner-up was Pauline Walkom and the winner was Cara Eastwood. The President’s Trophy for the best of 4 Stableford rounds – runner-up was Jenny Drury and the winner was Mandi Vardon. The Patroness Trophy for the best of 4 Par rounds – winning by a landslide was Ann Semple. In the ‘B’ Grade Championship, 6 ladies qualified with the final between Penny Geue and Ann Semple. The winner for 2024 was Ann Semple. In the ‘A’ Grade Championship, 8 ladies qualified with the final played between Kerrie Edwards and Jo Pickhaver. The Ladies Champion for 2024 is Kerrie Edwards. Di Krutli wins again On Wednesday 20th November, 13 ladies played a Stableford competition in perfect golfing weather and on a course that has been very well prepared. Thank you again much go to the volunteers who put a lot of time and effort into making the course so good. Di Krutli took out the competition with a fantastic 41 points, closely followed by Dawne Thomas with 40 points. Next on 38 points was Tonya Merritt while Jo Pickhaver has 37. Charmaine Aplin and Mandi Vardon both scored 36, while Pauline Walkom finished with 33. She was followed by Penny Geue and Kerrie Edwards both on 32, Ann Semple and Marie Kingsbury both on 31, and Maureen Need and Mel Johnson both on 25 points. NTP winner with her second shot on the 17th hole was Charmaine who also scored a gobbler (chip in) on the 6th hole. Kerrie scored a gobbler on the 2nd hole and Di had one on the 3rd hole. Mandi had a birdie on the 8th hole and Tonya scored a birdie/gobbler on the 5th hole. On Tuesday 19th November, Kerrie and Jo P played at Blackwood for their Open Day. No major prizes but they made it into the ball rundown so had smiles on their faces. They played with the winners on the day and sat with 2 other groups that won sections from the day. 13/11/2024 Di Krutli won with 40 points. Ten ladies played a Stableford competition on Wednesday 13th November. The scores were very close for all the ladies, with Di Krutli winning the day with 40 points. Ann Semple was close behind with 39 while Cara came next with 38. Jo Pickhaver scored 36, Marie Kingsbury and Jo Cullen finished with 34 each and Kerrie Edwards, Tonya Merritt, Mandi Vardon, and Penny Geue could not be separated with all of them scoring 33 points. Cara won the NTP on the 9th hole and also scored a gobbler (chip in) on the 11th. Kerrie had a birdie on the 8th hole while Jo P had a birdie/gobbler on the 1st hole. Thank you to all the volunteers who tend to the course as it is in fantastic condition. On Friday 15th November, Penny, Ann, Jenny Drury and Jo P ventured to Wirrina Cove for their Stableford Open day. The weather was much kinder this year than last year and the ladies played well with some good shots among the duds. It was lovely to see the joeys and ducklings around the course. The scores were Penny 35, Ann 32, Jo P 29 and Jenny 27. They were happy with them. Everyone came away with a smile as they all were gifted a bottle of wine. They are the golf days you want to play in!! However, Jenny hit the jackpot with 2 wonderful drives to two Par 3 holes – 8th and 17th to score vouchers from Drummonds for 2 NTP prizes. Last Saturday Di and Jo P found a koala near the tee on the 13th hole. It was quite friendly and allowed Di to have a photo taken once it had climbed into a nearby tree. 6/11/2024 Sheoak Trophy Day at Echunga. Fourteen ladies represented the club at the annual Sheoak Trophy competition with Echunga on Wednesday 6th November. Ann Semple, Penny Geue, Jo Cullen, Jenny Drury, Mel Johnson, Maureen Need, Charmaine Aplin, Mandi Vardon, Tonya Merritt, Di Krutli, Kerrie Edwards, Cara Eastwood, Marie Kingsbury and Jo Pickhaver played at Echunga. Unfortunately, Tailem Bend were unable to field a team. The ladies played individual Stableford that was averaged by the number of players from each club. This year Echunga won with 30.83. Strathalbyn was not too far behind with 27.36. The weather proved to be a bonus, and the Echunga course was in great condition. Thank you, Echunga for hosting the trophy this year. A two course lunch was enjoyed by all the players at the conclusion of the round. Although the ladies from Strath didn’t win the Sheoak Trophy, they cleaned up with the raffle. Mandi, Tonya, Marie, and Jo P all won 2 prizes while Mel, Jo C, Di K, Maureen, Cara and Jenny all won 1 prize, so most of the ladies went home with a smile on their faces. Ann Semple and Penny Geue headed straight from Echunga to Robe to play in the Robe Open day on Thursday November 8th. They played a Pinehurst comp. with both good and bad holes. It was very wet when they started their round and quite windy as well. They had a birdie which was exciting and the highlight of their day. Both Ann and Penny said they had had fun. 30/10/2024 Kerrie Edwards wins with 39 points. Twelve ladies headed out to the Strath golf course on Wednesday 30th October to be greeted with slightly foggy conditions. However, as the morning passed, the sun came out to give the ladies perfect golfing weather. The course was also in wonderful condition which made the game easier, if you stayed on the fairways. Kerrie Edwards made the most of the conditions to win the day by scoring 39 points. Not too far behind was Jo Cullen on 36, followed by Tonya Merritt with 33. Next came Jenny Drury with 31, with Marie Kingsbury and Jo Pickhaver both scoring 29. Ann Semple, Penny Geue and Cara Eastwood all finished with 28 while Charmaine Aplin and Mandi Vardon had 27 and Pauline Walkom finished with 23 points. NTP was won by Jo Pickhaver with a very close second shot on the 17th hole. Kerrie had an interesting day with a birdie/gobbler on the 15th hole and visiting the dam and the creek on other holes. Marie found the dam and Mandi found both the dam and the creek. Mandi also said that she found ALL the trees on the course, however she hadn’t been out to play for a while, so it was good to see her back playing.