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Strathalbyn Ladies Results

5/2/2025

Dawne Thomas a winner with 40 points

Out of the 16 ladies who headed out to the Strathalbyn Golf course on Wednesday 5th February, Dawne Thomas found the course suited her the best. She finished with 40 Stableford points. Not too far behind were Penny Geue and Jo Cullen on 39. There was a slight gap to Di Krutli on 34, and Kerrie Edwards with 33. Three ladies scored 32 points, and they were Ann Semple, Tonya Merritt, and Mel Johnson, while 3 more scored 31 – Mandi Vardon, Cara Eastwood and Jo Pickhaver. Pauline Walkom had 26, Jenny Drury and Sue Pryor both had 25, and Christine Ciavatta finished with 18.

 The ladies played in perfect golfing weather. However, the course is becoming quite dry with a lot a run both on and off the fairways. NTP winner with a spectacular 2nd shot that ran around the hole and finished 1 cm out of the cup was Cara Eastwood. Mandi scored a birdie on the 8th; Kerrie had a birdie/gobbler on the 12th and Christine had a gobbler on the 4th hole.

Once again trees were again a presence on the day with both good and bad results. Ann Semple found herself in a tricky spot for one of her shots. Remember, the fairways, ladies!!! Di had buggy trouble again. It was a remote runaway even before she reached the first hole. She may need a new remote buggy as this is the second one she has had, that has had a mind of its own. Tim Formby’s cart came to the rescue and Di continued her round in ‘luxury’!

29/1/2025

A day out for Carol Pelle
Wednesday 29th January provided the perfect day for playing golf. Seventeen ladies from Strath Golf club thought so and they headed out to the course to play a Stableford round in the Summer Cup. Once again, the course was in great condition with a lot of roll, so staying on the fairways was paramount.
Carol Pelle won the day with a fantastic 42 points with Dawne Thomas close behind on 41 and Jenny Drury on 40. They were well ahead of the other ladies with Mandi Vardon, Penny Geue and Mel Johnson all finishing with 34 points. Next came Jo Pickhaver, Di Krutli and Kerrie Edwards who all had 32 points. The next three ladies all had 31 points – Marie Kingsbury, Ann Semple and Tonya Merritt. They were followed by Jo Cullen 30, Maureen Need and Pauline Walkom both on 28, Sue Pryor 26 and Cara Eastwood 22 points.

Carol continued her great day by claiming the NTP on the 9th hole with a great drive to the green. Kerrie had a birdie/gobbler on the 7th, Mandi had a birdie on the 12th, Tonya has gobblers on both the 4th and 11th, Jo P had a birdie on the 10th, and Mel Johnson had a birdie/gobbler on the 3rd and another birdie on the 8th. Very clever, ladies. Keep up the good golfing.
A couple of stories from the day include Jo P finding the dam edge but was lucky enough to get out in one shot, Sue finding the creek and then finding 2 extra balls while looking for hers, and Ann having 2 shots into the dam on the 16th hole!! Sue had a day where quite a few of her putts finished agonisingly just short or went around the hole to dribble out the other side. Jo C had some trouble on the third hole and had to use course management to get out of the tricky situation.

On Friday 31st January a group connected to golf headed to Adelaide for a meal out on the way to visiting Chihuly Glass in the Botanic Gardens. Lots of photos taken and much wonder as to how they haven’t broken both in assembly and transporting to Adelaide. It was interesting to watch some of the videos to see the process.

22/1/2025

38 points was the winning score.

On Wednesday 22nd January, 16 players enjoyed fabulous golfing weather to play an 18hole Stableford round at Strathalbyn. The course was in great condition and had a lot of run on it so club selection was paramount, especially when approaching the greens.
However, 4 ladies enjoyed the conditions with all of them finishing with 38 points. Well done to Mel Johnson, Charmaine Aplin, Jo Pickhaver and Dawne Thomas for their great rounds. Not too far behind were Mandi Vardon and Cara Eastwood, both on 36 with Ann Semple following them on 35. Kerrie Edwards had 33 and Di Krutli, Sue Pryor and Jenny Drury all scored 31. Next came Carol Pelle and Tonya Merritt on 30, Marie Kingsbury and Jo Cullen with 29 and Pauline Walkom finished with 28 points.

NTP winner with a great drive onto the green and a finishing second shot into the hole was Jo P. This was one of her birdies with the other one on the 14th. Charmaine had a birdie/gobbler (chip in) on the 9th while Pauline also had a gobbler on her round.
Jo C could have had a better score if her ball had not gone round and over so many holes – it was so frustrating!! The ladies found the trees on the course both kind and unkind during their round. Dawne visited the creek and the dam on her round. So once again, the story is to stay on the fairway where there are fewer obstacles!!

15/1/2025

Family affair for the win and runner-up.

On Wednesday January 15th, 18 ladies played a Stableford round. 17 played 18 holes with daughter, Mel Johnson just pipping her mum, Jo Cullen by 1 point. Mel had 41 and Jo C had 40. Jo C said that she would like to thank the lady who gave her a massage the day before, for her great round.
Following very closely behind these ladies were Dawne Thomas with 39, Mandi Vardon 38, Jo Pickhaver 37, Marie Kingsbury with 36 points. Next came Charmaine Aplin and Di Krutli with 35 each, Cara Eastwood 34, Penny Geue and Carol Pelle both with 33. Not missing a beat, Maureen Need came next with 32, Ann Semple 31, and Tonya Merritt 30. Kerrie Edwards scored 28, Pauline Walkom 24 and returning player Christine Ciavatta played 18 holes for the first time a long time and finished with 8 points. Sue Pryor played 9 holes and scored 14 points.

NTP on the 9th hole was won by Cara Eastwood with a very nice drive that stayed on the green. Di scored a birdie/gobbler on the 6th and 9th holes, Mel scored birdies on the 8th and 12th holes. Sue scored a gobbler (chip in) on the 7th, Christine scored one on the 11th and Charmaine scored hers on the 16th hole.
Dawne, Christine and Maureen all drove into the creek on the 6th hole. They didn’t go looking for them as the worried about any snakes that may have been out and about.

Congratulations goes to Cara Eastwood who recently was named the runner-up on a countback in the Bronze section of the International Bowl for the Southern Group. Well done, Cara.
Thank you to the volunteers who tend the course. It’s in great shape after the season of little rain that we have had. Well done.

8/1/2025


Dawne Thomas wins 1st comp for 2025.

Thirteen ladies competed in the first Stableford competition for the year with 11 playing 18 holes and 2 playing 9 holes.
In the 18hole competition, Dawne Thomas led the way with 39 points followed by Tonya Merritt with 36. Close on their heels were Jo Pickhaver with 35, Di Krutli 34 and Mel Johnson with 32. Next came Kerrie Edwards and Ann Semple, both with 29 points. They were followed by Mandi Vardon 28, Cara Eastwood 27, Jo Cullen 26 and Charmaine Aplin 25. Sue Pryor scored 13 while Christine Ciavatta finished with 7 points in the 9hole competition.
NTP winner with her good second shot on the 17th hole was Tonya. She also scored a birdie on the 14th hole. Di scored one on the 9th and Mel did the same on the 3rd. Both Mel and Di had a gobbler (chip in) each on the 13th hole.
A few ladies mentioned trees on the day including Mandi while she and Mel had trouble with the dam and the creek. The weather was quite warm by the end of the round, but the course played true when using the fairways.

 
18/12/2024

Christmas fun at Strath.

On Wednesday 18th December, 18 ladies headed to the Strathalbyn Golf Course for a day of fun. They played a 9hole Ambrose competition with some interesting Festive fun features on the course.
Winners on the day with a score of 19.88 were Di Krutli, Carol Pelle, Charmaine Aplin and Mel Johnson. Runners-up were Ann Semple, Julie Jantke, Dawne Thomas and Mandi Vardon who finished with 21.13. Next came Jenny Drury, Cara Eastwood, Tonya Merritt and Christine Ciavalta scoring 22.75, while Pauline Walkom, Kerrie Edwards, and Penny Geue scored 24.7. Sue Phillips, Jo Pickhaver and Marie Kingsbury finished with 28.2.
Tonya had a great day as she won nearest the Red Bow on the 1st, NTP on the 9th and the longest drive on the 3rd. Christine won the nearest to the Snowman prize on hole 8.
On hole 2, the ladies encountered the Greenkeeper’s revenge on the green with a Grinch toilet seat surrounding the hole. It did have a tiny gap, but some of the ladies sensibly used their cheating elastic to overcome the obstacle. Hole 6 over the creek was named the Grinch hole as any player who landed in the creek added a stroke to the groups finishing score. On 3 holes, the ladies had to putt with the putter provided – horseshoes added and a claw hammer head as well. On another hole, a crochet mallet needed to be used to putt. 
Best dressed was Jenny Drury with Ann Semple coming in as runner-up.
The ladies continued their day with lunch at the Finniss General Store. Fun was had by all as Secret Santa visited with a range of gifts.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Let’s enjoy our golf in 2025.

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.