Today was the third day of the ladies championships and we had the most perfect winter weather. The course is drying out & the fairways are running faster so we have all had to adjust to the change in conditions. It is a good test of golfing skills to adjust to changing conditions and the golf scores today indicate that. It was a mixed bag between good and bad so obviously some people adjust better than others. I think I fit into the "others" bracket as my score was rather ordinary today although I did play the 8th hole well by scoring a birdie and winning nearest the pin.
My playing partners today were Rosalie Dyer and Lesley Gregory and they were great company. Lesley played a very steady game after the first hole and came in winner of second division which is the next best thing to winning myself. We enjoyed being out there in the sunshine so it was a good day on the village green.
The event today was a single stroke and day three of the 2008 Ladies Championships so it was an important day for all our players to get themselves into a "winning" position for the final round to be held this Thursday 21st August 2008 and we had 80 starters.
RESULTS:
DIVISION 1:
GROSS WINNER: Wendy Stapleton - 88 strokes
WINNER: Wendy Stapleton - 73 nett
RUNNER UP: Leonie Casey - 74 nett
THIRD: Robyn Incoll - 76 nett on a countback
DIVISION 2:
GROSS WINNER: Kath Payne -95 strokes on a countback
WINNER: Lesley Gregory - 71 nett on a countback
RUNNER UP: Rosemary Judd - 71 nett
THIRD: Kath Payn - 72 nett
DIVISION 3:
GROSS WINNER: Nerida Hancock - 104 strokes
WINNER: Kath Smith - 71 nett on a countback
RUNNER UP: Yvonne Cumming - 71 nett
THIRD: Nerida Hancock - 73 nett
NEAREST THE PINS:
DIVISION 1: 5th hole : Sheena Asken; 12th hole : Leonie Casey
DIVISION 2: 8th hole: Jan Martin; 14th hole: Ronda Jordan
DIVISION 3: 8th hole: Pricilla Webster: 14th hole: Dawn Tromp
CCR: 73
The winners of the ball competition will be announced next Thursday.
Highlights of the day: as reported to me: Leonie Casey had a gobbler on the 5th, parred the 18th hole and scored 73 nett after hitting two shots into the dam on the 10th; Lesley Gregory parred the 3rd, 16th and the 18th; Rosalie Dyer had a great drive off the 15th tee; Judy Verlander reported that Lorraine Linnert lost her buggy when it ran into the bunker on the 8th and up-ended all its contents into the bunker and Lorraine left it to her golf partners to pick up and put back in order; Wendy Stapleton was a star all day according to her playing partners - her score supports this; Jan Fitzgerald had a birdie on the 8th and parred the 13th; A super team that all parred the 14th and the 15th were Yvonne Wilson, Shirley Daly and Kath Small;
Norma Cubis parred the 16th and was on the 17th for two to par that as well; Cheryl Davison had gobblers on the 8th and the 16th; June Bowen's partners reported that June was cranky when her putt hit Margaret Mackie's special "China" marker on its way to the hole & got diverted so making her miss the putt; my one and only highlight was scoring a birdie on the 8th hole and winning the nearest the pin.
Images attached: The scoreboard (click to enlarge the image to viewing size and to print, click your backspace key to return to this page); with my playing partners today Lesley Gregory and Rosalie Dyer; Lyn Cruickshank, Pam Witt and Bev Adams at the first tee; Dawn Cook, Norma Presdee and Pam Cowin at the first tee; mother & father duck and their ducklings out on the course today; Leonie Casey - runner up in Division one today; Lesley Gregory - nett winner of division two today; Kath Smith - nett winner of division three today; Late stayers at the club today enjoying the afternoon sunshine - Peter & I with Yvonne Wilson & Ray Presdee; Lyn Cruickshanks, Debbie Grinham, Yvonne Wilson, Norma Cubis and Judy Verlander; Lyn Cruickshanks, Debbie Grinham, Norma Cubis and Judy Verlander; Norma Cubis, Alice Collett and Debbie Grinham.
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