Sargents win club championships

WHAT a fantastic three weeks of championships we have just had. Record numbers of players, great scores, close results and history created and all played in good spirits. After four years of coming so close, it was great to see our Ladies Captain Sheryl Sargent win the championships. Sheryl was three points behind coming into the final round and won by the narrowest of margins to 277 gross from Gayle Wells on 278 and Linda Brook 281. A terrific win and great contest between the three ladies. To top it off history was made by Sheryl and her husband Rod being the first wife and husband to win in the same year and were also our female and male captains. That record will be hard to beat. Gayle Wells should not be too disappointed as she did win the Veterans Championship. B Grade was won by the amazing Millie Cumming. Millie and Robyn Baker had to go into a play off after both finishing on 291 gross. Millie came out the winner and also the overall nett championship winner. Millie is such a stalwart of the lady golfers and regularly plays great games. Kirsten Scudamore was one point behind in third place with 292. C Grade clear winner was Jenny Foster. Jenny had a strong lead going into the final round. She kept her cool and played another great round winning with 301 gross from Shirley Nolan 320 and Marion Sargeant 323. Jenny was also second in the nett championships. D Grade also very clear winner was Sharon Gysberts. Sharon continued her amazing form with a strong win of 347 gross. Sharon was third in the nett championships. She should certainly be moving up the Grades for the next Championships. A huge congratulations to the winners and well done to all ladies for producing terrific results over three weeks. Not an easy thing to do for some of us but that’s what makes a champion. The Championships certainly bought out some great scores for Wednesdays usual competition. A Grade was won by Millie Cumming with 68 nett from Kirsten Scudamore 69 and Robyn Baker 73. Sharon Gysberts was a stand out winning B Grade with a fantastic 65 nett from Jenny Foster 68 and Susan Kinloch 70. Line balls were Shelly Comerford 70, Lorraine Cullen 73, Kylie Egan and Linda Terry 74 and Glenis Skinner 75. Nearest the pins were Jenny Foster, Sam Bailey, Tracey Gravenall, Nicki Cooper and Lyn Holland. Putting was won by Robyn Baker. Wednesday night was the celebratory dinner at the Club. Ladies had to dress in something beginning with the letter F. Amazingly the ladies came up with Flappers, Flowers, Fortune Teller, Finger, Friar Tuck, Florence Nightingale, Free Australia, Flower Seller, Farm Fencer, Frankenstein’s Bride, Flame, Fire, Fly Fisherman, Fanatic Aldi Fan, Firey, Farmers, Fluffy, Freckles, Footy Fans and Freddie Mercury. Freddie was of course the most popular and Tracey Gravenall won the prize for the best costume. Gayle Wells told her usual repertoire of jokes and handed out the fines. The ladies really know how to celebrate and have fun together. Before Wednesday we had a large field of ladies playing in Tuesday’s Stableford. Probably a bit of practice before the main game. Patsy Smiles won with a very respectable 20 points on a countback to Jill Prosser, then Pauline Ahola 19. Sandra Lording had the nearest the pin on ninth. Saturday was a par competition with Andrea Marsden winning on a countback to Shirley Nolan and Marion Sargeant. All had minus three. In the Premier League the Stingers remain on top with three wins with the next five teams all with two wins. Another close contest. Next Wednesday is the Monthly Medal sponsored by Sanae’s and is also the Medal of Medals. The finalists this year are Sam Bailey, Robyn Baker, Andrea Marsden, Marg Franke-Williams, Gayle Wells, Kylie Egan, Tracey Gravenall, Sharon Gysberts and Sheryl Sargent. Finally, a correction to my report two weeks ago. I reported that Gayle Wells won the putting with an amazing 25 putts. In fact it was only 21 putts. Even more amazing so worth a correction and an apology! Good hitting for next week.

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