Woodlands hosts another successful Masters

For the 12th consecutive year, Woodlands International College again hosted a field of the country’s most accomplished young golfers from leading sporting schools in South Africa, between May 5 and 7.

The 2024 edition of the Woodlands Junior Masters Golf Championship and the Woodlands Primary School Golf Challenge teed off at the acclaimed Signature golf course at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate.

Audrey Matthews, a director at the college, explained that this tournament represents a premium calendar event on the school-level golfing circuit.

“Woodlands entertains a field of aspirant and talented young golfers, boys and girls from schools across SA, for three exciting, demanding and enjoyable days of competitive junior golf in pursuit of the coveted Woodlands Junior Masters Individual and Team Champion titles.

“This year’s championship saw entries from Hoërskool Waterkloof, Midstream College, Pretoria Boys High School, St David’s Marist Inanda, St John’s College, Steyn City School, and Woodlands International College, among others,” she said.

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The school was thrilled to again host the South African Golf Development Board Team. The team aims to make golf accessible to talented players from underprivileged and previously disadvantaged communities.

The intensive three days of play, aimed at cultivating the next generation of world-class South African golfers, was supported by professional golfers Eric Wowor (part of the Team Champions at the inaugural championship in 2012), Estiaan Conradie (part of the Team Champions in 2015), James Pennington and Jonathan Broomhead, who played alongside the leading teams on the final day.

The event culminated in a prize-giving on Tuesday afternoon at which prestigious masters blazers and other prizes were bestowed upon these winners by Woodlands directors Ronnie Matthews, Janet Matthews, Audrey Matthews and Brenda Sampson:

• Die Hoërskool Menlopark (team champion)

• Schalk van Ettinger (Die Hoërskool Menlopark, individual champion boys).

• Keira Howroyd (Woodlands International College, individual champion girls).

Ryan Collett from Woodlands International College won the Woodlands Primary School Golf Challenge.
Mornè Heymans from Die Hoërskool Menlopark received the Bruce Ritchie Robinson Award, a peer award conferred on the player deemed by the field as most representative of the spirit of the game.

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