Lions, KZN have early edge at Wingate Park
Stanley de Beer and Michael Griffiths from Southern Cape, Central Gauteng Golf Union’s Steve Williams and Stephen Johnston and Johan Krugel and Douglas Mc Cabe from North West are primed for the first round foursomes in the SA Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial at Wingate Park Country Club; credit GolfRSA.
9 April 2019 – Defending champions Central Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal made light work of their opening gambit in the 2019 South Africa Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial, while Super Seniors Central Gauteng and Southern Cape also flexed their muscles on day one at Wingate Park Country Club.
SENIORS
Central Gauteng mowed down Border 10.5 – 1.5 but had to dig a little deeper to route the Daisies in Tuesday’s opening round.
The Lions were 1.5 – 2.5 down after the morning session, but Greg Gleeson steadied when he defeated Wingate Park course superintendent Pieter Cooper 5 & 4 in his own backyard. Reigning SA Senior Stroke Play champion Craig Kamps (3&2), Jock Wellington (2&1) and Steve Williams (1-up) boosted the team’s tally to 5.5 points.
Brian Chernotsky halved against William Skinner and Schalk Naude claimed another half point against Johan du Toit to guarantee a 6.5 – 5.5 result for Central Gauteng.
KwaZulu-Natal beat Eastern Province and North West to bank 4 valuable points.
The coastal side took a 2.5 – 1.5 lead into the singles against Eastern Province and runaway victories from Murray Gilson (6&5), Mike Matthews (6&4), Basil Naidoo (6&4) and Guy O’Connor (4&2) put KwaZulu-Natal in the driver’s seat.
Kevin Curren and Morgan Phillips halved their games to secure a 7.5 – 3.5 win for the side.
It was more of the same against North West, with KwaZulu-Natal breaking the 2-all tie after the foursomes with six wins to triumph 8 – 4.
Gauteng North rallied to beat Border 10 – 2 to finish third in the log, behind leaders Central Gauteng and second placed KwaZulu-Natal, who trail the Lions by 1.5 game points.
Eastern Province bounced back against North West to win 8 – 4 and Western Province routed Southern Cape 7.5 – 4.5.
SUPER SENIORS
Defending champions Southern Cape got their 2019 campaign off the ground with a resounding victory over Boland.
The two sides squared the foursomes, but Bertus Smit and Anton Nel moved the Garden Route side into attack with 4&2 wins each. Solly Rautenbach won his game 3&1 and Neil Abrahamse halved against Frans Bruwer to seal a 4.5 – 1.5 result.
Western Province beat Gauteng North 4 – 2, while Central Gauteng made a strong case for the title bid this year with a 4.5 – 1.5 win in their opening match against KwaZulu-Natal.
SENIORS A-DIVISION ROUND 1
Central Gauteng 6.5 vs Gauteng North 5.5
Central Gauteng 10.5 vs Border 1.5
Gauteng North 10 vs Border 2
KwaZulu-Natal 7.5 vs Eastern Province 4.5
Eastern Province 8 vs North West 4
KwaZulu-Natal 8 vs North West 4
Western Province 7.5 vs Southern Cape 4.5
SUPER SENIORS A-DIVISION ROUND 1
Southern Cape SS 4.5 vs Boland SS 1.5
Gauteng North SS 2 vs Western Province SS 4
Central Gauteng SS 4.5 vs KwaZulu-Natal SS 1.5
SENIORS A DIVISION LOG
(Position-Union-Played-Win-Draw-Loss-Points-Games)
1 Central Gauteng (2, 2, 0, 0, 4, 17)
2 KwaZulu-Natal (2, 2, 0, 0, 4, 15.5)
3 Gauteng North (2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 15.5)
4 Eastern Province (2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 12.5)
5 Western Province (1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 7.5)
6 North West (2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 8)
7 Southern Cape (1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 4.5)
8 Border (2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 3.5)
SUPER SENIORS A DIVISION LOG
(Position-Union-Played-Win-Draw-Loss-Points-Games)
1 Southern Cape SS (1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 4.5)
1 Central Gauteng SS (1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 4.5)
3 Western Prov SS (1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 4)
4 Gauteng North SS (1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 2)
5 KwaZulu Natal SS (1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1.5)
5 Boland SS (1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1.5)
Written and released by Lali Stander on behalf of GolfRSA.