DOWERGLEN, 24 September 2015 – The battle for promotion in the 55^th South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest, is poised on a knife’s edge with Gauteng North and KwaZulu-Natal heading for a cliff-hanger finish in the final showdown between the two former champions on Friday.

Gauteng North protected their number one spot in the rankings by beating North West 8.5 – 3.5, but KwaZulu-Natal trounced Mpumalanga 9.5 – 2.5 to finish a close second.

Both teams have eight points, but Gauteng North will start the final skirmish with a two games point advantage. Continue reading →

DOWERGLEN (23 September 2015) – Gauteng North continued its rampage with another blistering performance at Glendower Golf Club on Wednesday to edge ahead of KwaZulu-Natal in the promotion battle in the 55^th South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest.

The 2013 champions demolished Limpopo 11 – 1 in their opening game and defeated Mpumalanga 8 – 4 in round two. Free State was the latest team to fold under the full assault of the Daisies. Continue reading →

DOWERGLEN (22 September 2015) – Gauteng North and North West continued their winning ways, but Limpopo barely had time to recover after the 11 point loss to Gauteng North on Monday before KwaZulu-Natal handed them another hiding on day two at the 55^th South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest.

Gauteng North had a one point edge after a halve, two wins and a loss in the Foursomes.

Hendrikus Stoop downed Hannes van Dyk 7 & 6 to put the 2013 champions the early attack.

Marco Loubser won 2 & 1 and Andrew van der Knaap 2-up to add to their tally and Keegan de Lange pushed the team to 6.5 points with a 3 & 2 result against Kevin Smith.

Jason Smith claimed another point for the side at the 18, while Lourens Volschenk and Teaghan Gauche halved.
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The Teams of Two event held at Silver Lakes Country Club was won by Lenza de Jager (PCC) and Maritha de Beer (PCC). The pair won on a net score of 141.

The competition format is unique. The first round is a Stroke Play Better-ball competition whilst the afternoon round is competed as Foursomes Stroke Play. The Better-ball winners were Karen Ireland (ICC) and Esta Tenent (Ruimsig CC) whilst the team of Ruzanne van der Walt (Woodhill CC) and Marike Reyneke Wingate Park CC) won the Foursomes leg on an impressive gross score of 73.

The event was last held in 2012. The previous two years were cancelled due to lack of entries. We thank all the participants for taking the time to compete and making the day a huge success.

To see the full result listing, please open the following link Results

Johan, Marco and Andrew

The Foursomes tournament was hosted by Pretoria Golf Club. The winners of the event on two under par over 36 holes were Andrew van der Knaap (IPT Captain) and Marco Loubser. The IPT manager Gerry Few invited the entire IPT team to participate and took the opportunity to test his Foursomes pairings ahead of this year’s IPT held at Glendower Golf Club.

The event saw some of the GNGU executive members in the field in the shape of Johan Struwig, Paul Davel, Gerry Few and Gerhard Lombard.

Although the players performed exceptionally, the main winner for the event was Pretoria Golf Club. After the tragedy of their greens the club rallied and produced a top class course. The greens were perhaps a tad slow, but true, even paced and brand new.

Congratulations to our winners, participants and Pretoria Golf Club.

DOWERGLEN (21 September 2015) – Gauteng North bellowed their intentions at the 55^th South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest, when they obliterated Limpopo in the opening round, while KwaZulu-Natal also threw down the gauntlet with a strong assault on Free State in the B-Section matches at Glendower Golf Club on Monday.

Gauteng North became only the fourth team in the history of the championship to be relegated just a year after winning the A-Division, but the Daisies put an exclamation mark on their intention to win promotion in this year’s edition when they handed Limpopo an 11 – 1 drubbing.

After scoring a clean sweep in the Foursomes, Gauteng North won the first five matches to take control of the game.

Marco Loubser beat Gerhard Pepler 5 & 4, Andrew van der Knaap beat Ricardo Loock 7 & 6 and Hendrikus Stoop downed Peter Masehela 7 & 5. Continue reading →

4 September 2015 – South Africa’s number one senior Mellette Hendrikse from Gauteng North claimed his fourth victory this season in the

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