Monday, 14 September 2015

Weekly Newsletter 7 - 13 September 2015

SATURDAY HERLEAR PRIMARY SCHOOL FUNDRAISER
Star Herlear Primary School pupil, Fareez Alexander, posted 44 individual points to win his school’s annual golf fundraiser on Saturday. Eugene Snyman was the runner up on 41 points, which, on another day might easily have received the first applause. Conrad Fortune was third on 40 points. There was a fist full of 39 pointers. The count out deemed Cedric van der Ross fourth and Christiaan Voight fifth. But, whoever the winner, the perfect shot belonged to Christiaan Voight, a hole in one at par three 14th.    
FRIDAY SUN FLAMINGO NINER
Friday’s Sun Flamingo Niner produced a host of excellent scores. Pieter Berg was first, alone on 23 points. Gavin Oliver was the runner up on 22 points. Three players followed on 21 points, the count out pegged Bonolo Modise third, Wayne Petersen fourth and Allan Meyer fifth.
THURSDAY KWV POWERPLAY NINER
BIG SIX COUNTRY – WHERE EVEN THE ROODEBERG ROARS
Two eight pointers were the talking point in Thursday’s KWV Powerplay Niner, Kevin Wakeford successful at the 17th, Machiel Cronje successful at the 17th. Six pointers were made by Mali Manana at the 14th and Peter Salo at the 17th. The Niner itself saw Peter Salo first on 22 points, Kevin Wakeford second on 21 points and Dave Wilson third on 20 points. Next Thursday, the sixth outing, also sees the Roodeberg and Rump draw.   
WEDNESDAY KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS LEAGUE
Team BSV Financial Services represented by Henry van Aarde and Keith Brown posted 48 betterball stableford points to take the September Konica Minolta Business League outing on Wednesday. Husqvarna represented by Leon van Wyk and Marius van Niekerk were the runners up on 47 points on a count out. OJM Consultants, who lost that count out, were third also on 47 points.
Each team enjoyed an exceptional round by a team member and as such those members dominated the individual section. Marius van Niekerk, who posted a gross 73, returned 42 individual points for first place. Henry van Aarde was second on 41 points while OJ Maimane, who posted a gross 75, was third on 40 points.   
TUESDAY CLEVELAND GOLF SUPER SIX TOURNAMENT
Peter Salo equaled the Cleveland Golf sponsored Super Six Tournament record Tuesday evening in posting a wining 16 points played through holes 1, 2, 8, 9, 10 and 15. Two players followed on 14 points, the count out deemed Deuce Leburu second and OJ Maimane third.
COMING UP
Coming up at the KGC this week - the Tuesday Cleveland Golf Super Six Tournament,
the Darsha Insurance Brokers IPS Wednesday, the Under 23 Spur Challenge and the KWV Powerplay Niner including the Roodeberg and Rump draw on Thursday, the Bayer Golf Day, the Sun Flamingo Niner and the CTCS draw on Friday, finishing up with the Beaconsfield Methodist Church fundraiser on Saturday.  

 LYNNE EDWARDS 1944 – 2015
A Tribute

On Tuesday morning, 1st September, a memorial service was held at the Kimberley Golf Club for the late Lynne Edwards in which the presiding minister suggested that he would not dwell on the life of Lynne, but, would leave that to her many gathered friends to share after the service.

For most of us, the current Members of the Kimberley Golf Club, Lynne was a lady who was not only a regular fellow golfer, but, was for years the driving force behind the annual Ladies Section Golf Fundraiser held to coincide and to celebrate National Women’s Day. Through these many years there have been just as many charities that have benefitted financially by her dedication and enthusiasm toward what she saw as a special opportunity to assist those less fortunate.

With specific regard to Lynne’s golfing achievements the records show that she was the Northern Cape Lady Champion in 1966, at the age of just 22. The KGC membership records show that she joined the Club six years later in January 1972 and won the Ladies Championships in 1973, 1978 and 1979. Two decades later, in 1992, she was once again presented the Championship Trophy. On several occasions in that decade she won the Senior Ladies Trophy, played for in that annual championship event. A very competitive golfer there was in all likelihood very little on offer that, over the years, she did not win. This would include the Freddie Tait Trophy in 1990, an event reinstated that year after a break of 53 years as part of the Kimberley Golf Club’s centenary celebrations. A fitting win when one considers she and Tait enjoyed a commonality - Modder River. She also won the 1999 Barney Barnato Ladies Order of Merit.

As one who was always ready to assist, Lynne served on the Ladies Golf Committee on several occasions.

A leading lady golfer at the KGC, however, Lynne will always be remembered as a Lady first and Golfer second. 










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