WARRNAMBOOL is celebrating a breakthrough Western District Golf Association women’s division one scratch title.
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Captain Alison Sinclair said its victory over reigning champion Port Fairy at Terang on Monday was its first since 2011.
Sinclair, Deb Rix, Anna Jamieson, Cate Glennon and Tricia Sullivan edged out Port Fairy’s Joanna Flaherty, Diana Robinson, Anne Dwyer, Jane Thompson and Kerry Scales 3 ½ matches to 1 ½.
Jamieson (six up with four to play), Glennon (2/1) and Sullivan (3/2) won their matches and Rix squared her contest with Flaherty, who captained Commonwealth to the Golf Victoria division one title 24 hours earlier.
“They were close matches and, being at Terang, it was a neutral course for both of us and tough conditions,” Sinclair said.
“It was a tough tussle. We are absolutely thrilled.”
Terang’s division one handicap quest went down to the wire with Vicki Philp ensuring it overcame Camperdown 3/2.
“Vicki had to go to the 20th hole to win and she was the last match (on course),” Terang captain Marion Venn said.
“She didn’t know it all depended on her and she was quite glad she didn’t.”
Venn said pennant was a well-received concept.
“It’s one of the few times you get to play golf as a team sport,” she said.
Judy Carmody, Michelle Beasley and Sue Morrison made up the winning Terang combination.
Results:
Division one scratch: Warrnambool 3 ½ defeated Port Fairy 1/12.
Warrnambool: Deb Rix, Anna Jamieson, Alison Sinclair, Cate Glennon, Tricia Sullivan; Port Fairy: Joanna Flaherty, Diana Robinson, Anne Dwyer, Jane Thompson, Kerry Scales.
Division one handicap: Terang 3 defeated Camperdown 2.
Terang: Marion Venn, Judy Carmody, Michelle Beasley, Vicki Philp, Sue Morrison; Camperdown: Donna Conheady, Mandy Dalton, Terri Sinnott, Marg White, Sue Pollock.
Division two handicap: Hamilton Two 4 defeated Hamilton One 1.
Hamilton Two: Debbie Milne, Robyn Holcombe, Enid Smith, Di Sevior, Marlen Clarke; Hamilton One: Cate McDonald, Di Raymond, Gerri Griffin, Jenny Maggs, Rose Tonnisen.
Division three handicap: Peterborough 3 defeated Camperdown 2.
Peterborough: Karen Matheson, Kathryn Robinson, Melissa Hammond, Kathy Burl, Loretta Roberts; Camperdown: Maree Finlay, Jeanette Lambell, Elaine Telford, Doreen Horan, Debora Narik.
Division four handicap: Camperdown 4 defeated Peterborough 1.
Camperdown: Sue Stevenson, Jenny Hillman, Chris Farmer, Liz Fry, Helen Dyson; East Framlingham: Clare Clarke, Barb Hill, Brenda Richardson, Judy Rafferty, Anne Grenfell.