Humewood’s Colananni takes the15th Calamari Golf event

Jacques Colananni from Humewood Golf Course received a fantastic prize of a Citizen watch from Gabriel Jewellers when he won the 15th Calamari Classic golf event at St Francis Ba golf club last night. He is seen here with Gabriel van Eeden , the sponsor.

Humewood’s Jacques  Colananni won the 15th Calamari Golf event at St Francis Bay Golf Club yesterday with his overall score of 114.  Collananni with a handicap of 5 (2), played consistently over the three days and his fine methods won him a fantastic watch from Gabriel Jewellers, among other prizes.

He beat Garth Enslin (handicap of 13) who finished with 110 pts, followed by MJ de Bruyn with 110 pts and Andre Venter (handicap of 17) with 109 pts.

First lady  winner overall was Dale Ball (handicap of 13) and a score of 93.  She just pipped Heather Rabie, (handicap 30) and score of 93, to the postRabie was followed by Mandy Rossouw with 92 pts. Winner of the Old Man trophy was Norman Reilly with 109 pts.

Dale Ball was the 1st winning lady overall in the 2012 Calamari Classic Golf event with a handicap of 13 and a score of 93 pts. She is seen here with Gabriel (from Gabriel (Jewellers) , the sponsor.
Heather Rabie was the 2nd winning lady overall with a handicap of 30 and a score of 93 pts. She is seen here with Gabriel (Jewellers) the sponsor.
Norman Reilly won the ‘Old Man’ trophy with his handicap of 18 and a score of 109 pts. He is seen here with Gavriel (Jewellers) , the sponsor.

The winner of the third day as Percy Owen from Zwartenbosch Golf Course with 40 pts, just ahead of Linda Muller, also with 40 pts. Owen won tickets to fly anywhere on the airline’s route.

The day’s main sponsor was Henry Tyler Ries and representatives from the company praised the organisation  by all at St Francis Bay Golf Club and by Pikkie and his grounds staff for the great condition of the course.

The three days were marked with busy crowds on the golf course that was praised continuously for its excellent condition, plus a packed clubhouse in the evenings for prize giving.

The third overall winner was MJ De Bruyn with 110 pts, who also was placed third for the final day . For the final day only other placings were : 4th place: Grant Kendrick ,  39, and 5th Louis de Villiers, 38.

MJ De Bruyn was placed 3rd overall in the 15th Calamari Classic Golf event. He is seen here with cub manageress, Janine.
Local golfers, Mike Anderson and Dave Kettlewell, won a prize for having played in all 15 Calamari Classic golf events at St Fransi Bay Golf Club.
George Chrisjans won a prize for coming 11th on Day 3 of the Calamari Classic Golf.
SFB Golf Club greenskeeper, Pikkie received a prize for being head of a team that produced a great course.
Club manageress, Janine, aka “the major”, received a prize for being head of a great organising team.
Caroline Kettlewell received a prize for working out all the results over the three-day event and working out all the prizes.

At prize giving the clubhouse and grounds staff were praised again by the sponsors and they each received prizes including ‘the Major’ Janine.

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