Edwards snares medal

Blue Lake Golf Club ladies wrap up monthly medals

The 2023 monthly medal competitions were wrapped up for the women last week at the Blue Lake Golf Club. Throughout the year these have been sponsored by Life member Judy Collins, Bev Pascoe and Grant and Dianne Perryman.

In fine style Ronda Edwards won the event and will join the eight monthly medal winners to play-off for the medal of medals sponsored by life member Patricia Fallas.

The stroke competition was also the fourth and final round of the Scotty’s Loader Services Mt Gambier President’s Trophy.

Edwards also was the division one winner with an outstanding score of 85/16/69 three strokes under her handicap making use of the fast running fairways and scoring pars on the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th and 18th as well as a birdie on the par five 3rd hole with splits of 41/44. Minor placings to Sue Agars and Karen Panagopoulos also were under the scratch rating of 72. Agars signed for 92/22/70 with two even nines of 46/46 and included pars on the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 12th, 14th and 15th. Panagopolous 97/26/71 with nines of 49/48 included pars on the 3rd, 11th and 14th holes, had to wait on a countback with Annette Ford also 97/26/72 before winning 3rd prize.

Division Two’s Jaynee Oberer was pleased to feature on the podium and taking the top spot signing for 106/33/73 after 57 strokes on the outward nine then able to reign the score in with 49 on the inward nine and included pars on the 2nd and 15th holes. 2nd and 3rd spots had to be decided on a countback between Trudy Herbert 105/31/74 and Bev Pascoe 108/34/74. Both had consistent nines, Herbert 53/52, Pascoe 54/54.

Nearest to pin 2nd shot on the long par three 16th winners were Lee-Anne Medhurst (Div 1) and Jaynee Oberer (Div 2). The proshot winner on the 5th was Trudy Herbert. Putting winner’s were Dianne Perryman (30) and Lynda Nannings (32)

Birdies scored by Edwards 3rd, Perryman 15th and chip-in Ferrets for Kate Hommelhoff 2nd, Perryman 4th, Ford 10th, Agars 15th.

This week is a stroke competition in conjunction with the medal of medals trophy.

SEPTEMBER 23 RESULTS

The fourth round of the Carlin and Gazzard Car Spa Winter Trophy saw 16 women hitting the fairways on a perfect spring day. The course did throw up a few challenges namely it paid to stay on the fairway with the rough growing quicker than can be mowed, many a lost ball story was told. Vivienne Wilson was pleased with her scorecard of 106/37/69 playing three strokes under the 72 scratch rating.

Wilson’s outward nine of 56 was counteracted by 50 strokes on the inward nine, and winning a BLGC voucher and a sleeve of balls. Ronda Edwards featured again showing her prowess on the golf course also one stroke under her handicap signing for 87/17/70. The long hitter scored well on both nines of 43/44, pars on 4th 5th, 8th, 12th and 15th holes. Bev Pascoe followed with 107/34/73, consistent splits of 54/53 included a par on the uphill par three 2nd.

STROKE COMPETITION WINNERS: (Above back row) Annette Ford, Karen Panagopoulos & Sue Agars and (front row)Trudy Herbert, Bev Pascoe & monthly medal winner Ronda Edwards