There were some tight matches in pennant this week, with Section 2 being the leading lights for the week, winning their match against Lang Lang.

Section 1 lost to Meeniyan 2/3, Toni West lost to Dot Christie 4/2, Dot Stubbs lost to Andrea Thorson 4/2, and Rita de Bondt lost to Sheila Constantine 1 down after fighting back from 4 down, only to be beaten by a birdie on the last. Wendy Parker def. Irene Holm 4/3 and Colleen Touzel def Dot Elliott 6/5. Only 1 match separates 1st and last on the ladder.

Section 2 def Lang 2 and 2 squares to 1 and 2 squares. Trish Owen lost to Jennifer Sullivan 2/1 in a close match, Maxine Eabry squared with Maria Warburton, Marea Maher squared with Sue Purser, Pat Pease def Sue Van Gaal 5/4 and Kerry Hogan def Leanne Marshall 8/6,  this win puts Sec. 2 second on the ladder behind Korumburra.

Section 3 were defeated by Phillip Island 3 1/2 to 1 1/2. Fay Quilford lost to M. Taylor 4/2, Coral Gray lost to M. O’Brien 3/2, Shirley welsford lost to L. O’Neill on the 18th, Maryanne Leaver sq with S. Davie and Marg Griffiths continued her winning form to def. R. Read 4/2. There is a bit of work needed here to get ourselves off the bottom of the ladder.

Section 4 had a good tussle with a strong Woorayl team going down 3/2, once again we had 2 first time pennant players so this was a good effort. Louise Schache lost to Elly Berryman 4/3, Loris Clark def Anne Poole 6/5,Libby Seebeck def Jenny Riseley 4/3, Lynda Bassett  lost to Marg Tuckett 4/3 and Lianne Adamson lost to Inge Gilliam on the 18th.  Leongatha are second on the ladder to Woorayl.

48 women played an Irish 3 Ball today on the green course (1 score par 5’s, 3 scores par 4’s and 2 scores par 3’s) in rather hot conditions, with the winning team coming with a hot score of 99. Glad to be in the clubhouse, all enjoyed a lovely green afternoon tea provided by the committee.  Thanks to all who contributed to the food and decorations, and those who dressed in keeping with the St. Patrick’s Day theme.

Winners     Wendy Parker (14), Helen Mackenzie (28), Lesley Renwick (34)    99 pts

D.T.L.          Chris Lay (42), Marg Raynor (34), Glenyce McRobert (25)             92 pts

Julie Howard (24), Noreen Williams (33), Marion Chalmers (41) 91 pts

Libby Seebeck (33), Nan Meagher (33), Gwen Chapman (30)        89 pts

Toni West (10), Nancy Sperling (23), Evelyn Indian (25)                 87 pts

Pat Pease (20), Sue woods (28), Anne Gibson (25)                            86 pts c/b

N.T.P.           14th     Coral Gray                                  4.10m

16th     Geraldine Hastings                   1.57m

16th 2nd Shot     Chris Lay                     .78m

Forty four women played  stableford event in beautiful autumn weather, surpassed only by the excellent condition of the course. Take a bow Dylan & team. The sponsor for today’s event was Noreen Williams and the raffle was provided by the Debenham family.The best scores of the day were 37 points by A grade winner Kerrie Hogan & Nan Meagher our C grade winner. Julie Howard won B grade with 34 points.

A correction to NTP 14th the winner was Trish Owen not Loris Clark as originally recorded

Nine women played in the 9 hole comp. There were some outstanding scores with Marea Bell pipping Gwen Chapman on a count back both with 20 points. New member Wendy Jepson was hot on their heels with 19 points. Chris Lay’s second shot on 14th won the prize.

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A hard day at the office for the Leongatha teams today, with Section 4 being the leading lights with a 3 1/2 – 1 1/2 win over Meeniyan, and Section 2 squaring with Foster.

In Section 1 Toni West, Dot Stubbs and Marg Berry all suffered losses, with Wendy Parker and Colleen Touzel squaring their games against very strong competition.

Section 2 saw Maxine Eabry and Fay Quilford going down, Trish Owen squared her match, with Marea Maher and Kerry Hogan Hogan coming up trumps to force a square. Well done girls.

Marg Griffiths continued her winning way with another hard fought win (1 up) and Marianne Leaver squared her match. Coral Gray, Shirley Welsford and Glenyce McRobert all went down for Section 3 to lose on the day.

Section 4 are now equal on the ladder with Woorayl with 6 pts. after Loris Clark, Sue Bowler and Libby Seebeck all had strong wins, Louise Schache squared her match and unfortunately Jan Brownlie went down, but a very good day for the team.

Our first round of pennant was played on Monday, with an excellent result in Section 1 who won against Foster 4/1.

Helen Fraser def Robyn Galloway 3/2,

Toni West def Barb Warren

Wendy Parker def Deb. Williams 4/3

Colleen Touzel def Gayle tyers 4/3

Rita de Bondt lost to Beth Curram 3/2

Section 2 had a bye

Section 3 lost to Welshpool in the match played at Phillip Island

Fay Quilford def Rachel Brown 6/5

Kerry Hogan lost to Jen Delaney 2/1

Marianne Leaver lost to Peta Barlow 3/2

Shirley Welsford lost to Jeanette Swan

6/4Marg Griffiths def Trish Latch 1 up

Section 4 squared their match with Korumburra

Loris Clark def Marg Young 1 up

Louise Schache sq Beryl Brown

Sue Bowler def Jan Hewitt 6/4

Jan Brownlie lost to Kath Welsh 4/3

Karen Orford lost to Jenny Blackmore

Not a bad effort Sec. 4 with 3 first time pennant players.

The event was sponsored by Jocelyn Howson today.

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