Posts Tagged ‘Ekurhuleni Women’s Golf’
Magnificent Macnab on the rise again
October 2020 – South Africa’s leading amateur Caitlyn Macnab picked up where she left off with yet another dazzling victory in the Ekurhuleni Women’s Championship this October. The Serengeti golfer Macnab cemented her spot at the top of the Womens Golf South Africa Open and Junior Rankings in February with a superior performance in the…
Read MoreEkurhuleni celebrates SA Women’s IPT double
29 September 2019 – Twelve months after they marched to a historic first victory in Stellenbosch, Ekurhuleni was in ascendancy again in the 59th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship at Riviera on Vaal Country Club. The defending champions put an exclamation mark behind an unbeaten week when they staved off a spirited assault from Western Province in a…
Read MoreGolfRSA threesome bow out in Scotland
PANMURE, Scotland (16 August 2019) – Caitlyn Macnab and Jordan Rothman were eliminated in the first round and 14-year-old Kiera Floyd lost in a tightly contested second round tussle at The R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship in Scotland on Thursday. Macnab from Ekurhuleni went down 4 & 3 to Spaniard Julie Lopez Ramirez in the morning…
Read MoreDéjà-vu for Ekurhuleni at Maccauvlei
5 June 2019 – Ekurhuleni won the 58th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship last October and on Wednesday, they did again, coming up trumps in the SA Women’s 72-Hole Teams Championship in Vereeniging. Ekurhuleni A overcame a four-shot first round deficit to take pole position in the Swiss Team Trophy with a strong performance on moving…
Read MoreSweet Seventh for South Africa in Eswatini
4 April 2019 – Zethu Myeki, Sarah Bouch and Larissa du Preez dovetailed brilliantly over 54 holes to capture South Africa’s seventh successive Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy victory with a wire-to-wire performance in Eswatini. GolfRSA Elite Squad members Myeki and Bouch combined for an eight-over 150 in Thursday’s final round at the Nkonyeni Lodge and…
Read MoreSA trio ready for RAACT action in Eswatini
1 March 2019 – GolfRSA Elite Squad player Zethu Myeki, fellow Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation member Larissa du Preez and Sarah Bouch will start South Africa’s title defence in the Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy (RAACT) in Eswatini on Tuesday. The prestigious Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy events are held biennially in West Africa, Southern Africa,…
Read MoreMacnab on the move in Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl
25 March 2019 – Womens Golf South Africa’s golf development programme certainly lived up to its billing as the six juniors in its GolfRSA Elite Squad stormed through the field to grab the six leading positions in the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship on Monday. The first round at the Langebaan Golf and Sports…
Read MoreDouble joy for GolfRSA at AAJGC
16 March 2019 – The GolfRSA Boys and Girls secured their berths in the field for the 2019 Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan with resounding victories in the Boys and Girls Competitions of the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Botswana on Friday. The GolfRSA Girls successfully defended their title for a third successive year,…
Read MoreMacnab lands another big one at Magalies Park
BENONI, 8 March 2019 – Caitlyn “Cat” Macnab thrives on challenge. That is evidenced in every swing this petite rising star makes in pursuit of the perfect strike. And in the way she casts her rod in the sea and plays a cob until she guides it safely to shore. “I guess if it wasn’t…
Read MoreFearless Floyd sets winning course in 2019
13 February 2019 – Extraordinary talent is not the only thing that sets champions apart from the rest of the competition. It is the ability to follow a plan with discipline and sticking to it with tenacious commitment and perseverance. These are the attributes that set 14-year-old Kiera Floyd from Benoni on a winning path…
Read MoreCat nabs the first trophy in 2019
6 February 2019 – Two of South Africa’s most exciting young golfing prospects made an early statement in this year’s battle for supremacy on the women’s amateur circuit in the 2019 season’s curtain-raiser at Humewood Golf Club. In a thrilling climax to the 50-year celebration of Eastern Province Women’s Golf, Caitlyn Macnab and Jordan Rothman…
Read MoreIntroducing SA Rising Star Kiera Floyd
Ekurhuleni golfer Kiera Floyd made junior golf history when she beat a predominantly male field at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club with a seven-under 65 at the East Course to become the first female champion on the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series last year. Just 13 at the time, the Ebotse junior was equally…
Read MoreEpic battles loom at SA Women’s IPT
STELLENBOSCH, 4 October 2018 – The final round of the 58th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate is shaping up for a mouth-watering finale in both sections on Friday. Defending champions Western Province are in for a ding-dong battle against Ekurhuleni for the championship title, while Mpumalanga and Border will…
Read MoreProvince throws down the gauntlet at Devonvale
STELLENBOSCH, 2 October 2018 – Western Province made a winning start to their title defence in the 58th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship with a convincing performance in Tuesday’s Seeding Round. The morning foursomes teed off in little more than a gentle breeze at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate. Kelly Erasmus and Zayb Fredericks combined for…
Read MoreTeam SA celebrate top 15 with closing salvo in Ireland
MAYNOOTH, Ireland (2 September 2018) – Inspired charges from Caitlyn Macnab and Kaleigh Telfer in the final round of the World Amateur Team Championship in Ireland ensured a strong top 15 finish for South Africa in the 28th Espirito Santo Trophy on Saturday. The United States returned to the winner’s circle for the first time…
Read MoreSA trio sweeps to 14th AACT victory in Ghana
1 September 2018 – South African trio Zethu Myeki, Casandra Hall and Lenanda van der Watt swept to a record 13th victory for the country in the 13th edition of the All-Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) in Accra, Ghana on Friday. The international field in the biennial showpiece, supported by the R&A, were severely tested by…
Read MoreSA trio primed for All-Africa Challenge Trophy
21 August 2018 – Zethu Myeki will spearhead South Africa’s title defence in the prestigious All-Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) alongside new caps Casandra Hall and Lenanda van der Watt in Ghana at the end of August. With the exception of 2006, South Africa has won every other edition of the highly-esteemed team championship, supported by…
Read MoreSA duo exits Girls British Amateur with plenty positives
17 August 2018 – Caitlyn Macnab and Kajal Mistry took away a lot of positives after exiting the Girls British Open Amateur Championship at Ardglass Golf Club in Ireland. The GolfRSA National Squad duo ticked their first box when both finished in the top 64 to progress to the match play stage in the 90th edition…
Read MoreMacnab makes top 16 in Girls British Amateur
17 August 2018 – Caitlyn Macnab will start today’s third round in the 90th Girls British Open Amateur with GolfRSA Elite Squad team-mate Kajal Mistry in support after she claimed two decisive victories at Ardglass Golf Club in Ireland on Thursday. Macnab was in magnificent form in the first two rounds of the match stage…
Read MoreMacnab & Mistry cruise into Match Play in Ireland
16 August 2018 – South Africa’s Caitlyn Macnab produced the lowest round in the 36-hole stroke play qualifier to reach the match play stage in the 90th Girls British Open Amateur on Wednesday alongside GolfRSA Elite Squad team-mate Kajal Mistry in their championship debut at Ardglass Golf Club in Ireland. Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad won the…
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