Success smiles on Paul Roos golfers
Paul Roos golfers kept their schools’ banner flying at various golf tournaments over the past few weeks.
Interprovincial
At the recent triangular inter-provincial tournament six Paul Roos (PRG) golfers participated in this annual event held on 9 May at the scenic Robertson Golf Club.
The host union, Boland, Southern Cape and Western Province competed against each other in the various age groups. Due to Covid-19, the event this year was played as 9 hole individual matchplay (over 5 rounds).
For the third successive year Western Province won the overall event and once again proved to be the strongest over the four age groups combined with the final accumulated scores being Western Province 134 vs Boland 118.5 vs Southern Cape 107.5.
In the u./15 age category Western Province’s Andries van der Vyver (PRG) was impressive with a haul of 8 out of a potential 10 points.
The most competitive division, the u.17 age group, was a cliff hanger with WP starting the final day two full points behind their opponents. The final putt on the 18th hole decided the outcome with Jack Buchanan, playing in the final pairing, cementing the win for WP.
This after his fellow u.17 team mates, Jack Brugman (PRG) and Matthew Lotz, had “pulled a rabbit out of the hat” by winning 4/4 and 3.5/4 of their respective matches on the final day. These three combined scored 11.5 out of a possible 12 points for Western Province on the final day – a truly remarkable performance.
Individual Triangular points results for Paul Roos golfers were as follows:
Western Province
u.15: Andries van der Vyver – 8/10, Nicholas van der Vyver – 7/10
u.17: Jack Brugman – 7.5/10
Boland
u.15: Gerhard Hartman 7/10, George Botha 4.5/10,Rynhardt van Zyl 3.5/10 .
Somerset College
On 24 May Paul Roos Gymnasium competed against Somerset College and once again walked away victoriously.
First team:
97 points vs 91 (PRG won by 6 points)
Best player: Gerard Hartman with 26 points
Second team:
108 points vs 75 – won by 33 points
Best player: Kian Theron with 29 points
Whitewash
On Friday 28 May the annual Paul Roos vs SACS derby took place at an overcast and wet De Zalze Golf Club.
The Paul Rooser’s played exceptional golf to record a complete whitewash over their opponents. All six of the first and second team players won their respective matches, some by substantial margins. The individual results were as follows:
- Jack Brugman won 7 & 6
- Daniel Joubert won 4 & 3
- Gerhard Hartman won 7 & 6
- Alix Engelbrecht won 6 & 5
- Nicolas van der Vyver won 6 & 5
- Ties Bakker won 7 & 6
- James Joubert won 3 & 2
- George Botha won 4 & 3
- Hanu Potgieter won 6 & 5
- Andreas Oosthuizen won 5 & 4
- Nicolas Kelbrick won 5 & 4
- Rynhardt van Zyl won 6 & 5
Paul Roos golfers in the WP term are
from left to right:
WP u,15 Nicolas van der Vyver, u.17 Jack Brugman, and u.15 Andries van der Vyver.The PRG golfers representing Bloand are from left to right:
Boland u.15 Rynhardt van Zyl, George Botha, and Gerard Hartman.
Photo’s: Charmaine Sander
