On Sunday 30 July the 2023 GNGU Champion of Champions were held at the Home of GNGU, Irene Country Club.  The players faced some tricky conditions, with a strong icy wind blowing
for most of the day that made scoring tricky. The winners of the A, B, C and Caddie divisions
will all qualify to play in the National Final sponsored by the Courier Guy to be played Pecanwood from 15 to 18 October 2023.

Results:
Mens A Division          –  Tokkie van den Berg (Pretoria Golf Club)
Womens A Division    –  Gina da Silva (Centurion Country Club)
Mens B Division          –  Johan Botha (Woodhill Country Club)
Womens B Division    –  Russo Roberts-Gouws (The Els Club at Copperleaf)
Mens C Diviison          –  Willem Barnard (Woodhill Country Club)
Womens C Division    –  Hester Oberholzer (Pretoria Country Club)
Caddie Division           –  Joey Leso (Blair Atholl)
Senior Mens Division – Gerhard Strydom (Waterkloof Golf Club)
Senior Ladies Division- Elsonia Herselman (The Els Club at Copperleaf)

Thank you to all the clubs and their players who competed in the championship.  Also a big thank you to Irene Country Club for hosting the tournament.

It is with great pleasure we announce the team selected to represent us at the Womens IPT taking place at Umhlali in October.
From Centurion CC: Zané Kleynhans, Lea vd Merwe and Amé vd Merwe
From Waterkloof GC: Kaylee Webster
The team will be managed by
Pat Roets.
Congratulation to the players on your selection, we wish you all the best in defending our title.

It gives us great pleasure to announce the team who will be representing us at the upcoming Premier Inter Provincial to be played at East London Golf Club from 18 to 22 September 2023.

Team:
Tokkie van den Berg (c) – Pretoria Golf Club
Fabrizio de Abreu – Woodhill Country Club
Keagan Crosbie – Centurion Country Club
Tristan Leonard – Irene Country Club
Matthew Rossouw – Centurion Country Club
Nishalin Naidoo – Zwartkop Country Club
Christopher van der Merwe – Wingate Park Country Club
Tobias de Flamingh – Silver Lakes Golf Estate
The team will be managed by Morné Engelbreght

We would like to wish the team all the best with their preparations for the tournament!

The Gauteng North Womens Open was held at Waterkloof GC on 9 & 10 July.  It was a fantastic turnout, even with extremely cold and windy conditions faced on day 2.
Kaiyuree Moodley defended her 2022 title, finishing 1 ahead of Danielle du Toit.
Russo Roberts-Gouws won the B Division title and Numfuyo Galeni the C Division.
A huge thank you to Northerns Nomads who sponsored the prizes for the Junior Division.
Gia Raad took the Junior Championship trophy.
Thank you to Waterkloof GC for their hospitality and all the spectators for their support at the event.  For full results go to www.gngu.co.za/draws/

The brother and sister pair of Riaan and Heidi van der Berg proved that home course advantage is definitely no myth when they took the 2023 Coronation Cup trophy at Services GC.  The pair finished on 47 betterball points, 5 points ahead of nearest rivals.
Thanks must go to the Club for hosting the tournament and to all the players for participating.

CLICK HERE for full results

The GNGU Mid Amateur and Senior Closed was played at Akasia Golf Club on 10 & 11 June 2023.

The early lead was taken by Tokkie van den Berg and Gerhard Strydom who shot scores of 69, 3 under par. The course however showed some teeth for the second round but Menno Malherbe knuckled down and shot a great score of level par, 72 to claim the Mid Amateur title on a score of 144.

Prize winners:
1st Mid Am – Menno Malherbe
2nd Mid Am – Nico Reyneke
3rd Mid Am – Tertius van den Berg
1st Senior – Gerhard Strydom
2nd Senior – Gordon Wessels
B Div – Tebogo Segoe
Nett – Craig Collins

CLICK HERE for full results.
Thank you to the members, staff and management of Akasia Golf Club for hosting the tournament.

It was an exciting week at the GolfRSA Challenge IPT at Mooinooi Golf Club from 9 – 11 May.
Remaining undefeated for the week, playing against Western Province, Ekurhuleni and Central Gauteng, the team proved their strength and passion to bring home trophy.
Congratulations to the Daisies who were made up of Tokkie van den Berg, Captain (Pretoria Golf Club), Matthew Rossouw & Dian Kruger (Centurion CC), Bernhard Koster & Tristan Leonard (Silver Lakes GE), Francois Coetzee (Wingate Park CC), Marais Vorster (Pretoria CC) and Nishalin Naidoo (Zwartkop CC).  The team was managed by Morné Engelbrecht.
Thank you to GolfRSA for hosting the event, and our partners Galvin Green for kitting out our team – they certainly looked fantastic!
Gauteng North currently hold the Womens IPT, Mid Amateur IPT, Super Senior IPT and now Challenge IPT trophies!
Photo Credit: GolfRSA