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NEWS FROM THE BLUE VALLEY GOLF CLUB

trevor resiGns as Captain Subscription fees for 2022 are due and payable this is how it will worK GoinG
Trevor Currie, who has served our golf club in January 2022. Club Champs 2022 will be ForwarD:
diligently for a number of years, has resigned as played on 26 and 27 February. Please ensure Players can, as they do now, select the Par 3
captain of the club. He will remain as a member that your subscriptions are fully paid so you course on any of the HNA platforms. Their course
of the golf committee. Suren Reddy has been get to participate in The Club Championships. handicap will be displayed and they can open
appointed the new captain. The golf committee a round. After the round, they should enter
thanks Trevor for all his hard work, dedication new par 3 Course their scores using the hole-by-hole score entry
and service to the club as captain. GolfRSA has set up two official nine-hole method.
courses for us at BVGCC. These have been set
betterball KnoCK-out up on each nine, so we can choose which nine The score differentials for these rounds will not
Various Betterball knock-out competitions were to play on a given day. The Tee markers are be displayed on the player’s scoring history or
held over the past few months. Congratulations to orange and are permanent, as are all the other be taken into account for their handicap index
the following teams who represented Blue Valley Tee markers. calculation, but all the information will be kept
at the Gauteng North Golf Union’s Betterball in a separate database.
Challenge on 21 November at Blair Atholl: Afternoon competitions on these courses will
commence shortly. They are a lot of fun to play The information in this database will be shared
ladies’ winners – Winda Austin Loeve and (especially for children and beginner golfers) and with the World Handicap Research Team.
Amelia Swart it takes only about 90 minutes to complete a nine. The objective of the research is to determine
Mixed winners – Bev and Nico Meerholz Members and residents are encouraged to try the the transportability/portability of a P3HI to a
Men’s winners – Clifton Stanley and Kris Pillay new fun Par 3s that are rated on the HNA platform, standard course.
Well done in winning your division. allowing you to play off an official handicap.
Finally, I would like to wish all residents a safe
and enjoyable festive season. I hope to see a lot
ConGratulations to the miDam sCratCh leaGue more of you on our beautiful course in 2022.
The Men’s Midam Scratch league clinching Kind regards
the league for their pool. This is only
the second time a scratch league team Suren Reddy
from Blue Valley have won their league. 082 783 0282
Congratulations to league team captain
Craig Duncan and his entire squad for this
stellar performance.

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