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Oliver Goldhill storms to Silver Salver victory

It was a fantastic 3 days at Irene Country Club for the 2024 GNGU Silver Salver.
The course was in great condition but the competition fierce. After acing the 16th on his 7th hole of the tournament, Oliver Goldhill wasn’t relying on luck to set the pace. The North West golfer shot rounds of 68, 67 and 65 (with the final round being cancelled due to lightning), to win the tournament on -16, a resounding 9 shots ahead of nearest competitors Hanro Kriel and Logan Leisher.

Thank you to Irene Country Club, members, committee and management for your hospitality and giving up the course for the weekend. For full results CLICK HERE

MOERAT & MARAIS CLAIM TEAMS OF 2

The 2024 GNGU Teams of 2 was played at Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club on Sunday 18 August. The format for the day was 18 holes Foursomes Stableford followed by 18 Holes Betterball Stableford. Mika Moerat & Charl Marais from Pebble Rock led the tournament end to end with scores of 37pts & 43pts for a total of 80pts.
Top 3 teams:
1st Mika Moerat & Charl Marais – 80 pts
2nd Mpho & Katlego Mosito – 79 pts c/o
3rd James Alley + Motlokwa Tsotetsi – 79 pts

For full results CLICK HERE

Thank you to Bronkies for hosting us!


CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT PCC

The 2024 GNGU Champion of Champions took place at Pretoria Country Club on Sunday 28 July. We were treated with an exciting day with no less than 3 play-offs to determine the division
winners.

Our Champions:
Mens A Division Champion – Jacques van Tonder (Waterkloof GC) – 149 gross
Mens A Division runner up – Vian Jansen van Vuuren (Centurion CC) – 154 gross
Womens A Division Champion – Kyra van Kan (Silver Lakes GE) – 163 gross (play off)
Womens A Division runner up – Gina da Silva (Centurion CC) – 163 gross

Mens B Division Champion – Theo van Amstel (Wingate Park CC) – 89 gross (play off)
Mens B Division runner up – K A Mohale (Zwartkop CC) – 89 gross
Womens B Division Champion – Marinda Bandat (Wingate Park CC) – 90 gross
Womens B Division runner up – Maritha De Beer (Pretoria CC) – 92 gross

Mens C Division Champion – Jodi van Niekerk (Akasia GC) – 29 pts (play off)
Mens C Division runner up – Charl Manser (Centurion CC) – 29 pts c/o
Womens C Division Champion – Chrisna Oosthuizen (Cullinan GC) – 35 pts
Womens C Division runner up – Anthea Myatt (Blue Valley CC) – 31 pts c/o

Caddie Division – Joey Leso (Blair Atholl) – 87 gross

Thank you to Pretoria Country Club for hosting our Club Champions.
Also a big thank you to the Courier Guy for looking after our players at the GolfRSA National Finals.

JOE & JAUQO WINS GNGU MID AM & SENIOR CLOSED TITLES

The 2024 GNGU Mid Amateur and Senior Closed was played at a cold Woodhill Country Club on Saturday 8 June and Sunday 9 June. Joe Mnyandu took the early lead after carding a fantastic 68, 4 under par.

On Sunday there was an exciting finish when Joe won the Mid Am title by defeating Paddy Allardice in a sudden death play off after the two tied on a total score of 143, 1 under par. Jauqo Jacobs won the Senior title by defending his lead with a score of 152, 8 over par. Winning by 2 strokes over Dirk Kotze.

Notable prize winners:
Mid Am winner – Joe Mnyandu
2nd Mid Am – Paddy Allardice
3rd Mid Am – Tertius van den Berg
Senior Winner – Jauqo Jacobs
Senior 2nd – Dirk Kotze
Mid Am B Division winner – Rudolf Buys
Senior B Division winner – William Morkel
Best Nett – Pierre Smith

For full results click here

Thank you to Woodhill Country Club for hosting the tournament!

ELNA BRITS CLAIMS C DIVISION OPEN TITLE

The first GNGU C Division Open was held on a cold wet Pretoria Golf Club on Sunday 2 June 2024. This tournament is a new initiative to give back to the higher handicapped golfers. Elna Brits from Pretoria Country Club claimed the spoils with a fantastic score of 41 points. The runner up was Engela van Dyk winning the count back on 38 points over third place Eredine Olivier.

For full results click here.

Thank you to Pretoria Golf Club for hosting our golfers!

SENIOR & SUPER SENIOR TEAM SELECTED

It gives us great pleasure to announce the team who will be representing GNGU at the upcoming Senior & Super Inter Provincial. The Senior team will be managed by Morné Engelbreght and the Super Senior team will be managed by Petrus Pieterse.

We wish the team all the best for their preparations.