By Casey O'Connor
It has been a busy week for the ladies at the Warwick Golf Club. Not letting the grass grow under their feet seven members travelled to the City Golf Club in Toowoomba to play in the City Open Day.
As usual the City course proved a tough test for most visiting players, but Mary Young was able to produce a respectable 75 nett and in doing clinched the A grade stableford with 33 pts.
Combined with next-best Mel McLennan on 79 nett, the Warwick contingent managed to score five points for Open Day Pennants which now leaves Warwick just four points shy of City going into the last round at the Clifton Open Day.
Traditionally the Warwick team enjoy the Clifton conditions and score well so they are hoping for some luck to come their way.
Conditions were cool and windy leaving on Wednesday (4 August) for the Police Legacy Day and only handful of hardy golfers braved conditions.
Club champion Sam Hinze had a rare mid-week game in preparation for the upcoming district championships and would have been satisfied with a 78 gross.
Her 34pts were good enough to win the Women’s Stableford event, she finished just ahead of Vicki Bennett on 33 pts. Other scores were L McKillop and S Cooper (30), L Weatherly and D Johnston (29), and K Devereux and H Olsen (26).
Conditions on Saturday were a vast improvement and the still, sunny day drew a field of 27 ladies out of hibernation and away from the Tokyo Olympic coverage to play in the Red Rooster sponsored Stableford event.
The course continues to be the winner with only two nine-hole players managing to play to their handicaps.
In the full event Tub Ingall only needed 33pts to take home the chook, beating Janet Davis, runner-up, and Jill Barnes, both on 32pts.
The Pro Pin rewards on the fifth went to S Hinze, M Young, D Keogh and Y Pinington.
Other scores were: – W Rhea and D Keogh (31), S Hinze, M Young, K Devereux and P Roberts (30), A Payne, M Adcock (29), D Evans and G Mills (28), H Olsen and Y Pinington (27), J Lester, M Wright, P Eastwell and J Stewart (25) M Scotney 24, D Seibel (23), L Carey, and L Cockram (22).
The nine hole players fared a little better.
Gail Watts returned a great score of 20pts to win the days sponsored voucher.
Lyn Lane with a creditable (19pts) was unlucky to be beaten but settled with runners-up prize. Jan Aspinall (17pts) and Lois Wilson (13pts) rounded out the field.
Mel McLennan suffered the same fate as our 2020 Olympians last week when the rug was pulled out from under her feet at the last minute.
With lockdowns still looming large a decision was made to cancel the Meg Nunn event for 2021.
Bad luck Mel.
Take heart from what the cancellation did for Kaylee McKeown.
In the meantime, this week is your last chance to get your game together before the Warwick club host the DSW District Championships from Tuesday, 17 August to Thursday 19 August.
This week’s monthly medal event played on Saturday will be a good warm-up from the white tees.
On Wednesday (11 August) the Ladies played a single stableford for Coffee Club vouchers.
Check next week’s Spin for those results.
Both days also include a standalone nine hole stableford competition from the first tee commencing at 1pm.
Any Ladies who wish to contribute to the Club’s fund-raising raffle at the DSW event will find there is a basket in the ladies presentation room for donations of goodies for a “nibbles and drinks” themed prize.
