Ashby enjoying a purple patch at Blue Lake

The first of five rounds of the Marlene Lingham Memorial Stableford Trophy sponsored by the Blue Lake Bar and Bistro was played in cool single figure conditions at the start, finishing in welcomed sunshine.

Division One winner Josie Ashby is in a purple patch backing up her last few wins of late, last Wednesday signing for 34 points, two strokes over her handicap of 23. The front nine of 18 points, even to the card, included three threepointers on the 6th, 8th and 9th holes, five onepoint holes overall with no scrubs and 16 points on the back- nine.

Runner up Karen Panagopoulos off 26 handicap also scored well posting 33 points with splits of 17/16, pars on the 2nd and 11th holes and also five one-pointers and no scrubs. Rosemary Martland 17 handicap was third on the podium after a three-way tie with Dianne Perryman and Helen Myers all posting 32 points.

There was only one winner in Division Two due to low numbers and the top scorer was Carol Melhuish off a 36 handicap signing for 29 points. Splits of 15/14 included three threepointers as well as a four-pointer from a chip-in ferret par on the par three 16th.

Nearest to the pin 2nd shot on the 14th was Lee-Anne Medhurst (Div 1) and Johanna Gogan (Div 2). The pro-shot was won by Sue Agars, .29cms from the hole on the downhill par three 5th resulting in an easy tap-in birdie eliminating a .96cm hit from Annette Ford. Rosemary Martland was another to have a birdie three from a chip-in ferret on the dog-leg par four 15th and Geraldine Scott had a chip-in ferret on the 13th. Martland won the best back-nine prize.

This week is the 2nd round of the Marlene Lingham Memorial Stableford Trophy.

JULY 1 RESULTS

Most golfers claim the most unpopular of golf competitions is Par as consistent accurate scoring is essential and in the drizzly cold weather last Saturday Dianne Perryman off a 21 handicap deserved her win signing for 1-up.

The front nine included a par on the 2nd, one scrub and seven squared holes. The back nine was also impressive with a par on the 8th and eight squared holes. Ronda Edwards off 16 had to work South East Funeral Services Leading Professionals in Service and Care “People you can trust”

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1 White Avenue, Mt Gambier SA 5290 (08) 8725 4333 hard to claim the second prize voucher after posting 3-down. The front nine was the most challenging only able to score a par on the 5th, two squared holes with six scrubs. The back- nine was much more to her liking with pars on the 11th, 15th and 16th after a scrub on the 10th and five squared holes. Third on the podium was Lyn Annand off 32 posting 4-down after two consistent nines each of 2-down. Nearest to the pin was Karen Panagopoulos and the long drive prize winner was Perryman.

WEDNESDAY WINNERS: Winners of 1st round of the Marlene Lingham Memorial Stableford Trophy (back row) Rosemary Martland, Carol Melhuish & (front row) Karen Panagopoulos & Josie Ashby

SATURDAY WINNER: Par competition winner Dianne Perryman