Ladies Golf Report week ending 10th March 24

Great start to Mansfield Ladies in Pennant

A great start to the pennant season for our ladies, with both Div 2 and Div 4 scoring wins this week but more on that later.

For those of you who pay attention, you will recall last week’s report was suggesting that Pam Abbott had somewhat of a strangle-hold on the 9 hole form of the game. Well, this week kicked off with, you guessed it, Pam Abbott winning the 9 hole comp on Tuesday with a very nice 17 points. Pam really is steady as she goes, in playing to handicap – all I can say is that the current conditions suit her game!

On Wednesday, we had a 3-person Ambrose competition which was a lot of fun. Thirty ladies took part and if we’d been laying bets, the popular choice by many of us was the team comprising Sam Bailey, Kylie Egan and Lorraine Cullen, to be the one to beat. And sure enough, we would have won the bet, as they came in with nett 61 to win the real prize money. Runners-up were Sheryl Sargent, Sharon Gysberts and Sue Parsons with 62.17 and third, Colleen Leeds, Shirley Nolan and Kerri Nicol with 64.33. Nearest the Pins went to Linda Terry (3^rd), Sam Bailey (7^th), Kylie Egan (12^th) and Jane Morrisey (16^th).

Thursday’s 9-hole was won by Jenny Koraus with 17 points, with Pam Abbott runner up for a change with 15 points. Meanwhile 8 ladies went over to Wangaratta to play in Jubilee’s Bowl where Lyn Poulson came away with the win in B Grade and another 3 went to Hidden Valley for their Bowl and Sue Crow won B Grade there. Great effort ladies and good to see the Mansfield flag being flown.

Only 10 ladies braved the heat on Saturday and Jane Trask must love it, coming in with 38 stableford points to win, from Lesley Anderson and Shirley Nolan, both with 36. Matilda Dunn, visiting from Rossdale had a nice 35 points for 4^th and picked up the one nearest the pin.

Then for the all-important start to our Pennant Season. Div 2 travelled over to Yarrawonga to face Bright on an oppressively hot day on Friday and had a strong 3.5 to 1.5 win, with good wins by Shelly Comerford, Marg Knapp and Lyn Poulson and a square to Linda Brook, while Linda Terry lost on the 18^th.  Div 4 also had tough conditions at Jubilee against Yarrawonga  but achieved the same 3.5 to 1.5 winning score. Lesley Anderson, Margie Franke-Williams and Jackie Smithwick all beat the heat by finishing early with great wins on the 14^th or 15^th holes, Marion Sargeant went the distance to square her match and Susan Kinloch had a tussle to lose on the 17^th. Div 3 were hosting at home and didn’t play. Well done to everyone for a great round.