Monday 23 November 2015

Weekly Newsletter 16 - 22 November 2015

Frits van Dyk returned the top score on Saturday, 40 individual stableford points, to win the Adamantia High School Golf Fundraiser. Leon Blom was the runner up on 39 points.
Four players followed on 38 points – Kevin Collings, Nico Jacobs, Shane Arthur and John Callender-Easby.

Saturday also saw the final match in the 2015 Bob Klemp Shield, the Club Matchplay Championships, contested for by the top 16 players in the Strokeplay Championships. Defending champion Nico Jacobs enjoyed a comfortable five and four win against Stiaan Hugo. In doing so he set a KGC record by winning three consecutive strokeplay championships followed by three consecutive matchplay championships.

Friday’s events were cut short by lightning and rain, a total of 17mm measured.

On Thursday afternoon Cedric van der Ross posted 24 points for an outright win in KWV Powerplay Niner. A six pointer on the nominated par five 12th assisted. A count out, that included an eight pointer on stroke one, saw Wade King the runner up on 21 points. Third placed Flexx Rantoa, on the same score, enjoyed a six pointer on the 13th. Outside of the prize winners Mali Manana gained a ticket in the draw with a six pointer on the 14th.

On Wednesday afternoon Bennie Claasen carded a gross 77 for 39 points and a win on the count out to take first place in the Darsha Insurance Brokers sponsored monthly competition. Losing that count out and the runner up was Garth Lee. Mike Vigne reversed a modest start with a one over par gross 37 on the home nine to post 38 points and to take third place.

The top three players in Tuesday’s Cleveland Golf sponsored Super Six Tournament were Garth Lee (15), Francois Schwartz (12) and Andre Thuysma (12).


The coming week the KGC offers the Cleveland Golf Super Six Tournament on Tuesday, the Halfway House Hotel BBS on Wednesday, the under 23 Spur Challenge and the KWV Powerplay Niner on Thursday and the Sun Flamingo Niner plus the CTCS draw on Friday. On Saturday it is the 2015 Husqvarna Kimberley Amateur Open played over 36 holes. The format is an IPS, the draw will be seeded by handicap. The entry fee of R250 includes the halfway house meal between 18’s. It will be followed by a braai and DJ Garth. On Sunday it is the final round of the 2015 Sealing Solutions League.  

Tuesday 17 November 2015

Karoo Ope 14 & 15 November 2015

Upington Gholfklub
Orange River Cellars Karoo Ope
14 & 15 November 2015
NAAM 1ste 18 2de 18 1ste 36 3de 18 54
BRUTO BRUTO BRUTO BRUTO BRUTO
Piet Marais 75 72 147 71 218
Andries Kori 73 71 144 75 219
Nico Jacobs 73 73 146 74 220
Cilliers Malan 79 73 152 68 220
Bertie Steenkamp 73 75 148 73 221
Danus Kruger 73 72 145 76 221
Allan Toy 73 75 148 75 223
AP Botes 78 76 154 71 225
Lukas Malan 73 78 151 74 225
Jacques Basson 71 81 152 74 226
Stiaan Hugo 76 75 151 75 226
Edwin Boer 82 70 152 74 226
Mike Pieterse 77 75 152 75 227
Deon Kruis 75 75 150 78 228
Keith Brown 77 75 152 76 228
Jacques Brink 80 76 156 73 229
Lyle Pedro 78 73 151 79 230
Hermus Venter 75 80 155 76 231
Anton Boyce 83 71 154 77 231
NJ van der Walt 78 76 154 77 231
Frans Smith 76 76 152 79 231
Steven Turner 81 79 160 71 231
S. Moikwatlhai 77 78 155 77 232
Robert Banda 77 75 152 80 232
Desmond van der Walt 79 75 154 78 232
Boeta Nasie 76 78 154 79 233
Tinus Venter 78 75 153 80 233
Andrew Seme 77 79 156 78 234
Sarel Jongwa 74 82 156 81 237
Ludwig Albutt 79 79 158 80 238
Brendan Coetzer 84 79 163 76 239
Jako Visser 75 82 157 82 239
Nico Peenze 80 81 161 80 241
Wiets Swanepoel 81 79 160 81 241
H. van der Westhuizen 84 80 164 78 242
Cor Poolman 82 77 159 83 242
Christiaan Voigt 77 83 160 82 242
Lionel Pedro 82 83 165 77 242
Joshua Edwards 85 76 161 84 245
Stefan Kruger 83 85 168 78 246
Donavan Coetzer 83 86 169 78 247
Jacques Mazima 84 82 166 81 247
Frans Bergh 81 86 167 80 247
Johan Fick 84 80 164 83 247
Gielie Grobbelaar 81 87 168 79 247
Jan van Zyl 81 83 164 84 248
Arnold Kopang 83 86 169 82 251
Reinhardt Terblanche 82 82 164 87 251
Gerald Fortuin 84 85 169 83 252
Conrad Rooiland 80 88 168 84 252
Faan Rheeder 86 81 167 85 252
Mosdop Dippenaar 84 90 174 79 253
Willem Gresse (Jnr) 87 89 176 77 253
Luvuyo Nxusani 82 88 170 83 253
Johan Muller 81 91 172 84 256
Gustav du Preez 86 88 174 83 257
Petri Joubert 83 82 165 93 258
M. van Wyk 91 85 176 83 259
John Moorcroft 86 90 176 83 259
Ernst Swart 87 89 176 85 261
Joos van den Heever 84 89 173 89 262
Deon van Zyl 83 97 180 82 262
Jacques Links 86 87 173 89 262
Jano Malan 82 97 179 83 262
Sybrand Venter 89 86 175 88 263
Piet Karsten 89 89 178 85 263
Leon Nel 85 94 179 87 266
Danny Leibrandt 92 85 177 91 268
Themba Gabula 91 90 181 87 268
Ernest Nasie 94 92 186 84 270
Diago Brandt 93 90 183 87 270
N. Nonyane 85 94 179 92 271
Willem Gresse (Snr) 93 93 186 86 272
Willie Eiman 91 89 180 92 272
Henry Wrigley 104 88 192 91 283
Pieter Nel 92 103 195 89 284
Wim Scheepers 88 96 184 102 286
Bertie Compion 98 95 193 95 288
Strys Strauss 95 100 195 98 293
Kotie Coetzer 103 98 201 92 293
Willie Loxton 94 101 195 99 294
PA Karsten 112 102 214 102 316
Johan Nieuwoudt 87 81 168 162 330
Andries Vermeulen 87 87 174 162 336
David Wandrag 93 83 176 162 338

Weekly Newsletter 10 November - 16 November 2015

Kimberley Golf Club Report 12 November 2015
Molinaris 10, the Playas 9 - the results of a Sealings Solution League catch up game Sunday morning saw the former move towards the top of the log in the A league, with just one round to go.

Allen Grootboom returned a net 66 for 42 individual stableford points to win the Club Competition on Saturday. Ivan Coetzee was second on 40 points. A count out on 39 points placed Neil Langley third and Johan Oosthuizen fourth.

In the Saturday Senior outing Francois Maritz, playing the pivot, came first with Don Fielding on 46 betterball points and second with Daan Fourie on 42 points. Machiel Cronje and Pat Ansley were third on 41 points on the age count out. The outing included, too, the Ladies section and mixed betterballs in which the leading competitors were presented with the Cleopatra Trophy. It was Hannes Le Roux and Susan Ferreira who posted a winning 40 points.
Ivan Coetzee returned the top score, 20 points, in the Sun Flamingo Niner Friday afternoon. Shane Arthur was second on 19 points. Alan Meyer, Gavin Oliver and Bernie Turton were the final three prize winners, each on 18 points.

Thursday’s Petra Diamonds Golf Day, with a field of 160 golfers, brought a new dynamic to corporate occasions. The format, played from a scramble drive, was a fourball alliance with two scores to count. Ultimately it was Team Trentyre who was first on the day on 111 points. A count out on 107 points deemed Workwear Depot second and Finsch Diamond Mine third. Team Multotech Manufacturing was fourth on 105 points and Team Brinks Global was fifth on 104 points on a count out.

All historical KGC stableford records, individual and betterball, were shattered in the final round of the Konica Minolta Business League on Wednesday afternoon. The covey in which it all happened included OJ Maimane and Duece Leburu (Team OJM Consultants) and Tinus and Hermus Venter (Team KGC). And, it was Deuce Leburu who delivered the El Nino like devastation. Playing off a 15, and never having broken the 80 barrier, he unleashed a personal best 74 gross (36, 38) - a net 59 - for a sum total 49 individual stableford points. In the team event his partner OJ Maimane still managed to add an additional four points, a full return therefore, of 53 betterball points.
In the IPS for the day Deuce Leburu was first, with Kevin Collings second on 41 points and Barend Burger third on 39 points.
In the team event, the BBS, OJM Consultants were first with Burgers Brokers second on 45 points.
In the overall 2015 individual results OJ Maimane topped the table on 320 points, with Barend Burger second on 318 and Tinus Venter third on 317.
In the overall team results for 2015 OJM Consultants were the leading business on an aggregate 394 points, Burger Brokers second on 392 points, Darsha Insurance Brokers third on 382 points and the Halfway House Hotel fourth on 381 points.    

OJ Maimane (15), Francois Schwartz (14) and Hein Voight (12) were the top scorers in
Tuesday’s Cleveland Golf sponsored Super Six Tournament.

Young Chante de Lange was crowned both the 2015 Northern Cape Ladies Open Champion and the Northern Cape Junior Champion after 36 holes at the Sishen Golf Club last Saturday, her gross score 156. Magdel du Toit (171) claimed the Silver Division, Magda van Jaarsveld (197) the Bronze Division and Mica Poonawassy (211) the Copper Division. The Best Net Overall was won by Magdel du Toit on 143 while the Junior Best Net Overall was won by Mica Poonawassy on 147. Northern Cape Prime Time (over 45 years) played over 18 holes was won by Linda Steenkamp.    

This week the KGC offers the Cleveland Golf Super Six Tournament on Tuesday, the Darsha Insurance Brokers IPS on Wednesday, the under 23 Spur Challenge and KWV Powerplay Niner on Thursday and finally the Sun Flamingo Niner and CTCS draw on Friday. On Saturday it is the Adamantia High School Golf Fundraiser.



Monday 9 November 2015

The Husqvarna Kimberley Amateur Open 28 November 2015


Weekly newsletter - 4 -8 November 2015

Kimberley Golf Club Report 8 November 2015
Sunday’s Sealing Solutions League saw Molinari’s record the biggest gain in the A League, 17 points. Similarly Pinseekers recorded the biggest gain in the B League, also 17 points.
With just one round to go Happy Hookers and the Golf Shop hold a slender lead in the A League. However, there remains a catch up game outstanding by the Playas and Molinari’s, the results of which might well affect the log table.
C-PAC comfortably head the B league, with Kimberley Motoparts second.  

Alan Doherty returned a net 68 to win the November Monthly Medal sponsored by the Wesley Methodist Church on Saturday. Christo Swanepoel and Tinus Venter were first and second in the A division, each on net 69. While Quinton Schaefer and Pieter van Niekerk were first and second in the B division, each on net 70. Andries Kori carded the best gross on the day, a three under par 69. 
 
Friday’s 2015 NC Construction Golf Day format was a Fourball American Scramble (Medal Net). This annual tournament included a field of some 180 players representing over 40 teams. OJ Maimane, Thuso Dichaba, Deuce and Kabello Leburu, under the banner OJM Construction, broke the magical 50 barrier in returning a net 49.4 to win the 26th anniversary of the event. Team RMS, that included Hendrick Britz, Jan van der Walt, Charl Kruger and Donavan de Soussa, was the the runner up on 50.6. CAT Security, represented by Dow Jacobs, Johan, Joanie and Jolene Herselman, was third on 50.8 points. In all the prizes went down to 17th position.

A birdie three for a powerplay eight pointer on the nominated 9th propelled Evan Painting to the front of the field in Thursday’s KWV Powerplay Niner. Nico Ross posted a powerplay six pointer on the 16th for an aggregate 21 points and second place. Dave Wilson, following a powerplay six pointer on the 9th, was third on 20 points. The Roodeberg draw was not underservedly won by OJ Maimane who comfortably recorded the highest number of powerplay successes through the past six weeks.

Mike Vigne posted 38 individual stableford points to take first place in the Leon’s House of Liquor monthly competition on Wednesday. Johan Herselman was the runner up, two points behind. The final prize went to Ronnie Engelbrecht on 35 points.

This week the KGC offers the Cleveland Golf Super Six Tournament on Tuesday. On Wednesday it is the Konica Minolta Business League. On Thursday the course will be closed to the Petra Diamonds Golf Day. On Friday the APK hold their golf fundraiser.
On Saturday the KGC offers an IPS and the NC Seniors and the Ladies play for the Cleopatra Cup.



Tuesday 3 November 2015

2015 Castle Light Barney Barnato - Day 7









2015 Castle Light Barney Barnato - Day 8


The Final order of Merit for the 

2015 Castle Light Barney Barnato

1 Botes Pieter 171
2 Brown Keith 133
3 Samuel Sodiq 125
4 Marthinus Brenton 113
5 Poonawassy Luchmen 104.75
6 Meyer Alan 100
7 Mahri Fuad 92.3
8 Thomas Sadick 83
9 Gallie Taliep 77.86
10 Alexander Carlo 77




Pieter Botes winner of the 2015 Castle Light Grand Prix receiving his tray from Khulile  Mhlongo, South African Breweries area manager - Northern Cape


Helena Janse winner of the 2015 Castle Light Ladies Grand Prix receiving his tray from Khulile  Mhlongo, South African Breweries area manager - Northern Cape

Ladies Order of Merit 2015
Dated:  31-Oct-2015
Name No 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 Total
Helena  Janse 81 _ _ 40 _ 39 37 _ 116
Jacky Schoeman 150 _ _ 36 0 0 38 37 111
Sandra Nel 119 _ 36 35 _ _ _ 35 106
Susan Alexander 8 _ _ _ 33 _ 39 32 104
Susan Ferreira 62 32 37 0 0 0 0 33 102
Dalina Schoeman 149 _ _ 31 32 35 _ _ 98
Joanie Herselman 320 0 27 32 33 0 0 0 92
Lizel Potgieter 132 29 _ 0 0 0 32 24 85
Rowiena Majiedt 102 0 0 0 0 0 36 33 69
Shirley Bennet 17 0 0 0 0 0 27 30 57

Keith Brown runner-up of the 2015 Castle Light Grand Prix receiving his price from Khulile  Mhlongo, South African Breweries area manager - Northern Cape




Sodiq Samuel, third in the 2015 Castle Light Grand Prix.




Daily winners in last week's Castle Light Barney Barnato:
From left to right: Lambro Athanasiou(Day 8), Ivan Coetzee(Day 1), Francois Swartz(Day 7), Luchman Poonawassy(Day 2), Rodiq Samuel(Day 4) and Allen Meyer(Day 6) Absent: Peter Raubenheimer, winner on day 3 and Christo Swanepoel winner day 5.