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Three Good Men

or 

the Nephew, the Husband & the Brother-in-Law 

at  5:31-ish a.m. pre-tournament breakfast 

(From left Michael Leasure, Johnny Siipola and Jay Bellwoar) 

It's ALL GOOD! 
Both took a day off from work (Accenture & Colonial Electric) to assist Johnny & I at the NJSIAA 9th Girls North Sectional.
A record 16 teams, 80 player-field!
My Family Supporting Girls TEAM golf in New Jersey, right here, right now! 
(even though we ALL live in PA, huh?)

Imagine 80 girls and 29 adults surrounding
Johnny on the putting green to sing him (the 
world's most NOT-about-me-human-alive)
surprise HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  
P-R-I-C-E-L-E-S-S!

Smiling HCRHS Red Devils HCRHS are 2017  TOC Champions  

NJSIAA Girls Golf North Sectional Co-Director Lydia Siipola started your program in 2004 wow, this is the 15th season!!! 

So happy to see the Red  Devils!!!

There are FIVE high schools in Hunterdon County and HC remains the ONLY county Girls Golf TEAM.
C'mon North Hunterdon, Voorhees, South and DVRHS!

(from Left Emily Phu, Dana Mejer, Cassidy Conklin, Hartley Zook and GGG 4-year participant KAITLIN FLYNN)

IHA Coach Lauren Rhein listening in the background .

Getting ready to sing Happy Birthday during RULES meeting.

Bergen Tech Coach Sue Polonsky is all smiles with her player

Northern Highlands coach Rich Smith
gives some last words of encouragement.

Pingry coach Rob Mauer is all smiles as he
takes his group to their starting hole.

HAPPY REUNION as Girls GO Golfing Director Lydia Siipola and Joe Turci (Former GGG parent of twin GGGers Lauren & Stephanie from 2008!) answers the VOLUNTEER calland traveling from Morris County to help! SO GREAT to SEE YOU!!! 

Thank you.

Virginia Mannon & Ridgewood Coach Brian Quirk 

are all smiles after talking strategy

Kelly Sim, Holy Angels shoots record 65 as low individual

RIDGEWOOD

Northern Highlands with Coach Rich Smith
4th Place TOC Qualifier

Holy Angels with Coach Pat Dunne 3rd Place TOC Qualifier

Ridge With Coach Siobahn Devlin 2nd place TOC qualifier

9th North Sectional Champions Pingry with Coach Rob Mauer

Lydia Siipola and runner-up Yoona Kim
realize that they are both
GERRI SCARPA fans

NORTH sectional program details
NJ Girls TEAM Golf History 

HAPPY REUNION 
Des McNulty drops by to see her niece Ridgewood 'sVirginia Mannon compete. Des is mother of (Siipola's) HC team (2007 -2010) & Gettysburg star player Kara McNulty.

Kelly Sim, the two-time Tournament of Champions winner, put together an amazing round in the North Jersey Girls’ Golf Sectional, to claim individual honors with a 6-under par 65 at the Stanton Ridge Golf and Country Club on Tuesday.

Sim’s round included eight birdies to help her team advance to the May 29 TOC at the Royce Brook Golf Club.

Pingry (320) came through with an expected to claim the team title, followed by Ridge (348), Holy Angels (358) and Northern Highlands (367) to move onto the TOC.

Sim, who won the TOC in 2015 and 2016, started her round at the difficult par-4 10th hole with a bogey, failing to get up and down from the sand. But it was all good news from there. Sim followed with birdies on the 11th (5 feet), 13th (9 feet) and 14th (4 feet), then 3-putted the 16th to post a one-under 34.

“The key to my round was hitting fairways and having a good number of short birdie opportunities,” said Sim, who will attend Northwestern on a golf scholarship in the fall. “My iron play was spot on and it was reflected in my score.”

The front nine was even better as the Edgewater resident posted five birdies for a 31 total. The included the 2nd (12 feet), third (21feet), sixth (3 feet), 8th (2 putt par 5) and 9th (6 feet).

Defending TOC champion Ami Gianchandani of Pingry finished at 2-over par 73, placing third behind sophomore Yoona Kim (72) of Immaculate Heart.

TEAM RESULTS: 1. Pingry 320 (Amy Gianchandani 73, Christine Shao 76, Ashley Lu 82, Zara Jacob 89), Ridge 348, Holy Angels (358), North Highlands (367), Immaculate Heart (380), Hunterdon Central (395), Westfield (395), Bergen Tech (399), Ridgewood (406), Oak Knoll (429), Montville (433), Old Tappan (441), Ramsey (444), Madison (481), Villa Walsh (505), Pope John (516).

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1.Kelly Sim (HA) 31-34-65, Yoona Kim (IH) 36-36-72, Ami Gianchandani (P) 38-35-73, Anina Ku (R) 37-38-75, Christine Shao (P) 38-38-76, Regina Garvey (IH) 38-41-79, Hartley Zook (HC) 41-41-82, Anna Bowman (W) 40-42-82, Ashley Lu (P) 41-41-82, Gio Kim (NH) 37-48-85.