Pennant players doing club proud

ANOTHER hot week for golf, but it wasn’t just the weather. On Tuesday it was great to see Robyn Bridgewater back on the course and she was in some kind of form indeed. Winning the nine hole stableford round with 23 points was a great effort. Jenny Koraus and Glenis Skinner also both showed good form scoring 19 and 18 points respectively. Numbers were down a little on Wednesday with a few girls fortunate enough to be off playing at some other great courses around the country. At home though, 24 players teamed up for a three-person Ambrose. The winning team was that of Pauline Ahola, Michelle Pigdon and Sophie Yencken with a score of 60.333. Great to see some of our newer 18 hole players taking home the cash. Next, by a very small margin, was Meg Broomfield, Glenis Skinner and Sam Bailey with 60.833 and third, Kylie Egan, Anne Blampied and Tracey Gravenall with 62.667. Nearest the pins went to Millie Cumming, Jenny Koraus, Sophie Yencken and Nicki Cooper. A smaller field on another hot Saturday with 12 players. Marion Sargeant was the winner with a very nice 35 points, followed by Natalie Grimshaw 33 and a visitor from The Victoria GC, Jade Layton on 32. All 3 ladies were also the nearest the pin winners, so clearly their par 3 holes were contributors to their good scores. Finally, Friday was the first round of pennant for our Division 3 and Division 4 ladies and both had great outcomes. Division 3 played Yarrawonga at Benalla and came away with a 3/2 win, while Division 4 also played against Yarrawonga at Wodonga and had a squared match. This one was particularly pleasing as our team of Shelly Lakin, Sharon Gysberts, Pauline Ahola, Susan Kinloch and Sandra Lording were largely, very new to individual pennant for Mansfield and we are very proud of them. Our Division 1 team played their second round of the season, remarkably also against Yarrawonga but this time Yarra had the home ground advantage and were to beat us 3/2. Well done to winners Sheryl Sargent and Linda Terry and to the other team members, for putting up tough fights against their opposition. Next week we avoid some of the travel and very early starts involved in our pennant, with Division 1 going to Benalla, Division 3 hosting at home and Division 4 going to Jubilee. Enjoy the sleep-in girls.