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The Vintage’s Liz White has made it two from two at the Hunter River District Championships, this time combining with Mel Reid to take out the Ladies Foursomes title. The duo had a day to remember, claiming both the Open and Closed Championship as well as the Overall Nett and Closed Nett Championships. The Closed Championship is reserved for HRDGA members only. On their home course, White and Reid, who had never played together before, shot a 14 over 85 to win by four shots over their playing partners, Kurri’s Sue Ford and Renee Bean Wyper. Reid, who took up

The Vintage’s Liz White has won the Hunter River District Championship played at Cypress Lakes today. In tough, boggy conditions and slick greens, White battled it out with Hunter Valley’s Tania Hutchins, eventually shooting an 11 over par 83 to defeat Hutchins by two. White also took home the Closed Championship (open to all HRDGA members) for the fourth time. “Tania and I had a really good battle, after nine holes she had a one shot lead but I just tried to play as solid as I could,” Liz said. “A couple of pars helped early on the back nine

The Vintage Golf Club have gone through the 2024 season undefeated to win their sixth Ladies Pennants title. In a dominant display the team won 9.5 scratch matches out of a possible twelve, with team captain and regular number two, Jane Holmes not losing a match. It was a clutch play on the 18th hole against Cypress Lakes’ Carly Broun that helped Jane square her contest and keep a clean sheet. In the handicap section of the Pennants, The Vintage won 20.5 matches out of a possible 24. Scone finished in second place while Singleton came through to pip an

Branxton’s Leanne Daniels has made history winnng the Hunter River’s inaugural 9 Hole Ladies District Championship. Played at Singleton Golf Club, the stableford event was for beginners and it was Daniels, with a daily handicap of 41, who was the steadiest scoring 18 points. Despite a wobbly one pointer on the third hole, Daniels came home strongly, with three pointers on the final two holes to take victory over The Vintage’s Tracey Henderson, who finished with 16 points. “It was a great event, and I am so happy with the win,” Daniels said. Kurri Kurri’s Ley Rowe finished third on

The Hunter River District (HRDGA) has won the Country Cup for the third time, defeating the Newcastle Hunter District Ladies Golf Association (NHDLGA) by a convincing 46 points. Played at Scone Golf Club, The Country Cup is a Stableford 4BBB competition between 15 representative pairs from the HRDGA and the NHDLGA. This was the fourth playing of the event with HRDGA having won previously at Kurri and then Muswellbrook before NHDLGA won last year at Muree. The result for 2023 was an impressive victory by the host Hunter River District, 599 points to 553 points. Leading the HRDGA charge was