Women Fore Women Golf Tournament presents first scholarships

When the first-ever Women Fore Women Golf Tournament was held at the Hillcrest Sports Centre last year, there were the usual questions surrounding an inaugural event of its kind.

How popular would it be? Would it be a success? And would they raise enough money for a planned annual scholarship? The answer to those questions? Very, absolutely and most certainly yes.

In fact, the tournament – which was hosted by the Hillcrest Ladies league on July 6 of last year – raised so much money multiple scholarships were made available after only a single event. On Thursday, three local athletes received the first of those honours. Central’s Sage McCulloch and Vanier’s Madison Thul were joined by Peacock’s

Olivia Mowchenko in accepting $500 scholarships during a special presentation at the Hillcrest.

“We’re very proud to be able to do this, we have a really great ladies league here and they’re very civic minded and wanted to do something for young women,” said Hillcrest Ladies league president Bev Barber. “They fully supported it through the whole thing and it was absolutely wonderful.”

Each of the recipients came from a solid sports background: Thul played fastball for the Regina 222s last summer and won gold with the Vanier girls soccer team; Mowchenko suited up for the Toilers city champion volleyball team and competed in track and field; McCulloch took the field for the Cyclones in soccer and start

The first recipients of the Hillcrest Golf Course’s Women Fore Women golf tournament scholarships were presented with their awards on Thursday. Pictured are Bev Barber (Hillcrest Ladies league president), Madison Thul (Vanier), Olivia Mowchenko (Peacock), Sage McCulloch (Central), Deb Negraiff (scholarship coordinator).