GOLF WEEKLY
... the results
Wednesday January 25:
Sibuya Game Reserve/Arabella Wine Individual Stableford, with 72 players. Results: 1st: Neil Menary – 38 2nd: Arnold Morey – 36 3rd: Rob Hoar – 35 4th: Tommy Webster – 35 5th: Allan Corrans – 34 Two clubs: 6th: T Webster, N Oosthuizen, B Dukas, B Shaw 8th: T Webster, B Dukas Best gross: 80 – Colin Mavuso Best nett: 68 – Neil Menary Nearest the pins: Debonairs Pizza – 6th: Nick Oosthuizen Thymes 2 Catering – 8th: Tommy Webster The Wharf Street Brew Pub – 11th: Rocky Rowe Trellidor – 13th: Paul Fryer Wimpy longest drive – 18th: Joos Vos VW Nearest the pin for two on the first: Rob Hoar
Saturday January 28:
Inso Aluminium better ball Stableford, with 55 players. Results: 1st: Mike Legg, Ian Sawers – 47 2nd: Nick Fox, Rick van Zyl – 45 3rd: Moses Bavuma, Earl Tsolekilo – 43 4th: Wollie Wolmarans, Rob Turner – 40 5th: Peter Guest, Dion Linde – 40 Two clubs 6th: A Sap, T Taylor, N Fox 8th: M Legg, M Bavuma Best gross: 77 – Colin Mavuso, Moses Bavuma Best nett: 70 – Mike Legg Nearest the pins: Mooifontein Quarry – 6th: Arjan Sap Auto Smart Bodyshop – 8th: Colin Howard Sibuya Game Reserve – 11th: Kevin Heny The Wharf Street Brew Pub – 13th: Greg Reed Wimpy longest drive – 14th – Nick Fox Royal St Andrews Nearest the pin for two on the first: Viv Jordan
1820s Golf Monday January 23: 25
players in overcast weather. Winners on 39: Andy Simpson, Barry Scarterfield, Dudley Kieser, Ram Piers. Moosehead on 50: Alex Ryland, Stan Weyers, Father Liam, Juan Southey. Good scores: 49 – Mike Reid, Roy Pople, 48 – Louis van der Walt, 44 – Dudley Kieser. Two clubs: None.
Thursday January 26:
26 players in good conditions. Winners on 40: John Heather, Ted Baines, Stan Weyers, Juan Southey. Moosehead on 46: Albert Whitfield, Alex Ryland, Rick Hill. Good scores: 49 – John Heather, 48 – Ram Piers, Lionel Timm, Dudley Kieser, Roy Pople, 46 – Ted Baines. Two clubs: 6th Lionell Timm, 8th Juan Southey, 11th Rick Hill, Dudley Kieser.
Ladies’ Results January 24:
Once again the westerly winds strengthened in the afternoon for the 33 players who entered a three-ball Stableford alliance with two scores to count on the par three and four holes and just one to count on the par fives.
Shirley Heny, Jane Bladen and Wendy Bradfield carded 78 points to win the competition easily, beating runners-up Carol Superina, Gaby Hausman and Sue Kennedy’s 72.
Jane Bladen (eighth), Yvonne Hill (11th) and Sue Kennedy (13th) all sank par three birdies on the holes indicated.
Top Carpets’ sixth saw Pogs Smith closest to the hole, with Margie Siegers nearest on the eighth and Yvonne Hill on Wimpy’s 11th.
Sue Kennedy’s birdie to take the prize on River Spa’s 13th couldn’t have been any “closer for two”.
The longest drive competitions were held on the third and won by Yvonne Hill for those with handicaps lower than 22 and by Sonia Reynolds for those with more generous handicaps.
The best individual nett scores of the day were shot by Jane Bladen (66) and Margie Siegers (69).
The competition on February 7 will be the Monthly Medal sponsored by Pick n Pay.
Fresh Stop Port Alfred Mixed January 28:
Westerly winds increased in intensity throughout the morning making play very difficult for the 33 players registered in Saturday morning’s usual two-to-count Stableford mixed alliance drawn into three three-balls and six four-balls.
A lowly 83 points were enough to win the competition, the very score carded by Steve Kennedy, Gaby Hausman, Rick and Yvonne Hill.
The three-ball of Carol Superina, Sonia Reynolds and Eric Segers counted out Glynnis Renecle, Derek Sinclair, and Mike and Terry Harris for second place – both covies scoring 82 points.
The most hotly contended part of the competition was to see who would come bottom of the points list. This finally went to Lizzie Lambrechts, Sue Kennedy, Andy Manson and Mike Reid, whose 69 points earned them naught but the energy resuscitating drinks supplied by the sponsors.
Glynnis sank the only two-club of the morning (eighth). Carol’s 69 was the only nett score under 70 and she also won the sponsor’s bottle of wine for being closest to the pin on the eighth.
KGB Results Tuesday January 24:
The weather was unpleasantly hot and humid to begin with, but cooling breezes were welcomed by all as the morning progressed. Forty-two players were drawn into nine four-balls and two three-balls to play the usual two-tocount Stableford alliance.
John Ralph again played some really good golf to net 65 and lead his team of Wilton Adcock, Chris Niebieszczanski and Cecil Grobler to victory with 94 points.
The runners-up slot was shared between 1 – Matt Chadwick, Heinz Czepluch, Neil Loundar and Paul Fryer, and 2 – Andy Manson, Barrie Brady, Mike Stadler and Johny Johnston, both covies carding 91 points.
It was a long morning for Roy de Wet, Peter Reed, Rusty Hallam and Vince Lockwood as they only managed to score a lowly 76 points to take charge of the Hamer en Sukkel trophy at the 19th hole.
Eric Segers holed the only par three birdie of the morning (eighth).
Other than John, good net scores were carded by Wilton Adcock, Jimmy van Rensburg, Brian Reid (68), John Crandon, Mike Stadler and Johny Johnston (69).
Friday January 27:
Easterly winds blew quite fiercely on Friday morning and some of the individual scores reflected the difficult conditions.
Nevertheless, a good turnout of 41 players entered the draw to play a two-to-count Stableford alliance drawn into 10 four-balls and one three-ball.
Steve Kennedy announced his return to the KGB by choosing the right partners to score 93 points and win the morning’s proceedings. Jan Immelman, Bob Shaw, Adrian White and Paul Fryer came home second, just three points in arrears on 90.
Dave Kirk, Cliff Roberts, Martin Lambrechts and Graham Findlay found the going tough, just managing to put 74 points on their scorecard.
Consequently, they shared the 19th hole with the dreaded Hamer en Sukkel trophy.
The highlight of the day was David Groenewald’s hole-in-one on the 13th, the longest of the par threes at the RPAGC. Barrie Brady (sixth), Mark Warren, Gerald Churchley (eighth) and Heinz Czepluch (11th) all two-clubbed the holes indicated.
The best nett rounds were struck by Mark Warren (64) and David Groenewald (66).