Mateusz Gradecki leads after the second round when he carded an even par 72 at the Toya Polish Junior a WJGS Event being played in Wroclaw this week. Mateusz was three under par leading the tournament by three shots after nine holes, but fell back on the inward nine to finish level par and lead the tournament by one shot. South Africa’s Armandt Scoltz pictured here, carded a great one-under 71 in round two after an indifferent first round.
The South African juniors did not feature among the leaders in Round 1 of the Toya Polish Junior Masters – this was left to juniors from Thailand. Seen here are two South Africans Lwazi Gqira and Kim Daniels with their Nomads sponsored golf bags.
SA Top Junior Lara Weinstein returned to the winners’ podium when she won the Limpopo Women’s Championships played at the spectacular Ledgends course on 18 and 19 June.
Great Britain and Ireland retained the Astor Trophy on 19.5 points after an exciting final day at Fairhaven Golf Club. Trailing 0-2 from the morning foursomes, captain Tegwen Matthews’ team of five – Kelly Tidy, Amy Boulden, Holly Clyburn, Kelsey MacDonald and Pamela Pretswell picked four of the singles encounters to win 4 & 3. Favourites New Zealand was runner-up on 16 points.
South Africa with 13 points finished in third place, ahead of Australia (12) and Canada (9.5).
South Africa bounced back from a 6-1 defeat by GB and I to beat Canada 5 ½-1 ½ on Day 3 of the Astor Trophy tournament at Fairhaven GC, Lancashire.
New Zealand is still on course for a crunch Saturday match against Great Britain and Ireland – but Australia gave them their toughest match so far before the Kiwis edged a 4-3 win.
Great Britain and Ireland boosted their prospects of retaining the Astor Trophy at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lytham St Annes on Sunday with a resounding 6-1 win over South Africa on Day 2 of the five-day round-robin team match-play event.
Top-ranked South African Kim Williams aced her tee-shot at 10 and went on to defeat the World No 1 Lydia Ko, but SA lost 4.5 – 2.5 to favourites, New Zealand.
Team SA (Silent Assassins) takes on the young New Zealand side on the first day of the Astor Trophy being played at Fairhaven Golf Club in Lancashire this week. The team is, back row, Tiffany Avern-Taplin, Henriëtte Frylinck and Bertine Strauss and seated, Kim Williams, Sandra Winter and Iliska Verwey.