Dear Member

Club Championships are played in the month of May and they bring a lot of excitement to all Club Members. The course was equally prepared to match this major Club event and congratulations to those who won and to the rest better luck next year. As we move into winter the greens are starting to take hold and have produced a much better playing surface.

2017 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Club Championships was a great success and we thank our sponsor Doves Holdings that got behind this event.

Men’s Club Championships

The 2017 Men Club Championships were held from the 6th -7th of May 2017. There were over 170 entries for this Championship and was one of the most subscribed tournament this year, one wouldn’t miss. Unfortunately every game has one winner and the most impressive performance came from one of the junior golfers. Congratulations to David Amm for winning the 2017 Men’s Club Championship. We would like to thank the Ladies Section for their assistance at the tee boxes and making sure these Championships were a success.

Results

Nett Championship Division -6

Runner up: T Nyamukondiwa nett 150 c/out D Amm

Winner:      R Mohamed nett 150 c/out

Nett B Division 7-12

Runner up: W Mwedzi nett 151

Winner:       C John nett 144

Nett C Division 13-18

Runner:  LT Mwashita nett 143

Winner:  AP Gulab nett 141

Nett D Division 19-24

Runner up: A N Sibanda nett 148

Winner:       G Toronga nett 144

Nett Seniors

Runner up: G Blignaut nett 142

Winner: O Landman nett 138

Gross Championship Division -6

Runner up: R Mohamed on 154c/out T Nyamukondiwa

Winner: D Amm on 15

Gross B Division 7-12

Runner up: K Mateko on 172 c/out D Hillman

Winner: C John on 162

Gross C Division 13-18

Runner: L Chogumaira on 174

Winner: V mukudu on 171

Gross D Division 19-24

Runner up: AN Sibanda on gross 186

Winner: G Toronga on 184

Gross Seniors

Runner up: C Gadzikwa on 188

Winner:      G Blignaut on 180

2017 Ladies Club Champion – Emily Jones with her father

A big thank you to our sponsors:

• Mr Victor Cohen
• Mr Hassam Bhadella
• Mr Jayant Bhagat
• Doves Holdings

Future Fixtures

• Danielle Bekker, Emily Jones and Margaret Nyamukondiwa have been selected for the G & P.  This tournament will take place in Lusaka Zambia from 10^th to 19^th June.

Sponsorship

Please sponsor our Wednesday Club

Players you are being urged to show courtesy to the sponsors by attending Prize Giving

New Members

The Club continues to attract new members every month and that is a great sign of a better future for us. Below are the new members who recently joined us.

Congratulations to Thokozile Sibanda who achieved a Hole In One

Playing off a 20 handicap on Friday 26^th May 2017 at Chapman Golf Club during the St Luke Fundraising Golf :

• On Par 3 Hole Number 13
• Length 127 metres off the red markers
• Using a 9 Iron and a PRO VI red number

Pro Shop

New stock of shoes
 Adidas Tech Response
Sizes 8-11
Price: $140.00
  

Greens & Fairways

• The club has engaged an expert in coming up with a comprehensive Greens programme
• The objective is to end up having championship Greens with stimp readings of around 11 meters at the very least
• It is expected that this programme will be completed in 8 months from June 2017.
• Your G&F committee is working frantically to maintain the course in world class conditions. They invite any suggestions or contributions to improve the course and the clubhouse surrounds from members

Chapman Golf Club Practice Range.

• Ladies Clinics are held every second Saturday, $10 per player. Chapman Members get 20% discount when using their Chapman swipe card.
• Congratulations to the 2017 Ladies Club Champion, Emily Jones and the Men’s Club Champion, David Amm. Emily and David both received a voucher from Golf4u.  The voucher entitles them to 50 range balls every time that they come to practice their golf.
• Srixon in South Africa are still awaiting new stock. We hope to get our order in as soon as they can supply us.  Any inconvenience caused by the shortage of balls is regretted.  Thank you for your patience at the busy times.
• Please note our winter closing time on Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays is now 5.30pm. Last balls will be sold at 5pm.
• We have noticed that any time we put new range balls into circulation they soon go missing.  Our range staff do collect stray balls that have been hit out of the range area, but the main concern we have is that some players, caddies and Chapman ground staff are finding our range balls all over the course even as far as the 14^th hole!!! They are mainly used for “water balls”.  Please note players are prohibited to use practice range balls on the golf course.  We ask that if you see any player using our Srixon range balls on the golf course to please report them to golf admin or to the range staff.  The range balls have a solid line on them and do not have a number like the proper golf balls.  Any assistance with this matter is very much appreciated.

EXTERNAL RESULTS

A League            Chapman 4, Ruwa 2                   

B League              Chapman6, B/Brooke 0

Next Fixtures

A League            Chapman vs. Sherwood @ Falcon

B League               Chapman vs. Royal @ Country Club

Both matches will be played on the 25^th of June 2017.

Kindly note, players who wish to represent the Club please contact the following League Captains:

De Oliveira   H                   chips@alpha.co.zw                                          

Chakanyuka E                    edchak@hotmail.com