NEWS FROM THE GOLF DIRECTOR - Roxanne Van Niekirk
The last month has definitely been a lucky one for a few of our members. Tinks Arde got a Hole in One on the 27 th March on the 11 th Hole as well as Lorrette Rhoads who also got a Hole In One on the 2 nd April. Colin Simpkins played his first round as a member on the 10 th of April and shot a Hole In One on the 4 th hole.
Club champs were held on the 12 & 13th April, which was a fun filled weekend with some rather close competition. A Division was won by Wade Heath on a gross of 163 followed by Hein Koen on 164. The B Division was won by the youngest player in the field, Andrew Plint on a gross of 162 followed by Coert van der Merwe on 171. Graeme Crookes walked the C Division on 174 followed by Allen Hawkins on 185. The Rosebowl was won by Yvonne Renwick on 177 followed close on her heals by Pauline Fahr Becker 179.
The Match play championship which is composed of the top 8 players from each division was played on 19 th & 20 th April. A division winner was Hein Koen. B Division winner is Coert van der Merwe and C Division winner is Graeme Crookes.
During the month of February the Compleat Golf held their Annual Awards Dinner where Denis Barker received a award for his Contribution to the Golf industry: please visit www.selborne.com/news for more on this.
Selborne played Cotswold downs on the 30 th of March in a friendly mixed competition. Cotswold won on 174 and Selborne ended with 171. Thanks to the Tinks & Alan Arde, Theo & Liz Moussouris, Gerhard & Ingeborg Buettner, David & Dawn Strauss and James & Denise Grinyer.
For the Last many years Brian Woodroffe amongst other things has run the Composite and Dog Trophy for the club. It is not an easy job recruiting players and finding substitutes at the last minutes. We would like to thank Brian Woodroffe for all his hard work. Stan Evans in the Golf shop will now be running with these leagues. The next date for Composite is on the 18 th May so if you are interested in playing please contact Stan.
We would like to congratulate Karmen who gave birth to a Healthy Baby Boy on Friday the 9th May.
NEWS FROM COURSE - Graeme Reeves
The winter season is now upon us, the greens have gone a slight yellowish colour and are running a touch faster then a few months back. Great stuff!
The reason for the warm season grass losing its brilliant green and growing slowly is due to the cooler nights when the soil temperature drops to around 15 degrees.
Golfers will be able to hit the ball further along the fairways and the rough will be not be ‘rough’ and the greens will be easier to putt on, so hoping that your scores will be more to your liking and your handicaps lower.
See you out there …….
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