WBHS_School_Magazine_1966 LR 01

GOLF
Chairman: A. Blotnick.
Secretary: J. Miller.
Committee: E. de Swardt, J. Goldblatt, W.
Paterson.
Masters-in.-Charge: Messrs. Kooy and Parkins.
Tills year the Golf Club has fulfilled the hopes
of 1965 in that it has slowly but surely become
one of the most popular and active societies in
the school. The dedicated committee, under the
chairmanship of A. Blotnick, is to be congratulated
on the club's success. Approximately fortv
boys are members of the club and membership
cards were again issued. Some of these boys had
had no goLfing experience whatsoever, but during
the course of the year have displayed a tremendous
amount of enthusiasm and keenness.
The Club has had a very full year. Several
school competitions have been held, which have
been won by Bairstow, Cawood, Rolfe, Goodwin,
byer, Harris, Miller and Kent. We are extremely
grateful to the Clovelly Country Club for granting
us the courtesy of their course on numerous occasions.
Mr. Bunting and Mr. Bodmer, respectively
vice-captain and professional of the Clovelly
Country Club, are to be thanked for their invaluable
help in this respect.
The Inter-Schools competition was held on 1st
April at the Rondebosch Golf Club. Wynberg,
with an entry of fourteen, did not do as well as
had been expected, but the e_xperience gained was
invaluable and should serve us well in the future.
The school was captained by J. Slome. c.B.C.
deservedly emerged the winners of this most enjoyable
.competition.
In' May Mr. Cedric Amm, the well-known golfing
professional, and Mr. Jack Plummer gave an
appreciative audience a talk on various aspects
of goLf. It may be remembered that Mr. Plummer
visited us in similar circumstances last year with
Mr. Brian Henning. Mr. Plummer kindly gave us
rule-books, which have been distributed among
the boys. Both these gentlemen are to be thanked
for giving up thejr valuable time to give us a
most beneficial lecture.
Two new events were initiated th.is year. One
was the Inter-House competition wh.ich was played
at Clovelly. Tills was won by Van Riebeeck, with
De Waal second, Wellington third, and Rhodes
fourth. The other event was the match against
the staff. This match was played at the King
David Country Club and was thoroughly enjoyed
CLUB
by all concerned. The competition was played on
a BIB Stableford basis with Mr. Milk kindly consenting
to fill in on the side of the staff. The
results are as follows:
Messrs. Parkins and Kooy (40) vs. Goldblatt and
Miller (38).
Messrs. Fair and Miller (33) vs. Slome and Lipshitz
(37).
Messrs. Boltman and Hopkins (36) vs. Blotnick
and Cawood (36).
Staff 109; School Ill.
Final Result: School won by 2 points.
In order to encourage the junior classes to take
an .interest in the game, two clinics were held on
the Hawthornden Field during the year. Balls
and clubs were provided by the W.P. Golf Foundation
and Mrs. Gluck, Honorary Secretary, is
to be thanked for her assistance in this respect.
Mr. Kooy and Mr. Parkins took charge of the
first clinic and their help was much appreciated.
These clinics were extremely well attended and it
is sincerely hoped that such clinics will be a
regular event during the forthcoming year.
A film entitled "Gary Player's win in the U.S.
Open" was shown in the Biology Laboratory
during July. Over a hundred and th.irty boys
were present and all were greatly impressed by
the wonderful golf displayed.
Another innovation th.is year was the match
between the Clovelly Country Club prentice members
and the school, which the Prentice members
won by three games to two. The Clovelly Country
Club committee is to be thanked for so generously
providing handsome prizes for the best score.
These prizes were presented to Cawood and
Goodwin who returned an excellent score of 49
points. The school provided two golf balls as
prizes for the runners-up.
One of the h.ighlights of the year was the
"Present vs. Past" match held recently at the
Westlake Golf Club. This is the second match of
its kind at the school as one similar match took
place last year with the school emerging the
victors. We are indebted to the committee of the
Westlake. Golf Club for permitting the match to
be held at their Club once again. Although golfing
conditions were far from ideal, the match was an
immense success, with the school narrowly defeating
their opponents by one match. Mr. E. Ford
is to be thanked for arranging the Old Boys'
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