Smithett was a member of the Victorian state team five times from 1936 to 1949 and won several state titles.
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She was an active member of the state council for 30 years and was involved with the establishment of the Scratch Score Sub-Committee.
Golf Victoria annually remembers Smithett with the Nell Smithett trophy presented to the winners of a Victorian 72-hole, stroke-play women’s amateur ranking event that is part of the Karrie Webb series. The format of the Horsham event is stroke in teams of four with the best three scores to count. Play begins with a shotgun start at 9.30am.
Trish Mills event
A much-valued Horsham golfer will be remembered the day prior, on October 30, when the Trish Mills Blue Wren Memorial trophy event is played.
The event, open to visitors, will be in the format of teams of three playing in a Texan Stableford competition, starting at 10.30am.
Mills joined Horsham Golf Club in 2002. She became a member of the Ladies committee in 2003 and was then Ladies Captain in 2004, resigning from the committee in 2006. She re-joined the committee from 2011-2019.
Mills loved her golf, playing many times a week and would also support the smaller clubs at tournament time.
She was part of six winning pennant teams for Horsham. She played golf up until her death in October, 2023.
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