soon. A vising 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 me 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 irrigaon system has been working its magic and the course has re- sponded marvelously (where the system is ac- ve). The greens too are well on their way to re- covery, although the 8th is proving to be a parcu- lar challenging. You will noce by stepping onto the reopened pracce 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 parcipate—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 ulize the veld grass area on hole 8 adja- cent to the 11th tee box- es for stock piling soil. This will speed up opera- ons and they will be able to hand over holes 7 and 8 to us for reha- bilitaon by mid- December in- stead of the end of February 2015. In this month’s newsleer: Irrigaon system completed by the end of the month Pipeline done by end of February Juniors Open Day Pracce 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
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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