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Strathalbyn Ladies Results 4/11/2026 Melbourne Cup, Sheoak Trophy and End of Year Presentations. The ladies at the Strathalbyn golf club have had a busy time lately. On Tuesday 3rd November, 9 of them attended a Melbourne Cup celebration.  In groups of 3, they played a 9hole game of ‘Clip, clap, clop’. 1 point for first on the green, 1 point for the nearest to the pin and 1 point for first in the hole. Kerrie Edwards won the day with 13 points with Penny Geue as runner-up with 12. Nearest the harness, boots and helmet on the lefthand side of the 3rd fairway (in the trees) winner was Gill. The 2nd and 9th holes had cups lying on their side instead of the hole for the ladies to putt into to finish the hole. Strategy was needed for those holes. The best hat was won by Jenny Drury, and the ladies had to wear their hat for the 9holes of golf to be in the competition. The ladies had a couple of horses in the sweep. Penny Geue 1st, Cara Eastwood 2nd, and Jo Pickhaver 3rd had the best luck while Maureen Need scored with the last horse. The whole day had been organised by Di Krutli and Jayne Dunn including the delicious lunch of wraps, rolls and strawberries and ice cream. Well done to those two ladies. A fun day was had by all. On the following day, Wednesday 4th November, the ladies from Strathalbyn travelled to Echunga to take part in the battle for the Sheoak Trophy. This is played each year alternating between the two courses. Home grown advantage does play a part. The ladies play a Stableford competition with the scores added together and divided by the number of players from each team. This year Echunga scored 28.1 while Strathalbyn finished with 26.6. Congratulations to Echunga for 2026. Carol Pelle and Kerrie Edwards were 3rd and 4th respectively for their individual points- 34. Mandi Vardon won the ‘A’ Grade NTP on the 2nd hole while Gill Keane won the NTP on the same hole for ‘B’ Grade. The weather conditions were interesting with a very heavy downpour at one stage and wind causing problems throughout the day. On Sunday 8th November, the club held their 2026 A.G.M and Presentations of trophies won for the year. Some ladies had a very consistent year of playing great golf. Mandi Vardon won the Summer Cup (Stableford), the Birdie Trophy, and became the ‘A’ Grade Women’s Champion for 2026.   Ann Semple won the Medal of Medals, the Rhonda Simcock Memorial Award (3 stick day), the Captain’s Trophy (Stroke), the Mc Bain’s Veteran Trophy (Stroke over 70) and became the ‘B’ Grade Women’s Champion for 2026. The Shylie Rymill Foursomes (Club Foursomes) winners were Di Krutli and Gill Keane, while Mel Johnson won the Silver section of the International Bowl (Stroke Golf Aust – SA event), and the President’s Trophy (Stableford). Cara Eastwood won the Laurel Wreath (Handicap Match Play) and the Bronze section of the International Bowl. Gill Keane also won the Patroness’ Trophy (Par). Kerrie Edwards won the Gobbler award and the Season’s Eclectic. Marie Kingsbury won the Handicapper’s Trophy in Putting while Jo Pickhaver won an Eagle Award for her score on the 3rd hole . Congratulations to all the trophy winners and a huge thank you to Penny Geue, our Captain for another wonderful year of interesting competitions that keep us coming back to golf each Wednesday. Doug Sanders- American Professional golfer – 1933-2020 ‘The trouble with golf is you’re only as good as your last putt.’ 28/10/2026 Ann Semple wins the Winter Season Closing Stableford. Wednesday 28th October dawned with perfect golfing weather for the 14 ladies who headed out to play a 12hole Stableford competition to finish the Winter Season. Ann Semple was able to play the 12 holes the best finishing with 27 points. Carol Pelle, Cara Eastwood and Marie Kingsbury each scored 25 points while Gill Keane and Kerrie Edwards had 23. Mandi Vardon and Di Krutli both had 22, Pauline Walkom 21, Jayne Dunn, Jenny Drury and Penny Geue all had 20 and Jo Pickhaver and Mel Johnson finished their 12 holes with 17 points. Although there was a NTP for the 9th hole, no-one landed on the green. Being a special day, the ladies had another NTP on the 17th with their second shot. Carol Pelle won that one with a lucky second shot that bounced off a tree and finished 15 cm from the hole. Mandi scored a birdie while Ann had a monster gobbler on the 1st hole – 30m as she was halfway down the hill when she hit. Captain Penny had special prizes for some of the ladies. A group she called ‘The Fairway Faithful’ won the award for the most games played in the Winter Season. They were Ann -25 games, Marie and Pauline 23 games. Mel Johnson won the most NTP’s over the year with 8 – 5 on the 9th and 3 on the 17th. Ann was runner-up with 5 - 1 on the 9th and 4 on the 17th. Kerrie won a spare wheel as hers fell off on the 1st hole on one round. Jayne won an Occhi strap and belt so she can attach her buggy to herself, Mandi won a snorkel for helping Jo and Jo won a bathing cap for the next time she needs to go in the dam. The ladies then held their End of Season Nomination meeting of the Strathalbyn Sub Committee. In the Election of Office Bearers, Madeline Fletcher continues as Patroness, President/Chairperson is Marie, Secretary/Note Taker is Carol, Captain is Penny, and Vice-Captain is Mandi. To complete the day, the ladies made their way to Finniss General Store for a delicious meal so those who didn’t play well went home satisfied with a full tummy at least. Ann and Penny recently represented the club at Links Lady Bay for their Charity Day. They had a good time although no prizes came their way.   On Friday 30th October, the ladies of the Strathalbyn Club hosted the Zone Appreciation Day where members from clubs in the Southern Zone played a 9hole Stableford competition before a meal and their AGM. Thank you to Mel and Jayne for providing the delicious lunch of tacos and fruit platter and for Sue Pryor, Tonya Merritt, Marie and Jenny for making biscuits and slices. All was greatly appreciated and the many good compliments need to be passed on. Thank you, ladies. Thank you to Pete Drury who ran the bar for the ladies. ‘Golf’s three ugliest words - still your shot!!’ Dave Marr – 1933-1997 – American professional golfer and sportscaster 21/10/2026 A win for Marie Kingsbury with 38 points. Fifteen ladies played a Stableford competition on Wednesday 21st October. In perfect golfing weather, Marie Kingsbury showed the way with a fantastic score of 38 points. She was followed by Penny Geue with 36. Not too far behind was Di Krutli on 35, Shelley Handke with 34 and Ann Semple and Gill Keane both with 33 points. Cara Eastwood finished with 32, while Jo Pickhaver and Jenny Drury both with 31 were next in line. Carol Pelle and Sue Pryor both finished on 30 points, Tonya Merritt and Pauline Walkom had 28 each, Kerrie Edwards scored 27 and Jayne Dunn completed the round with 21 points. NTP with her drive on the 9th hole was Jenny while Di scored a birdie/gobbler on the same hole and this was after another gobbler on the 5th hole.  Great lining up both of you. Trees provided entertainment for some of the ladies on the day. Results were both positive and negative with ‘Oh no’ and ‘Ooh yay’ as reactions due to the balls finishing positions – under the tree, next to the tree or back on the fairway!! The ladies were trying to imagine Marie’s score if she had not had a mishap on the 7th or 16th hole. One of her shots ended up on the dam edge. That was the lucky part of the hole. Unfortunately, she took 5 shots to get it out of the rough ending in a blowout hole for her. Ann had her heart in her mouth as she skimmed over the creek, just making it to the other side. Although Di had a couple of great shots to provide her with gobblers and a birdie, she had a wayward drive that ended up on the steep bank of the dam on the 14th hole. Tricky shot out for her!! Yes, ducks and ducklings were once again seen on the course. It has been a great year for the wood ducks out on the course. The group of 16 had amalgamated with others making a large group of 24 that were counted trekking across the fairways. A couple of other groups were seen with young ducklings. Near the club house garden, some of the ladies spotted a young sleepy lizard lazing in the sun before it made its way back into the garden. ‘Golf is a game in which the slowest people in the world are those in front of you and the fastest are those behind.’ 14/10/2026 Mandi Vardon and Shelley Handke win the Pinehurst competition. In great golfing weather, 16 ladies headed out on Wednesday 14th October to play a Pinehurst competition. This involves playing in teams of two and both driving from the tee. The players play their partners tee shot and then play alternate shots from the best second shot. Sounds complicated but it all works out in the end. Mandi Vardon and Shelley played the best finishing with a 70.25 nett. Next in line were Nikki Alves and Carol Pelle with 74.87. Unbelievably there were two groups who, once their handicap had been subtracted from their gross scores, finished on the same score. Visitor Karen Pym and Claire Methven and Kerrie Edwards and Gill Keane finished with 76.25. Penny Geue and Ann Semple were next with 78.87, followed by Marie Kingsbury and Pauline Walkom on 83.5. Jo Pickhaver and Sue Pryor scored 85.5 and Jenny Drury and Jayne Dunn completed their round with 88.87. NTP on the 17th hole with her second shot was Shelley while Jayne had a gobbler on the 3rd hole. The combination of Nikki and Carol had a birdie on the 14th hole. The ladies welcomed visitor Karen Pym who knows Claire and Jayne. Mums and joeys were out during the first 9 holes and there are now 3 groups of ducklings. There are 2 lots of 4 young ones and the larger group of 16 still moving around the course, nibbling here and there. Stories from the day include the group including Mandi, Shelley, Nikki and Carol having fun on the 16th hole. Carol, Shelley and Mandi all hit the big gum in the middle of the fairway with their second shots while Nikki hit the fence near the road but bounced back into the rough. No-one was told of the outcome from the other three. Sue Pryor was very proud. She hit over the creek on both the 6th and 15th holes – the first time for a while. Kerrie had to manufacture a tricky shot after being left under a tree near the dam edge. No worries for her - she got out easily. There were shots that went in the drain and out of the drain on the 3rd, 12th, 14th for some groups. However, Jenny had the best story regarding her playing partner, Jayne. On the 10th hole, near the top of the hill due to the lovely weather, the fairway drying and a brake that was not engaged, Jayne’s buggy took off. This is not a battery buggy, this one is free-wheeling. Both Jenny and Jayne tried running after it but to no avail. Jayne retrieved her buggy from the drain at the bottom of the hill in amongst the trees on the right. No water luckily for her!! To finish the day, the ladies celebrated Marie’s birthday with delicious muffins made by Jayne. Happy Birthday Marie!! ‘More than a billion golf balls are manufactured annually, and most end up lost!! Carl Hiaasen - American journalist. 7/10/2026 Ann Semple won Medals of Medals. On Wednesday 7th October, the final of the Monthly Medals competition was played. Unfortunately, two of the ladies had injured themselves during the week and were unable to compete in the final. This left Ann Semple and Gill Keane playing their Stroke round to find the winner. Ann finished with a 75 nett to win the competition from Gill Keane who completed her round with 79 nett. Congratulations, Ann, your year of golf has certainly been a great one. The 10 other ladies also played a Stroke round with a Putting competition thrown in for good measure. The winner here was Kerrie Edwards with 71 nett. Runner-up was Nikki Alves 73 ahead of Mel Johnson who also finished with 73 nett. Next came Claire Methven and Penny Geue both scoring 74, Jenny Drury and Jayne Dunn both on 80, Jo Pickhaver 81, Pauline Walkom 83 and Carol Pelle finished with 87 nett. The Putting competition resulted in a win for two ladies who scored 30 putts. Well done to Kerrie and Jenny. Nikki and Penny had 31, Pauline and Mel had 33, Claire, Ann and Jo P. had 34, Jayne 35, Carol 37 and Gill finished with 41 putts. NTP winner with her drive on the 9th was Carol Pelle. Kerrie had a birdie on the 8th. Nikki had a birdie/ gobbler on the 14th hole from 82 metres out. It was great to see the ball suddenly disappear as it dropped into the hole. Nikki also scored another gobbler on the 17th hole while Claire scored a gobbler on the 16th hole. A few stories from the day include Jenny hitting into the drain on the right on the 4th hole. Even with some water in the drain, Jenny bravely decided to hit out of it. Of course, water splashed everywhere and she dried off with a towel from Ann who was playing on the next hole. Where did her ball go, you ask? Oh, it only went a little further along the drain. Second shot got it out. On the 7th hole, Jo was lucky to finish in the rough at the top edge of the dam and was able to hit the ball cleanly to the green, while Nikki ended up in the dam and needed a drop before she could hit her ball. Carol had trouble with the dam. She hit into it twice on the same hole. Better luck next time, Carol. The ducklings have grown much bigger in the last week, and Jo saw them all flying with their parents on Thursday when she was out at the golf course. No photo of the flight but one when they were feeding on the ground. ‘You drive for show and putt for dough’   Bobby Locke 1917-1987 – South African golfer widely considered one of the greatest putters in golf history. 30/9/2026 Mandi Vardon wins Stableford off the blue tees. Mandi Vardon showed the way on Wednesday 30th September by winning the Stableford competition from the men’s blue tees with 38 points. Of the other 10 ladies who played 18 holes, Kerrie Edwards played the best. She had 35 points, followed Ann Semple with 31. Three ladies had 30 points, and they were Pauline Walkom, Cara Eastwood and Jenny Drury. Gill Keane finished with 29, Jo Pickhaver and Marie Kingsbury both scored 24 and Sue Pryor had 21 points. Maureen Need and Nikki Alves played 9 holes with Maureen finishing with 19 and Nikki 14. NTP with her second shot on the 8th hole was Mandi and this week there were no birdies or gobblers. It was a day for losing and finding golf balls. Marie lost 2 and she also had fun with trees. Jo P lost a ball in the dam both times round but found 2 balls to replace them. Mandi had fun at the dam edge, but she was able to retrieve her ball. One group saw a stumpy on the fairway and the ducks were found once again. Still 16 and growing quite big now, white flight feathers sighted. Kangaroos were seen doing the sensible thing, lying in the shade on some of the tee blocks while the silly humans played golf in the warm and humid weather. ‘Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I’ve played golf for 40 years and I still haven’t the slightest idea how to play.’  Gary Player 23/9/2026 Ann Semple blitzes the field with 64 nett. Wednesday 23rd September dawned with the first warm day the ladies needed to deal with. Definitely t-shirt weather for some. The course was in great condition but running fast so directions on the fairways needed to be precise. Of the 13 ladies out to play a range of competitions including Stroke, Ann Semple tamed the course the best with a 64 nett. This comes on the back of her win in the ‘B’ grade championship. Down came her handicap!! Carol Pelle came next with 71, followed by Jo Pickhaver with 72. Kerrie Edwards finished with 74 and three ladies all scored 75 – Claire Methven, Tonya Merritt and Penny Geue. Mandi Vardon and Jayne Dunn both scored 79 and another three ladies finished with 80. This time it was Cara Eastwood, Di Krutli and Marie Kingsbury. Shelley Handke had 87 to finish her round. The ladies played for the Monthly Medal which Ann won with her excellent score. The other competitions included Mc Bain and Putting. The winner of the Putting comp for this week were 3 ladies who all finished with 26 putts. Well done to Tonya, Ann and Mandi. Kerrie had 27, Jo P 29, Carol 30, Di 31, Penny, Marie and Claire 34, Shelley 36, Jayne 38 and Cara 43. NTP winner this week with her second shot on the 17th hole was Mandi and she also had a birdie on the 12th and a gobbler on the 14th. Others to score birdies were Ann on the 12th and Kerrie on the 1st and 9th. Tonya had a gobbler on the 8th and Kerrie’s birdie on the 1st was due to gobbler as well. The warm weather brought the first sighting of a brown snake slithering across the 14th fairway. A few kangaroos were seen lazing in the shadows. The 16 ducklings had grown in the last week, and a new family of 4 tiny ducklings were seen snoozing in the 16th rough in the shadows of the large tree near the tee. In the group of Mandi, Carol and Jo P, the 6th and 15th posed problems for some. Mandi hit her drive skywards on the 6th and it landed to the right in the middle of an olive tree before the creek. As it couldn’t be found, Mandi took a drop and proceeded towards the hole with a few more shots than she wanted. On the 7th hole, a lovely drive by Mandi, unfortunately, to the right, hit a tree never to be seen again. Another lost ball!! Her next shot went towards the dam and rolled in for another shot. She was very happy to finish the hole. On the 15th hole, it was Carol’s turn. She found the same olive tree that Mandi found on the first nine. Lost ball. She hit a provisional and decided to take that ball. Jo P was just thankful, that, for once her clubs did the correct thing and got her ball to the hole both times without any trouble. It was great to hear that some groups were happy with their round. Claire evidently had some very good drives. Keep it going, Claire. It turned out to be a beautiful day at the Victor Harbor Golf Course on Friday 25th September. The competition for their Open Day was a 4 Ball better ball which involves taking the best score on each hole working as a team of two. Kerrie Edwards and Di Krutli represented Strathalbyn and their playing partners were Jayne Dawson and Sharon Daly from Clare. No ball down or raffle prizes but the 4 gals had a lovely time together with some great golf shots in the mix. All enjoyed the nature that had a joyous Spring feel and some steep climbs meant they had a good workout too. 20/9/2026 Champions decided. Congratulations to Mandi Vardon and Ann Semple. On Sunday 20th September, the finals of the Championships were played out at the Strathalbyn Golf course. The ladies had very pleasant weather with a tricky wind at times. The course was good with plenty of run that the ladies had to contend with. Mandi Vardon played Mel Johnson in the ‘A’ Grade final. Mandi won 6/5. Ann Semple and Cara Eastwood played in the ‘B’ grade final. Ann won that contest 6/4. Congratulations to all four and an extra well done to Mandi and Ann.  Both groups said they had good, friendly games and each had chances to win holes. 16/9/2026 Cara, Mel and Carol win Stableford Shambles competition. On Wednesday 16th September, 12 ladies played a team of 3 competition called ‘Stableford Shambles’. This involved all ladies driving each hole. The best drive was taken, and each played their individual game to complete the hole. Their Stableford points were recorded for each hole. At the end of the round, the best two Stableford scores were added to finalise the score that team had. Congratulations to the team of Cara Eastwood, Mel Johnson and Carol Pelle who finished with 84 points. Next came Mandi Vardon, Di Krutli and Claire Methven with 81. In third place were Kerrie Edwards, Jo Pickhaver and Shelley Handke with 67 and the team of Ann Semple, Maureen Need and Marie Kingsbury complete their round with 60 points. There were some unreal individual scores with Carol 49, Di 41, Mandi and Claire 40. Next came Cara with 35, Shelley 34, Ann and Jo P. 33, Kerrie 32, Mel, Maureen and Marie 27 points. Of course, these scores did not contribute to the ladies’ handicap scores as they were a mixture of players drives from the tee. NTP winner was Mel Johnson with a great drive on the 9th hole. Mandi scored a birdie on the 8th and Jo P. had one on the 15th. Shelley scored a gobbler on the 13th. Sad stories from the day include Mel hitting into the dam saying bye to that ball, Ann lost her ball on the dam edge as she couldn’t find it at all. On the 15th hole, these ladies in the same team had some trouble. Ann hit her drive to the trees and couldn’t find it. Marie hit her drive into the creek, as did Maureen. Then Marie hit her ball into the creek again from her drop. Time to abandon the hole!!!! It took a while to find the ducklings but there they were near the 2nd/10th tee block. They had grown quite a lot and there were still 16. Mum and Dad have looked after them well and in the photo this week, Mum stands guard on a tree stump as her family rests or looks for something to eat. Champions decided. Article and photo/s to come on Monday morning. 9/9/2026 Championship finalists decided. On Wednesday 9th September, the Ladies Championship Semifinals were played. In ‘A’ Grade, Mandi Vardon played Jo Pickhaver and won 4/2 and Mel Johnson played Di Krutli and Mel won with the same score, 4/2. Congratulations to Mandi and Mel for the final in couple of weeks’ time. In ‘B’ Grade, Cara Eastwood played Pauline Walkom and Cara won 9/7. Ann Semple played Jayne Dunn and won 6/4. Well done to Cara and Ann and all the best for your final on 20th September. There were only 4 ladies who played the Stableford round. Tonya Merritt won with 31 points. Not far behind was Carol Pelle with 30. Kerrie Edwards finished with 24 points and Shelley Handke scored 14 points. NTP winner with her second shot on the 17th was Kerrie. Tonya had a gobbler on the 7th and Mandi had one on the 12th hole. Stories from the day include that Mandi found the Hobbit Hollow on the 14th hole with an uncharacteristic shot from her. It gave Jo another hole to play. The trees were Cara’s friend to start with, but on the 9th, she hit a twiggy branch out of the rough that sent her ball in another direction away from the green!!  Jayne found the dam on the 7th but couldn’t find her ball. She also found the dam on the 16th but was a little lucky. She found her first ball, but not the second. Kerrie hit a galah, but it was ok. For those following the duckling story, there are still 16 and they are very mobile, walking from the 6th hole all the way to the 1st hole. Quite a trek for little duckling legs. The ladies celebrated Kerrie’s birthday with delicious raspberry muffins made by Jayne. A quote by Mark Calcavecchia – ‘Hit it hard. It will land somewhere.’