This year’s event was played at played at Maclean Golf Club last Friday March 24.

The GIMY Shield is a friendship day played every year it stands for Grafton, Iluka, Maclean, Yamba and the shield depicts all things local to the Clarence Valley, it was first played for in 2006 and is hosted by one of the four clubs on a rotation basis.

On Friday, the Annual GIMY Shield day was hosted by Maclean lady golfers this year, and we were blessed with fine weather on a course in great condition, thanks to green staff and our hard-working volunteers.

Winners on the day were Leigh Robertson (Yamba) Jean Ellis (Maclean) with a score of 44pts, next best were Peg James (Grafton) and Carol McPherson (Yamba) on 40pts, then Cheryl Creighton (Grafton) and Helen Graney (Maclean) 39pts.

Ball rundown went to 33 points.

The teams’ event was won by Vero Morgan, Julie Campbell, Peg James and Carol Mc Pherson.

Accuracy drives Div 1 went to Fiona Smart; Div 2 – Tina Hogg and Div 3 – Jo Blackburn.

NTP’s: 2nd Lisa Hunt, 7th Sharon Rowles, 9th Jennifer Fagan, 11th Cath Ayres, 17th Leigh Robertson.

A big thankyou to the girls who jumped in and helped the committee set up the club and bring in some lovely home-made treats for afternoon tea, what a great bunch of lady golfers we have at Maclean, and who made this day so successful.

Judith Parkes