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Strathalbyn Ladies Results 4/2/2026 Mel Johnson wins with 44 points. Fourteen ladies including visitor, Linda Follett, played a Stableford round in their Summer Cup program. The weather warmed up during the day, and the ladies were quite thankful to finish when they did. Mel Johnson found the course to her liking to score 44 Stableford points to claim the win for the day. Great round, Mel. Not too far behind were Jo Pickhaver and Penny Geue both finishing with 41 points. Next came Tonya Merritt 40, Jenny Drury 39, Di Krutli 37 and Kerrie Edwards and Cara Eastwood on 35. Ann Semple had 34, Jo Cullen 33, Mandi Vardon 32, Pauline Walkom 27 and Sue Pryor finished with 23 points. The ladies had 2 NTP’s this week. Di won the second shot on the 17th hole with a chip in for a birdie /gobbler and Tonya won for the 3rd shot on the 1st/10th hole. Mandi had a birdie on the 8th, and Penny had one on the 9th. Kerrie kissed a lot of trees with both good and bad results, Jo P. found the dam edge but was able to hit out and Ann’s ball finished in the dam. The creek on the 6th/15th hole claimed a few today. Sue was in it on the 6th, Pauline on the 6th and 15th and Jo C was there on the 15th. Mike Semple was kind to Pauline and Sue as he retrieved the balls for them. After doing her 7.5k run early in the morning, Linda Follett joined in with her mum Jo C and sister Mel for a round of golf at the Strath course. All was going well with the family group, with mum Jo almost outdoing her girls. This is when the trash talk by the girls started. Suggestions included a smart watch for Jo C so they would know when she fell off her horse. This watch could also track her in case she got lost in the car park and it could have a built in defib starter!! It did work as Mel powered to the win, Linda showed them she could still hit the ball a mile, whilst Jo C had to be satisfied to bring up the rear.   However, the highlight of the day went to Jo P. With her playing partners watching, she sent her third shot from the far side of the drain on the Par 5 12th hole down the righthand side of the fairway. It rolled along the ground as it neared the green and then continued onto the green. The three of them watched as it then disappeared!! It was in the hole for an Eagle 3 and a very long gobbler!! Thank you to the volunteers who work tirelessly on the course as it is in great condition. Lots of run on the fairways. What’s a golfer’s party trick?  Making a ball disappear!! 28/1/2026 A win for Ann Semple. On Wednesday 28th January, 14 ladies played a Stableford round in the Summer Cup competition. The course looked gloomy at 8.00 when they hit off as it was blanketed in fog. Checking where the ball went needed a lot of concentration. Luckily, by 9.00 it had all cleared and eventually bright sunshine was the order of the day. Ann Semple used the conditions to her advantage and won the day with fabulous 42 points. Next in line was Tonya Merritt on 39, with Marie Kingsbury 38, Jenny Drury and Kerrie Edwards both on 36 points. Mandi Vardon followed on 35, with Di Krutli and Pauline Walkom both on 33 and Jo Pickhaver on 31. Penny Geue had 30, Mel Johnson and Jo Cullen had 29 each, Sue Pryor 27 and Gill Keane 23 completed the field. Both the NTP on the 9th hole and the longest putt on the 7th/16th holes was won by Jo C. Mandi had birdie/gobbler on the 9th and a birdie on the 17th hole. Once again trees and the dam featured in the lady’s game. Jo P. visited the dam twice on the 7th hole with her first shot hitting the far edge and bouncing back into the water. However, she didn’t learn her lesson the next time around on the 16th and left another ball for the ducks. Penny also left a ball in the dam. Kerrie hit 9 trees on the day, and most were detrimental to her game. Mel had an interesting day on the 3rd and 12th holes as she hit the same hazard post at the drain on both holes. Her ball ended up heading sharp right towards the men’s 18th tee. Gill had a long drive on the par 3, 9th hole and ended up going over the drain to finish near the fence at the back of the green. She speared her next shot off the fence, over the green, over the men’s 3rd tee block and finished under the clubhouse. It’s still there!! Jo C found a new hazard that she had never encountered previously. On the 7th hole, far left, near the small dam is a runoff area full of rocks. Jo C now knows it’s there and has decided that she doesn’t need to visit it again. Pauline and Marie said that they had had a nice, steady round. Well done ladies!! That was unusual for the day. The ladies celebrated Di’s birthday with a cherry sponge cake that had been made by Jo C. It was delicious. What do you call the perfect golf shot?  A fluke!! 21/1/2026 Pauline Walkom takes it with 41 points. Wednesday 21st January dawned overcast and some said cold!! But 13 ladies ventured out to the golf course to continue their Stableford rounds in the Summer Cup. Yes, it was drizzly at times, but not enough to get fussed over. Umbrellas went up and then down as it all cleared. Before the ladies started Jo Cullen modelled a dress found in an OP shop. It was the same tartan that the ladies have as their uniform. Jo was the only lady that the dress would have fitted due to the size. Pauline Walkom hit truly down each fairway to claim the winner’s prize with 41 Stableford points. She was closely followed by Marie Kingsbury and Kerrie Edwards both on 40 points. Next came Sue Pryor 38, Jo Cullen and Jenny Drury both on 37 and Gill Keane 35. Tonya Merritt and Jo Pickhaver both finished with 33, Cara Eastwood 31, Ann Semple 30, Di Krutli 28 and Mandi Vardon scored 26 points. NTP, with a fantastic second shot on the 17th hole, was Jenny Drury and she also had a gobbler (chip in) on the 6th hole. Kerrie Edwards scored a birdie on the 9th hole. Stories from the day include Ann finding the dam twice on the same hole, and Di having putting woes all day. Playing the back nine first, Di had a fantastic drive on the par 3 15th that finished on the green, however next time around on the 6th hole she landed in the creek twice. That’s the fickleness of golf! Jenny landed on the dam edge but was able to hit out. On the 9th hole, she played pinball with the trees on the left instead of using the fairway for the direct pathway to the green. Mandi found the trees all the way round and they were not nice to her this week. Ann, Pauline and Jo P. all had trouble with their putts stopping just short or rolling around or over the hole edge and never dropping. Exasperating!! What’s the easiest shot in golf?  Your fourth putt!! 14/1/2026 Jo Cullen win with 40 points. With coolish weather greeting the twelve ladies on Wednesday 14th January, they were happy to play another Stableford round for the Summer Cup competition. The kangaroos were out feeding early in the round and then nestled under bushes as the day progressed. Jo Cullen loved the conditions the best by scoring a great 40 points to win the comp. on the day. Not too far behind was Gill Keane with 39. They were followed by Mandi Vardon 38, Pauline Walkom and Cara Eastwood both 37, Dawne Thomas and Jo Pickhaver both 36, Kerrie Edwards and Marie Kingsbury both 35, Penny Geue and Carol Pelle both 34, Mel Johnson and Ann Semple both 33, Jenny Drury 23 and Sue Pryor finished with 21. The ladies had 2 NTP’s on the day. The second shot on the 6th hole was a new one and was won by Mel with a nice finish that just pipped her mum, Jo C and the other was won by Penny with her drive on the 9th. She was surprised that it stayed, but the other ladies must have been more wayward on that hole. Jo P had a birdie on the 1st and had to apologise to the group of Mandi and Penny in front as her second shot rolled onto the green before they had finished the hole!! Mel scored a gobbler (chip in) on the 12th hole. Marie, Ann and Cara all had dam worries. Marie’s ball hit the tree and flew in. That’s bad luck. But that was the second time she visited the dam during her round. She had a friend as playing partner Ann did the same thing by hitting into the dam on both holes. No tree involved in her visits!! Pauline was very happy that she did not follow the other two. Trees provided both happy and sad outcomes. Sometimes the ricochet ended up in the middle of the fairway, although it could be a different one to the one being played, or it could have ended up at the base of the trunk. Sue Pryor’s drive hit a tree and bounced back to the tee block. Jo C once again, hit a hazard marker on the 12th hole and her ball ended upon the men’s 18th tee block. That’s golf!! Why did the golfer crash her cart?  Her driving skills were below par. 31/12/2025 Nikki Alves wins again!! On New Year’s Eve, 12 ladies played a Stableford competition with an added extra. They needed to finish each hole as Captain Penny Geue had included a putting competition as a little fun being December 31st. Nikki Alves had another wonderful round, finishing with 43 points. That handicap should be coming down now!! Not too far behind was Jo Cullen with a great round of 41 points. Following her was Jo Pickhaver 36, Kerrie Edwards and Sue Pryor both with 35, and Cara Eastwood finishing with 34. Next came Mel Johnson 33, Penny Geue 32, Pauline Walkom 31, Gill Keane and Ann Semple, both on 29 and Mandi Vardon finished her round with 24 points. NTP winner with a great second shot on the 17th hole was Kerrie. Ann had a gobbler (chip in) on the 2nd while both Jo C. and Mel each had one on the 10th. Nikki had a birdie on the 9th and 12th holes. In the Putting competition, 5 ladies all finished with 32 putts. Well done, Kerrie, Jo C., Sue, Jo P., and Mel. On a countback, Jo P. won the day.   Mandi had a day of small but costly disasters. Her ball got wedged in the tree near the drain on the 3rd and she ventured into the creek on the 6th and the dam on the 7th!! Ann also found both the creek and dam on her round, while Mel and Nikki found ‘out of bounds’ on either 7th or 16th holes. Nikki had a disaster of her own. She remodelled her buggy with one of her hits. Not sure how it happened but she hit it hard enough to snap one of the wheel braces and she had to heave it around the last few holes. A new buggy needed in the near future for Nikki!! What is a golfer’s favourite bird?  Any birdie will do. 24/12/2025 Christmas Eve Stableford. Seven players headed out to the Strath course on Christmas Eve day to play a Stableford competition. There was also a walker with one group. Kerrie Edwards’ sister, Jane followed Kerrie’s group on the day. Winner, with a fantastic score of 41 points was Nikki Alves, back after a few weeks away. The break has evidently been good for Nikki. Jo Cullen had a good round with 38 followed by Mandi Vardon with 37. Cara Eastwood scored 35 while Jo Pickhaver and Kerrie Edwards both scored 33. Carol Pelle finished with 30, so the scores were very respectable on the day. NTP was Mandi Vardon with a good drive on the par 3 ninth hole. Nikki had a gobbler (chip in) on the 2nd and Kerrie had one on the 7th.   Jo P., with her second shot on the 16th hole collected 2 birds with the one shot. The birds flew off and Jo’s ball stopped short of where it should have finished!! Jo C. hit a blue metal fairway marker on the 2nd hole, fair square in the middle. She couldn’t or wouldn’t be able to do it again if she tried!! After her game, Jo C. headed back out onto the course to pick flowers and foliage for the church flowers for Christmas Day. 17/12/2025 Mandi Vardon blitzed the field from the blue tees. On an extremely hot Wednesday 17th December, 14 ladies set off on a Stableford round from the blue tees. One did not finish, but 13 struggled through the trials and tribulations of the weather. However, the scores were not as bad as maybe expected. Mandi Vardon certainly did not find the weather a problem as she scored a wonderful 46 points. Not too far behind was Ann Semple with 40, while Mel Johnson and Marie Kingsbury both scored 37. Kerrie Edwards finished with 36, and 3 ladies, Jenny Drury, Di Krutli, and Jo Pickhaver all scored 35. Next came Pauline Walkom 34, Penny Geue 32, Tonya Merritt 29, Jo Cullen 27 and Gill Keane had 20 points. NTP with her second shot on the 17th was Tonya. Mandi had a birdie on the 12th, while Ann and Pauline had a gobbler (chip in) on the 5th and 1st respectively. Mel and Jo P both found the water in the dam while Jenny found a very interesting finishing place for her ball on the 2nd hole. Can you find her ball in the photo?