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Grafton players at the annual GIMY Shield. Image: contributed

Grafton ladies golf

Results

Monday March 20

We had 20 players play a 9-hole Stableford and the winners were:

Div 1: winner – Joe Manahan with 20pts; r/up – Lorraine Tibbs with 16pts c/b.

Div 2: winner – David Wormald with 25pts; r/up – Brian Richards with 22pts.

Wednesday March 22

We had 42 ladies play a Single Stableford and was kindly sponsored by Sharyn Rowles.

Overall: winner – Kathy McMullan with 38pts.

Div 1: winner – Marg Ross 35pts; r/up – Jen Townsend 34pts c/b; third – Heather Robinson 34pts c/b.

Div 2: winner – Cheryl Creighton 34pts c/b; r/up – Sue Heath 34pts; third – June Newsome 33pts c/b.

NTP’s: 1st – Holiday Coast Meats & Smallgoods: Robyn Wilkes; 6th – MJO Legal: Sue Petty; 10th – Clarence Valley Tyre Centre: Kathy McMullan; 10th 2nd shot – Grafton Mall Butchery: Robyn Wilkes & Gai Leeson; 17th – Dougherty Property: Judy McFarlane.

Balls with to 30pts c/b.

Unfortunately, there was no game on Friday due to the early morning rain.

Saturday March 25

We had 7 ladies play a Single Stableford and the winner was Chrissy Danvers with 37pts. Runner-up was Shirley Goodger with 36pts, and Shirley also was NTP, sponsor Grafton Motor Group.

Balls went to Annalese McKee and Marianne Mannell 32pts.

GIMY Shield

On Friday 32 Teams played in the annual 4BBB GIMY day at Maclean and Peg James and her partner, Carol MacPherson from Yamba were runners-up with 40pts. Cheryl Creighton and her partner, Helen Graney from Maclean, were third place with 39pts. Peg James was also in the winning four team.

Lisa Hunt won NTP on the 2nd for Div 2, Sharyn Rowles won NTP also on the 2nd for Div 3. A big thank you to the Maclean ladies for organising a wonderful day of golf, fun and friendship. 

There was a lady’s ring found on the course last week, if this is yours, please contact one of the committee members.

Hollie Fuller is at her best again, winning the Northern Rivers Junior Championships (girls and boys) scoring one under par, 72, at Murwillumbah Golf Club last Sunday. And then winning the Coffs Harbour 2023 Ladies Championships, the final round being played last Wednesday, scoring 78, 73 and 78, winning by 11 strokes. Congratulations Hollie.

Upcoming Tournaments

Coolangatta/Tweed Heads Open Day – April 11 (closes 5/4).

Port Macquarie – April 14 (closes 7/4).

Tamworth Treloar Cup – May 11 (closes 4/5).

Ballina – May 4 & 5 (closes 20/4)

Kaye Murdoch