Women’s Championships Heat Up After Tough Opening Round
The 2026 Women’s Championships have reached the second round, to be played on Thursday 21st May, after competitors battled through very difficult conditions in the opening round. Despite the challenge, many excellent scores were recorded.
Judi O’Brien reports:
Results – 1st Round Championships
Division 1 (0–34)
Winner – Pam Middlebrook – 70 nett
Runner Up – Kay Brennan – 74 nett
3rd Place – Judi O’Brien – 75 nett
Division 2 (35–54)
Winner – Diane Whiting – 77 nett
Runner Up – Shirley Walsh – 80 nett c/b
3rd Place – Cheryl Smee – 80 nett
Balls To:
Margaret Cook, Mary Deevy, Tracey Watson, Marie Smith, Lorraine Southwell, Gail Rutledge, Neen Coffee, Helen Wainwright, Lidia Waine, Jenelle Anderson, Sylvia Bayo and Leesa Swan.
Stableford:
Winner – Gail Vandenbrink
Ball – Marie Rodgers
Super Shot : Pam Middlebrook
Coming Events
21st May – 2nd Round Championships
26th May – Final Round Championships
(Please let Judi know if you require a cart.)
Players are reminded to check both cards and phones carefully prior to signing off, and to ensure cards are able to be read correctly.
Good golfin’.
Wednesday Competition players battle through brutal day on the course.
Wednesday’s competition players were given a true test of golf with tees placed as far back as possible — and in some cases seemingly beyond that! Combined with no run on the fairways, tricky flag positions and gusty winds, the course played as tough as it possibly could.
The winning score on the Just Bathrooms Mystery Nine Day was 34 points by Tom Wright on a countback from Noel Laman, Paul Henderson and Ken Holt. Rob McLean and Richard Bartkowiak were next best with 33 points, while Shane Townsend claimed 32 points to edge out the remainder of the field.
Tom was also the winner of the Mystery nine with 21 points.
Nearest the Pin and Drive and Pitch prizes
C Grade NTP 7th: William Perry 1040 cm B Grade NTP 9th: Tim Condon 29 cm A Grade NTP 15th: John Anthony 899 cm
C Grade Men’s D&P 2nd: No Winner B Grade Men’s D&P 8th: Ken Holt 190 cm A Grade Men’s D&P 16th: No Winner
Supershot 13th: Anthony Humphries 190 cm
Balls went to: 31 pts
Mens 2026 Handicap Matchplay Draw
The following players have been seeded into the 2026 Matchplay Draw.
Here is the draw, completed when entries closed at 5pm Wednesday night.
Round 1 matches should commence ASAP. Please arrange your match by contacting your opponent.
The starter can give you your opponents contact details.
Captain Matt.
To help with the smooth running of this competition could please clarify the below ;
The White course was used to seed members into the single match play and used the White tee course handicap. The rules state that players are to remain on the same handicap used in the qualifying round if not reduced. Are players required to remain on the same handicap for the first round to be played from the Blue Tee course and how is it to be managed?
Pat Paris
Your attention to this detail
Pat,
The starting handicaps have been set using the blue course. It is irrelevant which course was used for the qualifying round. If your daily handicap from the blue course falls that becomes your handicap for the duration of the tournament. The competition manager checks and adjusts handicaps regularly. Of course the club expects honesty from the competitors to communicate with their opponent if their handicap has fallen. The starting handicaps will be placed on the Matchplay board along with the rules and draw.