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Golf Central North Coast Senior Ladies Tournament

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BELLINGEN GOLF CLUB HOSTS REGIONAL WOMEN’S GOLF TOURNAMENT
TUESDAY 4 AND WEDNESDAY 5 MAY


On Tuesday 4 May Bellingen Golf Club will host the annual 36 hole Women’s Golf Central North Coast Senior Ladies Tournament. The 2 day event which draws a field of up to 140 players from Forster Tuncurry to Woolgoolga enables senior women players to compete at all levels. In order to get this number of players through the course, there will be two shotgun starts – one starting at 7.30 am and a second at 12.00pm. Bellingen Club has 20 ladies competing in the event.

This tournament is in its 37th year and there are players who have never missed a tee-off. Each year a different district club hosts the tournament – next year it will be at Harrington.

After a very wet year last year which resulted in many events having to be cancelled, Bellingen Golf Club is looking forward to hosting this event and green staff and volunteers have put many hours of work into getting the course into tip top condition.

Jan Kearsley, President of the Women’s Golf Committee said that the Club is looking forward to showing off our course and welcoming visiting golfers to Bellingen. “We want our visitors to have a really enjoyable two days of golf but also time to shop, enjoy a coffee and a wander in our town.”

A welcome dinner will be held on the Tuesday night followed by entertainment put on by the host club. Presentation is held at the end of the second day. Several major prizes will be contested at the Senior Ladies Tournament. The most sought after trophy is the Veterans Salver, awarded to the best stableford score over the two days. Bellingen Club will also have our Super Vets (70 years and over), competing for the Barbara Boyd Cup, which is awarded for the Best Score over the field. Last time Bellingen hosted this event (back in 2004) our Super Vet, Vilma Neill won this coveted trophy. This year she will be lining up again along with a couple of other Bellingen “young at heart” Super Vets Maggie Oliver and Betty Cockerill.

 

BELLINGEN LADIES


It's been a huge golfing week this week with Bellingen hosting the CNC Senior Ladies District Tournament on Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 May. This event attracted 120 ladies from Forster/Tuncurry to Woolgoolga and was a very successful and enjoyable event - despite the rain on Tuesday. The visitors thoroughly enjoyed the dinner and entertainment put on by the Bellingen golfers on the Tuesday night. Many thanks to Genny Murphy and the "Bello Chooks" for a great performance.

Local golfers performed very well in the event with the following results.

36 Hole stableford event Division 1 Winner Fay McDonald

36 hole Stableford event Division 3 Runner Up Linda Hillman

Day 1 18 hole stableford event Division 3 Winner Morann Paterson
NTP Day 1 Division 2 Sue Wilson-Brown
NTP Division 3 Kerry Shearer

Day 2 18 Hole Stableford event Division 1 Runner Up Mary Ann Perry
Division 2 2nd Runner Up Jan Kearsley
Division 3 Winner Kerry Shearer

The Veteran's Salver for the best 36 stableford over the field was won by Fay McDonald with a fantastic 73 points.

The exciting result of the tournament - the Barbara Boyd Cup (70 years & over - Best Score) was won by our Super Vet Maggie Oliver (pictured). Congratulations Fay, Maggie and to all the winners over the two days.

Our thanks go to the green staff who worked so hard to have the course in tip top condition for the event, to all the spotters and volunteers who made cakes and spent hours cleaning and gardening, the cooks Roney and Smokey who spent 2 days on the bbq, the photographers Rosemary, Richard and Mary Ann who captured those great shots on camera, the businesses at the Old Butter Factory who sponsored this event with raffle prizes and discount vouchers and the committee and our CEO Gillian and staff who made sure everything worked so smoothly.

Next Thursday 13 May is the start of the Ladies Club Championships R1, WGNSW Round 3 and the District Medal. Please ensure you have entered your name on the computer.

THE PHOTOS

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36 hole Div. 1 Winner Fay MacDonald (Urunga) with CNC President Robin Hampson. 36 hole Div. 1 Winner Fay MacDonald (Urunga) with CNC President Robin Hampson.

 

Supervet Maggie Oliver (Bellingen), winner of the Barbara Boyd Cup for best score by a player 70 yrs and over. Supervet Maggie Oliver (Bellingen), winner of the Barbara Boyd Cup for best score by a player 70 yrs and over.