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GOLF NEWS

Club Champs Day 2 - Alex and Aidan Grundlingh, Norman Mashaba, Trevor and Ryan Currie Ladies’ Winner - Bev Meerholz

BLUE VALLEY ANNUAL

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2021

big welcome to Pat Lowth, the new • Men’s A Division: Jaco Meyer 142 the golf course which means golfers cannot
golf club general manager, who started • Men’s A Division Best Nett: see cyclists, joggers, walkers etc. It is in the
A back with us on 1 March 2021. Pat was Chris Beukes 142 interest of residents to rather use the various
previously the club’s general manager but • Ladies’: Bev Meerholz 183 other facilities on offer i.e. the soccer field,
more recently managed the shopping centre • Men’s Midam (over 30’s): side-paths and K101 servitude for exercising
for Mitrajaya, the centre’s owners. Mark Lombard 154 purposes. BV
• Men’s Senior (over 50’s): Craig Duncan 157
The Blue Valley annual club championship • Men’s B Division: Grant Turner/Avinash Stay safe and hit straight!
was held on 13 and 14 March 2021. The Parbhoo 165
turnout was close to 80 players which was • Men’s B Division Best Nett: Jermaine Trevor Currie
phenomenal, bearing in mind that Blue Mentor 142 082 944 7202
Valley is a small club with less than 200 • Men’s C Division: Les Gordon 40 Ips points tccurrie61@gmail.com
members. The members competition fund
sponsored the event and a good time was The Blue Valley Golf Section AGM will take
had by all. Thanks to the course owner who place on Thursday, 20 May at 6.30pm. All
also assisted by giving discounted green members are encouraged to attend and vote
fees to all members. The golf course was in for the new 2021/2022 committee.
great condition in spite of all the recent and
persistent rain. Thanks to Rob Sheasby and Most of the GNGU leagues have started and
Servest for ensuring the course was in pristine although Blue Valley has had mixed results,
condition. The quality of the food for the we still punch well above our weight. The
weekend was outstanding and was provided Senior Men’s scratch league team is on
by Taste under the guidance of Claude Chetty course for the league playoffs in May. The
and his team. Men’s scratch league team have had an up
and down season but the squad has depth
Congratulations to Jaco Meyer who won the and this bodes well for the coming seasons.
Men’s Championship by an amazing 12 shots. The Men’s handicap league team got off to
We also had a record 22 members playing in a flying start but more recently has had its
the Men’s A Division which is encouraging wings clipped by Irene and the SADGA team.
for Blue Valley’s future in the various GNGU The Ladies’ league season has just started and
scratch leagues. Well done to Bev Meerholz although they lost their first match, there are
who won the Ladies’ title by three shots from still many matches to claw back points.
Winda Austin-Loeve.
In closing, I would like to urge residents to
Congratulations to the different division stay off the golf course from Tuesday till
winners. The prizes were awarded at our Sunday 6am to 6pm. It is only a matter of
annual prize giving which was held on time before someone gets badly injured from
Saturday 15 March. a flying ball. There are many blind spots on
Men’s Club Champion 2021 with his trophy - Jaco Meyer
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