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KOOPMAN WINS BOTH MID AM AND SENIOR CLOSED TITLES

The GNGU Mid Amateur and Senior Closed was played at Services Golf Club on Saturday 11 June and Sunday 12 June 2022.

The weather on Saturday afternoon made for perfect scoring conditions and the players made full use of it. Alfred Koopman and Paddy Allardice took the lead after round 1 with scores of 69,  under par.

The Waterkloof Golf Club member Koopman however was in a class of his own on Sunday and carded a final round score of 4 under, 68 to win both titles on a total of 137, 7 under par.

For the full results CLICK HERE

Thank you to the members, staff and members of Services Golf Club for hosting a wonderful tournament.

Moolman & van der Merwe crowned GNGU Foursomes Champions


On Sunday 5 September the GNGU Foursomes were hosted at the pictures Silver Lakes Golf & Wildlife Estate. There was a full field of 60 pairs who teed it up in the hope to win the foursomes title.

Louis Moolman and Christopher van der Merwe went wire to wire with scores of 70 and 71 to win the title with a great score of 141, 3 under par.

 

 

Some of the other prize winners:

A Division Gross  1st Louis Moolman & Christopher van der Merwe – 141 Gross
A Division Gross  2nd Keagan Mclachlan & Shane Mcachlan – 144 Gross
A Division Gross  3rd Danie Viljoen & Alex van Heerden – 146 Gross

B Division Gross 1st Schalk Booyens & Schalk Booyens – 170 Gross
B Division Gross 2nd Wayne Heine & Divan Straaten – 173 Gross C/O
B Division Gross 3rd Neil de Wet & Gideon Pienaar – 174 Gross

Overall Nett 1st Divan Smal & Isak du Plessis – 146 nett
Overall Nett 2nd Venessa Brown & Chantal le Roux – 151 nett
Overall Nett 3rd Pedro Christovam & Jandre van Niekerk – 153 nett

Mixed Gross Hannah Venter & Stephanus Geyser – 165 Gross

Ladies Gross Bronwyn Doeg & Lizemari Richter – 156 Gross

We would like to thank all the players who entered the tournament and to the Silver Lakes staff, management and members for affording us the opportunity to host the tournament at your lovely facility.

GNGU MID AM IPT TEAM SELECTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It gives us great pleasure to announce the GNGU Men’s Mid Amateur team selected to defend our title at the SA Mid Amateur Inter Provincial to take place at Elements Private Golf Reserve from 11 – 15 October 2021.

Jacques van Tonder                    Waterkloof GC
Christopher van der Merwe      Wingate Park CC
Louis Moolman                            Silver Lakes CC
Danie Viljoen  (c)                          Silver Lakes CC
Louis Jonck                                   Irene CC
Armand van Graan                     Waterkloof GC
Alex van Heerden                        Wingate Park CC
Joe Mnyandu                                Akasia GC

The team will be managed by Gerry Few.

We wish the team best of luck for their preparations and tournament ahead!

 

MAHLANGU & SELAI CLAIM TEAMS OF 2 SPOILS

The 2021 edition of the GNGU Teams of 2 was played at Services Golf Club on Sunday 1 August. This event remains ever popular with 40 pairs teeing it up hopeful on winning the title.

Jauqo & Heleen Jacobs took a early lead with a nett score of 66.5 in the morning foursomes.  Mzwandile Mahlangu & Thabiso Selai from Kempton Park Golf Club rallied in the afternoon Better Ball Medal shooting a fantastic nett score of 64 to claim the title of a total combined score of 134 nett.

For full results CLICK HERE

Thank you to the members, management and staff of Services Golf Club for hosting a wonderful event!

2021 PREMIER IPT TEAM SELECTED

It gives us great pleasure to announce the GNGU Men’s team selected to represent us at the SA Inter Provincial to take place at San Lameer Country Club 13 – 17 September 2021.

Werner Deyzel                         Woodhill CC
Dawid Opperman (c)              Pretoria CC
Francois van der Walt             Centurion CC
Tyron Taylor                             Wingate Park CC
Armand van Dyk                      Woodhill CC
Gregg Gilson                            Centurion CC
Handre Truter                          Waterkloof GC
Kifentse Nukeri                        Silver Lakes CC

The team will be managed by Morné Engelbrecht.

We wish the team best of luck for their preparations and tournament ahead!

GNGU CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS CROWNED

On Sunday 25 July 2021 the GNGU Champion of Champions was held at a freezing Zwartkop Country Club. The cold temperatures made scoring difficult but improved as the day got warmer.

Congratulations to the following winners:

 

 

 

 

 

A Division Men – Tokkie van den Berg (Pretoria Golf Club)
A Division Women – Bronwyn Doeg (Pretoria Country Club)

 

 

 

 

 

 

B Division Men – Leroy Raynard (Woodhill Country Club) C/O
B Division Women – Stephanie Pond (Wingate Park Country Club)

 

 

 

 

 

 
C Division Men – Leslie Gordon (Blue Valley Country Club)
C Division Women – Ebeth Meiring (Wingate Park Country Club)

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Division Men – Tinus Rautenbach (Pretoria Country Club)
Senior Division Ladies – Madeleine de Wet (Silver Lakes Country Club)

Full results on the GNGU Result page.

Thank you to Zwartkop Country Club’s members, management and staff for your hospitality and for hosting the tournament!

NUKERI WINS GNGU CLOSED

The GNGU Closed was played on Sunday 9 May at the beautiful Silver Lakes Golf and Wild Life Estate. The early pace was set by Craig Collins and Kifentse Nukeri who posted scores of 69, 3 under par for round 1. Kifentse however kept his nerve and played a cool second round of 72 to seal the victory on a total score of 141, 3 under par.

The B Division was won by Willie Booysen on a total score of 174 gross.

Nols Steynberg defended his title in the C Division with an Individual Stableford score of 37pts.

For full results for the A & B Division CLICK HERE

We would like to thank the members, staff and management for giving up your course for the event!