soon. A visiting golfing

architect told us that we

were probably the only

golf course in Gauteng

without any Poa Anna on

our greens!

On 1 November we held a

charity golf day to raise

funds for the family of

long time Dainfern Golf

employee Daniel Ngoma;

we raised R37 600 from

Thankfully the rainy sea-

son seems to be consider-

ing making an appear-

ance; we certainly need

the water. Fortunately

though, the mighty new

irrigation system has

been working its magic

and the course has re-

sponded marvelously

(where the system is ac-

tive). The greens too are

well on their way to re-

covery, although the 8th

is proving to be a particu-

lar challenging. You will

notice by stepping onto

the reopened practice

green just how good that

green is now, and we

hope that the rest of our

greens will be up to spec

the day.

The Dainfern Juniors Golf

Fun Day was held on 9

November and the turn-

out was incredible with

80-90 children arriving to

participate—just what

the future of golf needs.

Stephen Leigh

Dear Dainfern Golfers

Sewer Pipeline Project Report The sewer line project is

back on track and we are

hoping that it will be fin-

ished by the end of Feb-

ruary 2015. The contrac-

tors will utilize the veld

grass area on hole 8 adja-

cent to the 11th tee box-

es for stock piling soil.

This will speed up opera-

tions and they will be able to hand over holes 7 and

8 to us for reha-

bilitation by mid-

December in-

stead of the end

of February 2015.

In this month’s

newsletter:

Irrigation system

completed by the

end of the month

Pipeline done by

end of February

Juniors Open Day

Practice green

reopened

Masters Champ

Ed Holding

Knockout Champ

NEWSLETTER

Inside this issue:

Sewer Pipeline Pro-

ject Report

1

Golf Director’s Re-

port

2

Tournaments’ News 3

Dainfern Juniors Golf 4

Juniors Golf Fun Day 5

Ed Holding Golf

Shop

7

Vandalism 8

November 2014 Volume 1 Issue 6

Daniel Ngoma

Course & Greens

Dainfern was fortunate

enough to receive a small

amount of rain over the

last 4 weeks. The total

rain fall for this period

was 25mm however

speaking to a lot of Green

keepers around Johan-

nesburg most of the oth-

er courses received be-

tween 60 – 80 mm during

the same period.

We have been focusing

on the greens over the

last three weeks as they

got hurt badly due to the

water issues. I'm happy to

report that steady pro-

gress has been made and

some greens have im-

proved vastly while oth-

ers are on the mend. The

only green that is still of

concern at the moment is

hole 8 but I'm confident

that even this one will

show a vast improvement

over the next two to

three weeks.

We hollow tined at the

end of the fairway at hole

8 as this area was com-

pacted. I have seen a vast

improvement over the

last week and will there-

fore repeat the process in

two weeks time in order

to have better ground

conditions.

ly on the slow side but at

the moment I'm focusing

more on getting the

greens healthy and back

to full coverage before I

will speed them up and

then reduce the amount

of fertilizer applied.

There were small signs of

dollar spot occurring a

week ago but we man-

aged to pick it up early.

We did a preventative

spray which worked and

there has been no mani-

Fairways

The fairways, tee boxes

and green surrounds

have been fertilized from

Hole 1 to 12 and the

members should see it

greening up fairly quickly

over the next two weeks.

I have spent extensive

time on the greens to get

them growing again. We

applied a high Nitrogen

based fertilizer, which will

cause them to play slight-

festation of the disease

since.

I would like to thank the

members and Committee

for their patience during

these tough times, I'm

sure you will see a vast

improvement once the

irrigation is done.

the evenings, the back 9

has been completed up

to hole 13.

Within the next two

weeks, we will start pay-

ing attention to the irriga-

tion trenches which were

provisionally filled. We

waited for them to settle

after the rain and irriga-

tion and now we believe

it is the right time to do

the final levels. We will

be filling them with a

divot mix and some areas

will be sprigged with Ki-

kuyu.

At the moment we are

also focusing on weeding

a few areas on the golf

course. This is the norm

as the weeds generally

appear after the first

rains.

Irrigation

The project will be com-

pleted by the end of No-

vember. One of the rea-

sons it has taken longer

than originally anticipat-

ed is due to the fact that

all of the wiring needed

to be replaced because it

was 25 years old. The

front 9 is completely au-

tomated and is running in

Page 2

Golf Director ’s Report by Clinton Fouche

“The irrigation

project will be

completed by the

end of November”

End of 8th fairway

Repairs to 8th green

C-Division

1st Stuart Atkins 144 (66, 78)

2nd Bruce Drummond 146 (77, 69)

3rd Richard Snowden 153 (76, 77)

B-Division

1st Sean Giddy 135 (70, 650

2nd Ralph Patmore 140 (70, 70)

3rd Gabriel Reeder 143 (72, 71)

A-Division

1st Fred Bowles 141 (71, 70)

2nd Andy Bush 147 (76, 71)

3rd Richard Andriessen 149 (73, 76)

Overall Results

10th Michael Johnston 146 (76, 70) c/o

9th Bruce Drummond 146 (77, 69)

8th Andre Visser 145 (74, 71)

7th Stuart Atkins 144 (66, 78) c/o

6th Chuck Colton 144 (73, 71) c/o

5th Jared Adams 144 (75, 69)

4th Gabriel Reeder 143 (72, 71)

3rd Fred Bolwes 141 (71, 70)

2nd Ralph Patmore 140 (70, 70)

Champion: Sean Giddy 135 (70, 65)

Dainfern Scratch

League

The team finished third in

the 2nd Division for the

2014 season. They played

7 games, won 3, drew 3

and only lost 1. Congratu-

lations and thank you to

all the players for their

hard work and dedication

in the 2014 season.

Page 3

Dainfern Masters Tournament

League Teams 2015

We have entered the

following teams for

2015 in the Central

Gauteng Golf Union

leagues.

Betterball Team

Scratch League

Junior League

Didier Plassan, winner of the 2014 Ed Holding Knockout

Tournament

Sean Giddy, 2014 Dainfern Masters

Champion

Maureen Valsecchi & Liz de la Harpe won LGG

Bronze section Teams of Two on 22 October

CENTRAL GAUTENG

GOLF UNION - 2015

JUNIOR LEAGUE

Dainfern will be sub-

mitting a junior golf

side to play in the Jun-

ior Central Gauteng

golf league in 2015.

If you are interested in

playing this league,

please put your names

down on the Junior

notice board (located

in the corridor near the

check-in desk).

SA Kids 9-hole golf

tournament at Bronk-

horstspruit Golf Club

on 19 October. His

score of 33 was the

best score of the day

for all age groups, as

well as his personal

best! Fantastic!!

and is played over 18

holes. All juniors with

official handicaps are

welcome to enter and

the field is limited to 90

players.

category aged 7-8 years

old! He also won the

floating trophy for the

most improved golfer

for all ages! Well done

Charles!!

Another junior shining

light is young Alex

Utterson, who won the

Dainfern is proud to

host Central Gauteng’s

first 2014 Junior Festive

tour on Monday 8th

December 2014. The

event is open to all jun-

iors across Gauteng

Page 4 Volume 1 Issue 6

CGGU Festive Golf Tour at Dainfern

Remember if you

would like to share

your results and

news, email

Miranda@netdecor.co.za

DAINFERN JUNIORS

RESULTS

Our Dainfern juniors

continue to shine; con-

gratulations to Charles

Rose-Innes for winning

the SA Kids Golf most

improved player for the

2013/14 season in the

DAINFERN JUNIORS

NOTICE BOARD

The Dainfern Junior

notice board is located

in passage of the golf

check in desk. Watch

out for upcoming

events and pictures on

the notice board!

Entry forms will be

emailed to the juniors

listed on our database

otherwise contact

Quan@dainfern.co.za

for an entry form.

Charles Rose-Innes Alex Utterson

The Junior Golf Devel-

opment Committee

would like to thank the

following people for

their contribution to

the success of the day:

Ed Holding

Richard Miller

Daniello Lavicotti

Tyrone McComb

David Myers

Leigh-Jane Middleton

Cameron Walker

James Reeder

Coca-Cola

After warming up they

were split into two

groups: those who had

played before and

those who were new to

the game. Teaching and

playing professionals as

We were unsure about

what turnout to expect,

and boy were we sur-

prised; between 80-90

children from 3-15 yrs.

attended the inaugural

Juniors Golf Fun Day.

Page 5 Volume 1 Issue 6

Dainfern Juniors Golf Fun Day 9 Nov. ‘14

Juniors Golf

Development

Committee

Miranda Reeder

Anneli Goransson

Quan Juries

Stephen Leigh

well as talented ama-

teurs taught and

demonstrated to the

former, and SNAG

(Simply New At Golf)

catered for the latter.

Page 7 Volume 1 Issue 6

Our annual Christmas Ed

Holding, Fine and Country

Christmas competition will

be held on Wednesday

the 3rd of December fan-

tastic prizes and lucky

draws, book early to avoid

disappointment, the for-

mat is an alliance stable-

ford one score to count

and two scores on the par

three’s.

Come down to the shop

and see all of our latest

arrivals, new range of

Swagg clothing men's,

ladies, and juniors.

The new voice caddy talk-

ing GPS gives you distanc-

es to the front, middle

and back of the greens, a

Ed Holding Golf Shop

Stephen Leigh on behalf of Richard Andriessen, Gabriel Reeder, Peter Van Den Steen

and Debbie Retief.

A GARY PLAYER SIGNATURE

GOLF COURSE

must addition to your golf

equipment, makes a great

Christmas gift.

Come down and try the

new Titleist range of 915

woods, they are truly

fantastic.

We now have the full

range of Sundog eyewear

great value for money

giving you total eye pro-

tection.

I will meet or beat prices

on current top brand

equipment, don’t be

fooled into believing the

mega stores are cheaper.

Remember, chase those

birdies !

Please send the

Golf Committee

your suggestions or

comments via

email at

Vanessa@Dainfern.

co.za

Best golfing wishes

Obituaries

Mr George Koninis, past

Chairman of Dainfern

Golf Club and former

Trustee passed way re-

cently.

Mrs Yvonne Stewart, wife

of Paul Stewart who is a

member of Dainfern Golf

Club, also passed away

recently.

We wish strength and

comfort to both families

and friends of Yvonne and

George over this sad

time.

Vandalism on the Course

Unfortunately there are

still vandals on the estate

who intentionally cause

damage to the golf course

that we are spending so

much time, effort and

money on to make it

better.

Recently after it had just

rained, someone in a golf

cart was driving in circles

on the area next to the

13th green spinning the

cart’s wheels and tearing

up the turf.

In another incident, a

bollard that was set into

20cm of concrete was

forcible removed from

the ground, presumable

by kicking or repeatedly

driving into it.

Vandalism will not be

tolerated and the Club

will prosecute offenders.

A R5000 reward is being

offered to anyone who

can provide information

that leads to prosecution.