Noordwes wys O/23 span aan

Die Noordwes O/23 Span wat die Provinsie in April op Mosselbaai gaan verteenwoordig is op Sondag, 6 Februarie, na afloop van die NoordWes geslote toernooi aangewys. John Lizamore, wat ook lid van ons O/18 span is, is gekies as lid van die span. Die span bestaan uit Eduard van den Berg (kaptein en bestuurder van ons O/18 span), Pierre Viviers, Gareth Petler, Dougie Meyer, Henk Pretorius, Robert Tseko en John. Oom Clasie Claasens (vorige president van ons foundation) is die spanbestuurder. John was verlede jaar ook ‘n lid van hierdie span wat die beste van al die NoordWes spanne gevaar het toe hulle derde plek in die A-afdeling ingeneem het by die toernooi op Euphoria. Hy en Sam Goodwin het veral uitgeblink in die pare waar hulle die groter unies behoorlik skrik op die lyf gejaag het. Sterkte vir jou en die span John, “maak ons trots”.

Junior Team to take on Scotland announced
18 Feb 2011

A ten man junior invitational team will take on Scotland in a one day friendly match at Randpark Club in Johannesburg on the 24 February, the South African Golf Association (SAGA) announced today.
The players selected to represent the invitational team, who are all amateur golfers of eighteen years or younger, as at the beginning of the year, are Drikus Bruyns (Boland) (Captain), Shane Allen (Central Gauteng), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Ekurhuleni), Conway Kunneke (Gauteng North), Victor Lange (Central Gauteng), Zander Lombard (Gauteng North), Dylan Raubenheimer (Western Province), Martin Rohwer (Kwazulu Natal), Armandt Scholtz (Boland) and Combrinck Smit (Kwazulu Natal). The manager is Johan Scholtz who is also the Coordinator for Junior Golf for the SAGA.
The format of the competition is five foursomes matches in the morning followed by ten singles matches, all match play. Each match carries one point for a win and half a point if halved. The team scoring the most points wins.

"The purpose of the match is to provide a younger players with an opportunity to play against some top international competition and thereby gain valuable experience. At the same time it will provide our visiting Scottish Team with an opportunity to get some match practice in before our Test Match early in March," said Colin Burger, the SAGA's.

Rookie Update

Tuesday, February 01, 2011 (12:48)
Three more rookies got their names onto the list of players who have earned money on the 2011 Sunshine Tour after last week’s Africom Zimbabwe Open.
JG Claassen (former NorthWest Junior Player), Andre van Zyl and Tyrone Ryan took advantage of making the cut at Royal Harare Golf Club to join Allan Versfeld, Argentina’s Daniel Vancsik and last year’s winner of the Freddie Tait Trophy at the SA Open Championship Dean O’Riley on the 2011 Order of Merit.
Claassen and O’Riley were the best finishers in Harare, sharing 20th spot with Peter Karmis and earning R14,291 each.
That took O’Riley closer to second-placed Vancsik, who won’t be earning too much more on the 2011 Sunshine Tour as he attempts to make his way on the European Tour.
Versfeld maintained his lead in the race for the Rookie of the Year award when he finished in a share of 36th place in Zimbabwe – his tie for seventh at the Joburg Open earning him a cool R259,000 and giving him a head start in a race which will get closer as the year develops.
Van Zyl was also in a share of 36th place in Harare, and Ryan was in a three-way tie for 63rd.
Standings after Africom Zimbabwe Open:
R267,501.60 Allan Versfeld
R78,672.00 Daniel Vancsik (ARG)
R42,627.66 Dean O’Riley
R14,291.66 JG Claassen
R8,500.00 Andre van Zyl
R3,187.50 Tyrone Ryan