Celebrate love this weekend at Umkomaas GC
Sierd Lamminga, who has been out of action for almost a year, was welcomed back into the Umkomaas fold last Wednesday.
WITH February being the traditional month of love, the Umkomaas women are hosting a St Valentine’s Day fourball waltzing alliance this Saturday, February 10. This is going to be a mixed sponsored competition, for which all donated prizes will be very welcome.
It promises to be great fun with loads of laughter and, hopefully, some reasonably good golf. All you have to do to book a tee time, is phone Sonny at the club at 039-9731042. Visitors will e welcome. There will also be ‘nearest the pin’ prizes on all the short holes and the ‘waltzing’ format will be explained if need be.
Sierd Lamminga, who has been out of action for almost a year, was welcomed back into the Umkomaas fold last Wednesday.
The individual Stableford competition was very well supported last week with one of the Strand Strikers, Peter Bond, taking the first prize with his 39 points, just pushing Eric Morsner into second spot with his 38 points. Third, on a count-out, was Derek Airey from Peter Toward, followed by Dave Mulroy, Nelson Moonsamy and Richard Andersson, all five on 37 points.
The club held the monthly medal and mug competition last Saturday. Club captain, Peter Toward welcomed visitors, Mike and Karen Lithgow to both the club and competition. In the A division it was Patrick Ndlovu in first place with a score of 66 nett from runner-up Joe Mkhungo with 67 nett. In the B division our ‘wunderkind’, 16-year-old Tash Naicker, brought it home with a nett score of 64, followed by Derek Airey with 68.
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The C division did it a bit differently this month by having a Stableford competition as well as medal. Peter Toward won on a count-out from Simon van den Bosch – both players had a 69 nett with 37 points.
The few women who played had a torrid time out on the course with their medal round. Sabiha Bacaus was the winner with 72 nett. Denise Nell shot 85 nett with Linda Toward finishing on 89 nett. Sabiha also won the least putts prize with 29 putts.
Patrick Ndlovu surprised everyone by winning the jackpot with 15 points. The hidden birdie (18th hole) will be carried over – there were only two two-clubs, both on the fourth hole, by Chris Carelsen and Jimmy Spear. Unusually, there were two nearest the pin prizes as well, which went to Wally Kent on the ninth and Nelson Moonsamy on the 17th.
Golfer of the month (February) was Tash Naicker.
Sabiha Bacaus, Natalie Singer, Lesley Fraser and Linda Toward played in the South Coast Meet’s fourball alliance competition at Amanzimtoti Golf Club last Sunday and, although they didn’t win a prize, they came in fourth overall. They all had a great day in this first SCR competition of the year.
The Sunday ‘Bash’ was also played last Sunday and, although the field was a small one, the guys played very well. The winner was Joe Mkhungo with 43 points and second was Lindani Mthiyane with 41 points. The next ‘Bash’ will be on Sunday, February 18.
This Sunday, the club hosts the Allerton League, which is a 36-hole competition, so only a few time slots will be open for social golf. Do call the club if you wish to play on Sunday.
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The ‘early bird special’ is still going strong on Tuesdays and Fridays only, before 7.30am at R75 per player. Contact Graham Steyn at 083-3255705 and, if you need a partner, Graham will be more than happy to play a round of golf with you.
Six-pin is played on Friday afternoons only from 2.30pm. This is a great way to de-stress after a hectic week at work. There could be food after your game as well. The scorecards are in the bar and this game is open to all.
Our website has all our information on www.umkomaasgolf.co.za.
BY P UTTER
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