Another Friday, another Blog! Not a great deal of news this week, a lot of people seem to be travelling in search of warmer weather - lucky ducks! We can't wait to explore a bit more of the Australian Outback and see some of the wonderful colours which are such a part of the Australian landscape. Below is a photo from friends who have just completed part of the Larapinta Trail in NT. Those colours!
We have had a fairly dry week and the course seems to be drying out a fraction - there was even a little bit of "run" yesterday - long may it continue.
From tomorrow, Saturday 20th August, we will be back playing 18 holes on the
1 -18 hole courses. Carts are allowed for members only, until Wednesday. So make sure you book in and start practising for the Foursomes Championships, your Match Play games, The Pamela Tallents Trophy Event and the Club Championships which are in October.
It is with regret that I have to inform you that our Handicapper, Noela McMurray has stepped down from her role. Noela has been a terrific asset to the club, and especially to the Women's Match Committee for many, many years.
A huge 'Thank You" Noela for all your hard work, whether it be as handicapper; helping with the new course ratings; working out eclectics and other multi round events, or just giving us wise counsel. We hope to see Noela back on the golf course very soon.
Barb Clayton will take over the role as Women's Handicapper - welcome to your new role Barb!
This week we have been playing 9 and 18 hole competitions which has been great. However, from next week, we are back playing 18 holes on our NORMAL courses. At the moment, the 9 hole competitions on Tuesday and Thursdays will cease, but your Match Committee are trying to find alternatives - more women playing golf, the merrier!
It is heartening to see some many of you playing your matches - some on the 18 hole course, some on the Temp Cart Course. From tomorrow, matches will be played on the 18 hole course, using the Universal Match Index on the back of the scorecard.
Please click on the following to download Match Play Rules & Penalties - you've probably all got a copy!!
From tomorrow, Saturday 20th August, we will be back playing 18 holes on the
1 -18 hole courses. Carts are allowed for members only, until Wednesday. So make sure you book in and start practising for the Foursomes Championships, your Match Play games, The Pamela Tallents Trophy Event and the Club Championships which are in October.
It is with regret that I have to inform you that our Handicapper, Noela McMurray has stepped down from her role. Noela has been a terrific asset to the club, and especially to the Women's Match Committee for many, many years.
A huge 'Thank You" Noela for all your hard work, whether it be as handicapper; helping with the new course ratings; working out eclectics and other multi round events, or just giving us wise counsel. We hope to see Noela back on the golf course very soon.
Barb Clayton will take over the role as Women's Handicapper - welcome to your new role Barb!
This week we have been playing 9 and 18 hole competitions which has been great. However, from next week, we are back playing 18 holes on our NORMAL courses. At the moment, the 9 hole competitions on Tuesday and Thursdays will cease, but your Match Committee are trying to find alternatives - more women playing golf, the merrier!
It is heartening to see some many of you playing your matches - some on the 18 hole course, some on the Temp Cart Course. From tomorrow, matches will be played on the 18 hole course, using the Universal Match Index on the back of the scorecard.
Please click on the following to download Match Play Rules & Penalties - you've probably all got a copy!!
| match_play_rules___penalties.pdf |
VWGA TOURNAMENT FEBRUARY 2023 @ BOWRAL
According to Vice Captain and VWGA Delegate, Ellen Goodwin, the Tournament is filling up fast! There are entry forms in the Locker Room, so get your entries in early!
Please click on the following to download the entry form...
According to Vice Captain and VWGA Delegate, Ellen Goodwin, the Tournament is filling up fast! There are entry forms in the Locker Room, so get your entries in early!
Please click on the following to download the entry form...
| vwga_feb_2023_tournament.pdf |
DAILY RESULTS
Tuesday 16th August - Stableford on Temp Cart Course
9 Hole Comp Winner - Anne Keys with 18pts(c/b). R/U - Pat Donoghue
18 Hole Comp Winner - Sharon Rowe with 32pts
NTP (2nd shot on 12th) - Robyn Foster
Thursday 18th August (2nd Rd Donkin Cup)
Winner - Anne Keys with 38pts.
9 Hole Comp Winner - Sharon Rowe with 21pts
NTP (2nd Shot on 12th) - Annie Geddes
Pro Pin (jackpot) - Annie Geddes $62.50
Sharon and Anne K certainly scooped the pool this week!!! CONGRATULATIONS!
The winner of The Donkin Cup will be announced on Closing Day.
WHAT'S COMING UP?
Saturday 20th August - Par
Tuesday 23rd August - 3 Person Team Event
Thursday 25th August - Stroke/Medal Rd 4/McLeish Cup Rd 3/VWGA Mabel McKenzie Brooch
FIRST ROUND OF CHALLENGE BOWL, JUBILEE FOURSOMES, BARBARA McCARTHY TROPHY & ROSEVALE PLATE TO BE PLAYED BY SUNDAY 28TH AUGUST.
Tuesday 16th August - Stableford on Temp Cart Course
9 Hole Comp Winner - Anne Keys with 18pts(c/b). R/U - Pat Donoghue
18 Hole Comp Winner - Sharon Rowe with 32pts
NTP (2nd shot on 12th) - Robyn Foster
Thursday 18th August (2nd Rd Donkin Cup)
Winner - Anne Keys with 38pts.
9 Hole Comp Winner - Sharon Rowe with 21pts
NTP (2nd Shot on 12th) - Annie Geddes
Pro Pin (jackpot) - Annie Geddes $62.50
Sharon and Anne K certainly scooped the pool this week!!! CONGRATULATIONS!
The winner of The Donkin Cup will be announced on Closing Day.
WHAT'S COMING UP?
Saturday 20th August - Par
Tuesday 23rd August - 3 Person Team Event
Thursday 25th August - Stroke/Medal Rd 4/McLeish Cup Rd 3/VWGA Mabel McKenzie Brooch
FIRST ROUND OF CHALLENGE BOWL, JUBILEE FOURSOMES, BARBARA McCARTHY TROPHY & ROSEVALE PLATE TO BE PLAYED BY SUNDAY 28TH AUGUST.
DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR PARTNERS ORGANISED FOR THE FOURSOMES CHAMPIONSHIPS ON TUESDAY 30TH AUGUST & THURSDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER.
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON WOMEN'S GOLF
The story goes that the first woman to play golf was Mary, Queen of Scots. There are even reports that Mary was the driving force behind the construction of the St Andrews course in the 16th century. While it would be another 200 years before the first recorded tournament for women was held—in Scotland in 1811—golf would soon become one of the most popular sports for women.
In Australia, news of women playing the game internationally filtered through to local newspapers. Reports published in the gossip pages of The Australaisian in 1887 noted that a ‘ladies’ golf tournament has been held at Elie, Fifeshire’.
But what of the history of women’s golf in Australia? From inter-colonial competitions and Ladies Golf Unions to wresting control from the men and golfing phenomenons, we’ve pulled together a handful of stories from the history of women’s golf that you may not know about.
A hundred years and more of history
According to Marion Stell’s Half the Race, a woman played in a golf match at Moore Park in Sydney in 1884, perhaps the first woman to play the game in Australia. In August 1893, The Argus reported on the ‘first ladies’ golf match ever played in the colony’ in Geelong and stated that ‘in spite of the weather, which was unfavourable to both golf and spectators, there was an excellent attendance’.
The following year, Geelong would be the site of the first Ladies Golf Championship of Australia.
While strides were taken in the late 1800s, many women were still barred from being full members of clubs, restricted to associate members. They were also often barred from using club facilities and there were only limited times for them to play.
In the early 1900s Ladies Golf Unions launched across the country.
Pioneers in more ways than one.
In August 1897, women golfers in NSW and Victoria played in the first inter-colonial tournament at Bondi. As Stell writes, this match ‘preceded the first intercolonial men’s golf match by several months’.
Throughout the early 1900s, Ladies Golf Unions sprung up across the country. By 1903, the NSW Ladies Golf Union was up and running. Soon after came the Victorian Ladies Golf Union in 1906 and in 1908, the Western Australian Ladies Golf Union.
While at a state level the women organised their game, at a national level men controlled women’s tournaments. At least until 1921 when the Australian Ladies Golf Union was formed which wrested control of women’s tournaments from the men of the Australian Golf Union!
The story goes that the first woman to play golf was Mary, Queen of Scots. There are even reports that Mary was the driving force behind the construction of the St Andrews course in the 16th century. While it would be another 200 years before the first recorded tournament for women was held—in Scotland in 1811—golf would soon become one of the most popular sports for women.
In Australia, news of women playing the game internationally filtered through to local newspapers. Reports published in the gossip pages of The Australaisian in 1887 noted that a ‘ladies’ golf tournament has been held at Elie, Fifeshire’.
But what of the history of women’s golf in Australia? From inter-colonial competitions and Ladies Golf Unions to wresting control from the men and golfing phenomenons, we’ve pulled together a handful of stories from the history of women’s golf that you may not know about.
A hundred years and more of history
According to Marion Stell’s Half the Race, a woman played in a golf match at Moore Park in Sydney in 1884, perhaps the first woman to play the game in Australia. In August 1893, The Argus reported on the ‘first ladies’ golf match ever played in the colony’ in Geelong and stated that ‘in spite of the weather, which was unfavourable to both golf and spectators, there was an excellent attendance’.
The following year, Geelong would be the site of the first Ladies Golf Championship of Australia.
While strides were taken in the late 1800s, many women were still barred from being full members of clubs, restricted to associate members. They were also often barred from using club facilities and there were only limited times for them to play.
In the early 1900s Ladies Golf Unions launched across the country.
Pioneers in more ways than one.
In August 1897, women golfers in NSW and Victoria played in the first inter-colonial tournament at Bondi. As Stell writes, this match ‘preceded the first intercolonial men’s golf match by several months’.
Throughout the early 1900s, Ladies Golf Unions sprung up across the country. By 1903, the NSW Ladies Golf Union was up and running. Soon after came the Victorian Ladies Golf Union in 1906 and in 1908, the Western Australian Ladies Golf Union.
While at a state level the women organised their game, at a national level men controlled women’s tournaments. At least until 1921 when the Australian Ladies Golf Union was formed which wrested control of women’s tournaments from the men of the Australian Golf Union!
We thank these women for being such wonderful pioneers in the world of golf.
Looking forward to seeing you all next week.
Have a lovely weekend, wherever you are, or whatever you are doing!
Annie
Looking forward to seeing you all next week.
Have a lovely weekend, wherever you are, or whatever you are doing!
Annie
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