17 year-old Namibian Bonita Bredenhann and KZN’s Tiffany Avern-Taplin are the respective 2010 Nedbank Eastern Province stroke play and match play champions. The championship was concluded on Tuesday 9 February and played at Port Elizabeth Golf Club, venue of the upcoming 2010 SA Amateur Championship.
Connie, Bertine and Erica’s plane was diverted to New York after Washington, their original stop-off in the US, experienced 18 inches of snow and was closed.
With consistent rounds of par 72 and one over 73, Waterkloof’s 17-year old Connie Chen won the first women’s event of the year – the Gauteng North Junior Championships – played at Service golf Club on Sunday 24 January.
Kim Williams and Iliska Verwey represented South Africa at the Mexican Women’s Amateur Championship played at Club de Golf, Vallescondido in Mexico City from 10 to 14 January and we include her unabridged report on the event.
WGSA regrets to advise that Greta Badenhorst, Past President of Western Province and who served on the SA National Executive from 1995 to 1996 passed away suddenly today at the age of 77.
12 year-old Courtenay James came first in the U.S. Kids World Qualifier at Eagle Canyon Golf Club in JHB on the weekend. This is the third year in a row that she has won her age division.
South Africa’s Kim Williams finished runner-up in the Mexican Women’s Amateur Championship after scoring a 79 in the final round. The event was played at the Club de Golf, Vallescondido, Mexico City this week.
14 Year old Zanele Mazibuko and 17 year old Ntsoaki Mokoena from Phuthaditjhaba in Qwa-Qwa, Free State have been accepted on the Department of Sport & Recreation’s residential scholarship at the High Performance Centre Academy in Pretoria.