Country Club’s winners of Sanlam series known

The annual Sanlam Cancer Challenge qualifier of the Windhoek Golf and Country Club drew an excellent field of 66 players last weekend.
The weather was cold and windy and most players found the going difficult, except for the Men’s B division in which four players scored under their handicap.
The winners in each division for men and ladies go through to the National Finals of the event to be played at WGCC on Saturday, 20 August.
The list of prize winners is as follows:


MEN
A Division: 1 Robert von Prittwitz – 35 points (count-out). 2 Erikson Hatutale – 35. 3 Jan van Wyk – 34.
B Division: 1 Hans Haraseb – 40 points. 2 Stefanus van der Merwe – 39. 3 Coen van Graan – 38.
C Division: 1 Clinton Dodds – 36 points. 2 Frikkie Viljoen – 34 (c/o). 3 Corrie van den Berg – 34.


LADIES
A Division: 1 Celonika Robinson – 28 points. 2 Wiltrud Rügheimer – 27.
B Division: 1 Heidi van Niekerk – 34 points (c/o), 2 Hansina Hinda – 34. 3 Loide Ngenekesho – 33.
C Division: 1 Maryann Boltman – 34 points. 2 Amanda van Dyk – 31. 3 Suené du Plooy – 29.
The longest drive on hole 18 was won by J Katti, while Hans Haraseb hit it nearest to the pin on hole 17.


OMEYA
Last Friday Omeya Golf Club welcomed a new sponsor on board in the form of Floor World.
The owner of Floor World, Abe Louw, has committed to sponsor a series of five Par 3 Challenge events over the next five months including three overall prizes for players with the most points after the fifth and final round.
The results for round 1 were:


1 Gareth Howard on 20 points
2 Xander Erasmus on 19 points (count-out)
3 Steve Mehrtens on 19
4 Lydia Lumley on 19
5 Riaan Liebenberg on 19
• Following a very enjoyable Friday afternoon Par 3 Challenge, it was back to serious business for round 8 of the AfricaOnline Race to Omeya Members Cup.
The course was set up very tough, but that did not stop Jandre van den Heever from shooting lights out and carding 43 points.
Francois Hanekom made 39 points and is slowly but surely narrowing the gap on Lukas Dreyer for the overall title.
Herewith the final results:
1 Jandre van den Heever on 43 points
2 Francois Hanekom on 39
3 Gerbie van Wyk on 38
4 Ferdi Graupe on 37 (count-out)
5 Gerhard van Eeden on 37
• Tomorrow Omeya welcomes back Dulux for round 2 of the Dulux Betterball. Once again a huge field of 43 teams will compete for pro shop vouchers on the day as well as two camping fridges and two sets of Mizuno JPX 850 EZ irons with stand bags as overall prizes.
Herewith the tee times from the 1st tee:
08:30 J Bruwer, S Smith, G Wise, J Vermeulen.
08:40 D Kotze, N Roussouw, W Prinsloo, B Nel.
08:50 M Gerber, G Gerber, U Felix, C Abrahams.
09:10 J van Reenen, G Howard, D Malan, G van Wyk.
09:20 L Beukes, R Schwartz, A Fourie, W Fourie.
09:30 N Groenewald (Snr), N Groenewald (Jnr), S Venter, F Hanekom.
09:40 R von Prittwitz, H von Prittwitz, S Israel, H Mouton.
10:00 J Smit, J le Riche, B Nolte, C Robbinson.
10:10 B Bergh, D Prinsloo, I Wait, X Erasmus.
10:20 D Jansen, R Carstens, A van Wyk, G van Wyk.
10:30 D Zwiebel, P Johns, R Ludwig, B Graupe.


Tenth tee:
08:30 R Verburg, H Steytler, F Maree, L Koch.
08:40 J Steenkamp, W Meyer, D van Wyk, F van Wyk.
08:50 M Gregan, E Lofty-Eaton, R Liebenberg, J Liebenberg.
09:10 M Engelbrecht, W Heunis, M Esterhuizen, J Barnard.
09:20 J Snyman, M Thom, A Muller, L du Pisani.
09:30 S van der Merwe, C Beuke, J Knoetze, W Louw.
09:40 J Steyn, F van Straten, J Meuwesen, M Burger.
10:00 G Lambert, G de Klerk, A le Grange, F le Grange.
10:10 D Schrywer, L Underhill, P Verburg, M Steytler.
10:20 A Pienaar, S Pienaar, F Graupe, F Oosthuizen.
10:30 JP Visser, M du Rand.
Omeya Golf Club would like to thank each and every sponsor for supporting the club and for putting together great events for our homeowners and members to compete in. Without sponsors amateur golf will not survive!


WALVIS BAY
In a very different format of the game, the WBM FLAGS, Wilma van der Merwe was the only player to carry her flag back into the Walvis Bay clubhouse last Saturday, and thus claim the crown as the flags winner for the year.
Second place went to Andre Burger who played his last shot to the apron on the 18th. Morné Roux was a close third, while Estelle Bothma was fourth. Pieter van Aarde secured the fifth prize.
Also among the prizes were Anton van Rensburg, Johnny Borges, Pieter Heunis and Oswald Roos.
This weekend is the PSG better ball day.
There will be three big draws made at the club tonight. First up will be the last of this format for the members draw for N$500, whereafter the N$1 000 extra draw will follow, which at the time of reporting only had Anton’s name in. With a bit of luck two or even three names could be added by the draw time.
After that the Standard Bank Matchplay month draw for N$1 000 will take place for players who have played three or maximum four games in the matchplay event. So lots of money up for grabs tonight, you just have to be there to stand a chance to win.
Remember that the AGM will be held on 24th August. The AGM is the only forum for members to make suggestions and contributions to the management and running of the club, so just be there to have your say. Maybe even make yourself available to stand on the committee.