POLOKWANE, 9 April 2015 – Gauteng North’s Rosswell Sinclair and Free State junior Attie van Wyk claimed big scalps in the first round of the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Match Play Championship when the pair dispatched the favourites at Polokwane Golf Club on Thursday..

Van Wyk, who clinched the final spot in the 32-man field in a play-off, derailed Dylan Naidoo’s hopes of a double in the prestigious junior championship when he downed the newly-crowned Stroke Play champion 3 & 2.

Sinclair served up the second big blow in the first round when he dispatched the country’s current number one ranked amateur Tristen Strydom 5 & 4.

The Centurion player kept his winning run going with another 3 & 2 result against Sentanio Minnie from Ekurhuleni in the second round, but Van Wyk bowed out to Gauteng North’s JP Cooper, who clinched a 1-up victory at the 18^th hole.

The other six players that advanced to the quarter-finals are Slade Pickering from North West, Kyle Barker from Central Gauteng, Luca Filippi from Western Province, Matt Saulez from KwaZulu-Natal, Southern Cape’s Jovan Rebula and Estiaan Conradie from Gauteng North, who booked his spot in the final eight with victory at the 19^th hole against Deon Germishuys from Western Province.

ROUND TWO RESULT
Juan-Pierre Cooper beat Attie van Wyk 1-Up;
Slade Pickering beat Cameron Nesmith 1-Up;
Kyle Barker beat Kyle McClatchie 2 & 1;
Matt Saulez beat Julien Sale MAU 3 & 2;
Rosswell Sinclair beat Sentanio Minnie 3 & 2;
Jovan Rebula beat Herman Loubser 1-Up;
Estiaan Conradie beat Deon Germishuys 19th hole;
Luca Filippi beat Keegan McClachlan 2 & 1;

ROUND ONE RESULT
Attie van Wyk beat Dylan Naidoo 3 & 2;
Juan-Pierre Cooper beat Keegan de Lange 5 & 4;
Cameron Nesmith beat Dawid Opperman 1Up;
Slade Pickering beat Burt Gildenhuys 3 & 2;
Kyle McClatchie beat Emilio Pera 2 & 1;
Kyle Barker beat Garrick Higgo 5 & 3;
Julien Sale MAU beat Anuerin Gounden 20th hole;
Matt Saulez beat Cameron Moralee 2 & 1;
Rosswell Sinclair beat Tristen Strydom 5 & 4;
Sentanio Minnie beat Alan Lones 2 & 1;
Herman Loubser beat Marco Steyn 3 & 1;
Jovan Rebula beat Henry Anderson 3 & 2;
Estiaan Conradie beat Dylan Mostert 3 & 2;
Deon Germishuys beat Michael Sherriff 2 & 1;
Keegan McClachlan beat Jason Thalrose 6 & 5;
Luca Filippi beat Clifford Thompson 1Up;

PHOTO – Gauteng North’s Rosswell Sinclair; credit Catherine Kotze / SASPA.