Weekly Newsletter 5 January 2015

Alisdair MacKenzie was hotter than the day on Saturday. A gross two over par 74 saw him post an impressive net 63 to take the opening Rhodes Medal for 2015.  Theuns Barnard was only a degree or two cooler. He carded a level par 72 for the best gross of the day and a net 67 for the best net A division. Adrian McLaren was the runner up in that division on net 68. Shane Arthur claimed best net B division, also on net 68, with Kariem Anderson the runner up on net 71.

Friday’s Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner winning scores also matched the temperature of the occasion - Neville Alexander (23), Jaco Janse (22), Gavin Williams (21), Adrian McLaren (20) and Parks Mashaboa (19).     

Jaco Janse posted 21 points to take the Thursday KWV Niner. Dave Wilson (18) and Quinten Williams (17) were second and third.

Wednesday’s IPS Jackpot competition raised vouchers valued at R140 per unit with Deon van Zyl enjoying the biggest overall payout. Wade King and Yusuf Kana shared the opening six on 13 points, Neville Alexander and David Jacobs shared the second six on 15 points, while Deon van Zyl won the third six outright on 14 points. The first nine was shared by Wade King and David Jacobs on 20 points while Deon van Zyl claimed a second outright win on the second nine on 22 points.

This week the KGC hosts an IPS Jackpot on Wednesday, the KWV Niner on Thursday and the Flamingo Casino Niner on Friday. Friday evening it is the CTCS snowball draw valued at R1050.

On Saturday it is the first round of the Workwear Depot New Year’s Cup, the format an IPS. The second round is scheduled for the following Saturday. Although recognition is given to the top players on each outing it is the aggregate points that ultimately determine the results of New Year’s Cup.

Weekly Newsletter 24-27 December 2014

Saturday’s IPS offered five separate jackpot opportunities – the first, second and third 6s and the first and second 9s - with vouchers valued at R250 each. Susan Alexander struck gold when she scooped the first 6 on 16 points and the first 9 on 23 points. Stiaan Hugo, who carded a gross 68,

claimed the second 6 on 15 points with Machiel Cronje the winner of the third 6, also on 15 points. David Jacobs and Deon Nel shared the second 9, each on 21 points. For the record Stiaan Hugo carded a gross 68 on the day. 

Donathon Jennings scored 22 points for an outright win in the Friday Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner. Ricky Joseph was second on 21 points. Mietie Aysen, Peter Salo and Johan Herselman were the remaining three prize winners. A very present Johan Herselman collected the CTCS snowball draw at R1 400.

Wednesday’s IPS jackpot was worth R140 per unit. The winners included Donathon Jennings who picked up two, the third 6 on 17 points and the second nine on a remarkable 26 points. In doing so he returned 47 individual stableford points for the day and his first sub 90 round. Jaco Venter took the first 6 on 16 points while Harry Welham claimed the second 6 on 17 points. The first 9 was shared four ways by Lional Jacobs, Hein Voight, Jaco Venter and Ronnie Engelbrecht, each on 20 points.

This week the Club is open on Monday and Tuesday for social golf with an IPS on Wednesday. Thursday is the KWV Niner and Friday is the Flamingo Casino Niner along with the CTCS snowball draw. On Saturday a Club competition with morning and afternoon fields is on offer.  

Weekly Newsletter: 15- 20 December 2014

Johan Herselman and Donathon Jennings posted 62 stableford points to win the Greenkeeper’s Revenge on Saturday. The format was betterball stableford on the par 3s and par 5s and a combined stableford on the par 4s. With the tees on slopes, the pins hard to find and hollowtyned greens testing conditions laced with some entertaining shots were the order of the day. Neil Langley and Shane Arthur were the runners up on a count out from Hein and Christian Voight both pairs on 60 points. Yosuf Kana and Lionel Jacobs were fourth on 57 points on a count out from Buk Venter and Pierre Fourie.

Alone on 21 points Bernie Bennett enjoyed a clear win in the Friday Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner. Three players followed on 20 points; Peter Salo, Fareez Alexander and Donald Whitebooi. Frits van Dyk was the final prize winner on 19 points in a fourway count out.

A missing Kevin Collings assured an increase in the CTCS snowball draw the coming Friday.

A three way count on 17 points decided the KWV Niner on Thursday. Dave Benade, Dave Wilson and Ant Crozier were the recipients of the wine.

Tony Datnow and Charles Malherbe, on 43 points, were the winners of the Annabell’s BBS on Wednesday.  Doc Doherty and Lennie Allen were the runners up on 42 points. Weston Potgieter and Joshua Edwards were third on 41 points.

This week the KGC offers an open course on Monday, special rates on Tuesday and an IPS on Wednesday. The course will be closed on Thursday. On Friday there is the Flamingo Casino Niner and on Saturday there is an IPS.

Weekly Newsletter 13 - 19 October 2014

Rugar Distributors, the Golf Shop and JNKW Engineering enjoyed the best gains in Sunday’s A League Sealing Solutions League outing. Similarly it was Molinari’s, Sealing Solutions and C Pac who gained the most points in the B League. With just one match to go Rugar Distributors and Sealing Solutions lead the respective leagues.

Saturday highlights included two holes in one. The Seniors’ president, Machiel Cronje,

struck a towering eight iron (so it was described) over the left front bunker guarding the 11^th green to post the first on the day, and, the first in a long golfing career. Not to be outdone young Darian Fortune, a Junior section representative, replied by striking a perfect nine iron at the par three 14^th. This was also his first hole in one.

On the remaining 17 holes Cronje added another 36 points to his four at the 11^th to return a winning 40 points in the Girls High School annual golf fundraiser. This was on a count out from Donathon Jennings, the runner up on the day. OJ Maimane was third on 39 points. Trevor de Reuck and Luchmen Poonawassy were fourth and fifth on 38 points.

On Friday 192 players teed up in the annual Vodacom Golf Day. Despite modest individual returns some extraordinary dovetailing earned Bernie Bennett and Luchmen Poonawassy 48 betterball points and first place in the event. Three betterballs followed on 47 points; Peter Mills and Eldrid Turton, Peter Salo and Virgil Fredericks and Derek Dobson and Terence van Heerden.

A further three betterballs returned 46 points; OJ Maimane and Kebelo Leburu, Marvin Torres and Brian Lowden and Neil Langley and Shane Arthur.

Lenong’s Vice Captain, Donald  Hlakudi, lived up to his new station on Thursday afternoon to claim his first KWV Niner, his score 18 points. Dave Benade and Adrian McLaren were second and third, each on 17 points.  

Barries van Zyl posted 39 individual stableford points to claim the Darsha Insurance Brokers monthly tournament on Wednesday. This was on a count out from Dries du Plessis the runner up.

John Lankaster, reunited with his clubs, was third on 38 points on a count out from Kevin Collings.

This week it is the Annabell’s betterball stableford on Wednesday. On Thursday it is the annual Agri Securitas Golf Day. On Friday the course is closed for the final course preparations re the 2014 Castle Lite Barney Barnato. A celebratory event it marks the 25^th staging of the tournament which was first held in 1990. Commencing this Saturday it will run for eight days through to the following Saturday.       

Weekly Newsletter 8 October 2014 - 12 October 2014

Saturday’s galeforce winds accompanied by a midafternoon hail storm did little to dent the scores of the leading players in the St. Andrews Presbyerian Church Golf Day. Top of the list for the day was Dickey Thomas on 42 individual stableford points. Ronnie Engelbrecht was second on 39 points. A three-way tie on 38 points saw Kabelo Luburu third, Hannes Herselman fourth and Neil Langley fifth. Driaan van Niekerk was sixth on 37 points.

On Friday the NG Kerk Kimberley held their annual golf fundraiser, the format a betterball stableford played from a scramble drive. The winners, Rudi Dexter and Donavon Jennings, with or without divine intervention set this season’s record - 57 betterball points. Hennie Bezhuidenhout and JJ Hanekom were second on 53 points. Pieter and Deon van Niekerk were third on 52 points. Four coveys followed on 51 points. Leading that count were Oppel Myburgh and Dalina Schoeman in fourth position and Siewert Wiid and Dries du Plessis in fifth position.

On Friday evening Dickey Thomas first signaled his intention for Saturday’s win by posting 22 points in the Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner. No count out was required. Deuce Leburu, Andries Kori, Tracey Stanley and Bobo Mentor were the remaining prize winners.

Andries Kori claimed the Thursday KWV Niner on 18 points. Dave Benade and Willy Uys were second and third on 17 and 16 points respectively.

Thursday also saw the final round of the 18 hole Spur Junior Challenge. After three rounds it was Danie Liebenberg who received the IPS shield and Darian Fortune who received the strokeplay shield.

Monday through to Wednesday the Northern Cape Junior Provincial Golf Team competed for the very first time. The eight selected players were NJ van der Walt (Hartswater Golf Club), Leon van Jaarsveld (Sishen Glf Club), Darius Kruger (Upington Golf Club) and Keenan Aysen, Dean Schonegevel, Hermus Venter, Christiaan Voight and Joshua Edwards all from the KGC.

The event was the inter- provincial heptangular played on the Kingswood Golf Estate over three days. A matchplay event it included foursomes in the morning followed by singles in the afternoon.

On the opening day the NC played Western Province and Eastern Province. They lost to an always strong Western Province side, but, gave a good account of themselves against EP winning 7/5.

On day two they played tournament favourites Boland and the host side Southern Cape and although they lost both matches they put up a determined showing.

On the final day they played Free Sate and Border, requiring a win against the latter to finish alone in fifth position. A titanic battle ensued in which they lost three games on the final hole to lose out 7/5 and ultimately share of fifth position.

Boland were the tournament winners with Western Province the runners up.          

Kat Swanepoel was the feature player in Wednesday’s Konica Minolta Business League outing. He together with his partner Jaco Buys returned an unmatched 48 betterball points in difficult gusty conditions. His individual 41 points was also the top score in the individual section of the tournament. JJ Hanekom was the runner up on 39 points with Lionel Jacobs third on 38 points. A four-way count out on 37 points saw Peet Smith fourth on the day.

The Kimberley Ladies Golf League Team played their final match for the year on Sunday 21 September. Helena Janse, Susan Alexander, Jacky Schoeman and Norma Potgieter were the KGC representatives. Two wins and two losses signaled a draw, but, was enough to see them win the South West Zone and take them through to the FS and NC finals to be played at Schoeman Park.

There they will take on the winners of the Central and East Zones. 

Meanwhile the Bloemfontein Golf Club has extended an invitation to the KGC Ladies to participate in the Rose Festival on Sunday 19^th October. It is a prominent event with much to offer the players.

This week the KGC will host the Darsha Insurance Brokers IPS on Wednesday and the Spur Junior Challenge and KWV Niner on Thursday. On Friday it is the annual corporate Vodacom Golf Day, a

highlight on the KGC calendar. On Saturday it is the Kimberley Girls High School Golf Day as well as the Seniors October outing.

Weekly Newsletter 1 October 2014 - 5 October 2014

Saturday’s galeforce winds accompanied by a midafternoon hail storm did little to dent the scores of the leading players in the St. Andrews Presbyerian Church Golf Day. Top of the list for the day was Dickey Thomas on 42 individual stableford points. Ronnie Engelbrecht was second on 39 points. A three-way tie on 38 points saw Kabelo Luburu third, Hannes Herselman fourth and Neil Langley fifth. Driaan van Niekerk was sixth on 37 points.

On Friday the NG Kerk Kimberley held their annual golf fundraiser, the format a betterball stableford played from a scramble drive. The winners, Rudi Dexter and Donavon Jennings, with or without divine intervention set this season’s record - 57 betterball points. Hennie Bezhuidenhout and JJ Hanekom were second on 53 points. Pieter and Deon van Niekerk were third on 52 points. Four coveys followed on 51 points. Leading that count were Oppel Myburgh and Dalina Schoeman in fourth position and Siewert Wiid and Dries du Plessis in fifth position.

On Friday evening Dickey Thomas first signaled his intention for Saturday’s win by posting 22 points in the Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner. No count out was required. Deuce Leburu, Andries Kori, Tracey Stanley and Bobo Mentor were the remaining prize winners.

Andries Kori claimed the Thursday KWV Niner on 18 points. Dave Benade and Willy Uys were second and third on 17 and 16 points respectively.

Thursday also saw the final round of the 18 hole Spur Junior Challenge. After three rounds it was Danie Liebenberg who received the IPS shield and Darian Fortune who received the strokeplay shield.

Monday through to Wednesday the Northern Cape Junior Provincial Golf Team competed for the very first time. The eight selected players were NJ van der Walt (Hartswater Golf Club), Leon van Jaarsveld (Sishen Glf Club), Darius Kruger (Upington Golf Club) and Keenan Aysen, Dean Schonegevel, Hermus Venter, Christiaan Voight and Joshua Edwards all from the KGC.

The event was the inter- provincial heptangular played on the Kingswood Golf Estate over three days. A matchplay event it included foursomes in the morning followed by singles in the afternoon.

On the opening day the NC played Western Province and Eastern Province. They lost to an always strong Western Province side, but, gave a good account of themselves against EP winning 7/5.

On day two they played tournament favourites Boland and the host side Southern Cape and although they lost both matches they put up a determined showing.

On the final day they played Free Sate and Border, requiring a win against the latter to finish alone in fifth position. A titanic battle ensued in which they lost three games on the final hole to lose out 7/5 and ultimately share of fifth position.

Boland were the tournament winners with Western Province the runners up.          

Kat Swanepoel was the feature player in Wednesday’s Konica Minolta Business League outing. He together with his partner Jaco Buys returned an unmatched 48 betterball points in difficult gusty conditions. His individual 41 points was also the top score in the individual section of the tournament. JJ Hanekom was the runner up on 39 points with Lionel Jacobs third on 38 points. A four-way count out on 37 points saw Peet Smith fourth on the day.

The Kimberley Ladies Golf League Team played their final match for the year on Sunday 21 September. Helena Janse, Susan Alexander, Jacky Schoeman and Norma Potgieter were the KGC representatives. Two wins and two losses signaled a draw, but, was enough to see them win the South West Zone and take them through to the FS and NC finals to be played at Schoeman Park.

There they will take on the winners of the Central and East Zones. 

Weekly Newsletter - 30 September 2014 - 5 October 2014

Kimberley Golf Club Report 5 October 2014

On Saturday Jaco Buys returned the best net overall, a 67, to claim the October 2014 Rhodes Mug, a place in the Rhodes Challenge Cup final and entry to the 2015 Masters. Brenton Marthinus won the best net A division on 68 with Danie Calitz the runner up on net 69 on a count out. Berthus Theron won best net B division on 72 on a count out from runner up Wade King. Nico Ross carded the best gross on the day, a 74.

Susan Alexander won Saturday’s Ladies Medal and Putting competition after returning a net 75 and just 28 putts.

Although the full results of the Sishen Open played Saturday and Sunday over three rounds are not to hand there were at least two memorable shots played by KGC juniors; Joshua Edwards holed out his second shot on the long par four third hole (stroke 1) for an eagle and Hermus Venter holed out his tee shot at the par three 17^th for a hole on one.

Friday’s Griqualand West Junior Schools Rugby Union Golf Day saw 88 players participate in

a very successful golf fundraiser. A betterball stableford played from a scramble drive the winning results were particularly tight. Ultimately Gavin van Zyl and Kevin Collings returned 50 betterball points to pip the field by a single point. Four betterballs returned 49 points; Virgil Fredericks and Peter Mills, Henk Brand and Gerhard Buys, OJ Maimane and Kabelo Laburu and Lionel Jacobs and Palmer Thompson. In all the prizes paid down to 12^th place.

Susan Alexander posted 19 points for an outright win in the Friday Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner. Donald Whitebooi, Jaco Janse, Neville Alexander and Thuso Dichaba were the remaining prize winners.

Chris van Tonder returned 23 points to comfortably claim the KWV Niner on Thursday. A count out on 20 points determined Braam Botes second and Nico Ross third.

Gerwin Human posted 18 points to take the Spur Junior Challenge on Thursday. His gross 40 was matched by Dean Schonegevel, the best medal rounds on the day.

Harry Welham carded a gross 78 to post an unmatched 43 individual stableford points and a comfortable win in the Leon’s House of Liquor IPS Wednesday. Kevin Collings, who returned

a silimar gross, was second on 40 points. Dave Benade was third on 38 points.

This week it is the 18 hole Spur Junior Challenge over three rounds Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The Konica Minolta Business League is on Wednesday afternoon and the KWV Diamond Niner is on Thursday. On Friday it is the NG Kerk Kimberley golf fundraiser. On Saturday it is the St Andrews Presbyterian Church golf fundraiser.         

Weekly Newsletter 24 September 2014 - 28 September 2014

Kimberley Golf Club Report 29 September 2014

Sunday’s Sealing Solutions A League results were reasonably evenly balanced. Rugar Distributors enjoyed the foremost gain, 12 points. This ensured their number one position on the leaderboard on a cumulative 39 points, with Lenong second on 34 points and the Golf Shop third on 33 points.

In the B League it was Sealing Solutions, Pretenders and C-Pac who all enjoyed a material points gain. These teams also dominate the leaderboard on a cumulative 37, 35 and 29 points respectively.

The annual William Pescod High School Golf Fundraiser Saturday, a betterball stableford, attracted 140 golfers. Early morning player Pat Ansley was ultimately first on 41 points on a count out. Losing that count out and the runner up on the day was Alisdair McKenzie. Four players followed on 39 points; Kyle van der Ross, Flex Rantoa, Peter Salo and Jody van Wyk.

Saturday also saw the outstanding semi-final of the Mellins i Style betterball matchplay championships (Blacklaws Trophy) played. Chris van Tonder and Pierre Wasserman beat Pieter Botes and William Orton one up after eighteen.   

Blacklaws Cup, the Friday’s annual Kimberley Boys High School Golf Fundraiser, a betterball stableford, was won by Kassie Potgieter and Marius Stols on 45 points. Three betterballs followed on 44 points; Kabelo Leburu and OJ Maimane, John Lankester and Dave Wilson and Tinus and Hermus Venter. Les Garret and Michael Joseph from Gauteng were fifth on 43 points.

Andries Kori was the outright winner of the Friday Flamingo Casio Niner. Bernie Bennett (17),

Donald Whitebooi (16), Dariaan van Niekerk (16) and Luchmen Poonawassy (15) were second to fifth.

The annual GBADS Classic with 23 teams and 92 players most of whom are drawn from around the country, but, also include several from European countries saw Mondez Consultants claim both the coveted Starstreak Cup and the overall trophy for 2014. A medal net American Scramble played off a limited handicap their score was 55.3. The runners up were Rheinmetall Air Defence on 57.7. 10 Anti- Aircraft Regiment were third 57.9. DISS 2 were fourth on 58.8 and Konica Minolta were fifth on 59.2.      

Machiel Cronje continued to successfully add to his cellar after winning Thursday’s KWV Niner on a count out. Clive Holloway was the runner up in that count out. Both players returned 19 points. Nico Ross was third on 18 points.

Brandon Ralph posted 22 points to win Thursday’s Spur Junior Challenge. Hermus Venter returned the best gross on the day, a level par 36.

The GWK Griqua Rugby Golf Day supported by Engen attracted150 golfers. Three betterballs returned the winning score, 50 points. The format was a betterball stableford played from a scramble drive. The count out deemed Gary Hepburn and Derek Potgieter first, Kobus van Zyl and D Le Grange second and OJ Maimane and Kabelo Leburu third. Two betterballs were just one point behind on 49 points, Dries du Plessis and Kevin Collings and Willie and Sandra Wiid.   

This week the KGC hosts the Leon’s House of Liquor IPS Wednesday followed by the Spur Junior Challenge and the KWV Niner on Thursday. On Friday it is the ‘Griekwaland-Wes Learskool Rugby Unie’ Golf Day, an extraordinary event with R30 000 worth of prizes. The format is betterball stableford played from a scramble drive. On Saturday it is the Seeff Reach for a Dream sponsored Rhodes Medal. 

Weekly Newsletter 15 September -21 September 2014

On Saturday morning Henk Brand lived up to his name as he set the course alight with a level par gross 36 on the back nine for 25 individual stableford points. His total tally, 41 points, earned him first prize in the Chante Marais Rag Queen Golf Fundraiser. A two under par gross 70 for 40 points and a successful count saw Stiaan Hugo second. Luchmen Poonawassy, who lost that count, was third. Nigel Page, who returned a gross 75, was fourth on 39 points.

Suspense and surprise underlined the results in Friday’s Chevrolet Knights Cricket Golf Day, a fourball alliance with a varied format used in calculating the result on each hole, only made known to the players after all the cards were submitted. Ultimately the calculations revealed Alister Edwards, Wayne Schonegevel, P Derks and W Coetser the winners on 50.5 points. Colin Sorour, Quinton Friend, Gary Strobel and Nick Efstathiou were second on 48.5 points. Willie Uys, Kevin Anthill, Neville and Susan Alexandetr were third on 47.25 on a count out from fourth placed Barend Burger, Kevin Collings, Johan van Heerden and Tim Hendon.

Dave Wilson (22), Andries Kori (21), Hermus Venter (20), Luchmen Poonawassy (20) and Parks Mashaboa (20) were the Friday Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner winners. Andries Kori produced the best gross on the day, a two under par 34.

Neville Alexander recorded his first ever eagle Thursday afternoon holing out an eight iron on the par four second for two. A five pointer he went on to return 22 points to win the KWV Niner. Machiel Cronje and Parks Mashaboa were second and third respectively, each on 19 points.

Divan Snyders returned 21 points to win the Spur Junior Challenge mid Thursday afternoon.

JJ Pretorius was the runner up on 18 points after returning a 39 gross, the best round of the day shared by Dean Schonegevel.

Joanie Herselman posted 41 individual stableford points to win the Darsha Insurance Broker monthly IPS competition on Wednesday. This was on a count out from Theo Fourie. Kevin Collings was third on 39 points.

This week is a particularly busy week at the KGC. Wednesday’s public Holiday sees the GWK Griqua Rugby Golf Day supported by Engen with morning and afternoon times available. The annual GBADS Classic is scheduled for Thursday. On Friday it is the Kimberley Boys High School Golf Day. This will be followed by a Flamingo Casino Niner. On Saturday William Pescod hold their annual Golf Fundraiser. All these events attract large outside entries and in the instance of the GBADS Classic several overseas competitors. On Sunday it is the Sealing Solutions League, the format greensomes. 

Weekly Newsletter 13 September 2014

Kimberley Golf Club Report 13 September 2014

The final Engelsman Magabane outing played on Saturday signaled the end of the 2014 Challenge. The results, calculated on the aggregate stableford points for the best five of the six rounds, saw just one point separate the top three players. A count out was required to determine Luchmen Poonawassy (190) first and Bloemfontein’s Marvin Torres (190) second. Christo Swanepoel (189) was third.

Individual best performances were a feature of the week at the KGC and no less on Saturday.

Kabelo Leburu, a new member, returned 46 individual stableford points to receive first prize for the day and a complimentary six shot handicap cut from the HNA. Christo Swanepoel, who in a strong bid for the overall challenge shot a gross 73, was the runner on 42 points. Oppel Myburg and OJ Maimane were third and fourth, each on 41 points. 

Donald Whitebooi equaled his personal best gross on Friday, a 77, which converted to 46 individual stableford points and a clear win in the annual NG Kerk Bakenskop Church Fundraiser. Bobo de Villiers was the runner up on 41 points. Matthys Heyns and Attie van Niekerk were third and fourth, each on 39 points. The final prize winners were Peter Raubenheimer and Johan Herselman on 38 on a count out.

Bobo Mentor carded a second consecutive gross 40, this time on the front nine, for 23 points to win the Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner on Friday. OJ Maimane (22), Leon Blom (21), Susan Alexander (20) and Neville Alexander (20) were the remaining prize winners.

Playing off a seventeen handicap Bobo Mentor returned a gross 40 on the back nine for 24 individual stableford points to comfortably take the KWV Niner on Thursday. Machiel Cronje was second on 20 points followed by Braam Botes on 19 points.

OJM represented by OJ Maimane and Donald Hlakudi posted 48 betterball points to win Wednesday’s Konica Minolta Business League monthly outing. OJ Maimane also topped the individual section on 42 points. Gareth Murray was the runner up on 41 points after carding a personal best gross 72 (33/39). Donald Hlakudi and Gavin van Zyl were third and fourth, each on 40 points.

This week the KGC will host the Darsha IPS on Wednesday, the Spur Junior Challenge and KWV Niner on Thursday and the Knights Cricket Golf Day on Friday. On Saturday it is the Chante Marais Rag Queen fundraiser.

1 September 2014 - 7 September 2014

Kimberley Golf Club Report 7 September 2014

Exceptional scores were the order of the day in Saturday’s Adamantia High School Rhodes Medal. Tarquin Poe claimed best net overall along with the September Rhodes Mug after an extraordinary nine under 63. Andries Kori, whose 69 gross was the low round of the day, returned the best net A division, a 66. Peter Haddad was the runner up in the A division on 68. Neville Alexander claimed best net B division on 66 in a count out from runner up Ramon Barlow. Dowtie Jardine won the play off for the August Rhodes Mug on net 76.

The NC Seniors betterball stableford was played concurrently. John Lankester and Theo Fourie were the winners on 44 points. Brian Turner and Dave Wilson were the runners up on 42 points in a count out from third placed Hugh McGibbon and Francois Maritz.

Friday’s Flamingo Casino Niner had five players return 19 points, the top score on the day. The count out determined Henk Visser, Johan Herselman, Eli Turton, Donathon Jennings and Gavin Oliver first to fifth respectively.

A very present Kariem Anderson, page 1, name number 9, collected R1600 in the CTCS snowball draw on Friday evening.

Dave Wilson returned 22 points in the Thursday’s KWV Niner. OJ Miamane and Andries Kori were second and third, each on 20 points.

Donathon Jennings won the Leons House of Liquor IPS on Wednesday, his score 40 points. Stefan Le Roux was second on 39 points with Kassie Pogieter third on 36 points.

This week the KGC offers the Konica Minolta Business League September outing on Wednesday; the Spur Junior Challenge and the KWV Niner on Thursday; the NG Kerk Bakenskop annual Golf Fundraiser on Friday and the Engelsman Magabane Challenge on Saturday.

Also at the weekend the KGC Junior Club Team will participate for the first time in the Louis Oosthuizen Junior Club Championships at Mosselbay to which the leading Clubs from each province are invited. A three round event the results are calculated by taking the three best gross scores from each team for each round. The KGC team is Hermus Venter, Dean Schoenegevel, Christiaan Voight and Joshua Edwards.      

27 August 2014 -31 August 2014

Kimberley Golf Club Report 1 September 2014

76 fathers and sons joined forces to take up the challenge in the 2014 PA Walter Africa Kimberley Father and Son Tournament over the weekend. After two days and two rounds it was Willy and George Wiid who were finally crowned the winners having pipped the field by a single point after returning an aggregate 90 points (44/46) for the 36 holes. As the winners they were also crowned the 2014 Africa Father and Son Champions with an invitation to take part in the 2014 Australian Father and Son Championships in Launceston, Tasmania at the end of November. A three round event it is played over the Launceston Golf Club, the Riverside Golf Club and the Country Club Tasmania.

The first players to arrive this week were in fact Tasmanian’s Terry and Sam Smith the current Australian Father and Son Champions. Their home club, Launceston Golf Club established in 1899, is Tasmania's oldest 18 hole golf course. It is regarded as the toughest championship layout in Northern Tasmania. Its signature hole the 159 meter par 3 thirteenth has a strong South African connotation, it is known as “Spion Kop”.

Sunday’s 2014 runners up were Johan Herselman and Donathon Jennings on 89 points. They were followed by Neels and Divan Snyders on 87, Gerhard and Reynard Fourie (Pretoria) on 86 and Tinus and Hermus Venter on 75. Hermus Venter fired a personal best two under 70 gross in the final round.

Saturday’s IPS club competition saw Kevin Wakeford the winner on 40 points. Dickie Thomas was second on 39 points, Dave Benade third on 38 points with Frans Smith the final prize winner on 38 points.  

On 22 points Susan Alexander enjoyed an outright win in Friday’s Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner. Deuce Leburu was second on 21 points in a count out from OJ Maimane. Jaco Janse and Fareez Alexander were the final prize winners, each on 18 points.

Danilo Scholtz claimed the annual APK Die Kruis Golf Fundraiser on Friday afternoon after posting 39 individual stableford points in a round of complete contrasts, the first nine just 11 points, the second nine a remarkable 28 points. Norman Cook was second on 38 points with Danilo Scholtz junior third on 37 points.

With two four pointers in the last three holes Wedge Crozier surged ahead to post 21 points and a convincing win the KWV Diamond Niner on Thursday evening. Willie Uys was second on 18 points with Ant Crozier third on 17 points.

Hermus Venter claimed the double in the Thursday Spur Junior Challenge, returning a level par gross 36 and 20 individual stableford points.

Barend Burger and Pierre Wasserman returned 46 betterball stableford points to win Wednesday’s Annabell’s Restaurant sponsored competition. Gavin van Zyl and Kevin Collings were the runners up on 45 points with Gary Hepburn and Rudi Besselaar third on 44 points.  

This week the KGC offers the Leon’s IPS Wednesday, the Spur and KWV Niners on Thursday, the Flamingo Casino Niner and CTCS draw on Friday and the Adamantia School sponsored Rhodes Medal on Saturday. It is also the Seniors outing on Saturday.   

11 August 2014 - 17 August 2014

Kimberley Golf Club Report 17 August 2014

Crackers (17) and the Golf Shop (12) reflected the most gain in the A league of the Sealing Solutions League outing on Sunday. After round two the team standings are Rugar Distributors 27, Lenong 26, Golf Shop 25, Crackers 21, JNKW 8 with MVD eager to get off the mark.

Sealing Solutions (12) topped the B League points, the balance of the matches evenly spread.

After round two the team standings are Molinaris 22, Sealing Solutions 21, Pretenders 19, Coastal Hire 17, Sultans of Swing 13 and CPAC 12.

Luchmen Poonawassy claimed first place in the penultimate round of the 2014 Engelsman Magabane Challenge played on Saturday. He returned 39 individual stableford points to win on a count out from runner up Jody van Wyk. Several players returned 37 points Joanie Herselman deemed third and Justin Potgieter fourth.

Leon Blom posted 21 points for an outright win in the Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner on Friday. The four remaining prize winners all returned 20 points; Pierre Wasserman, Fareez Alexander, Joshua Edwards and Flex Rantoa.

21 points was also the top score in the Thursday KWV Niner, A count out saw Ant Crozier first and Machiel Cronje the runner up. Wedge Crozier was third on 17 points. 

Keen results are currently the mark in Junior Golf. In Thursday’s Spur Junior Challenge Dean Schonegevel posted a winning 22 points after carding a gross 34 in a nine that included five birdies. Close behind him on 21 points was young Joshua Edwards who carded a gross 37. He followed this with a gross 39 to post another personal best over 18 holes, a 76. Not to be outdone Weston Potgieter carded a gross 75 on the day.

In a count out on 45 betterball stableford points team Konica Minolta claimed the Konica Minolta Business League outing on Wednesday, Gehard Kruger and Neil Steyn the team representatives. In the IPS section Wicus Kok was first on 40 points with Neil Steyn the runner up on 39 points. Gerhard Delport was third on 38 points and Tinus Venter fourth on 37 points.  

This week the Club offers the Darsha IPS Wednesday, the Spur Junior Challenge and KWV Niner on Thursday and the Flamingo Casino Niner and CTCS draw on Friday. On Saturday it is a club sponsored competition.

4 August 2014 - 10 August 2014

Kimberley Golf Club Report 11 August 2014

Despite the NC Seniors home course advantage the visiting Free State Seniors once again returned home on Sunday afternoon with the Blacklaws Trophy comfortably in hand. In all 48 Senior players participated.

In a KGC Junior Team selection bid involving 8 young players through 36 holes Saturday and a further 18 holes Sunday morning Dean Schonegel (236), Joshua Edwards (246), Hermus Venter (247) and Christiaan Voight (250) emerged as the top four players. The KGC team will compete in the Inter Club Junior Championships in Mossel Bay on 13^th and 14^th September. Junior Club Champion and  the top seed, Keenan Aysen  is unable to participate through exam interference.

Bernie Bennett and Luchmen Poonawassy returned the winning score, 47 betterball points, to take the 2014 National Women’s Day Golf Tournament hosted by the Ladies Section of the KGC.

Kariem Anderson and Darian Fortune were the runners up on 46 points on a count out from third placed Neville Alexander and Jacky Schoeman. Three betterballs returned 45 points; Pieter Botes and William Orton, Daan Fourie and Hugh McGibbon and Kevin Wakeford and Braam Botes.

20 points was the top score in Friday’s Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner. Cedric Bredenkamp claimed first spot in a count out from Henry van Aarde. Pieter Botes and Keith Brown followed on 19 points with Susan Alexander fifth on 18 points.

Wade King, page 4, name number 40, missed out on R1400 in the CTCS snowball draw on Friday evening.

Wedge Crozier (20), Dave Wilson (19) and Machiel Cronje (18) were the Thursday KWV Niner prize winners.

Joshua Edwards posted the best score in the Thursday Spur Junior challenge, 18 points. The runner up was Dean Schonegevel on 16 points, his gross 38 the best medal on the day.

Wednesday’s IPS competition sponsored by Leons House of Liquor saw three players return 41 points. The count out determined Stefan Le Roux first, Ronnie Engelbrecht second and Gavin van Zyl third.

This week the KGC hosts Konica Minolta Business League on Wednesday, the Spur Junior Challenge and the KWV Niner on Thursday and the Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner along with the CTCS snowball draw on Friday. On Saturday it is the penultimate round of the Engelsman Magabane Challenge. On Sunday it is the Sealing Solutions League. 

     

28 July - 3 August 2014

Kimberley Golf Club Report 3 August 2014

After 54 holes in the FS & NC Inter Club Championships at Bloemfontein at the weekend the KGC Junior Golf Team qualified to play at the SA Junior Inter Club Championships to be played at Mossel Bay in mid-September. Representing the KGC were Keanan Aysen, Dean Schonegevel, Hermus Venter and Christiaan Voight.

Stefan Le Roux returned a net 68 and the better count out to win Best Net Overall in Saturday’s Rhodes Monthly Medal. Dowtie Jardine, who lost that count out, was awarded Best Net B Division. They will play off for the August Rhodes Mug. Christo Swanepoel returned a net 70 for Best Net A Division with Stiaan Hugo the runner up on net 72. Faried Richards was the runner up in the B Division on net 72. Stiaan Hugo was also accorded Best Gross on the day for his 74, although visiting Pro, Doug McGuigan, did return a six under par 66 in a round that included a drop on the first and seven birdies.

In the Ladies Section Susan Alexander required just 10 putts in her opening nine and 26 putts through 18 holes to comfortably confound the greens and all opposition for a net 71, a win in the Silver Division and a win the Putting Competition.  Norma Potgieter claimed the Bronze Division on net 73.    

Bobo Mentor returned a personal best gross 39 for 25 individual stableford points to take the Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner on Friday. Mpho Mogale was second on 21 points. Three players followed on 19 points; Wade King, Peter Mills and Cedric van der Ross.

Trevor Kok, page 4, name number 45, by his absence missed out on R1 350 in the Friday evening CTCS snowball draw. 

Dave Wilson (24), Ant Crozier (22) and Shaun Linda (18) were the Thursday KWV Niner winners.

Joshua Edwards and Brandon Ralph each returned 18 individual stableford points in the Thursday Spur Junior Challenge, the top score on the day. Hermus Venter returned the best medal, a gross 40. 

Harry Welham and a Gary Hepburn posted 46 betterball points to take the Wednesday BBS on a Glaswegian inspired count out. Dalina Schoeman and Joanie Herselman were the runners up in that count out. Third placed Willie Delport and Johan Herselman posted 45 points.  

The two outstanding Sealing Solutions League Matches were completed through the week. In the first Lenong pipped MVD Kalahari one up in both matches to earn 16 points. In the second Prentenders secured a win and a half against C-PAC, the teams earning 12 and 4 points respectively.

This week the Club offers the Leon’s House of Liquor IPS Wednesday, the Spur Junior Challenge and KWV Diamond Niner on Thursday and the Flamingo Casino Meat and Slots Niner together with the CTCS snowball draw on Friday. At the weekend the Ladies Section host the National Women’s Golf Day on Saturday, while the Seniors hold their monthly outing on Saturday and host the home leg of the Blacklaws Trophy on Sunday.