Golf day raises funds for local charities

Residents and businesses showed their support for the 32nd edition of the Silicon Smelters Round Table 22 charity golf match, which was played at the Polokwane Golf Club on Saturday.

A record amount of R159 000 was raised on the day, which surpassed the R127 000 raised in 2011.

There were 200 golfers who competed in the match with 100 pairs competing in the betterball section and 28 pairs that were eligible to win prizes.

A total of 34 teams competed, with the team of Bossie Boshoff winning with a total of 88 points. Second place, with 87 points on a count-out, went to The Oil Shoppe team, while The Cableman team was in third place with 87 points.

Special prizes were awarded to Dave Swart for nearest to the pin for the fourth hole and for the 16th hole, Jan Aucamp for nearest to the pin for the eighth hole, Vincent Olley for nearest to the pin for the 11th hole, Len Olley (jnr) for nearest to the pin for the 18th hole with two strokes and to Shane Hartman for longest drive on the seventh hole.

The best dressed betterball team award went to the team of Polokwane Wholesalers, while Empire Electrical won the prize for the best dressed team.

Silicon Smelters also hosted another charity event, the annual 4×4 charity event, which was held in July.

An amount of R90 000 was raised, which, when added to the golf funds, will make a total R249 000.

Jan Aucamp, the manager at Silicon Smelters and organiser of these charity events said R74 000 was handed-over to Round Table 22 last Friday, while R175 000 will be donated in November after Silicon had collected proposals from charities.

He said Round Table donated R40 000 to Akademie Reformia’s Arende-class.