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Strathalbyn Ladies Results 12/11/2025 A good win for Marie Kingsbury. In perfect golfing weather on Wednesday 12th November, 14 ladies tackled a Stableford competition at Strath. Fiona Main completed her 3rd card towards her handicap, so she is ready to roll next week. Marie Kingsbury tamed the roll on the course with a very good 36 points. She was closely followed by Jo Pickhaver on 35 and Di Krutli on 34. Next came Gill Keane and Pauline Walkom both scoring 33, Penny Geue 32 and Ann Semple on 31 points. Cara Eastwood and Mandi Vardon finished with 28, Kerrie Edwards 27, Carol Pelle and Mel Johnson 26 and Jenny Drury scored 25 points. Jenny enjoyed winning NTP on the 9th with a fantastic drive and scored a birdie with her finishing putt. Ann had her own highlight with a birdie /gobbler on the 5th hole. Penny had a gobbler on the 6th hole and Mandi had one on the 3rd. It was great to see kangaroos out on the course enjoying the sunny, calm weather after the windy conditions from previous weeks. 5/11/2025 Strathalbyn ladies win Sheoak Trophy in 2025 On Wednesday November 5th, 17 Strathalbyn ladies hosted 15 ladies from Echunga for the annual Sheoak Trophy competition. Unfortunately, Tailem Bend were unable to send a team. The ladies played an individual Stableford competition, and the scores were averaged between the two clubs with Strathalbyn scoring 30.53 to Echunga’s 28.93. Home course advantage won the day as it has for the past 2 years.  Best scores for the day belonged to Tonya Merritt 41, Cara Eastwood 35, Jo Cullen and Kerrie Edwards 34, all from Strathalbyn. Pat Umlauf from Echunga also scored 34 points. Ann Semple won the most accurate drive on the 3rd hole, while Kerrie Edwards scored both NTP’s, one on the 9th and with her second shot on the 17th. The ladies had the choice of biscuit or buns with their tea or coffee when they arrived in the morning and then had a delicious lunch of chicken/ham with salads. Dessert was sticky date pudding with caramel sauce, icecream and cream or stewed quangdong with cream and/or icecream. Thank you to Jo Cullen and Tonya Merritt for organising lunch. Next year the Strathalbyn ladies will have to play at Echunga so they will need to overcome the home course advantage. They have a year to work out how to do it!! Ann Semple and Penny Geue represented the club at the Robe Ladies Open Day on Thursday 6th November.  They were happy with their golf, but no prizes on the course. Ann won a raffle prize, so they were smiling on the trip back home. 29/10/205  Winter Season ends. Twelve ladies played an Ambrose 9hole competition in teams of 3 to end the Winter season on Wednesday 29th October. Di Krutli, Tonya Merritt and Carol Pelle won the morning with a score of 24.2. Next came the team of Marie Kingsbury, Maureen Need and Mandi Vardon with 26.5. They were followed by Jenny Drury, Sue Pryor and Penny Geue with 27.8 and not too far behind were Cara Eastwood, Mel Johnson and Jo Pickhaver with 28 points. The ladies had a sub committee meeting to discuss a variety of topics and to elect certain positions pertaining to the lady’s areas of concern at the golf club. They were joined by 2 more ladies at the Bridge Hotel at Langhorne Creek where they enjoyed a delicious range from the menu for the end of season lunch. It was a nice thank you to the management for their sponsorship of the Ladies Gala Day raffle for the last 8 years. On Friday, the ladies at Strathalbyn hosted the Zone Appreciation Day for members of clubs in our region. After a 9hole Stableford competition, the ladies held their A.G.M. and had a delicious lunch produced by Jo Cullen and Tonya Merritt. Thank you, ladies for your wonderful efforts in catering for 24 ladies for both main and dessert courses. Congratulations to Gayle Alexander from Links Lady Bay for winning the competition with 23 points. 22/10/2025 Weather prohibits golf for the ladies. Eight ladies, Tonya Merritt, Maureen Need, Jenny Drury, Ann Semple, Penny Geue, Di Krutli, Mandi Vardon and Jo Pickhaver, ventured out to the Strathalbyn Golf Course on Wednesday 22nd, October but the conditions on the course prevented them from playing. The wind was gusting quite ferociously and not making it safe for the ladies to play. Rain was expected so they all headed back to their homes or into Strath for a coffee. On Tuesday, 21st October, members of the club were invited to play at Links Lady Bay for a charity day for Type 1 Diabetes. Both men and ladies attended the day. The weather was unpredictable with some pulling the pin when the hail came!! Ann Semple played the best from Strathalbyn by winning the NTP on the 15th hole and coming second in the chipping competition on the party 10th hole. Well done, Ann under trying conditions. The Strathalbyn players faired better when the raffle was decided. Mel Johnson, Cara Eastwood, Penny Geue, Mike Semple, and Jo Pickhaver all won one prize. However, the lucky one was Tonya Merritt who won at least 3 prizes. We definitely left our mark on the day. 15/10/2025 Medal of Medallists is Jo Cullen. On Wednesday, 15th October, 16 ladies played a Stroke competition including Putting. It was the final for the Medal of Medallists between the monthly medallist from the year – Penny Geue, Kerrie Edwards, Tonya Merritt and Jo Cullen. Jo C. kept her winning ways happening by winning this competition from the other contenders. Congratulations go to you, Jo. The results for the Stroke competition are – Helen Lyon taking the win with 68 nett from Cara Eastwood on 69. Next came Jo C. 70, Mandi Vardon 72, three ladies on 73 – Jenny Drury, Mel Johnson and Tonya Merritt. Gill Keane and Kerrie Edwards finished with 74, while Jo Pickhaver scored 75. Marie Kingsbury had 76, Pauline Walkom 77, Ann Semple 78, Penny Geue 79 and Di Krutli finished with 83. Sue Pryor played 9 holes for 45. In the Putting competition, Mandi won the day with 28 putts followed by Jenny and Tonya with 30. Jo C. 31, Cara, Mel, Kerrie, Jo P., and Marie all had 33, Gill 35, Helen, Penny and Di 36, and Pauline had 37. Di scored with a fantastic drive on the 9th hole to win the NTP, while birdies were scored by Cara and Tonya on the 8th hole. Mel scored one on the 11th,but she also had a gobbler on the 8th hole.   The dam caught out both Penny and Jo P. but Jo P. had a good jump off the drain on the 14th. The course had more run on it after a couple of warm to hot days. It’s time to stay on the left heading west and on the right heading east. Congratulations to the lady’s team (Mandi, Nikki, Di and Jo P.) from the Spring Feast Day from Sunday week ago. Finishing 3rd was a real treat. We combined well. On Friday 17th October, 3 ladies, Jenny, Jo C and Mel represented the club at the Willunga ladies Open Day. It had a theme of the letter ‘P’. There was good and bad golf involved, however putting blew out the scores. The weather proved to be a bonus. 8/10/2025 Another win for Tonya Merritt. Fourteen ladies headed out to the Strathalbyn Golf course on Wednesday 8th October for a Par competition. Tonya Merritt played the course the best with a very good +2 on the day. Not too far behind were Mel Johnson and Marie Kingsbury with both being square 0 with the card. The next two ladies were Mandi Vardon and Cara Eastwood with -2, followed by 3 ladies on -4 – Ann Semple, Pauline Walkom and Di Krutli. On -5 were another 3 ladies – Jenny Drury, Penny Geue and Maureen Need. Next came Jo P. and Jo C. both on -6 and Kerrie Edwards on -7. The ladies welcomed a new member, Fiona Main who played a Stableford round to start the process of gaining her handicap. She had a very good drive and second shot to win the NTP on the 17th. Well done, Fiona. Some stories from the day include Tonya deciding to hit her ball from the edge of the dam. She got wet from the first hit and just moved her ball far enough for her second shot to finish on the fairway. Pauline’s highlight was only being in the creek once this week. Looking forward to not in it next week!! Marie had luck on her side as she hit a few trees but the outcome each time was ‘A’ grade as the ball bounced out for a clear next hit. The ladies celebrated Marie’s birthday with a delicious black forest cake made by Jo Cullen. Congratulations to you both. 1/10/2025 Tonya Merritt wins 3 Stick Day. Wednesday 1st October dawned windy and showery and continued in this way for the complete round of the lady’s golf. Despite these conditions, 12 ladies headed out for a Stroke round using only 3 of the usual 14 clubs allowed. The ladies chose their driver, or long woods, short irons and their putter. Tonya Merritt was able to tame the conditions and use her 3 chosen clubs the best by finishing with 70 nett. Not too far behind was visitor, Jac Mitchell from Meningie on 75. The ladies welcomed Jac and hopes she returns when she is able. Next came Jo Cullen 77, Mandi Vardon 80, and Di Krutli 83. Following these ladies were Marie Kingsbury 84, Pauline Walkom 85, Penny Geue and Gill Keane 87, Jo Pickhaver 88 and Ann Semple 96 completed the field. Jenny Drury played 9 holes. There were a few novelty holes. On the 1st/10th, the ladies found an albino kangaroo decorated with stars and Ann found herself the closest to it. She won a prize. NTP on the 9th hole was Jo C. She had a very good drive onto the green. NTP with her second shot on the 17th was Tonya while the longest drive on 3rd/12th hole went to Jac. It was a monster.  Mandi scored a birdie/gobbler on the 2nd, and gobblers were scored by Di 3rd, Tonya 11th and Jo P on the 14th. There were quite a few disaster stories from the day that occurred during the round. Firstly, Penny and Pauline needed 3 carts to complete their round as 2 gave up the ghost, but they also had 2 creek adventures and 2 dam drownings. Jo C’s cart also lacked enough power to get around 18 holes and was left at the end of the 16th so Jo C could load it on the trailer to get it home. Ann found the dam on the 7th and Jac learnt about the creek on the 6th hole. Jo P had 2 disaster drives on the 6th and 15th hole. On the 6th she found the creek, but wait, on the 15th, her ball did not leave the tee block. Luckily, her second shot from next to the concrete edging made it over the creek. Di could have had a much better round if her putts had dropped. So many went round the edge or stopped within a roll of the hole. On the 10th hole, Di’s remote buggy decided to take a trip of its own. The wind caught the umbrella and tipped it over. Luckily not many clubs to pickup and her other golf paraphernalia didn’t roll too far. Let’s hope for better weather next week and golf that is more satisfying.