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SENIOR & SUPER SENIOR TEAM SELECTED

It gives us great pleasure to announce the team who will be representing GNGU at the upcoming Senior & Super Inter Provincial. The Senior team will be managed by Morné Engelbreght and the Super Senior team will be managed by Petrus Pieterse.

We wish the team all the best for their preparations.

SILVER LAKES RETAINS NORTHERN PROVINCES SCRATCH LEAGUE FINAL TROPHY

The Northern Provinces Scratch League Finals were held at Royal Johannesburg on 29 & 30 July 2023. Each of the Unions competing sends their champion scratch league side to contest
the title. The teams competing were Silver Lakes – GNGU, Magalies Park – NWGU,
Reading – EGU, Royal Johannesburg – CGGU and Witbank – MPU.

The Silver Lakes boys stepped up on Sunday afternoon though after loosing to Magalies Park on the Sunday morning to claim the title. For full results CLICK HERE.

This is the third time Silver Lakes have won the title in the last four additions of the tournament.

GN CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT IRENE

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.

2023 Premier IPT Team Selected

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!

Malherbe and Strydom claims Mid am & Senior closed titles

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.

VAN TONDER CLAIMS CLOSED VICTORY


The GNGU Closed was played at Pretoria Golf Club on Sunday 14 May 2023. The golfers was met with rainy weather but once the sun came out the scoring improved. Jacques van Tonder from Waterkloof Golf Club claimed the title on a score of 140, 4 under par.

Trophy winners:
A Division – Jacques van Tonder
B Division – Rudolf Buys
C Division – Nols Steynberg

For the full results CLICK HERE

Thank you to the members, staff and management of Pretoria Golf Club for hosting the tournament!

GNGU WOMENS IPT TEAM SELECTED

It gives us great pleasure to announce the team that will be representing us at the upcoming Womens Mid Amateur Interprovincial at East London Golf Club from 1 – 4 May 2023.

Lameez Kourie – Silver Lakes GE
Heidi van der Berg – Services GC
Charlene Oosthuizen – The Els Club at Copperleaf
Bongi Shabalala – Irene Country Club

None traveling reserve Anzel van der Schyff – Waterkloof GC

The team will be managed by Madeleine de Wet.

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