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25 May 2017


The WRCC Golf Committee Newsletter


“WE WANT TO MAKE THIS THE GOLF COURSE, WHERE PEOPLE DESIRE TO PLAY”



Why have I been so scarce? I have had an exceptional busy time at work and ended it off with
attending the recent Bored Room Tour. I am looking forward to seeing you again at the club and
have a drink towards good health!

Our Golf Course


The compliments have been flowing in about our greens and the general state of our course.
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to the Greens Committee and all staff!! Please take note that the trench on the left of the 13 will
be a GUR until the grass has grown back.

I again urge you all not to use the golf course for cycling purposes. We have unfortunately had incidents
were we have found our flags taken of the green and planted in other areas. The flagsticks have also been
vandalised. I am sure it is some youngsters who are out there being mischievous, but damaging property is
just not on.


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Announcements


The incident that took place at Nelspruit Golf Course is just that, an Incident. Please refrain from being
dragged into negative conversation about any of the rumours. We wish them well in their endeavour to
resolve the incident in the most amicable manner and I am sure they would have done the same for our
club.

Please take note that the Caddy/Spotter fees have been increased to R170 + R40 half-way.

Please see the new local rule on “Ready” Golf on the Local Rules noticeboard!

We wish Sandy Marais and Russell Pascoe good luck with their participation in the Finals of the Windhoek
Lager Challenge!! Play well and make us all proud!!

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Rounds


Well, we made 20,018 rounds and we were 2028 rounds behind budget. This relates to an estimated loss of
income of +/- R350,000.00. This is purely based on an assumption that all the rounds were paid for and that
it would not have been made up from the unlimited or debenture golfers.

The new budget is 21,086 rounds. Yes, it shows an increase in rounds and if we do not reach this, our
beloved Golf Course could feel the economic pinch even harder.

So what does it mean for us as members?

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We should play more golf, invite a friend to play AND get more members to join our club. Yes it is as
simple as that and I believe all of the members will make a concerted effort to assist us as a Golf
Committee to reach the budget goal.






Palm Motors Monthly Medal & other associated sponsors











Nelspruit






Mike & Sue Field


See Results further down

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100 Club Draw





Well Done to Ilonja for adding more participants to the draw!! Please contact Ilonja
([email protected]) or Dalton to get your name into the draw.


Congratulations to the winners below.

100 Club Draw # Apr-17

1st 10 Tommy Rogers
2nd 32 Jackie Geldenhuys
3rd 66 Richard Rillema


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Individual Stableford


Challenge




1st 2nd 3rd
Date
Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points
2017-03-22 Gemma Botes 38 Jackie Crews 37 c/o Beryl John 37 c/o
2017-03-29 Jackie Crews 37 Andre Döman 36 c/o Findley Friel 36 c/o



Mpumalanga Individual Stableford



Running Store Challenge




1st 2nd 3rd
Date
Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points
2017-04-05 Mike Field 39 Ryan Bockel 38 Andy Macleod 36
4th 5th 6th
Jackie Crews 35 Rob Valentyn 33 c/o Diana Davies 33 c/o
7th Longest Day
Gemma Botes 30 Sue Field 15

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WHITE RIVER COUNTRY CLUB


MEDAL RESULTS DATE: 6/5/2017

LADIES DIVISION

Ladies A Division Score SPONSOR: MULTIKNIT
Best Nett 72 Jackie Crews
Ladies B Division Score SPONSOR: AUDI NELSPRUIT

Best Nett 78 Jackie Robson
Ladies Overall Score SPONSOR: REMAX
Best Gross 87 Jackie Crews
Putts Score SPONSOR: ANTHONY J INTERIORS
Least # of 29 Jackie Crews

MENS DIVISION

C Division 19+ Score SPONSOR:
Andy Macleod & MIKE & SUE FIELD
Best Nett Play-Off 71
Johan v Oudtshoorn
B Division 10-18 Score SPONSOR:
Keith Robertson & BUNDU LODGE
Best Nett Play-Off 68
Gerhard de Jager

A Division 9 or Less Score SPONSOR: STAY EASY HOTEL
Best Nett 68 Casper Strydom Jnr

Mens Overall Score SPONSOR: BONANZA SHOP &
Best Gross 75 JJ vd Watt CATERING EQUIPMENT

SPONSOR OF DAY … PALM MOTORS …MR DIRK VD MERWE

Mens & Ladies combined …. Members / Non-members ….. Best Nett
1st PLACE WINNER &
GOLFER OF THE DAY Score SPONSOR: PALM MOTORS
Best Nett 68 Casper Strydom Jnr

2nd PLACE Score SPONSOR: PALM MOTORS
Best Nett 68 c/o Keith Robertson

3rd PLACE Score SPONSOR: PALM MOTORS

Best Nett 68 c/o Gerhard de Jager

2 - CLUBS

There were 14 2-clubs for the day;
Keith Robertson; Divan de Villiers; Marc Lindsay-Rae; Casper Strydom Snr; John Robson; Chris

Bethwaite; Casper Strydom Jnr; Ben Viljoen; Alan South; Penny Robinson; Jackie Crews; Riette
Dolezal; Lorinda Mulder; Sue Field

LUCKY DRAWS - Player A
Johan v Oudtshoorn SPONSOR:
PALM MOTORS
Ben Viljoen SPONSOR:

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On the 13 May 2017 Riverside Park City Improvement District was once again the sponsor for
the Better Ball competition. This coincided with the annual Potch – Jeppe – Pretoria Milner

Trophy Challenge. It was a freezing & rainy day, but the die hard golfers stuck it out and finished

all 18. Rumor has it that it was only due to the consumption of OBS that helped them complete
the round of golf. Well Done to all who completed their rounds.

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Congratulations




to Pretoria Boys High for winning the annual Milner Trophy challenge. Potch Boys

High had the best spirit and Jeppe Boys High had the best “Tattoo”. This story is

only privileged to those who attended.

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We want to convey our sincerest thank you to

Pretoria Boys High, Potch Boys High, Jeppe Boys


High, Tuesday School, Knittex & Tommy Rogers for

our newest addition to the pool side veranda.

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Tuesday School Results


Qty 1st 2nd 3rd Nuts
Date Comments
Players Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points
Neville Finch, Andy Patrick this must have been one of the highest
2017-04-18 15 Mike Field 36 35 Patrick Robson 25
MacLeod & Ricky Pott individual scores receiving the Nuts
Patrick Robson, Andy
2017-04-25 16 MacLeod & Gisbert 38 Stan Stack 15 Everyone wants to win it seems
Birsner
2017-05-02 14 Graham Nuttall 36 Ben Viljoen 34 Gisbert Birsner 33 Charles Gilfillan 21
Terry Clack & Gisbert Clive returning from holiday and winning, he must have
2017-05-09 17 Clive Worthington 36 35 Geoff Hill 21
Birsner practiced alot
2017-05-16 20 Evan Robson 38 Bryan Anderson 37 Geoff Hill 36 Ricky Pott 19 Great comeback from the Nuts Geoff
Hennie du
Hennie & Bryan stealing Patrick's highest score earning
2017-05-23 17 Chic Connelly 37 Rob Smithyman 34 Ben Viljoen 33 Plessis & Bryan 25
the nuts
Anderson










1st 2nd 3rd Nuts
Date
Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points

2017-04-21 Magiel Griesel 25 Graham Nuttall 21 c/o Alan Urmson 21 c/o Sandy Marais 8
2017-04-28 Graham Nuttall 21 Penny Robinson 20 c/o Ryan Bockel 20 c/o Ken Hallet 9
2017-05-05 Marc Lindsay-Rae 20 Geoff Mossop 19 Mike Field 18 c/o Sandy Marais 11

2017-05-12 Graham Nuttall 23 Geoff Mossop 19 c/o Terry Clack 19 c/o Colin Richmond 8
2017-05-19 Alan Urmson 19 Ilonja Rabe 18 c/o Lionel Simoes 18 c/o Don Mommsen 7



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Tuesday School Results


Qty 1st 2nd 3rd Nuts
Date Comments
Players Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points
Neville Finch, Andy Patrick this must have been one of the highest
2017-04-18 15 Mike Field 36 35 Patrick Robson 25
MacLeod & Ricky Pott individual scores receiving the Nuts
Patrick Robson, Andy
2017-04-25 16 MacLeod & Gisbert 38 Stan Stack 15 Everyone wants to win it seems
Birsner
2017-05-02 14 Graham Nuttall 36 Ben Viljoen 34 Gisbert Birsner 33 Charles Gilfillan 21
Terry Clack & Gisbert Clive returning from holiday and winning, he must have
2017-05-09 17 Clive Worthington 36 35 Geoff Hill 21
Birsner practiced alot
2017-05-16 20 Evan Robson 38 Bryan Anderson 37 Geoff Hill 36 Ricky Pott 19 Great comeback from the Nuts Geoff
Hennie du
Hennie & Bryan stealing Patrick's highest score earning
2017-05-23 17 Chic Connelly 37 Rob Smithyman 34 Ben Viljoen 33 Plessis & Bryan 25
the nuts
Anderson










1st 2nd 3rd Nuts
Date
Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points

2017-04-21 Magiel Griesel 25 Graham Nuttall 21 c/o Alan Urmson 21 c/o Sandy Marais 8
2017-04-28 Graham Nuttall 21 Penny Robinson 20 c/o Ryan Bockel 20 c/o Ken Hallet 9
2017-05-05 Marc Lindsay-Rae 20 Geoff Mossop 19 Mike Field 18 c/o Sandy Marais 11

2017-05-12 Graham Nuttall 23 Geoff Mossop 19 c/o Terry Clack 19 c/o Colin Richmond 8
2017-05-19 Alan Urmson 19 Ilonja Rabe 18 c/o Lionel Simoes 18 c/o Don Mommsen 7



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Individual Stableford


Challenge




1st 2nd 3rd
Date
Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points
2017-04-26 Diana Davies 38 Lionel Simoes 37 c/o Gisbert Birsner 37 c/o
2017-05-10 Richard Holmes 39 Andre Döman 37 Margaret Finn 36
2017-05-17 Penny Robinson 35 George Mclaren 34 Joan Tozer 33 c/o


Mpumalanga Individual Stableford


Running Store Challenge




1st 2nd 3rd
Date
Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points
2017-05-03 Andy Macleod 39 Lionel Simoes 37 Keith Robertson 36
4th 5th 6th
Jackie Crews 33 Penny Robinson 33 c/o Pieter Breedt 32
7th Longest Day
Gisbert Birsner 31 Greg Austin 14



Individual Stableford


Challenge




1st 2nd 3rd
Date
Winner Points Winner Points Winner Points
2017-04-29 Mike Field 44 Patrick Robson 41 Lucas Ruf 40
Personal Best 80 Best Round in 5 Years
Better Ball Challenge

1st 2nd 3rd
Date
Winners Points Winners Points Winners Points
Nicky Geere & Keith Robertson Ben Viljoen &
2017-04-22 47 45 41
Andre Hattingh & Gary Angelos Mike Field








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Forthcoming &



It is with appreciation towards the various sponsors, members and supporters of
the WRCC that we share our upcoming schedule.
May June July August
Other Events Club Events Other Events Club Events Other Events Club Events Other Events Club Events
Mon 1 Workers Day
Tue 2 1
Mpumalanga Mpumalanga
Wed 3 Running Store Hall hire 11am- 2 Running Store
IPS IPS
22pm Twilight
Thu 4 1 Marketing 3
Thomas Tyres Thomas Tyres
Fri 5 Meat 2 Meat 4 LCTT Golf Day
WRCE AGM hall MONTHLY MONTHLY MONTHLY MONTHLY
Sat 6 booked 8-12am MEDAL 3 MEDAL 1 MEDAL 5 MEDAL
Sun 7 4 Lowveld Open 2 6
Mon 8 5 3 7
Tue 9 6 4 8
Mpumalanga Mpumalanga
Wed 10 GumTreez IPS 7 Running Store 5 Running Store 9 Women's Day GumTreez IPS
IPS IPS
Thu 11 8 6 10
Thomas Tyres Anerike Jacobs Thomas Tyres
Meat Fund Raiser BIRTHDAY BASH Meat
Fri 12 9 7 11
Riverside BB Ladies Team
Comp Old Boys Sanlam Cancer BIRTHDAY BASH Challenge NSP
Sat 13 10 Challenge 8 12
White River Ladies Team
Sun 14 JOCK NSP 11 Open 9 BIRTHDAY BASH 13 Challenge
Mon 15 Hall Booked 12 10 14
Tue 16 Hall Booked 13 11 15
Wed 17 GumTreez IPS 14 GumTreez IPS 12 GumTreez IPS 16 GumTreez IPS
Lowveld Senior
Thu 18 SPAR GOLF DAY 15 13 17 Ladies Shotgun
Thomas Tyres Thomas Tyres 8h30
Fri 19 Meat 16 Youth Day Rustig Golf Day 14 Meat 18 UPPA Golf Day
Country Café
Hall Booked Dömans Dip Super Rugby Ladies League BIDVEST
Sat 20 17 15 Challenge 19
Nomads 70
Sun 21 18 16 players 20
Mon 22 19 17 21


Tue 23 20 18 22
Wed 24 GumTreez IPS 21 GumTreez IPS 19 GumTreez IPS 23 GumTreez IPS
Thu 25 22 20 AGM 24
ROB FERREIRA Thomas Tyres Action Cricket Guardian Angels
Fri 26 GOLF DAY 23 Meat 21 Nelspruit 25 Golf Day
League (home) / MGU AGM/
Sat 27 Ladies League BIDVEST 24 Ladies League Dömans Dip 22 Ladies League Riverside 26 Dömans Dip
White River
Sun 28 25 Junior Open 23 27
Mon 29 26 24 28
Tue 30 27 25 29
Wed 31 GumTre e z IPS 28 Notice of AGM GumTre e z IPS 26 GumTre e z IPS 30 Gum Tre e z IPS
Thu 29 27 31
Captains' Dinner Thomas Tyres Round Table
& Dance Meat Golf Day
Fri 30 28
Sat 29 Dömans Dip
Sun 30
Mon 31
Planned Events Confirmed Golf Days Public Holidays



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God and St Peter Decided on a Round of Golf in Heaven Golf Hole



Peter is a testament to material values, decked out as he is in the latest golf
fashion, with a brand new set of clubs and all the accoutrements.




God, in contrast, is a picture of virtue wearing his old gardening clothes and
trailing a tatty old canvas bag with a real mixture of ancient and rusting clubs,
some of which even have hickory shafts.



On the first hole St Peter smacks a beauty 275 yards straight down the middle.


God, however, tops his drive that trickles along the ground.



It only travels about 70 yards but just before it's about to stop a rabbit runs out
of the gorse, grabs the ball in its mouth and hurtles off down the fairway while St
Peter watches in astonishment.




Before the rabbit can reach safety, however, a magnificent eagle swoops down
and snares the rabbit in its talons before rising majestically, the rabbit still
struggling in its grasp but defiantly holding the golf ball in its mouth.



As the eagle soars over the green a bolt of a lightning from a clear blue sky
strikes it, killing the bird instantly. It drops the rabbit, which in turn drops the
golf ball, which strikes a sprinkler head at the side of the green and takes one
bounce straight into the hole for an ace on a par-5 hole.




St Peter slowly turns and says to God: 'Are you going to show off all day or are
we here to play golf?'








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