NEWGA Championship
Posted: 6/20/08

NEW ENGLAND WOMEN’S GOLF ASSOCIATION
52nd CHAMPIONSHIP
Abenaqui Country Club
Rye Beach, New Hampshire
June 24 – June 26, 2008 

NEWGA is a women’s amateur golf association, established in 1956, comprised of one member association from each of the six New England states. The Championship field consists of 108 of the best amateur players in New England.  New Hampshire hosts this 54-hole stroke-play competition every six years.  After 36 holes there will be a cut to the low 70 plus ties.  This year’s event will be truly challenging at Abenaqui CC. 

Abenaqui CC was established in 1903, initially as a 9-hole course, and has evolved over the last century to be a truly remarkable, challenging and well conditioned 18-hole course, all in the space of slightly over 100 acres.  Several golf course architects and superintendents have applied their designs to different parts of the course over the years and include: Alex Findlay, Jeff Cornish, Manny Francis, Al Zikorus, Brian Ault and currently Mark Mungeam.  In the past, Abenaqui CC hosted the 2003 NEPGA Championship, USGA qualifier for the Women’s Amateur, the NH men’s and women’s Amateur, the NH men’s Mid-Amateur and various State Junior competitions. 

The New England Women’s Golf Association was organized in 1956.  Sixty-nine women competed in the first NEWGA Championship in 1956.  In later years Junior, Senior and Legend divisions have been included in the competition.  

Notables among this year’s competitors are the 2007 NEWGA Runner-up and Junior champion, Kim Wong of Vermont; 2007 NEWGA Senior champion Mary Gale of Massachusetts; 2005 NEWGA champion, Joanne Caitlin of Massachusetts; 2004 NEWGA champion, Reggie Parker of Vermont; 2000 NEWGA champion, 2003, 2004 & 2007 NHWGA Senior champion and 3 time NHWGA state champion, Louise Billy; 1995 & 1996 NEWGA champion, Tara Joy Connelly of Massachusetts.  

Vermont will send a strong contingent of 13 players to the championship this year.  In addition to Kim Wong of Barre and Reggie Parker of Ekwanok, the following players are also entered: Kathy Allbright of Crown Point, Molly Aronsson of Burlington,  Patricia DeCaire of Quechee, Kristen Garabedian (junior) of Lake St. Catherine, Patricia Haas of Killington, Ellen Lamson of Montague, Nancy Murphy of Proctor-Pittsford, Teo Poplawski (junior) of Champlain, Catherine Shomo of Rutland, Molly Tullar of Lake Morey, and Ginnie Vogel of Crown Point.  Molly Aronsson is the current Vermont state amateur champion winning for the past two years. 

The first group will tee of at 7:30 am on Tuesday, June 24th.  Tee times and daily results will be available at the NHWGA website www.nhwga.org  and at the VSWGA website www.vswga.org

 

2008 NEWGA Championship
Abenaqui Country Club
Round: 1 - 06/24/2008 Tee Times

Time

ST

 

Club

H.I.

DIV

Hometown

7:30

VT

Ellen Lamson

Montague GC

5.8

 

S. Royalton

 

NH

Paige Gauthier

Claremont

6.1

 

Claremont

 

RI

Meghan Doherty

Elmridge Gof Club

6.2

 

Westerly

7:39

CT

Myra MacMillan

Sterling Farms GC

6.2

S

Fairfield

 

NH

Louise Billy

Derryfield

6.4

S

Manchester

 

RI

Judy Davis

Wannamoisett CC

6.6

 

Rumford

7:48

NH

Nancy Markey

Waumbek

6.7

 

Jefferson

 

CT

Lynn Scully-Tonner

Fox Hopyard GC

6.9

 

East Haddam

 

ME

Shannon Mitchell

Brunswick GC

7.0

 

Durham

7:57

RI

Nancy Diemoz

Montaup CC

7.1

S

Swansea MA

 

MA

Roberta Hunt

Highland CC

7.3

S

North Attleboro

 

RI

Sarah Rizk

Warwick CC

7.3

 

Providence

8:06

MA

Carol Clarey

Segregansett CC

7.5

S

Seekonk

 

NH

Anne Bryan

Abenaqui CC

7.5

 

Bristol

 

NH

Michelle Zaydon

The Oaks Golf Links

7.7

 

Rochester

8:15

ME

Kate Merrill

Toddy Brook GC

7.8

J

Portland

 

VT

Patricia DeCaire

The Quechee Club

7.9

 

Hopedale

 

NH

Brenda Lloyd

Concord

7.9

 

Concord

8:24

CT

Mim Schreck

Oronoque CC

8.0

S

Fairfield

 

NH

Amy Peters

Hanover

8.1

 

Hanover

 

CT

Diane Rothwell

Ellington Ridge CC

8.2

 

South Windsor

8:33

VT

Patricia Haas

Killington GC

8.4

S

Medford MA

 

NH

Betsy Knights

Hanover

8.5

 

Hanover

 

NH

Kim Greenwood

Portsmouth CC

8.5

J

Greenland

8:42

CT

Jenny Mortell

TPC River Highlands

8.6

 

Cromwell

 

CT

Danielle Lamy

Race Brook CC

8.7

J

Weston

 

RI

Maureen Ford

North Kingstown CC

8.9

S

Warwick

8:51

CT

Jennifer Burrill

Rockledge GC

8.9

S

Rocky Hill

 

NH

Cindy Cline

Rochester

9.0

 

Dover

 

CT

Lynn Field

TPC River Highlands

9.0

S

Tolland

9:00

VT

Virginia Vogel

Crown Point

9.4

L

Grafton

 

CT

Nicole Coffey

Pequabuck GC

9.6

 

Bristol

 

MA

Inga Devenis

Nashawtuc CC

9.6

L

Concord

9:09

CT

Cindy Hedge

Timberlin GC

9.8

 

Bristol

 

CT

Terri Secor

Laurel View CC

9.8

S

Hamden

 

VT

Kathleen Alllbright

Crown Point

10.1

S

Meriden NH

9:18

ME

Liz Coffin

Bangor Municipal GC

10.3

 

Hamden

 

RI

Patricia Malone

Montaup CC

10.4

 

Swansea MA

 

NH

Cindy Perkins

Souhegan Woods

10.4

 

Nashua

9:27

RI

Kim Schold

Quidnessett C. C.

10.5

 

East Greenwich

 

CT

Lisa Raczka

Rockledge GC

10.6

 

Rocky Hill

 

CT

Kitty Matzkin

Yale GC

11.0

S

Hamden

9:36

ME

Susan Gilpatric-Smart

Webhannet GC

11.2

 

Old Orchard Beach

 

MA

Arianna Iapicca

Sagamore Spring GC

11.5

J

Peabody

 

VT

Nancy Murphy

Proctor Pittsford CC

12.1

S

Rutland

9:45

CT

Pat Balzer

Lyman Orchards GC

12.2

S

Rocky Hill

 

MA

Courtney Dampolo

Ould Newbury GC

12.3

J

Saugus

 

ME

Prudence Hornberger

Turner Highlands CC

13.1

 

North Turner

9:54

RI

Lori Dipersio

Crestwood CC

13.9

 

Rehoboth

 

CT

Jane Renninger

Farmington Woods  CC

13.9

S

Avon

 

ME

Michele Davis

Webhannet GC

16.0

 

Kennebunk

10:03

ME

Joy Eon

Biddeford-Saco CC

16.3

S

Saco

 

ME

Gail Gleason

Goose River

16.5

 

Union

 

ME

Terry Morris

Mars Hill

16.9

S

Blaine

10:15

MA

Tara Joy Connelly

Cohasset Golf Club

+1.4

 

Marshfield

 

MA

Kerri Connolly

Indian Pond CC

+0.1

 

Duxbury

 

NH

Dana Harrity

Abenaqui

0.2

 

North Hampton

10:24

MA

Sarah Whitney

South Shore CC

0.3

 

Hingham

 

NH

Megan Mangone

Windham

0.5

 

Windham

 

NH

Mary Armstrong

Souhegan Woods

0.5

S

Merrimack

10:33

VT

Molly Aronsson

Burlington CC

0.5

 

Shelburne

 

NH

Lisanne Schmidt

Eastman

0.5

 

Grantham

 

VT

Kim Wong

Barre CC

0.5

 

East Montpelier

10:42

MA

Mary Chamberlain

Cummaquid GC

0.6

 

South Dennis

 

MA