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Strathalbyn Ladies Results10/6/2026Cara Eastwood is June’s Monthly Medallist. On Wednesday 10th June, 13 ladies headed out in fine but cool conditions. However, the rainy drizzle came in and made life unpleasant for a while. By then end of the round the golf bags and ladies clothing was dry again. The ladies were playing a Stroke and Putting round for a combination of trophies. Most important for the day was the Monthly Medal, followed by the 3rd round of the Club Championships qualifying rounds, Putting, the International Bowl and the Mc Bain Trophy. Some of these competitions run for the year. Cara Eastwood, on a countback, from Sam Bradley won the Monthly Medal for June with both ladies finishing with 71 nett. Next were Ann Semple and Mel Johnson with 74, followed by Pauline Walkom on 76. Nikki Alves had 77, Jayne Dunn, Sue Pryor, Carol Pelle and Marie Kingsbury all finished with 79, Jo Pickhaver 82 and Gill Keane and Mandi Vardon both scored 84 to finish their round. In the Putting competition, Pauline and Marie both had 26 putts while Mel had 29. The other ladies had more than they wanted to have!! Ann Semple kept the NTP with her second shot on the 17th hole all day, while gobblers (chip ins) were scored by Sue Pryor on the 13th, Carol on the 15th and Cara on the 16th. Mel had a birdie/gobbler on the 6th hole. Carol told the story of the putts for her and Mel. Mel’s initial chips were ending up just off the greens for her to run the ball up close to the hole for 1 putt. Carol’s, however, would end up on the greens, a long way from the hole and she ended up with 3 putts for the hole. That’s golf!! The ladies celebrated 5 birthdays with two delicious cakes. Happy Birthday to Mandi, Mel, Margaret Dewhurst, Di Liebelt (two of our card ladies) and Maureen Need (absent). When is a golf ball like a birthday cake? When you slice it!! 3/6/2026 Pauline Walkom wins Stableford comp and Cara Eastwood wins the Laurel Wreath comp. On Wednesday 3rd June, 11 ladies played in perfect, winter golf weather but some of the scores did not show that. However, Pauline Walkom tamed the course the best scoring 32 points to win the day. Not too far behind were Carol Pelle and Marie Kingsbury on 30, while Shelley Handke finished with 29 points. Gill Keane and Mandi Vardon scored 28, Sue Pryor and Mel Johnson had 27, and Ann Semple finished with 25. Kerrie Edwards scored 24 while Jo Pickhaver struggled to make 19 points. Jo P. did have a highlight by winning NTP with her drive on the 9th. Jo and her playing partner, Ann Semple both landed on the green but unfortunately couldn’t get the putt for a birdie, but did manage a par. Gobblers (chip ins) were scored by Mel and Carol on the 15th hole and Kerrie scored one on the 18th. Mandi had a birdie on the 8th hole. Jo P. was lucky to land on the dam edge, in the mud, and was able to hit it out, but on her round found 5 trees that were not favourable to her golf. Sue Pryor didn’t learn the first time round as she landed in the creek on both the 6th and 15th hole. She said, at least I found the balls. Last week it was Maureen, this week it was Mandi’s turn to lose her phone. Ladies you need to put them in safer places. Mandi was lucky as Shelley found it on the righthand side of the 5th. As Marie and Mandi were looking for the phone, Marie was lucky not to be hit by Jo’s low drive from the 5th as she came out from behind the dam wall in her cart coming from the 7th hole. Both Gill and Carol were playing in different groupings but playing with green balls. On the 14th hole, both played towards the dam wall and went looking for the ball. Carol had played a provisional, so she ended up playing that one. Gill found one so she played that one. Neither ball had extra markings to distinguish them. Laurel Wreath Winner – Cara Eastwood On Friday 5th June, Cara Eastwood and Ann Semple played the final of the local Laurel Wreath competition. It is a traditional statewide women’s event that is held within the club. It is an 18-hole handicap match play tournament. The winners are awarded the iconic Laurel Wreath Brooch. Congratulations to Cara who won the event on the 16th hole after Ann gave her a good run. Well done to both ladies for getting to the final. 27/5/2026 & 29/5/2026 (Gala Day) Cara Eastwood shows the way again with 66. On Wednesday 27th May, 14 ladies played a Stroke round in great golfing conditions. Once again, Cara Eastwood lead the way, but only just. She finished with 66 nett while close on her heels were Gill Keane and Ann Semple both on 67 nett. Michelle Handke finished with 73, Jo Pickhaver 75 and Pauline Walkom 76. Marie Kingsbury and Mel Johnson both scored 77, while Carol Pelle and Penny Geue both had 80. Maureen Need had 83, Sue Pryor 84, Jayne Dunn 88 and Sue Phillips finished with 92. NTP on the 17th with a good second shot was Maureen, who was surprised she was still in a winning position at the end of the round. Gobblers (chip ins) were scored by Penny on the 4th, Gill on the 6th and Cara on the 18th. Maureen lost her phone on the course but went out after her round finished and luckily found it between the 6th and 7th. It had bounced out of her cart as she bumped her way down the path. Sue Phillips drive on the 6th found the ball wedged at the base of this tree. It seemed an impossible task to hit it safely out but being left-handed came in handy. A short poke at the ball placed it in an open spot for her to hit to the base of the green. ‘Australiana’ was the theme for Strathalbyn Gala Day. Friday 29th May dawned overcast but no rain for the ladies at Strathalbyn who were holding their annual Gala Day out at the course. With a full field of 68 players from 14 clubs across the region – Echunga, Aston Hills, Lake Albert, McLaren Vale, Links Lady Bay, Mc Cracken, Mt. Osmond, Murray Bridge, North Adelaide, Oakbank, Thaxted Park, Nairne, Victor Harbor and Willunga - the ladies played a Pinehurst competition. The ladies at Strathalbyn would like to thank the sponsors who helped make the day special for the players – Drummond Golf, Darlington; Bremerton Wines; Coopers Brewery; The Bridge Hotel, Langhorne Creek; Angas Plains Estate; Victoria Hotel; Strath Motel; Vineyards Estate; Daish Irrigation and Fodder; FPAG, Strathalbyn; Wizard Pharmacy and Finniss General Store. A big thank you, of course, goes to the wonderful team of volunteers who have worked together to make this day happen - from the kitchen and bar to the men at the 6th/15th Port hole and especially the groundsmen who maintain our lovely course all year round. There were some wonderful costumes worn by the ladies and they made it difficult to decide on the best dressed for the day – Steve Urwins, Australiana jumpers knitted 30 years ago, Indigenous outfits, Vegemite jars, Australia t-shirts and lots of Akubras. However, 4 ladies, Heather Burford, Rosemary Robinson, Helen Miles and Jill Jellett from Mt Osmond went the extra mile to come as two sets of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, the Gumnut babies and Barbara Mynhart from Oakbank had to cope with a redback on her toilet seat as she trailed a little toilet paper from hole to hole!! They each won the best dressed for the day. The novelty events were won by the following ladies. The longest drive for ‘A’ grade – Helen Pengilly from Willunga, longest drive for ‘B’ grade – Susie Crate from Willunga, nearest the pin on the 17th hole – Jaye Schmidt from Oakbank, nearest the pin on the 9th hole – Vicki York from Links Lady Bay, and nearest to the Vegemite jar – Jo Evers from Willunga. The Pinehurst Competition winners are as follows. Gross Pair Winners – Carol Collins and Jo Purling from Willunga – 88/72.25 Gross Pair Runners up – Kirsty Page and Donna Makins from Oakbank - 94/71.12 Nett Pair Winners – Natasha Rees and Janet Holt from Thaxted Park – 69.5 Nett Pair Runners up – Roswitha Abel and Gwen Jones from Willunga – 70.12 Congratulations to all the winners on the day and thank you to all the ladies who participated on our Gala Day. Your continued support helps our club and we look forward to hosting you all again next year with a different theme, of course!! 20/5/2026 Cara Eastwood wins in great golf conditions. Wednesday 20th May dawned fine and continued in that way to becomes a perfect golfing day weatherwise if not at times, golfing wise!! Fifteen ladies played a Stableford competition with Cara Eastwood using the conditions to the greatest effect scoring 37 points. Not far behind was Ann Semple and Jayne Dunn both with 36, while Pauline Walkom finished with 34 and Mel Johnson scored 32 points. Four ladies all finished with the same score of 31 points – Helen Lyon, Jo Pickhaver, Sue Pryor and Penny Geue. Mandi Vardon finished with 29, Marie Kingsbury and Kerrie Edwards28, Sue Phillips 26, Carol Pelle 22 and Maureen Need scored 21 Stableford points. NTP on the 9th hole was Helen Lyon while Kerrie had a gobbler on the 1st and a birdie on the 9th. Jayne matched Kerrie with a gobbler on the 1st but she was more impressed that she scored a par 4 on that hole for the first time. Well done, Jayne. Many of the ladies had to leave early so they missed the buns for Jo Pickhaver’s birthday. That also meant that stories from the day were short on the ground. Mel found drains and Jo P had varied success with the trees. A couple went straight through them and ended up in nice positions while a couple of others found the trunks at a great rate of knots and ended up in slightly more precarious positions. A couple of days from our Gala Day, so the ladies are all working busily towards providing a great day for our visitors. Thank you to the wonderful band of volunteers making our course look so inviting and beautifully prepared for the day. ‘Make the putting green a place of opportunity, not a place of anxiety.’ Cara Eastwood wins in great golf conditions. 13/5/2026 Gill Kean 's good form continues. Once again our girls were blessed with perfect weather for the playing of the club foursomes. Gill Keane combined with Di Krutli to bring in a winning score by .5 of a shot with a nett 75 They were followed closely by the consistent pair of Cara Eastwood and Pauline Walkhom with a nett 75.5, pretty close. We had some of our girls returning from holidays to boost numbers on the day. Sam Bradley has been having a relaxing time in Thailand doing all the touristy things and also visiting an elephant sanctuary. Sue Pryor and hubby Dave, have had a wonderful cruise from Broome to Darwin and Mandi Vardon has just returned from a fabulous golfing holiday with friends. Mandi must have fine tuned her tee shots whilst on holidays as she reckons she had a monster drive on the 3rd, 239 metres, that is a pretty good drive. Bet her partner on the day, Maureen Need would have been happy with her partner for the day. Sam Bradley and Marie Kingsbury were having a steady round until the 14th . On their 3rd shot to the green, Marie Kingsbury confidently addressed the ball, then whoosh, big miss!! Partner Sam Bradley then also lined up for the perfect shot, but, whoosh again, two airies girls, Finally Marie got onto the net shot and put it onto the green, only to see it run thru, down the track to the 15th tee, thats golf. The usual wildlife were out on the course today and a special visitor was spotted, a koala in the trees on the 4th fairway. No birdies or gobblers were to be had but Carole Pelle had a good drive on the 9th to claim the NTP for the day. Next Wednesday after golf, we plan to have a gardening working bee to prepare for our Gala day. 6/5/2026 Gil Keane has a day out. 12 keen golfers ventured out to golf on Wednesday with the weather looking a bit unpredictable. We did get some showers, so the umbrellas went up and the wet weather gear came out, but there were lots of dry patches and we all got thru. The competition for the day was the monthly medal 2nd round championship 2nd round McBain trophy and to top it off a putting competition PHEW!! Gill Keane was in fine form netting a fabulous 66 to win the day and the monthly medal. She had 37 putts so imagine what her score would have been if she had sank a few of those putts. Great golf Gill. Her playing partner Mel Johnson had a pretty good day also with a nett 73 to come in ahead of a special visitor from Thaxted Park Anita, who also had a nett 73. Anita had a bit of trouble putting as the greens at Thaxted are much faster than ours and she had trouble, leaving her putts short. Was good to see Dawn Thomas out golfing today. She has finally finished vintage in her McLaren Vale vineyard and reckoned she deserved a day off. Pauline was feeling a bit cross with herself as on the 6th she went into the creek, not once ,not twice, but three times!! Not good on a stroke round when all shots get counted. Same can be said for Penny Geue who landed on the edge of the dam and thought, that it was any easy shot out, but no, 3 shots later she got in on its way. Ann started off her game well with a spectacular gobbler on the 1st and being a putting comp this was good for her score. However, her luck turned as on the 13th she had a wicked 4 putts, tough luck Ann. Jo C and Marie were also missing heaps of putts, their scores reflected this as they finished in the lower end of the scoring. Cara had a nice 2nd shot on the 17th to score the NTP and Di had her putting game going well as she finished with 29 to win the putting comp. Kerri had a gobbler on the 16th and a birdie on the 1st. 29/4/2026 The Strathalbyn golf ladies have been making the most of the lovely warm autumn weather to play golf . Wednesday saw 12 ladies hit the fairways ,for a stroke competition with conditions being sublime, no wind or rain and a balmy top of 28 degrees . Kerrie continues her good form scoring a nett 68 with a birdie on the 9th and taking out the nearest the pin , happy to give away her secrets of hitting straight and 1 putt.( Nice photo celebrating her gobbler on the 5th last week ). Runner up on a tidy nett 70 was Anne in front of Jayne on a countback Consistant Cara takes out another win in the Laurel wreath , against Pauline , to play off against Anne for the grandfinal. Will be a good match Sizzling Spicy Sue smashing up the course happy, to be out driving her playing Partners Mel and Jayne on the 7th , clever use of tree trunks as a backboard may have got Sue out of trouble a few times Carol and Maureen had a competitive 9 holes , always welcoming option coming back from injuries, or new to the game Following up a good round Wednesday , 7 Strath ladies represented the club at Thaxted Park Golf Course for a day of Four Ball Better Ball (Ambrose), Always making an effort to get in the spirit , they looked resplendent in their loud shirts , having a nice day on beautiful, but challenging course . Kerrie stared again , taking out nearest the pin and winning a toaster in the raffle , Toast to your good form Kerrie. Strathalbyn’s Ladies Gala day Is only 2 weeks away , with the dress up theme this year Australiana, Lots of course renovations by our hard working volunteers . come and have look always a fun day . 22/4/2026 Warm Conditions and Hot Scores at Strathalbyn Seventeen ladies played a Stableford competition on Wednesday, 22nd April, with Mother Nature providing a warm, sunny day. Fifteen players, including two visitors from Lake Albert, contested the 18-hole competition, while two ladies played a 9-hole event—an excellent turnout. The course was looking fabulous thanks to the efforts of the groundsmen, and there were some outstanding Stableford scores recorded. Winner of the day was Kerrie Edwards with a massive 45 points, with her straight hitting proving a major advantage. Mel Johnson was runner-up on 41 points, followed by new member Sam Bradley with 40. Pauline Walkom scored 39, Clarissa Mitchell 38, and Marie Kingsbury 37. Gill Keane finished with 36 points, Ann Semple 35, Jayne Dunn and Mandi Vardon 32, Tonya Merritt 31, Di Krutli 30, Jac Mitchell and Shelley Handke 26, and Sue Phillips 24. Carol Pelle and Maureen Need played the back nine holes, with Carol scoring 16 points and Maureen 13. It was lovely to see both players out on the course. Nearest the Pin on the 17th hole (second shot) was won by Marie Kingsbury, who cleverly holed out. The Captain also introduced a surprise novelty event—longest putt on the 3rd hole—won by Carol Pelle. There were plenty of birdies and “gobblers” recorded. Mandi had a birdie on the 3rd, Kerrie had a birdie and gobbler on the 5th, Tonya on the 6th, and Marie recorded both a birdie and gobbler on the 17th. Sam had two gobblers on the 3rd and 11th, and Mel also added a gobbler to the list. There were some memorable moments on course. Marie’s ball found the creek twice but ricocheted out both times—now that takes skill! Maureen landed on the very edge of the dam for the first time ever. And, without the groundsmen noticing, Marie may have also taken out a marker near the creek! Sam had an adventurous 5th hole, landing near the 18th tee block before recovering to the green and finishing with a gobbler for six shots, earning four points. There is never a dull moment at golf! Ann and Penny represented Strathalbyn at the SA Masters in Victor Harbor on Friday 17th and Sunday 19th April, a great experience for both. On Monday 20th, Strathalbyn was well represented at the Echunga Ladies Open Day, with seven players attending. Jenny and her partner Leslie (South Lakes) were runners-up. Kerrie and Cara featured in the ball rundown, while Mel and Kerrie were lucky raffle prize winners. |