Doreen Roach, Ann Zaal and Mary Cannon used their home course knowledge to secure Ballarat Golf Club’s Winter Cup.
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They scored 48 points to claim the annual three-ball best-ball event previously known as the Calnin Cup.
Roach, Zaal and Cannon were among 78 players making up 26 teams in the field.
The tournament attracted players from across western and central Victoria, including Ballan, Barwon Heads, Beaufort, Buninyong, Chalambar, Creswick, Gisborne, Green Acres, Kyneton, Lake Bolac, Lonsdale, Midlands, Mt Xavier, Talbot and Thirteenth Beach.
Players were greeted by testing cold, weather conditions, but fortunately they did not have to deal with any wind.
RESULTS
Winners: Doreen Roach, Ann Zaal, Mary Cannon (Ballarat) 48 points
Runners-up: Liz Molesworth, Leeanne Ritchie, Leanne Lamont (Ballarat) 46
Third: Angela Fooks (Thirteenth Beach), Robyn Macrae (Kyneton), Jenny McSwain (Kyneton) 45, on countback from June Jones, Isabelle Szapiel, Jeni Lawrence (Ballarat)
Nearest the pin: 8th, B grade, Marg Martin (Lonsdale); 11th, A grade, Bernadette Clark (Ballarat); 17th, C grade, Kate Grace (Creswick)
IN men’s golf, a Clunes team of Ray Skinner, Lawrie Lees, Dean Marshall, Kevin Steart, Rob Dixon and Karsen Osborne-Purser have taken out the time-honoured Charleston-Hunt Pennant – giving the club the title two years in a row.
Beaufort, Lexton, Talbot, Maryborough, Skipton and Avoca also contest the annual event.
