Durant wins Rössmund title

Due to all the challenges of Covid-19, this year’s Rössmund Golf Club Championships was postponed and only took place last weekend.

For more than a decade Marsh Namibia, one of the leading insurance brokers, have been sponsoring this prestigeous competition.

It was inevitable that the coastal winds would play a role; this time around the south westerly winds of around 40 km/h, plus sand, stamped its mark on day 1 of the competition. This caused considerable havoc with the first round scores, especially at hole number 8.

In the A Division, Chris Durant managed to post a gross score of 76, three shots ahead of nearest rival Hans Naobeb, whilst well-known names such as Kevin Wentzel and Stephanus Bonifatius could only manage an 80 and 82 gross, respectively.

Day one’s B Division honours went to Helmut Ndjendja carding an 84 gross, with Miguel Tordesillas close on his heels with an 86.

In the C Division Athol McLean and Sebulon Tsuseb were neck and neck on 94 gross; Justin Naobeb was leading the Juniors and Mariena Ludwig had her nose in front in the Ladies division.

Day 2 brought much improved weather conditions, although some of the golfers were still a bit disorientated and did not manage to improve their scores. There were two-clubs coming from Stephanus Bonifatius and Dean Kock.

The overall leader Chris Durant however managed to keep his cool and played some consistent golf to shoot a second round 76 gross, with Kevin and Stephanus coming into the mix with a 77 and 78 gross respectively.

David Peake set the cat amongst the pigeons in the B Division, carding a 86 gross, but failed to topple the leader Helmut Ndjendja who came into the clubhouse with an 80 gross.

Leader Athol McLean shot an 87 gross to give him the C Division title, while in the Ladies division, Justine Shikulo had the best round of the day with a 107 gross.

On behalf of Marsh Namibia, Marlene Bougaard was on hand from the sponsor to assist at the prize-giving.

The top results:

Overall best gross & 2021 club champion: 1 Chris Durant 152; 2 Kevin Wentzel 157.

Overall best nett: Willie van Zyl 144 (count-out); 2 Helmut Ndjendja 144.

A Division best gross: 1 Stephanus Bonifatius 160; 2 Hans Naobeb 166.

A Division best nett: 1 Andrew van Schalkwyk 150; 2 Desmond Benson 154.

B Division best gross: 1 David Peake 177; 2 George Murasiki 179.

B Division best nett: 1 Achmet Abrahams 154; 2 Marco Swarts 156.

C Division best gross: 1 Athol McLean 181; 2 John Horne 189.

C Division best nett: 1 Sebulon Tsuseb 153; 2 Richard Matzi 160.

Ladies overall best gross & 2021 club champion: Tiekie de Wet 224; 2 Mariena Ludwig 225.

Ladies best nett: 1 Justine Shikulo 155.

Junior best gross winner: Justin Naobeb 151.