The Annual General Meeting of Gauteng North Golf Union was held on 12 May 2021 at Irene Country Club.  It gives us great pleasure to announce the Executive elected to serve for the upcoming year: –
Paul Davel – President
Petrus Pieterse – Vice President
Madeleine de Wet – Vice President
Gerry Few
Wayne Heine
Craig Collins
Mika Moerat
Tshepo Nyambi
Ella Cole

Thank you to outgoing members, Johan Struwig, Thea Nel and Joey Prinsloo.  Your dedication, input and commitment to the Union during your tenure has been invaluable.

It gives us great pleasure to announce the 2 GNGU Women’s teams selected to represent us at the WGSA 72 Hole Team Championships to take place at Kingwood 24 – 26 May 2021

A Team:
Larissa du Preez (Captain)         Silver Lakes GE
Bronwyn Doeg                             Pretoria CC
Zané Kleynhans                           Centurion CC
This team will be managed by Joey Prinsloo

B Team:
Heidi van der Berg (Captain)     Services GC
Lizemari Richter                          Silver Lakes GE
Bongiwe Shabalala                     Irene CC
This team will be managed by Madeleine de Wet

We wish both teams the best of luck for the event ahead!

It gives us great pleasure to announce the following teams, selected to represent us at the Senior and Super Senior IPTs that will be held at Stellenbosch GC from 19 – 23 April 2021.
In no particular order: –
Senior Team:
William Skinner (Captain)     Zwartkop CC
Gordon Wessels                    Wingate Park CC
Pieter Cooper                         Wingate Park CC
Gerhard Strydom                  Waterkloof GC
Maartin Boshoff                     Woodhill CC
Martin Kraft                           Wingate Park CC
Michael Cullen                      Woodhill CC
Robin Ashby                          Zwartkop CC
The team will be managed by Morne Engelbrecht

Super Senior Team:
Leon Scheepers (Captain)    Zwartkop CC
Adrian Kriel                            Wingate Park CC
Phillip Bierman                      Akasia CC
Dirk Swanevelder                  Woodhill CC
The team will be managed by Petrus Pieterse

Congratulations to all the players and we wish you the best of luck for the tournaments ahead.

Since tournament golf resumed,
Christiaan Maas has finished in the top 10 at every National Ranking tournament, with three 1st place finishes in 7 events.   Trophy winner of the GNGU Silver Salver and GNGU Open, as well as the winner of the Gauteng North All Amateur Series, he was always going to be a favourite this week at the SA Amateur.  The young Pretoria Country Club golfer managed to defeat the Qualifying tournament winner, Jack Dyer, in the 36 Hole final and is now the holder of the most prestigious trophy in SA Amateur Golf.  Congratulations Christiaan!

Photo credit: Ernest Blignault

We also congratulate Waterkloof Golf Club’s Charlene Oosthuizen who won the Women’s Flight trophy at the Women’s SA Amateur, defeating Centurion Country Club’s Zane Kleynhans.

For the full GolfRSA press release CLICK HERE

Photo credit: Ernest Blignault

The 2021 GNGU ladies season has started with a bang after a rain affected 36 hole tournament at Waterkloof Golf Club on 31 January.
It was fantastic to see a full field of entries for the respective tournaments and despite the rainy weather all the ladies were eager to play.  Unfortunately a delay due to the greens being water logged and a further delay due to lightning meant the tournaments had to be reduced from 36 to 18 holes.
Congratulations to Gabrelle Venter from Bloemfontein GC who won the Junior Girls A Divsion, Liezl Smit from Vryheid GC who won the Mid Amateur A Division.
As always, Nomads Northerns stepped in and sponsored the Junior Girls side of the event.  This makes a huge difference in adding value for the players and we sincerely appreciate the support.
A huge thank to you must go to Waterkloof Golf Club for their hospitality.  Nothing was too much and the Club assisted in every way that they could in ensuring we had a successful event.  We also thank the membership for giving up the course and allowing us to host the tournaments there.
Full full results CLICK HERE

The 2021 GNGU Senior Open was held at Services Golf Club.
The course was in superb condition and we thank their staff for all their assistance, as well as their Committee and members for giving up the course and allowing us to host the event here.

Zwartkop Country Club’s William Skinner set the pace with an opening round of 67 and kept his cool with a 69 in the second round and took the 2021 with a total of 136, a fantastic 8 under par.  Brian Naidoo from Walker Park finished in 2nd position on level par, with a few behind him on 1 over.

For the full results list CLICK HERE

It is with deep sadness that we heard the news of the passing of Philip Viljoen.  Philip was a member at Wingate Park Country Club and a dedicated player for Gauteng North.  He represented the Union on numerous occasions.  He will be greatly missed.  On behalf of the Executive, staff and members we extend our condolences to his family and friends.  May he rest in peace.

On behalf of the Executive and members of Gauteng North Golf Union, we would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family of Edelweiss du Plessis on her passing.  Edelweiss was a member and past Captain at Irene Country Club and Past President of the Northern Transvaal Ladies Golf Union.  May she rest in peace.