NELSPRUIT (17 May 2015) – North West enjoyed another productive outing, KwaZulu-Natal extended their dominance in the B-Section and Mpumalanga got their title defence back on track on day two of the 2016 SA Country Districts Inter-Provincial at Nelspruit Golf Club on Tuesday.
Lali Stander
A-SECTION
North West strengthened their position as the A-Section log leaders with an 8 – 4 victory over Boland.
Buoyed by the thundering victory over Ekurhuleni in their opening match, North West dominated the Foursomes to take a 3 – 1 cushion into the Singles.
JF Conradie gave Boland a much needed boost when he beat David-Louis Nortje 6 & 4, but Slade Pickering and Zabastian de Jager won 2 & 1 to extend North West’s lead to 5 – 2.
Dylan Jacobs gave Boland a temporary boost when he downed Albert Brits 1-up, but Naithen Moore and Johan Krugel crippled Boland’s campaign when both claimed 1-up victories. Boland’s last hope went out the window when North West’s Marco Schoenfield and Tiaan Maree squared the final games to secure the win for their team.
Meanwhile Mpumalanga – smarting after their first round loss against Boland – came out guns blazing to defeat Free State 8 – 4.
The two teams were tied going into the Singles, but Ivan Mare won the first game out against Franco Froneman to put Mpumalanga on attack.
Ru-Jean Lessingh, Gary Daniel, Christiaan de Beer and Peetie van der Merwe boosted their score to 7 – 2 and halves from E Wilken and Chris Zietsman sealed the victory for the defending champions.
B-SECTION
KwaZulu-Natal scored a thundering victory in their opener against Eastern Province and thumped Limpopo 9.5 – 2.5 to take the outright lead in B-Section standings.
Going into the Singles with a 4 – 0 lead, Jens Millerman, Corne van Deventer, Steve Phytides, Louis Albertse and Combrinck Smit put KZN firmly in the driver’s seat and Sean Baker squared his game against Vincent Olley to add another half point to KZN’s tally.
With four points in hand, KwaZulu-Natal moved one point clear of Northern Cape and Southern Cape to top the log with four points.
In the other matches, Northern Cape defeated Border 9 – 3 and Southern Cape downed Eastern Province 8 – 4. Northern Cape edged into second in the standings and lead Southern Cape with 14 game points to 13.
A-SECTION RESULTS
Boland 4 vs North West 8
Foursomes:
Botha / Swanepoel lost to Maree / Schoenfeld 5 & 4;
Conradie / Loubser beat Nortje / de Jager 3 & 2;
Jacobs / Rooi lost to Krugel / Britz 2 & 1;
Basson / Pieters lost to Moore / Pickering 2 & 1;
Singles:
Lauritz Loubser halved with Marco Schoenfeld;
Coenraad Swanepoel halved with Tiaan Maree;
J F Conradie beat David-Louis Nortje 6 & 4;
Anton Pieters lost to Johan Krugel 1Down;
Cedric Rooi lost to Zabastian de Jager 2 & 1;
W.P. Botha lost to Slade Pickering 2 & 1;
Dylon Jacobs beat Albert Britz 1Up;
Christian Basson lost to Naithen Moore 1Down;
Free State 4 vs Mpumalanga 8
Foursomes:
Froneman / Muller beat Daniel / Clifford 1Up;
Theron / Nel lost to van der Merwe / Lessingh 6 & 4;
Swartz / Schutte beat De Beer / Mare 2 & 1;
Fourie / Erasmus lost to Zietsman / Wilken 6 & 5;
Singles:
Franco Froneman lost to Ivan Mare 5 & 3;
Ge-Rico Muller lost to Ru-Jean Lessingh 3 & 2;
Adriaan Sarel Nel lost to Christiaan De Beer 3 & 2;
Almero Theron lost to Peetie van der Merwe 2 & 1;
Jacques Schutte lost to Gary Daniel 3 & 2;
Pieter Swartz halved with E Wilken;
Lourens Erasmus beat Daniel James Clifford 2Up;
Josef Fourie halved with Chris Zietsman;
A-SECTION LOG
(Pos-Union-Played-Won-Drawn-Lost-Points-Matches won)
1 North West (2, 2, 0, 0, 4, 19.0)
T2 Mpumalanga (2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 12.0)
T2 Boland (2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 12.0)
4 Free State (1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 4.0)
5 Ekurhuleni (1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1.0)
B-SECTION RESULTS
Eastern Province 4 vs Southern Cape 8
Foursomes:
Van der Bank / Manuel lost to Steyn / Norgarb 3 & 2;
Qunta / Manuel lost to de Lange / Geldenhuys 2 & 1;
Burger / Ludick beat Faber / Barnard 3 & 2;
Preston / Olivier lost to Welgemoed / Human 1Down;
Singles:
Anthony Preston halved with Marius de Lange;
Tiaan van der Bank beat Ian Norgarb 2 & 1;
Rhalf Manuel lost to Lukas Cornelius Steyn 2 & 1;
Johnny Ludick lost to James Faber 2 & 1;
Gregory Manuel lost to Henk Geldenhuys 3 & 2;
Eddie Qunta lost to Werner Welgemoed 4 & 2;
Attie Burger beat Stafie Barnard 3 & 2;
Moolman Olivier halved with Hans-Jurie Human;
Limpopo 2.5 vs Kwazulu-Natal 9.5
Foursomes:
Putter / Olley lost to Hillerman / Crous 2 & 1;
Van Baalen / Hawken lost to Baker / van Deventer 1Down;
Wiggill / Van der Walt lost to Phytides / Scullard 4 & 3;
Chandler / Mackays lost to Albertse / Smit 6 & 5;
Singles:
Franco Putter beat Ryno Crous 1Up;
Vincent Olley halved with Sean Baker;
Conrad van Baalen lost to Jens Hillerman 3 & 1;
Antony Hawken lost to Corne van Deventer 2 & 1;
David Wiggill lost to Steve Phytides 1Down;
Jay Van der Walt lost to Combrinck Smit 2 & 1;
Edwin Mackays beat Derek Scullard 1Up;
Shaun Chandler lost to Louis Albertse 6 & 5;
Northern Cape 9 vs Border 3
Foursomes:
Van Zyl / Kruis beat Ngantweni / Jonas 2 & 1;
Jacobs / Marais beat Ludick / Scharneck 6 & 5;
Kori / Hugo beat du Preez / Nel 1Up;
Van der Walt / Kruger beat Thomas / Stotter 1Up;
Singles:
Gideon Kruis beat Charl Stotter 4 & 3;
Darren Van Zyl beat Fellow Ngantweni 3 & 2;
Pieter Marais beat Jarred Scharneck 2 & 1;
Nico (Jnr) Jacobs lost to Ben Jonas 4 & 3;
Stephanus Christiaan Hugo lost to Niel du Preez 2 & 1;
Andries Kori beat Patrick Ludick 4 & 3;
NJ van der Walt lost to Pieter Nel 2 & 1;
Daniel Kruger beat Ian Thomas 4 & 2;
B-SECTION LOG
(Pos-Union-Played-Won-Drawn-Lost-Points-Matches won)
1 Kwazulu-Natal (2, 2, 0, 0, 4, 20.0)
2 Northern Cape (2, 1, 1, 0, 3, 14.0)
3 Southern Cape (2, 1, 1, 0, 3, 13.0)
4 Border (2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 11.0)
5 Limpopo (2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 6.5)
6 Eastern Province (2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 5.5)
