LADIES SECTION
Bellville Ladies Open

We’re looking forward to welcoming a good number of first time supporters to our open day. Bookings have surpassed the past few years. We also welcome Forsdicks Tygervalley as our main sponsor for 2011.

As always, the lady members of Bellville have pulled together to produce what promises to be another fantastic day of golf and enjoyment. UNIFORMS will rule the day!

Ladies Mixed

JUNIOR SECTION
Kemal at Glacier Junior Series Final

Last month we told you about our club match play champ, Kemal Palanduz heading off to play in the Sanlam Glacier Series Final at Pecanwood. 

Kemal shot 73 and 75 to finish 4 over par and in a tie for 15th 7 shots back.  Well done Kemal.

WPGU SECTION
WP Mid Amateur

The WP Mid-Amateur team had to dig deep on the last two days of their inter-provincial tournament in Humewood.  After losing their first 3 games they were staring relegation in the face but wins over Mpumalanga & Boland on the last 2 days meant they finished the week fourth.

Bellville had two players in the team.  Ludwig Schreuder (playing for the fourth consecutive year) did his reputation no harm finishing 7th on the Most Valuable Player log for the tournament and with the second most points in the WP team.  Jorrie Jordaan, playing in his first IPT, had a tough week in the foursomes but did earn a credible 2.5 out of a possible 5 points in his singles matches.

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Harry Solomon League

The Harry Solomon team faced a huge challenge in the last weekend of pool play needing to beat Atlantis to qualify for the semi-finals. 

Unfortunately a 5-3 defeat derailed the plans.  This meant a season of played 8; Won 4; Lost 3 and Drew 1.  The Rookie of the Year and Player of the Season was the same player; Johan van Vuuren with 6½ points out of a possible 8.  The team spirit amongst the Harry Solomon players has been incredible and we would like to thank the players for their commitment throughout the season; you guys know who you are.

Thanks Mervyn Cookson of Metropolitan for sponsoring the team.

Masters League

The Bellville Masters team are back!  After an absence of more than 10 years it was great to have a team back in the league.  Played 8; Won 3 and lost 5 and a mid-table finish is commendable and we will work on building the squad for next season.  Well done guys.

OPENS
Bellville Open

As has become the norm, Bellville players dominated their home Open. Two players Charl du Preez and Werner Theart produced the best scoring of this year's Premier Amateur Tour to separate themselves from the rest of the field.

The morning saw the lead shared between Du Preez and Strand's Dylan Raubenheimer on 4 under 68. They were closely followed by the WP duo of Theart and Delin Erasmus on 69.The afternoon saw Du Preez take control with 5 consecutive birdies from 14 to 18 (he started on the 10th) en route to a 67 and a total of 135. Of the pursuers only Theart took up the challenge, especially after Raubenheimer had a disastrous final nine of 43. Standing on the 14th tee Theart knew he had to make 4 birdies in his final 5 holes. He birdied 14 and then a precise iron on the 16th saw him halfway to his target. An up and down from the bunker for a birdie on the par 5 17th meant a birdie on the drivable final par was all that stood between him and a play off.

His tee shot was just off the green and a reasonable chip saw him require a putt of just under two metres for the unlikely tie-however it was not meant to be as it missed on the low side and so another near miss for Theart.Thus victory for Du Preez meant he joined Claassen, who had a hole on the 7th, as a first time winner on this year's Premier Amateur Tour.

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Open Tournaments

October is when the weather gets warmer and the season of club opens heats up. Besides the Bellville Open (the highlight of the year) October also saw the following:

Westlake Open (9/10)

Louis Claassen lost in a playoff after shooting 69; 73.  Werner Theart tied for 9th.

Royal Cape Open (23/10)

Louis Claassen tied for fifth shot 72; 73

Clovelly Open (30/10)

Ludwig Schreuder (72; 69) & Louis Claassen (71; 70) joint third.

CLUB NEWS
New Santam Winter knockout Champions

The Santam Winter Knockout Final was played on Saturday 22 October.  In a closely contested final Tobie le Roux and Robert Aspeling were able to see off the challenge of Peter Johnson and Ronald Walther to win the title.

The finalists were obviously very keen to get the final played ASAP as the Plate event is still at the semi-final stage.  Mervyn Cookson and Duncan Darlington Francois Wilson and Hanro Zandberg.

The list for the Summer Knockout will be on the notice board during November so keep an eye out if you would like to enter.

Julian Visser - what a Rookie!

The Indwe SA Senior Amateur was held at Royal Cape and Rondebosch from 19 to 21 October.  The Senior tournaments are open to players over 50 years of age. 

Former Bellville Club Captain, Julian Visser, has done well in a number of tournaments in his first year of eligibility but made a real mark with scores of 76 at Royal Cape on day one; 75 at Rondebosch and a closing 73 at Royal Cape on the last day for a tournament total of 8 over par.  This meant a tie for 5th overall and a victory in the net competition.

The winner of the tournament was Lawrence Franklin from Killarney Country Club.  He beat Herman September of Mowbray on the first playoff hole after both finished the tournament on 5 over par.