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16 18 May 2010***Bumper entries at golf openStephen PenneyWIDE SWING... Jean Austin tees off during the GrahamstownGolf club’s women’s open on Saturday. Austin and her partnerJane Bladen finished third. Photo: Stephen PenneyNombulelo comes out topsStephen PenneyNombulelo Secondary School are the currentlog leaders in the Grahamstown High SchoolsU17 Football League.Nombulelo and Kutliso Daniels both endedround one with eight points, but with Nombulelo’sbetter goal difference, they are top of the log.In third spot is Mary Waters with five points,followed by TEM Mrwetyana also on five points. Infifth position is Samuel Ntsika.The competitions top goal scorer is LelethuMakile (Nombulelo) with eight goals, with SiyabongaLwisani (Mary Waters) the next top goalscorer with three goals.The second round of the Grahamstown HighSchools U17 Football League fixtures starts on28 July.All the results after round one:Nombulelo (5) vs Mrwetyana (0)Mawas (2) vs Ntsika (2)Nombulelo (1) vs Mawas (1)Nombulelo (5) vs Ntsika (1)Khutliso (0) vs Mrwetyana (0)Khutliso (2) vs Ntsika (0)Mawas (0) vs Mrwetyana (0)Ntsika (0) vs Mrwetyana (3)Nombulelo (0) Khutliso (0)Khutliso (2) vs Mawas (0)Another fine win for St Andrew’sStaff ReporterThe St Andrew’s College 1st rugby side werenot able to deliver a technically good performancein their game against Queen’s College onSaturday, but still managed a 21-6 win.With a number of players taking part inthe Eastern Province Craven Week trials onFriday afternoon the energy levels were a bitlow and the usual spark was missing. The teamhowever dug deep and used the supportive andvocal home crowd to inspire them to play withpassion and commitment against a defensivelyorganised and spirited Queen’s team.The first half was a stop/start affair withThe women of the Grahamstown Golf Club held their biggestevent ever on the Grahamstown calendar on Saturday.The Grahamston women’s open attracted 46 entriesfrom Port Elizabeth, Port Alfred, Bedford, Joubertina, EastLondon and even one from Cape Town, with 32 entries from outof town. “We had a fantastic open today with good weather forgolf,” said Jenny Kroon of the women’s golf club on Saturday,adding that various clubs from across the country were sent invitationsfor their women members to attend the open.Esmé Basola, manager of the Grahamstown Golf Club, providedlunch for the golfers. The mother and daughter twosomeof Nonnie and Nanette Strydom from Walmer Country Club inPort Elizabeth were crowned the open champs as they went onto win with 47 points.Grahamstown Golf club members Rose Gunton and WilmaPellissier took second spot, while their clubmates Jane Bladenand Jean Austin finished third.On a lighter note, one of the club’s male members, JudgeFrank Kroon acted as a marker as there was a two ball cover.He went on to win the nearest-the-pin prize.Meanwhile, any woman interested in taking up the game ofgolf are welcome to attend the Tuesday women’s day’s whichare held at the Grahamstown Golf Club from 12.30pm. For moreinformation on the women’s club contact Jenny on 082 974 2595.a number of penalties and reset scrums, andso both teams never developed any rhythm orflow and the first half ended with St Andrew’sleading 5–3.The second half carried on in much thesame manner as what had happened in thefirst half. St Andrew’s were however able touse their territorial advantage better in thishalf and score more often from visits to the opponentshalf. The end score was a comfortablebut hard fought 21–6 victory to St Andrew’s.Ryan Black scored one try for St Andrew’s,while Dane van der Westhuizen scoredone try and put over three penalties and oneconversion.Rhodes in first loss of seasonStephen PenneyThe Rhodes University Soccer Club men’sfirst team suffered their first defeat in thePort Elizabeth Football Association PromotionLeague over the weekend.Before the weekend’s two matches, Rhodeswere in perfect form, as they had won all oftheir first five matches.Among the latest of their first five victimswere Westville United and Motherwell Academywhom they beat 2-1 and 2-0 respectively.The students then had a double over thepast weekend as they travelled to KomatsuYoung Tigers at Kemsley Park on Saturday,and then visited Forresters on Sunday at theEastern Province Command.Young Tigers are the newcomers in theleague and were unable to deal with Rhodes’assault as Rhodes went on to win 4-0.On Sunday Rhodes played against Forrestersat the Eastern Province Command, withRhodes fielding a weaker side due to studentspreparing for exams.Rhodes lost the match 3-1 their first defeatof the season. This is also the first time Forrestershave beaten Rhodes in four years.Stephen PenneyThe DSG U13A hockey side had a successfulouting at the Collegiate Junior’s hockeyfestival as they were unbeaten in all their fivematches.In DSG’s first match against Westering,DSG won 2-0, and beat the hosts, Collegiate,also 2-0. They then beat Priory 1-0 and drew 0-0to Lorraine, before beating Erica 5-0.GENTLY DOES IT... Daphne Bowker makes a successful putduring the women’s golf open at the Grahamstown Golf Clubon Saturday. Photo: Stephen PenneyCollegiate fails to beat DSGThe festival, which took place on Saturday,was aimed to create an exciting atmosphere,encouraging fun and fellowship among theplayers, and therefore there were no overallwinners.This was the third annual hockey festivalhosted by Collegiate with a total of 13 teamstaking part.Meanwhile, the DSG U13A side beat a StGeorge’s Prep U13A side 5-0 last Friday.GO BABAS!... The Raglan Road Multi-Purpose Centre held a fun sports day for Grahamstownpre-schools. Nomphelo Belwana of the Multi-Purpose Centre said 19 schools tookpart in the sports day. Among the activities were 50m dash, egg and spoon race and abeanbag race. The sports day was organised to network with other pre-schools and forthe children to meet with children from other schools. The Department of Sport, Recreation,Arts and Culture helped with the various events as well as with the sporting equipment.Seen here is one of the 50m dash events. Photo: Stephen Penney