However, the morning brought warmer temperatures and brilliant sunshine – just perfect for golfing!

The course was in top condition and our visitors were very impressed. There were 52 players in all, 22 from Oberon and the rest came from Cowra, Bathurst, Lithgow, Portland, Blackheath and Springwood.

The whole day’s competition was sponsored by Oberon’s Ray White Real Estate.

In the scratch competition Robyn Slattery from Oberon was the winner with a great score of 84 strokes.

Miriam Burgess from Portland was second with 92. Yvonne Collins from Oberon was the winner of Division 2 with 95 on a countback from Elizabeth Mackenzie, also from Oberon. Cathy McFawn (Oberon) won Division 3 with 109 and Mary Miller (Oberon) was second with 111 strokes.

In the handicap competition the Division 1 winner was Trish Moerkerken from Cowra with a nett score of 72. Sue Webb from Oberon came second with 74. The Division 2 winner was Fran Blakemore form Springwood with 73 and Yvonne Murray from Blackheath came second with 74. In Division 3 Margaret Brownsell from Springwood was first with 77 and Catherine Beaver, from Blackheath, was second with 80.

In the stableford competition the Division 1 winner was Glennie McGrath from Oberon with 31 points. Alma Hotham (Oberon) came second with 30 points. In Division 2 Colleen Saul, from Oberon, was first with 33 points on a countback from Rusty Stoddart from Bathurst who had 33 points. The Division 3 winner was Marion Williams, from Springwood, with 28 points who won on a countback from Denise Schoevers, also from Springwood.

Nearest to the pin in Division 1 was Eileen Stapleton from Bathurst. In Division 2 it was Judy Moore from Lithgow, and in Division 3 it was Denise Schoevers.

In the longest drive competition Miriam Burgess won Division 1, Colleen Saul won Division 2 and Lyn Prowse from Oberon won Division 3.

The day was a great success and the Oberon women golfers would like to thank Pat Bird from Ray White for his generous sponsorship.