2016 Subscription Rates and playing fees

2016 Membership Fees

SUBS 2016 DISCOUNT INCENTIVE

2016 Subs invoices that include NCGU affiliation fees as well as the HNA fees have been sent by post and email.

A 10% discount on the Subs portion (only) is allowed if paid by 31 December 2015.

A 5% discount is on offer on the Subs portion only if paid by 31 January 2016.

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NEW MEMBERS 2016 ENTRY FEE WAIVED

The applicable ENTRY FEE has been waived

on all categories of Membership for the first half of 2016

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INCENTIVE TO INTRODUCE A NEW FULL MEMBER

A 20% discount on the following year’s subs is offered to a current

MEMBER who introduces a NEW FULL MEMBER

on condition that the new member pays the full fees immediately.

The new full member also receives a 20% discount on the current Subs.

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HP MEMBERSHIP

For those Members who pay off their FULL MEMBERSHIP on a monthly basis over 8 months (the last payment due 31 August 2016) the monthly fee is R530 per month- starting 31 January 2016.

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New SAGA rankings launch in 2016

New SAGA rankings launch in 2016

4 December 2015 - The South African Golf Association (SAGA) has announced adjustments to the national amateur ranking system that should see players rewarded for consistency rather than frequency of play.

The tweaks to the ranking system will come into effect from 1 January 2016 and will bring South Africa’s amateur ranking system closer to the World Amateur Golf Ranking system.

Under the current ranking system, which calculates the players’ rankings from their best 20 results over the last 24 months, amateurs who participated in more tournaments have been at a distinct advantage.

The new system, which will take into account the 10 best scores over the previous 12 months, will reduce the pressure on players to play every event and places greater emphasis on a player’s consistency.

“The new system is a lot less volatile,” explained South African Golf Association president Gerhard Conradie.

“Reducing the minimum number of events will reward the players who play consistently well rather than those players who play more often.”

Eliminating the pressure to play more tournaments will not only help amateurs save on high travel costs, but will also reduce the risk of overplay, while producing a ranking that is more reflective of current form.

In another small but necessary change to the amateur ranking system, a pool of points will be assigned to each event based on the strength of the field and the prestige of the event. These points will be divided and allocated according to each player’s finishing position, similar to how prizemoney would be allocated in professional tournaments. 

For a detailed explanation of the new amateur ranking system, as well as changes to the senior, mid-amateur and junior ranking systems, log onto www.saga.co.za

Lali Stander

The Write Word Sports Media Consultants

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Weekly Newsletter 1-6 December 2015

The Club 16 defending champion’s team, Yystergraad, held on to their title for the second successive year after the final round win in the Sunday morning singles in this annual Ryder Cup style challenge. 

Four players returned net 69 in Saturday’s Monthly Medal. The ensuing count out placed Allen Doherty best net overall, Alisdair McKenzie first in the A division, Frikkie Norman first in the B division and Kevin Wakeford runner up in the B division. A further count on net 70 saw Pieter Botes the runner up in the A division. Andries Kori returned the best gross on the day, a two under par 70.

Leon King and Chris Roux returned 44 points to win the Seniors BBS. A count out on 42 points placed Francois Maritz and John Lankester second, and, Japie Dreyer and Mike Vigne third.

Bernie Bennett posted 22 points on Friday evening to comfortably win the Sun Flamingo Niner. Jaco Janse (20), Susan Alexander (19), Leon van Wyk (18) and Fareez Aexander (17) finished second to fifth.

Nico Ross, aided by a birdie at the nominated par four 15^th for eight points, posted 23 points for an outright win in the Thursday KWV Powerplay Niner. Darian Fortune was second on 20 points wth Wedge Crozier third on 19 points, each having posted a powerplay six pointer. Outside of the prize winners Ant Crozier also claimed a ticket in the Roodeberg and Rump draw for his six pointer.

Lennie Allen claimed the Leon’s House of Liquor IPS Wednesday afternoon, his score 38 points. This was on a count out from Gavin Schafer. Gary Hepburn was third on 36 points. 

Wayne Petersen on 15 was first in the Cleveland Super Six Tournament on Tuesday. OJ Maimane was second on 13 with Darian Fortune third on the count out on 12.

This week it is the Tuesday Super Six, the final 2015 Wednesday Darsha IPS and the Thursday KWV Powerplay Niner. On Friday the it is the Sun Flamingo Niner and the CTCS snowball draw. On Saturday the Club offers an IPS.

2016 Subs invoices that include NCGU affiliation fees as well as the HNA fees have been sent by post and email. A 10% discount on the subs portion is allowed if paid by 31 December 2015.   

    

December 2015 Calender

Handicap Changes on 1 December 2015

First Name	Last Name	Pre Handicap		Post Handicap
SUSAN	ALEXANDER	17		18
KARRIEM	ANDERSON	15		16
BENEDICT	ANDREWS	13		12
M P	ANSLEY	26		25
MOEGEMAT	ARTHUR	15		14
Lambro	Athanasiou	13		12
LEON	BLOM	18		17
K M	BROWN	4		3
GLENWYN	BURGER	18		20
GERHARD	BUYS	16		17
JACO	BUYS	14		13
ANTIONETTE	CALLENDER-EASBY	23		22
JOHN	CALLENDER-EASBY	15		16
JOHN BENJAMIN	CLAASEN	8		7
KEVIN	COLLINGS	10		9
OBAN	CRONJE	15		16
Colin Charles	Crowie	25		24
N A	CROZIER	30		29
CONRAD	DE BEER	3		4
GERHARD	DELPORT	18		19
J H	DELPORT	10		11
W H	DELPORT	25		24
L M	DOBSON	22		23
A	DOHERTY	9		8
Nicholas Johannes	du Toit	19		17
CARLA	ENGELBRECHT	24		25
David	Evans	34		32
Sandra	Evans	34		33
S	FERREIRA	21		22
Conrad W	Fortune	10		11
THEO	FOURIE	30		31
VIRGIL	FREDERICKS	27		26
SCHALK MELCHIOR	GROBBELAAR	32		33
PIETER GERHARDUS	GROENEWALD	18		19
PETER VERNON	HADDAD	12		13
HANNES	HERSELMAN	29		30
JOANIE	HERSELMAN	24		25
JOHNNY	HIGGS	14		16
Dale	Hohne	15		19
Etienne	Holford	9		10
P J	HUGO	25		24
STEPHANUS CHRISTIAAN	HUGO	0		1
ROLAND LIONEL	JACOBS	11		12
JACO	JANSE	14		13
D	JARDINE	16		17
YUSUF ENVER	KANA	11		12
DEON	KLOPPER	15		16
GERHARD WIKUS	KOK	7		8
J J	KROEP	19		20
GIDEON	KRUIS	1		0
JOHANNES	LE ROUX	6		7
Mokgosi Lemuel	Leburu	14		12
SERAME	LEEUW	24		23
NICROMANO	LIEBENBERG	16		15
Rudolf Olwie	Lubbe	26		25
OJ	MAIMANE	5		6
CHARLES	MALHERBE	22		21
Mali Newman	Manana	14		13
O T	MANYETSA	14		13
Phillip	Maritz	16		17
Adrian	Mclaren	8		9
Allan	Meyers	8		9
MPHO	MOGALE	16		17
DRIES	MOSTERT	6		7
JOHANNES	MULLER	8		7
GARETH	MURRAY	5		4
F C	NORMAN	15		17
GAVIN	OLIVER	12		11
William J	Orton	8		7
C J	PELSER	12		11
Wayne Bramley	Petersen	17		16
GLENN	PIETERSEN	22		21
LUCHMAN	POONAWASSY	10		12
Mikah	Poonawassy	32		31
Jacobus	Rademeyer	20		21
Sean Gavin	Ralph	13		14
Flexx	Rantoa	8		9
STEPHANUS JOHANNES NEL	RHEEDER	10		11
Angelo	Rodeigues	24		23
JEROME DEAN	ROGERSON	21		20
CHRIS	ROUX	15		16
STAFFORD	SALO	14		15
QUINTON EDWIN	SCHAEFER	18		17
Gavin W	Schafer	9		10
WAYNE	SCHONEGEVEL	15		16
Francois	Schwartz	15		14
F P	SMITH	2		3
Divan Stefanus	Snyders	16		15
T P	SNYMAN	12		13
Jerard	Solomons	7		8
MARIUS	STOLS	20		21
KOBUS	STRYDOM	28		27
Sadick	Thomas	9		8
Mashudu	Tseisi	18		19
Christiaan	van der Linde	20		21
Hendrik Jacobus	van der Merwe	31		30
CEDRIC	VAN DER ROSS	7		6
Johannes Willem	van Niekerk	27		28
PIETER ANDREAS	VAN NIEKERK	16		15
CHRIS	VAN TONDER	12		13
JODY	VAN WYK	10		11
LEON	VAN WYK	7		9
GIDEON	VAN ZYL	18		19
TINUS	VENTER	6		5
Petrus	Vermeulen	18		19
PETRUS JACOBUS	VERMEULEN	11		12
M A	VIGNE	14		13
HEIN	VOIGT	12		11
Leonard Johannes	Weenink	14		15
CHRISTOPHER	WILLAMS	28		29
GAVIN E.	WILLIAMS	16		15
DAVID	WILSON	14		13
Reagan	Woodbridge	30		31

Weekly Newsletter 24 - 29 November 2015

That all the playing participants in the Sealing Solutions League remained for the final prize giving attested to the rivalry and the keenness engendered by the event as well as to the fact that the overall 2015 results hinged on the final days match scores right down to the last covey home.

Ultimately 12.5 points on the day saw Molinari’s crowned the 2015 Sealing Solutions A League Champions on an aggregate 72.5 points. A sterling 17.5 points on the day saw the Golf Shop move up to second place on 70.5 points. The Playas and the Happy Hookers were joint third on 59.5 points.

C-PAC was crowned the 2015 Sealing Solutions B League Champions on an aggregate 68.5 points. Kimberley Motoparts was second on 65 points and Pinseekers third on 56.5 points.

In the annual Ryder Cup Challenge played between Kimberley and Bloemfontein Saturday and Sunday the Kimberley team pipped the Bloemfontein team by a single point in the final match Sunday afternoon.

On Saturday 164 rounds were dedicated to the 2015 Husqvarna Kimberley Amateur Open. An IPS format over 36 holes the final results reflected the fast greens, some tight pin placings and a seeded draw with no single competitor outstripping the field. By championships end Johan Muller was adjudged the 2015 Champion on a count out on an aggregate 73 points (37/36) with Keith Brown the runner up on the same score, 73 points (39/34). Andries Kori, Danie Liebenberg and Neels Snyders were third through to fifth on 72 points. Donald Whitebooi was sixth alone on 71 points. Three players followed on 70 points, Marvin Torres, Neil Langley and William Orton.

In the strokeplay section Andries Kori again underlined the quality of his golf in carding a gross 71 for the opening round followed by a gross 69 for the closing round to finish on 140 for the day – four under par. Hermus Venter was second on 150.

In the Husqvarna Club competition, an IPS through 18 holes, Marius Stols, fresh from Henk Visser, posted the top score - 38 points. Charles Malherbe was second on 37 points with Pat Ansley third on 36 points on a count out.

Peter Mills on 21 points was a clear winner in the Friday Sun Flamingo Niner. Parks Mashaboa and Luchmen Poonawassy were second and third on 19 points each. Neville Alexander and Deuce Leburu were the final prize winners on 18 points each.

Johnny Higgs, who made a rear Friday visit, was rewarded an almost equally rear occurrence, a win in the CTCS snowball draw. It was valued at R1400.

OJ Maimane posted a six pointer at the 15^th to ensure a favourable count out on 20 points and a win in the Thursday KWV Powerplay Niner. Parks Mashobao, who lost that count out, was the runner after a six pointer on the final hole put him in the mix. Ivan Coetzee, sans any powerplay advantage, was third on 19 points on a count out.

Mali Manana, Machiel Cronje and Dave Benade all achieved a big six for a ticket in the Roodeberg and Rump draw.

Johan Herselman and Dalina Schoeman posted 45 betterball points to win the Halfway House Hotel sponsored Wednesday competition. Gavin Schafer and Adrian McLaren were the runners up on a count out from Barend Burger and Bennie Claasen, both betterballs on 42 points.     

Julius September set the record Tuesday with 17 points, one short of a full house, in the Super Six Tournament. Mali Manana and Duece Leburu were second and third, each on 14 points, in a four-way count out.

This week the KGC offers the Cleveland Golf Super Six Tournament Tuesday, the Leon’s IPS Wednesday, the KWV Powerplay Thursday and the Sun Flamingo Niner Friday. On Saturday it is the Monthly Medal, the Ladies Medal and Putting and the Seniors final outing for the year. It is Ryder Cup season with the annual Club 16 challenge Saturday and Sunday.         

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 12^th 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 13^th. Outside of the prize winners Mali Manana gained a ticket in the draw with a six pointer on the 14^th.

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.  

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.