Thursday, November 8, 2012

Indonesia Runner Up At World Golfers Championship

The spirit of national pride and prestige that embellishes World Golfers Championship was proudly borne by the winners of The 18th Amateur World Golfers Championship. In a runaway victory, Malaysia proudly raised the winning team trophy after finishing on an impressive 1191 Nett, 31 shots ahead of Indonesia who finished in 2nd place on 1230 Nett and South Africa Team 1 clipped their counterparts to finish in a proud 3rd place on 1243 Nett over the four day’s championship golf.

Abnormal storms and torrential rain across KZN played havoc with the conditions for play throughout the championship, but the golfers accepted the adverse golfing conditions as ‘par for the course’, kept their heads down and their eyes fixed on the trophy at stake.

Determination, perseverance and the ‘drive to win’ for TEAM South Africa culminated in a well deserved home victory in D Division for Andries Claassens who made the team for the second year in a row, and a 3rd placing for Babs Narsiah in the C Division. Sixteen-year-old sensation, Jessica Dreesbeimdieke from Namibia, brought the ‘girl power’ back to the A Division with her win, making it the second consecutive year that this flight has been won by a lady.

The WGI saw a dominating presence from the eastern countries throughout the championship with Sweden taking the trophy home for 2012. Close on their heels in second place was AM Bank 2 from Malaysia with Malaysia 1 claiming the third place on the podium.

In memory of the endearing, loving and kind spirit of camaraderie and sportsmanship that the founder of World Golfers Championship, Sven Tumba brought to the world of golf, the Sven Tumba Spirit Trophy is awarded to the team that embraces this same philosophy. This year, the ladies from Namibia return home with the trophy in recognition of their enthusiasm, playing the championship with a positive attitude and total compliance on all requirements.

In a further tribute to the vision of Sven Tumba to develop numeracy and literacy through sport, MEC Michael Mabuyakhulu, together with World Golf Events South Africa handed over a cheque for R100 000 to the Sven Tumba Education Fund in commitment to Sven’s legacy that every child has the right to grow up with love, with play, with sports and above all with education.

Commenting on the province’s hosting of The 18th Amateur World Golfers Championship, KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development and Tourism, Michael Mabuyakhulu, said, “In view that most of the golfers are people with premier standings in their respective countries and the world over, we see them as our social partners and ambassadors that will emerge out of this event with beautiful stories to share about KwaZulu-Natal with fellow compatriots and friends who consider visiting and investing in the province.”

Nils Nordh, CEO and Chairman of World Golfers Championship, said, “I am proud to report that the high standard of organisation and facilities has once again been achieved and that South Africa has been the perfect location for new golfers to the championship to tee-off for the first time.”

Craig Clay-Smith, spokesperson for World Golf Events South Africa, the local event owners and organisers, said, “The success and international acclaim for this year’s event is attributed to the joint collaboration of World Golf Events SA, Tourism Kwazulu-Natal, Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal and the Department of Economic Development & Tourism, lead by the visionary MEC Michael Mabuyakhulu MPP and his unwavering support and belief in golf as a sport that promotes tourism and closes the divide between cultural diversity. A further thanks also goes out to Tsogo Sun for coming on board as the new host accommodation partner and to the Independent Newspaper Group and Business Report for their fantastic media coverage.”

The final results of The 18th Amateur World Golfers Championship are as follows:

CHAMPIONSHIP

The top 3 countries
1stMalaysia1191 Nett
2ndIndonesia1230 Nett
3rdSouth Africa 11243 Nett

0-5 Flighting
1stJessica DreesbeimdiekeNamibia300 Nett
2ndVikkash BabuSingapore306 Nett
3rdNguyen Ngoc BaoVietnam307 Nett

6-10 Flighting
1stPakhrudin Adb MajidMalaysia291 Nett
2ndButrinov AudreyRussia304 Nett
3rdSergey GaydukArmenia308 Nett

11-15 Flighting
1stF WangdduoliChina294 Nett
2ndWilna BredenhannNamibia303 Nett
3rdBabs NarsiahSouth Africa306 Nett

16-20 Flighting
1stAndries ClaassensSouth Africa294 Nett
2ndLeornard KimIndonesia295 Nett
3rdZainal Abidin UjudMalaysia299 Nett

21-25 Flighting
1stChiang Sooi YeeMalaysia289 Nett
T2ndF XuhongChina303 Nett
T2ndSoh Seow PohSingapore303 Nett

INVITATIONAL

The top 3 countries
1stSweden 1597 Nett
2ndAM Bank Malaysia 2610 Nett
3rdMalaysia 1625 Nett

0-5 Flighting
1stLeif JanssonSweden310 Nett
2ndHans LichtenbergVietnam312 Nett
3rdSue DienersGermany317 Nett

6-10 Flighting
1stPatrik HoglandSweden287 Nett
2ndJari SiebenbergFinland310 Nett
3rdIsac SaminathanMalaysia311 Nett

11-15 Flighting
1stFarroul Hossey AdbullahMalaysia314 Nett
2ndHans BorgstromSweden318 Nett
3rdTomas Llanza OrtizSpain320 Nett

16-20 Flighting
1stHamden A RahmanMalaysia302 Nett
2ndKhamsiah AhmadMalaysia308 Nett
3rdShaharudin IsmailMalaysia310 Nett

21-25 Flighting
1stIndri PietoyoIndonesia320 Nett
2ndKrzysztof MaternaPoland326 Nett
3rdSebastian Cheng Chee YinSingapore329 Nett

26-30 Flighting
1stJason DinataIndonesia316 Nett
2ndPawel KubickiPoland329 Nett
3rdWlodzimierz BrylaPoland332 Nett

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