With a couple of weeks of sunshine, bridges built, fairways and rough mown, and generally hard work by Mat & greens, Dave & volunteers, saw Bowral Golf Course return to its former glory.
The VWGA 2-day Tournament, was an enormous success for the Club. 106 Women golfers, representing 24 Clubs, enjoyed the great weather, golf, each other's company and the course. Some great scores were returned both days, with the Singles winner Raquel Vogel having an Eagle on the 12th Hole. Our Women played well in the Singles in Div. 2 Jane Clifford r/up and Jan Tuite 3rd. Div 3. Sharon Rowe r/up. As usual Regina and Staff provided a lovely meal for the Presentation Dinner, which was enjoyed by all. Thank you to the Bar Staff for keeping up the drinks. The raffle was very popular, with 3 members winning prizes, Sue Harrison, Carole Byrnes & Penny Cuff. The formalities begun with our President Sue Flaxman welcoming the VWGA Vice-President Virginnia Hewitt, who then gave a brief history of the VWGA and the presentation of Trophies. The winning pair Lesley Pickup and Margie Ross-Smith (Pymble) with a score of 46 pts. Although our members didn’t win any prizes they played well. Jane Clifford and Robyn Bucknell(Cromer) 41, Jan Tuite & Kate Wegmuller 40, Leonie Carroll and Susan Harrison 38, Sharon Rowe & Pat Donoghue 36, Helen Egan & Pam Barker 36 ,Jenny Alexander & Penny Cuff 32. Well done and thank you for participating.
Thursday we played the 1st round of the Golf NSW Medal, Club Medal and 1st RD. Presidents Cup . 24 women enjoyed the cloud cover and cooler day, no need for wet weather gear. Winners were:
CLUB MEDAL DIV 1. Carol Warner 79 c/b 2. Ellen Neal 79. DIV 2. 1. Jan Tuite 72, 2. Jane Clifford 77c/b DIV 3. 1. Diana Lindsay 2. Anne Keys 75. PRO PIN . $ 95 Meeghan Bourne Nearest Pin Hole 12 second shot Div 1. Helen Egan Div 2. Ellen Goodwin Div. 3 Rosemary Downing.
COMING UP Tues. 14th Feb. DONKIN CUP RD .1. Thurs 16 Feb. Stableford (CSGA Open Day Yowani) GOULBURN OPEN DAY WEDNESDAY 22 FEB, entries close MONDAY , Goulburn always support us, so please try to make it. Jan and I are going. Thurs. 23 Feb. JUBILEE FOURSOMES QLY RD. Find a partner and book in.
Please note on Thursday March 2, the booking sheet will reflect a mini shotgun start , so please book in where spaces are indicated.
Until Next week. Cheers Ellen