Sea of pink raises $5000

This day originally came about after Joanne lost her mother to breast cancer.

All funds raised contribute to research into this disease.

A large amount of time is spent preparing and organising this charity day each year, and Joanne would like to thank everyone who contributed in any way.

Both a social and a financial success, it is understood that just over $5000 was raised as a result of all the hard work carried out by so many.

Once again, the business houses have been extremely generous, and they are: Finley Pharmacy, Betta Home Living, Daisy Mae’s, Outdoor and More, Ag Trade, Tupple Dairy, John Hogan Hardware, I.G.A., The Three Girls Homewares, Carl’s Catch of the Day, Haynes Butchers, Tocumwal Golf Club, Finley Quality Meats, Country Club, Koality Tom Billings, Sun Valley Australia and Scott Eddy.

Of course, the members of the Finley Lions Club were once again on hand to provide the produce and cook the barbecue lunch.

Finley Regional Care did a magnificent job with the beautiful scones they supplied.

There were golfers from many of the surrounding clubs taking part in the women’s and men’s two-person ambrose event, and all fully appreciated the effort of Peter Wood and his band of helpers to have the course in such wonderful condition.

Trevor McCaw, Grant Wilson and Rodger Sutton handled the bar beautifully and Captain Matt Daniel, Mary Polkinghorn, Kellie White and Tess Dean attended to the golfing program.

There was various novelty events, with Helen McRae and Trish Jackson taking the prize for best dressed in the lady’s section.

Trevor McCaw was judged best dressed in the men’s section.

However, the highlight of the day was with Helen Wastle who had a hole-in-one on the par three 13th.

This Pink Day is always an emotional day, as families and friends remember those who have succumbed to cancer and are no longer with us.

With this in mind, prizes for nearest-the-pin are donated in memory of loved ones.

For the ladies, the 3rd hole was in memory of Marg Honeychurch, donated by the Dean family, and won by Jenny Armytage.

Men’s 3rd was in memory of Doug Wastle, donated by Helen Wastle, and won by Bob Newton.

The ladies’ 6th was in memory of Veronica Braybon, donated by the Braybon family, and won by Mary Polkinghorn.

The men’s 6th was in memory of Lindsey Walsh, also donated by the Braybon family, and won by Dave Harris.

On the 11th, the ladies prize was donated by the Smith family in honour of Mary Smith, and won by Gale Tyers.

The men’s 11th was in memory of Phil Lewis, donated by the Lewis family, and won by Scott Eddy.

The ladies’ 13th was in memory of Shirlee McClelland, donated by the White family, and won by Helen Wastle with her hole-in-one.

The men’s 13th was donated by the Dean family in memory of Ron Clayton, and won by Ian Armer.

On the 18th hole, the ladies’ and men’s prizes were both in memory of Jenni Corcoran, donated by Sel Corcoran.

Ladies winner was Kaye Sutton and men’s winner was by Jacob Smith.