WGSA welcomes Ekurhuleni Women’s Golf as its 13th Member Union from 2012

Women’s Golf South Africa will increase its affiliated member unions to 13 in January 2012 with the inclusion of the new Ekurhuleni Women’s Golf union. Pictured here is the incoming President Daphne Maynier.

The new unions encompasses the following 15 former Ladies Golf Gauteng clubs – Avion Park Golf Club, Benoni Country Club, Benoni Lake Club, Ebotse Golf Club, Engineers Golf Club, ERPM Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club, Kempton Park Golf Club, Nigel Golf Club, Pollak Park Golf Club, Royal Oak Golf Club, SAPS Training Centre Golf Club, Serengeti Golf Union, Springs Golf Club and State Mines Country Club.

The history of the new union is that East Rand Ladies Golf was originally formed in 1961, 50 years ago, but disbanded in 1998 to merge with Gauteng Ladies Golf. With 600 to 700 lady members belonging to East Gauteng clubs, Lady Captains had met with their members early this year and were given a mandate to vote at special meeting held to decide whether to form a new union.

At a Special Meeting held in March at Benoni Country Club, the delegates unanimously agree to for the new union, Ekurhuleni Women’s Golf, and applied to Women’s Golf South Africa for affiliation.

WGSA formally agreed to accept the new union as from I January 2012 at a Special General Meeting in May. WGSA thanked Ladies Golf Gauteng for agreeing to hand over 2011 affiliation fees of the Ekurhuleni Clubs to the new union as a basis to start. Although the AGM has not taken place yet, the incoming President is expected to be Daphne Maynier and the secretary Ursula Dinglestad. These two ladies have been instrumental in the formation of the union and Daphne will attend the WGSA meetings in September in George as an observer.

The new union has a number of top SA women players in its fold and it will be interesting to see who will constitute first Ekurhuleni Women’s team at the WGSA 72 Hole Championships to be played at Polokwane Golf Club in May 2012.

The first Ekurhuleni Women’s Stroke Play Championship will be played from 3 to 4 June 2012 and in celebration of the new union, Women’s Golf South Africa will host the first Sanlam South African Match Play Championship at Benoni Country Club in July 2012. WGSA has announced that the Sanlam SA Amateur will be split into separate Stroke Play and Match Play events from 2012.

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