Southbroom Golf Club has finally won the KZN Interclub tournament on home soil.
It’s the eighth time overall and fourth in a row, but the first time at Southbroom itself.
Gavin Sole, aka Big Fish, has been the common denominator in all of these wins, with the first dating back to 2010.
This time around he teamed up with Jean-Marc Bouic and Jason Ackerman.
They led the two qualifying strokeplay rounds, held at San Lameer CC and Margate CC, before dominating the matchplay at Southbroom last Sunday.
In the strokeplay, Jean-Marc shot 78 and 75, Gavin 74 and 66, and Jason 80 and 69.
Southbroom beat Drak Gardens in the morning semi-final before dismantling Simbithi in the afternoon final.
Jean-Marc shot 66 in the morning and could only halve his game against Grant Olivier, who, unbelievably, shot 64.
Gavin beat Mark Oliver 3/2, and Jason beat Andrew MacCullum 2/1.
The afternoon final saw some cloudy, drizzly conditions emerge but it didn’t seem to affect their play.
Jean-Marc beat Terence Hope 4/2, Gavin halved with Desmond Sutherland, and Jason secured the win with a 2/1 win over Greg Smith.
It was fitting for Southbroom to win at home as it is Gavin’s last Interclub for the foreseeable future as he takes up a position at a golf club in Zambia.
As a veteran of 37 IPTs over the years and countless tournament wins, his departure will be a massive loss not only for Southbroom but also for KZN golf in general.
In the B-division, Port Shepstone CC, comprising Cameron Olivant, Francois du Toit and Gavin van Wyk, made it to the final where they lost 2-1 to Umkomaas (Dheen Naicker, Vivian Naicker and Greg Thiel).
The Frog division was won by Maidstone over Ethekweni.
Southbroom’s Frogs, comprising Grant Richards Senior and Junior, and Ross McKay, lost in the semi-finals to Maidstone.
Ross won his game 5/3 and the Richards duo both lost 2/1.
The Senior Frog division was won by Riverside over Ethekweni.
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