Thursday, 10 September 2015

Weekly Newsletter - 1 September - 6 September 2015

Kimberley Golf Club Report 6 September 2015

SUNDAY SEALING SOLUTIONS LEAGUE
A limited entry was undertaken in the Sunday Sealing Solutions League. The biggest gain achieved was by Happy Hookers who earned 19 points, while Pinseekers earned 14 points and the Playas earned 12 points.

FRIDAY / SATURDAY RYDER CUP
On Friday and Saturday the KGC hosted the Ryder Cup style challenge, a biannual event played home and away between Team GP and the Kimberley Pretenders. Played over three rounds the visitors gave due warning of their serious intention in the opening round, winning the betterball matchplay 5 and 1.  In the Saturday morning foursomes the hosts applied the brakes winning 3 ½ to 2 ½. However, they still trailed by 3. Finally, an on the edge of the seat afternoon that went down to the final pair, saw the hosts take the singles 8 to 4 and once again lift the trophy on home ground.

SATURDAY MONTHLY MEDAL
Saturday’s competition of the day was the Pennypinchers sponsored Monthly Medal and the occasion wholly belonged to Andries Kori.  His dropped shot at the par four fifth was in complete contrast to his remaining 17 holes in which he fired ten pars, six birdies and an eagle to post a magnificent seven under par gross 65 to comfortably claim the low round of the day. Playing off a plus 2 his net 67 also accorded him the best net overall in a count out. Team mate Nico Jacobs who carded a gross 69, received best net A division after losing that count out on net 67. Hermus Venter was the runner up in that division on net 70. Donald Whitebooi recorded best net B division on net 68 with Attie van Niekerk the runner up on net 69.
SATURDAY SENIOR SOCIETY OUTING
In the Saturday Senior Society outing, a combined stableford based on a drawn card, Attie van Niekerk and “hard to beat” Harry Welham produced a winning 74 points, just one ahead of Pat Ansley and Gavin Schafer, the runners up on 73 points. Dave Wilson and Casper der Geist were third on 68 points.

FRIDAY KHS CLASSIC
On Friday the competition of the day was the Kimberley Boys High School annual golf fundraiser, a betterball stableford in which 45 points was the top score. A count out placed Les Barret and Lennie Allen first and Gerhard Kruger and Christiaan Voight second. Three betterballs followed on 43 points – Garth Lee and Shaun October (third), Mali Manana and Marumo Sethlare (fourth) and Ricardo Joseph and Allen Meyers (fifth). In all the prizes went down to tenth position.

FRIDAY SUN FLAMINGO NINER
The prize winners in the Friday Sun Flamingo Niner were Fareez Alexander (20), Kumar Anoop (19), Luchmen Poonawassy (18), Parks Mashaboa (14) and Deuce Leburu (10).

THURSDAY GBADS CLASSIC
28 Teams that included over 100 competitors from round the country as well as from Switzerland and Ireland took part in the annual GBADS Classic Thursday afternoon. The Gunners Association which included WO2 Brian Sweetnam, Major Chris Oosthuizen, Schalk and Christo Botma were the overall GBADS winners. Runners up and winners of the Starstreak Trophy were Rheinmetall Air Defence which included Majoe Neil Steyn, Lt. Colonel James Keating, Leon van Wyk and Nigel Page.  


WEDNESDAY LEON’S IPS
Hard to beat Harry “Houdini” Welham completed his final trick Wednesday afternoon with 42 individual stableford points and another new handicap WHILE WINNING THE Leons House of Liquor IPS. In all, handicap- wise, he has managed to make 5 strokes disappear in just over a month. Willie Delport, the runner up, returned 41 points. A count out on 40 points placed Siewert Wiid third and John Lankester first reserve.

TUESDAY SUPER SIX TOURNAMENT
Brian Daniels returned 14 points to comfortably win the Cleveland Golf sponsored Super Six Tournament onTuesday evening. Allen Meyers and Bernie Bennett were second and third, each on 12 points.

COMING UP
Through the week the KGC will host the Cleveland Golf sponsored Super Six Tournament on Tuesday, the Konica Minolta Business League outing on Wednesday as well as the Spur under 23 Challenge and the KWV Powerplay Niner on Thursday. On Friday it is the BEE Executive Business outing, the Sun Flamingo Niner and the CTCS draw. On Saturday there will be a standard Club competition. 


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