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.

It gives us great pleasure to announce that four GNGU players have been selected for the GolfRSA squad.
Christiaan Maas – Pretoria CC
New caps: –
Werner Deyzel – Woodhill CC
Zinan Maimane – Silver Lakes GE
Fabrizio de Abreu – Woodhill CC
Congratulations to these players!
For the full story CLICK HERE

The GNGU Annual General Meeting was held Thursday 28 May at 19:00 via teleconference.
We thank those who were able to attend the meeting.

It gives us great pleasure in announcing the Committee for the year ahead: –
President: Paul Davel – Irene Country Club
Vice President: Thea Nel – The Els Club @ Copperleaf
Vice President: Petrus Pieterse – Services Golf Club
Honorary Secretary: Wayne Heine – Waterkloof Golf Club
Treasurer: Madeleine de Wet – Silver Lakes Golf Estate
Johan Struwig – Wingate Park Country Club (Past President)
Gerry Few – Akasia Golf Club (Past President)
Joey Prinsloo – Cullinan Golf Club
Craig Collins – Irene Country Club
Mika Moerat – Pebble Rock Golf Club (newly elected)

We take this opportunity to thank Karen van Huyssteen for all her dedication and input while she was a member of the Executive.

We would also like to thank Francois Anderson and Ronel van Deemter who had made themselves available for nomination onto the Executive.

We are pleased to announce that Brigid Cheyne was awarded honorary life membership to GNGU.

Lastly, we would like to convey our sincere appreciation to Johan Struwig, for all his passion and dedication during his time as President.  Johan was awarded Gauteng North Colours (Honoris Causa) by the Executive on behalf of the Tshwane Sports Council.