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TCC Junior Tournament
The TCC Junior Tournament is the first round of four day tournaments to be held during the July Holidays. The first round is at TCC on the 11th of July, The Second at Polokwane GC on the 12th of July, the Third at Naboom on the 14th of July and the final round at Mokopane on the 15th of july.
Entry is open to any junior with an official Handicap with prizes split into the A,B and C divisions. There will be prizes for first, second and third in each division. The format for the divisions is medal for A and B and stableford for C.
Entry forms can be downloaded here
Henk Geldenhuys derde jaar in ‘n ry klubkampioen
In die foto, van lings na regs: Megan Bissett, Dames Kampioen. Hendri Schoonraad, Voorsitter. Henk Geldenhuys, Klub Kampioen 2011, Naas Maritz, Wenner Mans B Afdeling.
Tzaneen Buiteklub het die afgelope naweek die jaarlikse klubkampioenskap aangebied. Die kompetisie is goed ondersteun deur die lede en 58 spelers het in vier afdelings meegeding.
Henk Geldenhuis het vir die derde jaar in ‘n ry die klubkampioenskap gewen na ‘n naelbyt uitspel wedstryd teen Ryan Hyde. Na afloop van 36 gaatjies oor twee dae was Henk en Ryan gelyk met ‘n telling van 142 houe oor die twee rondtes en dus gelyk aan baansyfer. Die wenner van die toernooi moes toe bepaal word deur ‘n valbyl uitspeel wedstryd. Op die tweede uitspeel putjie het Henk ‘n voëltjie twee aangeteken op die syfer 3 agtiende putjie om die toernooi te beklink.
Megan Bissett het ook haar titel as die dames klubkampioen suksesvol verdedig deur weereens die titel in 2011 in te palm. Die uitslae van die verskillende afdelings is as volg: A Afdeling, 1ste plek – Henk Geldenhuis, 2de plek – Ryan Hyde. B Afdeling, 1ste plek – Naas Maritz, 2de plek – Hendri Schoonraad. C Afdeling, 1ste plek – Marcell Schipper, 2de plek – Roy Kruiskamp. Dames, 1te plek – Megan Bissett, en Wallie Steenkamp het die beste netto telling van die dames aangeteken.
Die klub wil ook die volgende lede hartlik bedank wat in hulle persoonlike hoedanigheid die kompetisie geborg het: Eric Baker, Allan Bissett, Jon Hyde, Albert Luus, Pieter Gouws, Cor van Heyningen en Gideon Venter.
In nog ‘n geskiedkundige gebeurtenis het die meeste van Orange Dene Gholf Klub se lede die afgelope week by Tzaneen Buiteklub aangesluit. Een van die nuwe lede, Gerhard van der Ende het in sy eerste wedstryd as lid ook ‘n nuwe rekord opgestel deur 15 houe op die 17de putjie aan te teken. Die voorsitter van Tzaneen Buiteklub, Hendri Schoonraad het by die geleentheid al die nuwe lede hartlik welkom geheet en wil ook die wat nog nie aangesluit het nie aanmoedig om dit so gou as moontlik te doen.
Aqua Spar Golf Day
OVER the weekend Aqua Spar hosted a fantastic golf day at the Tzaneen Country Club. This tournament was universally lauded as a rousing success. The top five handicapped golfers were: 1st Allan Bisset, 2nd G Smit, 3rd Eric Baker, 4th S Mashile and 5th N Janse van R e n s b u rg . Morris Fox (jnr) won the dubious award for having the longest day on the course and accepted his 'prize' with good humour.
In the not handicapped category the following people took the top five places (first to fifth): Wessie, A Viljoen, C Swarts, F Janse van Rensburg and J Bouwer.
The following businesses were co-sponsors to Aqua Spar's golf day: Ace Packaging, Allegraine, Ansel Marketing, Avanti, AVI National Brand, Blomskuur, Biltong & Braai, Beacon, Bonamo, Bokomo, Cadbury, Coca - Cola, Clover, CMS, Clippa Sales, Derick's Lighters, Empire Toys, Ellies, Forms Media Independent, Frutina (Thomas Laurie), Grafton Paper, Gravelotte Charcoal, Golfers Club, Imobile, Instant Hotmeals, Integrifin (Discovery), Letaba Citrus Processors, Limpopo Pool & Pump, Letaba Security, Letaba Verkoeling, Lowveld Succulents, Kaktus Eksklusief, Megan Meringues, Namib Distributors, Northern Personnel & Labour Brokers, National Stationary, NCM - Nokkie's Meat, Nu Metro, OLA, PEPSI (Ceres Beverages), Parmalat, Premier Houseware, Patleys, Panasonic, Prima Toys, Rita's Beskuit, Ruto Mills, Rainbow, SASKO, Sunbake, South Bakels, Sakata, Spar North Rand, Smollans, St Pie, Simba, SAD Vrugte, The Cold Chain, Toy Galaxy, Take 5, Vissie's Wiring, Viljoen Beverages and VMS.
Both the golfers on the course and the sponsors off of it agreed that this was by far the best golf day of the year so far and are looking forward to the next time with much anticipation.
TCC win BIG in Gross League Final
Tzaneen Country Club won the Gross League in the Limpopo Province for the first time in 16 years! This is a major achievement if one takes into consideration who the other clubs were that TCC beat on route to be crowned Limpopo Champs for 2010. TCC competed against Polokwane Golf Club, Mogol Golf Club (Lephalale) and Kameeldoring GC (Potgietersrus). All of these clubs have much bigger membership bases (4 to 5 times bigger) than Tzaneen and this makes it a big upset for such a small club as TCC to win the Gross League final in Limpopo. (Gross League = NO HANDICAPS INVOLVED) TCC Results were as follows.
- bt. Polokwane - 5.5-2.5
- bt. Kameeldoring - 6-2
- and halved their match 4-4 with Mogol.
Tzaneen will compete on the 17/18th of July against all the winners of the other provinces at the exclusive Ebotsi Golf Club in Benoni. The club winners of Mpumalanga, Highveld, Northwest, Central Gauteng, Gauteng North, Ekhuruleni and Limpopo will compete against each other on a matchplay basis to determine the strongest club of all.
The team that represented TCC against the winners of the other provinces : (From l to r) (Back) Charlie Swart, Thys du Toit, Tom van der Westhuizen, Louis Erasmus, Henk Geldenhuys & Marthinus "Barries" Barnard. (Front) Ryan Hyde, Johan Coetzee & Bertram Thomas.
TCC would like to wish the team the best of luck at Ebotsi Golf Club!! The Team that won in the final - Tom van der Westhuizen, Ryan Hyde, Paul Wiltshire, Henk Geldenhuys (Cpt.), Louis Erasmus, Mathinus Barnard, Thys Du Toit and Johan Coetzee.
It is worthwhile noting Tom van der Westhuizen halved his match against the 12th Top Ranked amateur golfer (C.J. Du Plessis) in South Africa!! Truly a great achievement. !
SA Mid-Amateur Stroke Play 2010
Henk Geldenhuys shot the low round on the last day of the South African Mid Amateur Stroke Play Championship at ERPM Golf Club to finish second one behind the tournament winner Grant Wood.
TCC would like to congratulate Henk on his success!!!
Koraalboom 2010
The annual Koraalboom tournament held at Tzaneen Country Club from the 29th of April to the 2nd of May 2010. The tournament was a few golfers short this year but it still kept to the Koraalboom tradition of being fun for everyone who took part.
The winners of the tournament are as follows: Betterball Koraalboom winners Gideon Venter & Pierre Joynt with TCC Ladies Captain Eleanor Visser. TCC Captain Henk Geldenhuys with the individual Koraalboom Champion Charlie Swart.
Tzaneen Country Club would also like to thank the individual Sponsors of the four days, Day 1 Farmers World, Day 2 Westfalia, Day 3 FNB and also to the Sunday hamper sponsors Aqua Spar, Kingdom Plant, DHL Polokwane & SASKO.
Sugarloaf & Ruto Biggest Wednesday Golf day ever!
The Sugarloaf & Ruto Mills Meat Hamper Golf day was a HUGE success, and by far the biggest Wednesday golf tournament ever held at Tzaneen Country Club! There was a full field of 85 players all trying to win one of the 22 prizes on offer.
Johan Coetzee played incredibly well to win first prize on 40 points, Tiaan van der Westhuizen won second Prize on a count out on 38 point & Tom van der Westhuizen took home third prize. There were prizes allocated to each hole rewarding player for achievements from the longest drive to the longest putt, giving everyone an opportunity to win!
A braai was held sponsored by Sugarloaf and Ruto Mills after the competition so inevitably a great time was had by all. TCC Would like to thank Lino and Paul for all their hard work to make the day a success and all the additional Sponsors for their support. The next Sugarloaf / Ruto Mills golf day will be held on the 27th of April.
Tzaneen Open
The Day was very well organized at short notice by Henk and his team. Everyone commented on the reception they got from both The organizers of the day as well as the golf course. The rough again getting the better of the majority of the field, Tiaan Diederiks the winner on the day however seemed unfazed and shot a level par score of 142 in the 36 hole tournament. The only player in the 85 strong field to shoot under her handicap was Tzaneen's ladies Captain Eleanor Visser scoring 74 points to win the C-division. Other Winners were : in the A division Nett Winner on 144 was Garth Stevens, B- Division Gross Winner on 168 Abby Greaver and the B-Division Nett Winner on 146 was Louis Scheepers.
Tzaneen Country Club would like to congratulate Tiaan on a great golfing display and thanks to our sponsors Bissetts Engineering and AGD - Aluminum Garage Doors.
Henk Retains Championship!
This year the course put everyone to the sword, with the worst scores in recent memory! The rough took its toll and a lot of golfers out of the running but at the end of the day Henk Geldenhuys won by one shot to our Club Championship serial runner-up Cor van Heiningen. On day one the competition was quite stiff with opening round scores from Henk of 70 and Cor of 74.
The second round was a different story with most of the field struggling, Henk finaly won it with an 81 second round giving Him a 9-over total of 151. In the B-Division the effervescent Deon Lamminga, who only entered the competition after being convinced to do so by friends earlier in the week, added the B-division trophy to his trophy cabinet that also contains the Winter B-division Championship trophy!In the C-division Christopher Altona took all the glory and in the Ladies Division Megan Bissett fulfilled her potential to become Ladies Club Champion.
Congratulations to all the Winners! And well done to everyone who Finished.
Results
A-Division
B-Division
C-Division
Ladies-Division
Captains Knockout WINNERS!
George Bezuidenhout an unassuming golfer Won the final of the individual knock-out. On his way there he knocked out a lot of stiff competition including Alan Bissett, Joan Bissett & Nicci janse van Rensburg, truly an exceptional achievement!
Ryan Hyde and Bertram Thomas TCC's best hopes for hopes for our next professional stormed over everyone to win the betterball knockout, no small achievement taking there opposition in the final into account! They beat Deon Lamminga and Gerhard Smit 4 & 3 in the Final a fitting end to there dominance in the competition!
Eclectic Competition has begun
The 2010 Eclectic Competition is underway and will end the weekend before Koraalboom. The earlier you get involved in the competition the more rounds you will be able to submit!!
To enter the competition you can pay in the office. The rules are on the noticeboard.
Sugerloaf & Ruto Mills Monthly Meat Hamper
Sugerloaf & Ruto mills have taken the initiative to encorauge Wednesday Golf! The Monthly meat hamper is a competition held every last Wednesday of the Month, With prizes for:
- 1st - R600 Meat Hamper,
- 2nd - R400 Meat Hamper
- 3rd - R200 Meat Hamper
BE SURE YOU ARE PART OF THIS EXCITING NEW COMPETITION!
Contact Brenda to find out more.
Louis Defends Title
Louis Erasmus defended his Soutpansberg Open Title in a play-off with another Tzaneen golfer, none other than Henk Geldenhuis. Henk's uncharacteristic 3 putt on the last nine put them on the same score of 144, at the end of the 36 hole tournament. Louis then proceeded to capitalize on his position by sinking a long putt on the first play-off hole to retain the title.
There were a host of Tzaneen golfers in the prizes! Louis taking first place & Henk Second for the Soutpansberg Open. Llewelyn Landman took first prize in the Nett, shooting 5 under his handicap and had the best 18 of the tournament with an outstanding 69, including an eagle on the par-4 18th! Bertram Thomas Won the B-Division and Charlie Swart came second completing a convincing TCC Performance!
It was a good start to the year for most of our golfers,Lets hope it keeps up.
Well done Louis and the rest of the TCC Golfers!!
Road to the Final
