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.
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