BOLAND LADIES GOLF TENTH ANNUAL REPORT - YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008 Executive Committee: President Moira Markgraaff Vice President Bev Pienaar Hon Secretary Charmaine Fagyas Hon Treasurer Rene Markgraaff-Beyers Committee Member Anita Kruger Winna Hopley Marianne Friggens Susan Nel The Executive of Boland Ladies Golf has much pleasure in presenting the Tenth Annual Report of our Golf Region. The following competitions were held and attended by Boland players during the year: Gauteng North Junior Championships: Waterkloof Golf Club, 20 th January 2008 Hermine Greyling and Chloe Garner participated and Chloe came 1 st on 149 in the championships with Hermine 8th. Eastern Cape Championships: Port Elizabeth Golf Club, 10 th to 14 th February 2008 Hermine Greyling, Chloe Garner, Enge Knoetze and Rene Liebenberg. Town A & B vs. Country A & B & Juniors: Parow Golf Club, 18th February 2008 Country A Team: B Team: Hermine Greyling (Strand) Taryn Engeldow (Stellenbosch) René Liebenberg (Langebaan) Leanke Vlok (Porterville) Elize Nykamp (Hermanus) Leoné Bruwer (Stellenbosch) Vossie van Scalkwyk (Kuils River) Enge Knoetze (Paarl) Jossie Greaver (Erinvale) Karin Grumpert (Erinvale) Kayla Wilkens (Worcester) Kelly Cyster (Stellenbosch) Judy Jung (Strand) A Team Boland Lost B Team Boland Won Country Junior Team: Bianca Theron (Kuils River) Licia Spaletta (Strand) Talitha Cronjé (Worcester) Carmenta Marsh (Paarl) Vivienne Floris (Paarl) Lee-Handri Snyman (Montagu) Winners: Town Juniors Silver, Bronze and Copper Cups: Hermanus Golf Club, 17 th March 2008 Rola Motor Group Sponsored the day. Silver Division (0-18) Best Nett: Denise Fourie (Strand) 67 Marcia Maree (Hermanus) 67 c/o Third: 68 Best Gross: 75 Bronze Division (19-25) Best Nett: Petro Streicher (Strand) 64 Dianne Mostert (Strand) 68 c/o Third: Midge Cunnington (Somerset West) 68 Best Gross: Petro Streicher (Strand) 87 Copper Division (26-35) Best Nett: Samia Esser (Somerset West) 69 Runner-up Yvonne Sanderson-Smith (S/West) 69 c/o Third: Kathleen Martens (Wellington) 71 Best Gross: Samia Esser (Somerset West) 98 Seniors Championship: Karin Grumpet (Erinvale) 73 Ernie Els World Junior Invitational; Fancourt 25 th 28 th March 2008 Chloe Garner and Hermine Greyling participated. South African Amateur Championships: Royal Jhb & Kensington East Golf Club 30th to 4 th April 2008 Six Boland players entered in the championships Leone Bruwer was a semifinalist in the 2 nd flight of the match play. Leanke Vlok was 2 nd in the B Division and was a quarter finalist in the B Division match play Final Stroke Play Championship Results: Championship Division (54 holes) Breanne Loucks Match Play Championship Breanne Loucks Western Province Championships: Mowbray Cape Golf Club, 14 th to 16 th April 2008 Nine Squad players and 3 junior players entered. Leanke Vlok came 3 rd in the B Division Free State & Northern Cape; Parys Golf Club, 3 rd 4 th May 2008 Hermine Greyling entered but the championships got rained out Gauteng Championships: Leeukop Golf Club, 6 th to 8 th May 2008 Hermine Greyling entered.
Rooibos Limited Inter-Club Team Championships: Club, 9th to 11 th May 2008 Hosted by Women s Boland Ladies Golf this year. Langebaan Golf A Div 0 9 Stroke Play Overall Winners: Best Gross 54 Holes Rondebosch A1 G. Tebbutt / C. Charnock 235 Mowbray A1 T v/d Dussen / L. Smit 237 Best Nett 54 Holes Rondebosch A2 B. Visee / V Smith 216 Clovelly A1 W Warrington/G Rogerson 220.5 B Div 10 16 Stroke Play Best Gross 54 Holes Rondebosch B3 E Lefson / K Brown 262 Rondebosch B4 E Corrigal / H Hornby 268 Best Nett 54 Holes Rondebosch B4 E Corrigal / H Hornby 215. Rondebosch B3 E Lefson / K Brown 217 C Div 17 35 Stableford Royal Cape C1 A Edwards. J McClarity 107 Stellenbosch C4 L. Brink / L Steenkamp 104 D Div 17 35 Stableford Kuils River D4 V Smith / M Geldenhuys 105 Clovelly D4 G Thane / E Cameron 104 The Rooibos tournament will be hosted by Western Province Golf in 2009 at Hermanus Golf Club. WGSA. 72 Hole Teams Stroke Play Championship: Wingate Park Golf Club, 25 th to 28 th May 2008 Boland sent 3 teams to participate at Wingate Park Golf Club, accompanied by Lizel Jardim as manager and William Guy as coach. A Team: B Team: C Team: Leone Bruwer Lynne Behagg Lynette Brink Nicole Loesch Enge Knoetze Maggie Minnie Hermine Greyling Rene Liebenberg Leanke Vlok Leone Bruwer being the overall captain Boland A Team finished in 2nd position in the B Division with an overall score of 626. The B Team finished in 7th position in the B Division on 652 and the C Team finished 8th position in the B Division on 653. 2 Gauteng Junior Championships: Randpark Golf Club, 8 th June 2008 Hermine Greyling entered. Nomads S A Girls 18 and under Championships: Orkney Golf Club, 29 th to1st July 2007 Boland sent 15 junior girls to participate, accompanied by Moira Markgraaff and Anita Kruger. Our girls played very well and received many compliments, on their appearance, behavior and team spirit. A Division Handicaps 0 9 Six Boland girls in this division with a field total of 41. The Championship was won by Bertine Strauss (NW) on 214 gross Chloe Garner 6 th on 228 gross Hermine Greyling placed 7 th on 230 B Division Handicaps 10 18 No Boland girls in this division C Division Handicaps 19 27 Stableford Six Boland girls in this division with a field total of 39. Carmenita Marsh 1 st on 82 points D Division Handicaps 28 33 Stableford Three Boland girls in this division with a field total of 27 Cassidy Williams came 2 nd with 83 points Sanlam Cancer Regional Final: Worcester Golf Club, 11 th August 2008 A Division Leanke Vlok (Porterville) 38 points 2 nd Maggie Smit (Paarl) 37 points 3 rd Rene Liebenberg (Langebaan) 36 points B Division Willi Ireland (Langebaan) 42 point 2 nd Midge Cunnington (Somerset West) 41points 3 rd Colleen Williams (Kuils River) 40points C Division Hannli Bester (Devonvale) 39 points 2 nd Kathleen Martens (Wellington) 38 points 3 rd Jusy Rossouw (Erinvale) 37 points The Sanlam Cancer National Final was played at San Lameer from 24 th to 25 th October 2008. Leanke Vlok came 3 rd in the A Division. Triangular Match & Southern Cape Championships: Club, 29 th to 31 st August 2008 Mosselbay Golf
Boland was invited to play in a triangular match between Southern Cape and Women s Golf Western Province on Friday before the Championships. The players did very well in the triangular compare to previous years. BLG lost to Southern Cape and WP BLG did not send the A team players to participate but rather the juniors and inexperienced players. Championships: The Championships was rained out Eleanor s Day: Wellington Golf Club, 4 th September 2008 Sponsored by Audrey Purcell A field of 55 players participated, resulting in a very successful day. WGSA INTER PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Umhlali Golf Club, 14 th to 19 th September 2008 Two Boland teams were selected for the Inter Provincial Tournament: A Team B Team Rene Liebenberg (Langebaan) Kayla Wilkens (Worcester) Leanke Vlok (Porterville) Kelly Cyster (Stellenbosch) Maggie du Toit (Stellenbosch) Leone Bruwer (Stellenbosch) Erna Truter (Strand) Linda Smit (Paarl) Lynn Behagg (Hermanus) Manager: Lizel Jardim Coach: William Guy Captain: Leone Bruwer overall Many of the matches went down to the wire where they were won, halved or just lost on the last hole. After the qualifying round the A Team, like last year, qualified in the B Division and the B Team qualified in the C division Final Team Positions after Match Play Championship: A Section B Section Gauteng North 6 points Western Province 6 points North West 4 points Boland A 4 points Gauteng 2 points Gauteng 2 points Southern Cape 0 point Western Province B 0 points C Section D Section KZN 5 points Mpumulanga 4 points Free State &NC 4 points Limpopo 4 points Gauteng North B 3 points Eastern Cape 2 points Boland B 0 points Border 2 points 3 BOLAND LADIES GOLF Fundraising Day: 26 th September 2008 Sponsored by Pick n Pay Was cancelled due to inclement weather Somerset West Golf Club, BOLAND LADIES GOLF Championships: Strand Golf Club, 12 th to 14 th October 2008 Sponsored by Boland Nomads A very strong field in the A division but very disappointing entries in the B & C divisions. Players from North West, Gauteng, Southern Cape, and WP took part in the open 0 9 division. The juniors dominated in the B and C Division of the Match Play. Open Championship: Enid Metcalfe Salver, Best Gross 36 holes, handicaps 0-9 Bertine Strauss ( Rustenberg) 143 Tandi Cunningham (Wanderers) 146 Lynette Brink (Strand) 139 Closed Championship: Boland Ladies Golf League Platter, Best Gross 36 holes, handicaps 0-9 Winners Lynette Brink (Strand) 151 Runner up Hermine Greyling (Strand) 152 Lynette Brink (Strand) 139 Open and Closed Championship: Dolly Kruger Cup, Best Gross 36 holes, handicaps 10-18 Hearther Todt (Mowbray) 164 Maggie du Toit (Stellenbosch) 166 Closed Maggie du Toit (Stellenbosch) 142 Cynthia Rayner (Somerset West) 146 Closed Championship: Logan Cup, Best Gross 36 holes, handicaps 19-33 Bianca Theron (Kuils River) 179 Olivia le Roux (Devonvale) 182 Bianca Theron (Kuils River) 137 Closed: Best Gross, handicaps 0-33 Lynette Brink (Strand) 151 Most Improved Score / Open Stephanie Perkins (Knysna) No. of shots: 12
Closed Junior Championship: Best Gross 36 holes, handicaps 0-33 Hermine Greyling (Strand) 152 Olivia le Roux (Devonvale) 138 Closed Inter-Club Team Event: Wicht Shield, Teams of 3, Best Nett 18 holes a.m. only all 3 scores to count, handicaps 0-30 Winners: Strand L. Brink, E. Truter, H. Greyling 213 Runners-up: Somerset West A Kingwell, C Rayner, L Riordan 219 Matchplay Championship: A Division 0-9 Open A Division Flight Runner up: B Division 10-18 Open C Division 19-30 Closed Tandi Cunningham (Wanderers) Bertine Strauss Rustenberg) Lara Weinstein (Glendower) Nicole Becker ( Vryburg) Heather Todt (Mowbray) Tallie de Wet ( Strand) Olivia le Roux (Devonvale) Sarah van Lear (Pearl Valley) The Boland Ladies Golf Championships will be held at Kuils River Golf Club in 2009. W. P. Gus & Raymond Ackerman & U/21 Championships, Clovelly Golf Club, 18 th to 19 th October 2008 Several Boland players participated in the Gus & Raymond Ackerman Championships: 6 Players entered in the Gus Ackerman In the Raymond Ackerman 10 18 handicaps, Martine Strasheim (Paarl) came 1 st with Paula Bester (Paarl) 4th. In the Pevsner Cup Bianca Theron (Kuils River) came 1st. 12 Players from the senior and junior squads played in a 18 hole single stableford 8 Players not in the squad played 9 holes single stableford 12 Girls Love Golf players from Paarl played 7 holes single stableford scramble 26 beginners from surrounding schools took part in putting and chipping games BOLAND LADIES GOLF LEAGUE: Country Trophy: Paarl 6 points Stellenbosch 3 points Strand 3 points Sandhills Cup: The league was split into two sections namely Red and Blue. The semi-final was played at Paarl Golf Club Langebaan (Red) vs. Strand A (Blue) Hermanus (Blue) vs. Worcester (Red) Winners were Worcester and Langebaan The final was played at Kuils River Golf Club Langebaan were the winners, Worcester runners-up ORDER OF MERIT AND BOLAND HONOURS: Senior Order of Merit Leanke Vlok (Porterville) Runner up: Leone Bruwer (Stellenbosch) Junior Order of Merit Leanke Vlok (Porterville) Runner up: Hermine Greyling (Strand) Boland Honours The following player earned Boland Honours in 2008: Leoné Bruwer (Stellenbosch) Linda Smit (Paarl) Leanke Vlok (Porterville) Lynne Behagg (Hermanus) Rene Liebenberg (Langebaan) Lizel Jardim (Manager) William Guy (Coach) Boland Ladies Junior Day: Wellington Golf Club, 27 th October 2008 Girls Love Golf 61 girls took part in the first BLG Girls Love Golf Project 4
BOLAND LADIES GOLF Executive Meetings: 10 Executive meetings were held to date. Attendance of Committee members were as follows: Moira Markgraaff 10-10 Bev Pienaar 10-10 Charmaine Fagyas 10-10 Rene Markgraaff 05-10 Anita Kruger 10 10 Marianne Friggens 10 10 Winna Hopley 06 10 Susan Nel 06-10 Two Bi-Annual meetings, in February at Stellenbosch and in August at Strand, were held during the year and were very well supported by the clubs. The Executive would like to make special mention of the following: Sincere thanks to our sponsors and donors for their generous support during this past year. Thank you to Metcalf Fick for auditing our accounts and Ken Lester for assisting the Treasurer. Thank you to Stellenbosch Golf Club for the use of their facilities for all our Executive meetings, and the A.G.M. Thank you to all the Clubs who hosted various Boland fixtures, including the management, staff and Lady Captains, for their assistance. Our gratitude to Greta Badenhorst of the Cape Argus for coverage of Boland Ladies Golf tournaments. A special word of thanks to all the Boland Clubs for your wonderful support during the year. Various members of the Executive have been privileged to have been invited as guests to many of the Club Open Days. We really appreciate this very much. Thank you once again. 2008 has been a very busy and successful year for Boland Ladies Golf. Congratulations to all our players who did well in the various tournaments throughout the year. We thank Moira Markgraaff for her dedication and wonderful service to Boland Ladies Golf for the past nine years. We thank the retiring Executive members, Anita Kruger, Rene Markgraaff- Beyers, Lizel Jardim and Susan Nel for all the wonderful service to Boland Ladies Golf. Finally, the past four years as Secretary on the Executive has been a very rewarding experience. I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and everything of the best in 2009. Charmaine Fagyas HON SECRETARY 5