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GOLF NEWS

WE’RE ON A WINNING STREAK

Scratch League success We send a big thank you to all involved: called “individual matchplay” sessions against
It is with great pride and joy that we all the players, as well as Nico van each other, with a points ladder: two points
congratulate our Silver Lakes Scratch League Rensburg, Danie Viljoen, Pierre Spies, for a win, one point for a tie, and 0 points for
team. They successfully defended their title and the Silver Lakes HOA for making a loss. To win, a team needed 4.5 points more
at the Northern Provinces Scratch League the team look good. than the other teams.
Finals, which was played recently at Royal
Johannesburg’s East Course. North Vaal Champs – two years in The tournament started in 1949. Houghton
a row won it for the first time. Silver Lakes has
It was a tough weekend of golf for the team, To top it off, Silver Lakes won the made it to the final for the past four years
with very cold weather to make it more North Vaal 2023 Club Championships, and we’ve won in 2019, 2022 and 2023 – an
interesting. They got off to a flying start on an event hosted annually between outstanding achievement for a competition of
Saturday morning by winning 7.5-0.5, and the league winners of the various golf this magnitude!
then enjoyed the afternoon off. Sunday unions of Northern Province – namely,
morning was freezing, golf was tough, and Gauteng North, Central Gauteng, Well played, everyone! Silver Lakes is very
unfortunately, the team lost 5.5-2.5. Ekurhuleni, Limpopo, North West and proud of your achievements.
Mpumalanga. This means that you
A stern talking-to from manager/coach already have to be a winning team in Andrew Curlewis
Nico van Rensburg at lunch was needed. order to participate in the final. Golf Manager
It worked: the team came out on Sunday
afternoon winning the first game 6-2 and The teams who participated this year
the second game 5-3. Eventually, Silver Lakes were:
won by a single game point. Silver Lakes – Gauteng North
Royal Johannesburg – Gauteng Central
Tristan Klopper achieved full points for the Reading CC – Ekurhuleni
week and was declared most valuable player. Magalies – North West
Mpumalanga – Witbank
In summary: Limpopo – Pietersburg (but they didn’t
• On Saturday, Silver Lakes won against play in the final)
Witbank 7-1
• On Sunday morning, Silver Lakes lost The tournament was hosted at the
against Magalies 5.5-2.5 East Championship Course of the Royal
• On Sunday afternoon, Silver Lakes won Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club
against Royal Johannesburg 6-2 on 30 and 31 July. Each team consisted
of eight players, one reserve and a
The team’s winning score was 5-3. team manager. Teams played what’s

Top left to right: Zinan Miamane, Pierre Spies (Club Captain),
Nico van Rensburg (Team Manager and Coach), Danie Viljoen (Captain),
Reagan Kraft, Wiehan van der Walt. Bottom left to right: Daniel Bennet,
Tobias de Flamingh, Behn Heyns, Bernard Koster, Tristan Klopper

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