5 May 2011, Report for Day 4 Teams V Par Thursday 5 May saw the Teams V Par events held at both Gold Creek and Belconnen Golf Courses. The day broke with a chill in the air but this didn t stop the competitors at both events enjoying an 8.00am shot gun start. There was around 64 players participating at each event and by all accounts players had a fun final day of play for the tournament. The winning team at Belconnen had a blistering + 17 for their win, the team players, Kerrie Branch (Woolooware 27h/cp), Judith Shade (Kogarah 26h/cp), Carol Paige (Woolooware 23h/cp) and Fay Selwood (Pacific QLD 19h/cp) were all pleased with playing so well and congratulated all the other teams. Second place was two shots behind with a +15 and third place came in with a +14. At Gold Creek Golf Course it was obvious that it played a little tougher as the winning score was a +10 with runner up and 3rd placed teams both finishing with a +9 on a countback. The winning team of Julia Christie (32h/cp), Julie Bennett (37h/cp), Michelle Crowe (31h/cp) and Margaret Navaro (35h/cp) were all from Mona Vale Golf Club. Both first and second placed teams were from Mona Vale Golf Club, so it appears that the Mona Vale players enjoy playing at Gold Creek and no doubt will be back again in 2012 to play in the Autumn Meeting . 4 May 2011, Report for Day 3 Foursomes On Wednesday 4 May Division One, Foursomes were played at Gold Creek Country Club and Division Two was played at Vikings Capital Golf Course. The weather was fine, if a little brisk, with both course presented in good condition. All players enjoyed the hospitality of the pro shop and club facilities at both courses. The scratch winners of Division One were the pairing of Deborah Bennett (Pennant Hills, 5 h/cp) and Pauleen Jeffery (Royal Canberra,12 h/cp) scoring 84. Winning the nett was Esma Kennedy (Yowani, h/cp 24) and Vera Krizaic (Belconnen, 22 h/cp) with 73, obviously a little local knowledge was valuable for these Canberra girls. Winning the scratch in Division Two was Margaret Blattman 20 h/cp and Carole McConnell 32 h/cp both from Glenmore Heritage Valley Golf Club scoring a solid score of 100. They were closely followed by Vicki Withford (24 h/cp) and Jenny Nelson (28 h/cp) both from Woolooware Golf Club who scored a 101 scratch. Vicki and Jenny were successful in winning the nett with a 75. Runner up in the nett with a 77 was the pairing of Judy Kent (Pymble 26 h/cp) and Pamela Barker (Bowral 26 h/cp). 3 May 2011, Report for Day 2 There were 168 players at the Presentation Dinner on Tuesday 3 May at Yowani Country Club to see the winners from days one and two receive their prizes. Jocelyn MaKay won the Division One, ACT Championship Cup. Jocelyn, from Moss Vale Golf Club, has been competing in the event for the many years and has won the event three times in 1988, 1990 and 1991. This year Jocelyn shot a 79 at Federal and a 78 at Murrumbidgee for a total of 157 of the stick. Jocelyn was unable to attend the presentation however had her representative accept the trophy on her behalf. She stated that “Jocelyn was thrilled to again win the trophy after 20 years”. Runner up Nicky Moon from Federal shot a 78 and 82 for 160 which was a great effort. Nicky was happy with her game and was looking forward to playing again in next year s tournament. Winner of Division Two, The Seat of Government Cup was Naseem Walton from Pymble Golf Club who had a blistering score of 185, six ahead of runner up Jennifer Richards from Wyong Golf Club. Naseem said “it was a great honour to achieve a win at the event and was speechless at having played so well to win”. Patricia Wickham from Kiama Golf Club was the winner of the Division Three trophy, The Inaugural Autumn Salver, donated by Wakehurst Women’s Golf. Patricia had a total of 74 points of a 38 handicap to win the event and at presentation stated that she appreciated playing the courses in Canberra and praised the green staff for their good condition. Full Results Prize Winners
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