Golfers on the charge at Battery Centre day

The Dundee Country Club was a hive of activity over the past weekend, with many people taking off work on Friday to make it a long weekend to enjoy golfing and thirst quenching conditions. The first round of the Battery Centre tournament commenced on Thursday with 60 players competing in the 4 BBBS format. Winning the day on 49 points were B. Chiwaya and S. Nzenza, second place went to R, Khumalo and Z. Milne on 47 points followed by the father and son pairing of Bruce and Mason Meyer on 46 points.
The nearest pin prizes went to: B Sandy number 4, S. Khanyile number 8, W. Mhlungu number 12 and J. Zulu number 16. The following players all managed to card a two club and a share of the prize money, B. Sandy, W. Mhlungu, R. Khumalo, N. Sithole, L. Sithole and F. Bester.
The Jackpot prize money was shared by Bertie Venter and Mason Meyer who both scored 11 jackpoint points.
The second round of the tournament was played on Saturday in the form of individual stableford competition. J. Khumalo came home with 41 points to win this competition with M. Jansen van Rensburg counting out both M. Mthethwa and D. Lemmer on 38 points to finish second. Joe Khumalo’s 41 points was enough to give him the overall winners prize on 78 points for the tournament. Marc Bradbury finish second on 73 points followed by three players on 72 points, M. Mthethwa, W. Mhlungu and Mason Meyer.
The nearest pin prizes were won by: D. Lemmer number 4, J. Khumalo number 8, H. Booysen number 12 and W. Mhlungu number 16.

The Club would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to Battery Centre for holding this tournament. The Club hopes for an even bigger event next year. The Bokke support in the pub on Saturday evening was wonderful to see and the great victory was enjoyed by all who supported the club and the high spirits continued late into the night with a live performance by Driehardt.
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Members are urged to come out and support the SPCA fundraising golf day on October 3. The format for the competition will be 4 BBBS and not an alliance competition as previously advertised. Please contact the Pro Shop for your bookings on 034 218 1000. Come support this good cause.
The Springboks are up against Scotland on Saturday, so come and support our boys at the club and enjoy a braai after the game