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Tuesday, 29 March 2016

2016 NOCCI Golf Day

NOCCI/SANTAM Golf Day
27 May 2016
BBS
R350 per person

Kimberley Father and Son Competition 2016

Enter now for the Kimberley Father and Son Tournament taking place at Kimberley Golf Club on 28 and 29 May 2016.

R900 per team includes a steak braai on Saturday evening.

Entries close on 25 May 2016

Weekly Newsletter 29 March 2016

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 2016

KGC Report 28 March 2016

NOMADS JUNIOR GOLF

De Beer edges Lamprecht for the 2016 Nomads North & South Championship Title

81 young players from throughout the RSA, the Who’s Who of junior golf, teed up at the KGC Wednesday and Thursday in the annual Nomads North and South Junior Championship seeking not only a win, but, also the opportunity to earn points for the all-important National Rankings.

Windy conditions on Wednesday kept scores in check for the opening rounds, just two players under par in the morning and three players under par in the afternoon. Leading the field after 36 holes were Christo Lambrecht (Oubaai GC) on 142 (69, 72), Bradley de Beer (Fancourt CC) on 143 (73, 70) and Franklin Manchest (George GC) on 144 (71, 73).

The SAGA reports on the final round Thursday morning:

“Southern Cape duo Bradley de Beer and Christo Lamprecht traded the lead a few times during the final round of the Nomads North and South Championship, but a well-timed birdie at the penultimate hole helped De Beer to clinch his first national title at Kimberley on Thursday.

The 16-year-old Fancourt player signed off with an even-par 72 to triumph on one-under-par 215, while Lamprecht from Oubaai returned a 74 to take second on even par.

One behind at the start of the round De Deer leapfrogged Lamprecht for the early lead with back-to-back birdies at two and three, but the pair drew level at even par after De Beer dropped a shot at five and made double bogey at six.

De Beer edged clear again with an eagle at the par five seventh, but lost the advantage with a double bogey at nine. Lamprecht kept control at one under through the turn, but handed De Beer the lead when he bogeyed 13 to go even-par again.

De Beer dropped a shot at 15 and the pair remained tied at even-par until the 17th hole decided the outcome of the Nomads Order of Merit event.”

“I hit driver down the fairway, but Christo pulled his tee shot into the trees,” De Beer said.

“Christo punched out into the left greenside bunker, but left his trap shot well short and two-putted for bogey. I had 100 meters to the pin and hit a soft sand-wedge to a foot and holed the putt for birdie.

“I hit a good drive at 18 and seven-iron just short of the green, but I didn’t hit the greatest chip. I had about two meters to the pin, but the first putt raced just past the hole. I had a shot in hand, so I just took my time over the par putt to seal the victory.”

De Beer, a student at Glenwood House, was pleased with the victory so early in the season.

“My coach, Adam McKinley, and I worked on a number of things last year to get my game to a higher competitive level and I didn’t compete in a lot of events,” said De Beer.

“It’s really great to come out here and to test myself against some of the top juniors in the country. The final round was really tight and it could have gone either way. I wasn’t driving the ball all that well and a couple of wayward drives on the front nine cost me a lot of shots, but I’m really proud that I managed to scramble well to keep myself in the tussle. It’s a great feeling to walk away the champion.”

Werner Deysel (Woodhill CC) and Luke Mayo (Mount Edgecomb CC) were tied for third place on 218. All Africa Champion Sentanio Minnie (Glendower GC) and Franklin Manchest followed on 219. Joshua Edwards fared the best from the KGC with rounds of 76, 77, 74 tied for 20^th on 227.

Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Port Elizabeth

Meanwhile in the Nomads SA Girl’s Rose Bowl Championship played at the Port Elizabeth Golf Club the KGC’s Mikah Poonawassy took the D-Division honours with a six point victory after posting rounds of 37 and 35 individual stableford points.

For those statistically minded the Albatross Live Scoring System employed in the Nomads North and South Championship at the Kimberley Golf Club provided some interesting reading at the end of the 54 hole event.

All in all the 81 young players posted 21 eagles, 528 birdies, 2161 pars, as well as 1337 bogeys and 327 double bogeys or worse.

The stroke average per hole, which defines the stroke rating as we know it, rated the par four fifth as stroke 1 for the tournament. The hole conceded one eagle and just seven birdies with an average .68 over par. Most surprisingly the short par three fourteenth was rated stroke 2, conceding just five birdies with an average of .62 over par. At the other end of the scale the par five twelfth was rated stroke 18, conceding two eagles and 99 birdies with an average -.32 under par.

For the record the sixteenth, stroke one as the members know it, only rated stroke 10 for the tournament.

The low round for the tournament was 68. The biggest contrast in a single round was 31, 43 for 74.

Wilco Nienaber, who has attracted so much attention recently, returned a very competitive 73, 72 on Wednesday at which point he lay fourth on the leaderboard. Sadly he had to settle for an 80 on Thursday and a tie for ninth position. Nonetheless his opening drive on the first tee on Thursday morning produced another extraordinary feat. With the tee placed on the right half of the box most players opted for a safe iron shot inside the tree line, landing short of the fairway bunker. Not young Nienaber, he reached for his driver, faced the green and launched his tee shot directly up and over the tallest tree forty metres in front of him to land, once again, not too far short of the car path rope at the green.

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Kimberley Golf Club News

Saturday afternoon the Mayoral Diamond and Dorings Golf Day saw Clive Karope and B Rasego post a winning 56 points, the format a betterball stableford played from a scramble drive. Andries Kori and Parks Mahaboa were

the runners up on 54 points on a count out from Thato and Alvin Botes.

Donald Whitebooi and Bernie Turton were fourth on 48 points.

In the morning Club competition, an IPS, Nico Ross was first on a count out on 37 points. Graham Grobbelaar from Badplaas was the runner up on the same score. Eddie Barkhuizen was third on 34 points.

Andries Kori finished one under par to post 20 points and the winning score in the Friday Flamingo casino Meat and Slots Niner. Gavin Oliver was second on 19 points. A count out on 18 points placed AJ Durant third and Keenan Aysen fourth. Flex Rantoa collected fifth prize on 17 points.

Braam Botes claimed the only six pointer of the day on his way to 22 points and a clear win the KWV Niner Thursday afternoon. Nico Ross was second on 20 points. Herby Woodbridge was third on 17 points.

The Tuesday Super Six Tournament sponsored by Cleveland Golf was won by Tenderson Mantyetsa on 15 points. Allen Meyers was the runner up on 13 points.

This week the KGC hosts the Cleveland Golf Super Six on Tuesday, the Horseshoe Inn BBS on Wednesday, the KWV Niner on Thursday and the Sun Flamingo Niner along with the CTCS draw on Friday. At the weekend it is the Monthly Medal on Saturday and the Sealing Solutions League on Sunday.

NO PARKING IN LOADING ZONE

IN FRONT OF CLUBHOUSE

as of 1^st MARCH 2016

Any vehicles parked in the loading zone in front of the Clubhouse

other than those delivering items for the Golf Club, the Golf Shop or the Golfers Inn

WILL BE CLAMPED

The release costs R300

SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE BY

29 FEBRUARY 2016

The Constitution states that “The annual subscription shall become payable on

the first day of January in each and every year”.

The extension to 31 March, as has become common to many Members, was a Committee concession only.

That concession has been reviewed in lieu of the fact that

both the Affiliation fees and the HNA fees are payable by the end of February.

DRESS CODE

ON THE COURSE

PROPER GOLF ATTIRE.

Golf shirt with collar.

If shorts, smart shorts

(no lace up running/rugby style “get away with it shorts”),

golf socks.

LOOK LIKE A GOLFER.

IN THE CLUB HOUSE

CASUAL NEAT, sandals are allowed.

(No vests, no bare feet.)

NO CAPS INDOORS.

Wherever you are

BEAR YOURSELF WELL

GRACIOUS CONDUCT

TOWARDS YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS WILL COUNT ABOVE ALL

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

The 2016 Bob Klemp Shield Draw

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Weekly Newsletter - 21 February 2016

A missed putt for eagle – so, so, close - on the final hole saw Andries van Zyl concede the chance to force a playoff and confirmed Bloemfontein’s Therion Nel the 2016 Mellins i Style Northern Cape Open Champion. Nel completed the three rounds on a five under par aggregate 211 (70, 72, 69). Andries van Zyl was second on 212 ((71, 71, 70) with defending champion Josef Fourie third on on 213 (72, 72, 69).

The leading NC players were KGC’s Andries Kori on 217 (68, 77, 72), his score marred by a disappointing second round, Sishen Golf Club’s Alan Toy on 220 (73, 76, 71) and KGC’s Dean Schoenegevel on 221 (77, 70, 74).

The leading players in the NC Senior section were Stan de Beer 221 (71, 78, 72), Nico Ross 231 (73, 77, 81), Keith Brown 234 (80, 75, 79) and Conrad de Beer 234 (80, 78, 76) – all of the KGC.

The best of the NC Juniors were Gordey Fatkulin on 223 (75, 75, 73) and NJ van van der Walt 227 (74, 73, 80), both from Hartswater, and KGC’s Joshua Edwards on 230 (77, 77, 76). Within that section the round of day, Sunday, belonged to young Danie Liebenberg. Despite a four over par eight at the 16^th hole he returned a personal best 74 gross, two under for the remaining 17 holes, a stretch that included five birdies.

It was of course the final opportunity to gain selection for the Senior IPT Northern Cape provincial team announced afterwards as follows – Seniors: Stan de Beer, Anton Boyce, AP Botes, Frans Smith, Conrad de Beer, Keith Brown, Nico Ross and Hennie Bezuidenhout - Super Seniors: Machiel Cronje, Eddie Barkhuizen, Faan Rheeder and Ernst Swart.

A count out on 21 points placed Helena Janse first and Bernie Bennett second in the Friday Sun Flamingo Niner. Allan Meyers was third, alone on 20 points. Francois Schwartz (19) and Ricardo Joseph (18) were the final prize winners.

Ant Crozier relied on steady golf, sans a big six, to take the KWV Powerplay Niner on Thursday evening. Dave Wilson and Neville Alexander were second and third respectively, each on 19 points and each through the aid of a big six. Wedge Crozier and Ronnie Engelbrecht, also, each posted a big six to gain a ticket to the Roodeberg and Rump draw.

Barend Burger was again first up at the prize giving table on Wednesday. As proxy on this occasion for Bertie Burger who returned 39 individual stableford points to win the Darsha Insurance Brokers IPS. Harry Welham was the runner up on 38 points with OJ Maimane third on 36 points.

Alan Meyers enjoyed an outright win in the Tuesday Cleveland sponsored Super Six Tournament, his score 14 points. Peter Salo and Hein Voigt were second and third, each on 12 points.

This week the KGC offers the Super Six on Tuesday, the Horseshoe Inn BBS on Wednesday and the Under 23 Spur Challenge and KWV Powerplay Niner on Thursday. On Friday it is the Sun Flamingo Niner followed by the CTCS draw valued at R1500. At the weekend it is an IPS Saturday and the first round of the Sealing Solutions League, the format singles matchplay.

Also add

LADIES SECTION

League: List in Locker-room for those available to play league this year.

Club Championships: 5^th & 6^th March 2016: Saturday 18 holes (pm) & Sunday 18 (am).

AGM: Saturday 5^th March at 6h30, light supper to be served.

The current Committee is to stand down and is not available for re-election.

It is imperative, therefore, that the ladies from the balance of the section kindly make themselves available for election. (The consequence, should that not happen, is that the Ladies will fall directly under the Club).

Plus SENIOR LADIES per ELSJE LOUW

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