Plett Country Club earns national kudos after successful Districts tournament
KwaZulu-Natal and Boland came up trumps in the A and B Sections respectively of the 2019 SA Country Districts tournament concluded at Plettenberg Bay Country Club on Friday, while ‘home’ team Southern Cape – which included three members from CX Country – finished the B Section competition in a very respectable third place when beating Eastern Province 7-5. Mpumalanga finished this division in second place, while the A Section podium featured runners up North West, with Northern Cape (3rd) beating Free State 7-5. Said KwaZulu-Natal manager Wynand de Swardt shortly after his team’s victory: “I felt like I aged 10 years today and I’m sure Leon Bevan from North West felt exactly the same! I must applaud Cliff Barnard and the greens staff here at Plettenberg Bay Country Club. They really went above and beyond the call of duty to present us with an absolutely pristine golf course and the fact that we had no placing this week speaks volumes of the condition of the course and the work they did to give us a fantastic venue for this year’s SA Country Districts.” Pictured above are the Southern Cape team of, standing from left, Lukas Steyn (Plett), Meyer Potgieter. Graham Daubern and Brandon Cloete (Pezula, Knysna), with James Faber (Plett), Mario Pienaar, team manager Billy Valentyn. Henk Geldenhuys, and Ian Norgarb seated from left to right.