EP electrifies East London

Eastern Province reigned supreme in the battle for promotion at the 2015 South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Championship at East London Golf Club on Friday.

The Bay side demolished Free State 10 – 1 and mowed down Mpumalanga 9 – 3 in the final round to celebrate their promotion in style with an unbeaten performance in Buffalo City.

Eastern Province scored a clean sweep in the Foursomes against both teams.

David Konzani – playing at number one – defeated Gino De Crescenzo from Free State 7 & 6 and Mpumalanga’s Eddie Daniel 2 & 1 to set the tone for the Singles and Mzuyanda Zingela, Johan Louis Vorster and Ryno Ferreira piled on the points against both sides.

Johnny Ludick beat Free State’s Desmond van Viegen 2-up and halved against Steve Smit from Free State, while Christian Pienaar downed Nico Reyneke from Mpumalanga 1-up.

Attie Burger beat Roedu du Plessis 3 & 1 to seal the win against Free State and Pienaar halved against Brian Naidoo for the win against Mpumalanga.

Southern Cape took an impressive 8 – 4 victory against Boland, but Border spoiled their chances to catch Eastern Province with a 6-all draw.

The Garden Route side had to settle for second, while the local heroes downed Boland 6.5 – 5.5 to finish in third in the standings.

Mpumalanga downed Free State 7.5 – 4.5 in the final B-Section match to finish fifth behind Boland and Limpopo downed Northern Cape 8 – 4 to avoid the bottom of the log.

B-SECTION RESULTS
Boland 4 vs Southern Cape 8
Southern Cape 6 vs Border 6
Boland 5.5 vs Border 6.5
Eastern Province 9.0 vs Mpumalanga 3.0
Mpumalanga 7.5 vs Free State 4.5
Eastern Province 11.0 vs Free State 1.0
Limpopo 8 vs Northern Cape 4

B-SECTION LOG
(Pos-Union-Played-Won-Drawn-Lost-Points-Matches won)
1 Eastern Province (7, 7, 0, 0, 14, 64.0)
2 Southern Cape (7, 5, 1, 1, 11, 54.5)
3 Border (7, 4, 2, 1, 10, 42.5)
4 Boland (7, 3, 1, 3, 7, 43.5)
5 Mpumalanga (7, 3, 1, 3, 7, 38.5)
6 Free State (7, 2, 1, 4, 5, 33.0)
7 Limpopo (7, 1, 0, 6, 2, 35.0)
8 Northern Cape (7, 0, 0, 7, 0, 25.0)

Written and released by Lali Stander on behalf of the South African Golf Association.

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