Strathalbyn Ladies Results6/11/2024Sheoak 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. 23/10/2024 Jo Cullen wins Par with +4 Twelve ladies headed out to the Strathalbyn Golf Club on Wednesday 23rd October to play a Par round. It proved to be perfect golfing weather especially for Jo Cullen as she finished with a fantastic +4. Penny Geue enjoyed the day almost as much scoring +2 for her round. The other ladies had varying degrees of enjoyment with Mel Johnson, Cara Eastwood and Marie Kingsbury all finishing with -1, Ann Semple and Charmaine Aplin -2, Kerrie Edwards and Jo Pickhaver -3, Pauline Walkom -7, Maureen Need -9 and Jenny Drury -10. Kerrie hit her drive onto the 9th green, but she thought her drive would be beaten. However, she was wrong, and she won the NTP for the day. Charmaine’s fairway shot ended up in the dam, Kerrie’s landed on the edge and was able to be hit, and Marie was extremely happy to win a ball in the rundown as she lost 2 on her round. Jo P. used good course management moving a fallen limb so she wouldn’t be distracted by it when she had her shot. The best story came from Charmaine. She decided to take a drop from her predicament – her ball lodged in the branches of a tree about head high. 16/10/2024 Charmaine Aplin wins on a countback. On Wednesday 16th October, 9 ladies played a Stableford round of golf. Holidays, illness and other activities kept the numbers down. The weather proved to be very warm and muggy for the first time this season. Charmaine Aplin and Cara Eastwood found the weather and course to their liking as both finished with 40 points. Great rounds, ladies. Penny Geue and Kerrie Edwards were not too far behind with 37, Jo Pickhaver 35, Ann Semple 33, Jenny Drury 32, Jo Cullen 31, and Pauline Walkom finished with 23 points. Ann Semple won NTP with a great 2nd shot on the 17th green. Jo C had a birdie/gobbler on the 9th hole, Jo P had a gobbler on the 10th and Kerrie scored a birdie on the 14th hole. Jo C, Ann and Jo P had tree trouble at times during their rounds, however, Charmaine was extremely pleased to get over the creek on both the 6th and 15th holes. Congrats, Charmaine. On Sunday 13th October, Jenny Drury, Cara Eastwood, Kerrie Edwards and Jo Pickhaver played in the clubs Sunday Feast competition. They were happy with their result - 5th out of 14 teams. Jo P claimed the NTP and the long drive for the ladies. On Friday 18th October, the Strathalbyn ladies hosted the Southern Zone Group of golf club representatives to a 9hole Stableford competition followed by a delicious lunch that had been prepared by Jo Cullen. They then had their AGM meeting to finalise the year and prepare for 2025. 9/10/2024 Penny Geue wins Gold and Bronze. Penny Geue arrived home from the Transplant Games in Canberra with a gold and bronze medal around her neck. Congratulations on winning gold in golf and bronze in pétanque. We are all very proud of you. On Wednesday 9th October, with the Winter season ending, the 13 ladies who came out on a perfect golfing day played a 12hole Ambrose competition in teams of 3 or four. The winners on the day were Mel Johnson, Cara Eastwood and Sue Pryor 38.17, followed by Charmaine Aplin, Pauline Walkom, Sue Phillips and Jenny Drury with 39.88. Next came Ann Semple, Christine Ciavatta and Jo Pickhaver with 40.17 with Jo Cullen, Penny Geue and Maureen Need finishing with 43.67. A koala was sighted very high in a gum on the 2nd hole was the highlight of the day for one group. No-one in the dam or creek as the ladies didn’t play those holes today. Phew!!! NTP on the 9th hole was won by Penny with a very nice drive on the Par 3. The ladies held a sub committee meeting followed by a scrumptious shared lunch with a birthday cake for Marie Kingsbury. 2/10/2024 A win for Cara Eastwood in Medal of Medallists Final On Wednesday 2nd October, 12ladies played a Stroke round that included a Putting competition. It was also the final of the Medal of medallists that has been played monthly from the beginning of the winter season. Only 5 of the winners were able to play and the results were tight at the top. Three players finished with 71 nett with Cara Eastwood winning from Mel Johnson who finished 2nd with Jo Pickhaver coming in 3rd. Carol Pelle finished with 78 and Pauline Walkom had 86 nett. The other players finished with Jo Cullen on top with 71, Di Krutli 76, Tonya Merritt 76, Jenny Drury 79, Kerrie Edwards 80, Maureen Need 81 and Ann Semple 85. The Putting results saw Kerrie finish with 26, Di 28, Jo P. and Tonya 30, Jenny and Jo C. 31, Carol and Mel 32, Cara 33, Pauline 35, Ann 38 and Maureen 39. NTP on the 9th hole was won by Di Krutli as she finished right on the edge of the green and no-one could better it. Cara had a gobbler (chip in) on the 13th, Kerrie had a gobbler/birdie on the 8th and Jo C. had a birdie on the 8th. One story from the day was that Kerrie hit nearly every tree on the course but blitzed her chips and putts to make up for the trouble off the tee. The ladies had perfect weather for golf, and this showed in some of the scores. There was a nice run on the fairways and thank you goes to the volunteers who groom the course so beautifully. On Friday 4th October, Di and Kerrie headed to Victor Harbor where they enjoyed a lovely day of weather, company, nature and food including yummy champers and scones on the 10th hole. There were moments of pleasure and pain with occasional good golf from the Strath gals. Congratulations to Kerrie who won NTP on the tricky Par 3 3rd hole. They were honoured to play with Tonya from the Glenelg Golf Club who had won the previous 2 days Ladies Classic competition. The club would like to acknowledge Penny Geue who this week played golf and table tennis at the Transplant games in Canberra. All the best, Penny. Enjoy!! 25/9/2024 A busy time for Strath Ladies. The ladies from Strath have ventured far and wide in the pursuit of a game of golf. Wind…Rain… Sunshine greeted five girls, Dawne Thomas, Mandy Vardon, Jo Cullen, Charmaine Aplin and Mel Johnson at the Willunga Ladies Gala Day on Friday 20th September. It was an anxious start to the day for Charmaine. She allowed herself plenty of time to unload her cart and prepare for golf, but her cart did not want any part of it. She was able to start it but could not engage it to get it off the trailer. After some hasty phone calls to Macca and much advice from friends, finally said cart came off the trailer and got going. The course was presented beautifully, and all the girls were challenged by the enormous greens, with three and sometimes four putts quite common!! However, Dawne managed the best of our lot and scored 30 points to get herself a prize. Mandy had some luck with the raffle. After lunch and a social drink, a couple of our girls were loaded and ready for home, but the car next to them had her bonnet up and was desperately looking to borrow some jumper leads. Good Samaritan Mel rummaged around in her wagon and found a battery booster and finally got the car going. And so, another eventful day at golf!! Wednesday 25th September dawned fine and so 11 ladies headed out to the Strathalbyn course to play a Par round. It was great to welcome back Jenny Drury from her time away gallivanting around Western Australia. As the day progressed from good golfing weather to drizzly, rainy and dismal conditions, the ladies were glad to finish and get into the clubrooms. Kerrie Edwards squared her round to win the day followed by Penny Geue and Jo Cullen -1. Jo Pickhaver, Tonya Merritt and Dawne Thomas had -2, Charmaine Aplin -4, Pauline Walkom and Di Krutli both on -5, Jenny Drury -10 and Maureen Need -11. NTP winner with her second shot on the 17th hole was Penny Geue while Maureen’s highlight was a gobbler (chip in) on the 16th hole. Let’s hope for finer weather next week. It was a very early start for Di Krutli, Penny Geue, Ann Semple, and Jo Cullen on Thursday 26th September as they visited West Lakes Golf Ladies Day for an 8am start!!! However, they were rewarded with a beautiful Spring day of sunshine and a course that was in perfect condition. Even the enormous bunkers looked fabulous, but they provided many headaches for the girls!! All enjoyed the challenge of the course with its various undulations and other inconveniently placed hazards, but they were mostly happy with their games. Lunch was delicious and then time for the raffle draw with Jo C and Di both winning great prizes and Ann collecting the lucky table draw. So back to Strathalbyn next Wednesday where hopefully they will enjoy a bunker free day of golf. |