Kim Williams recently managed the Gauteng North team at the Nomads SA Girls Championships and after her stressful managerial tasks (see above) she couldn't wait to get back on the course and win an event!

Bertine Strauss justified her position at the top of the SA tournament ranking when she won the 54 hole stroke play Nomads SA Girls Championship by four strokes at Orkney Golf Club this week. This is the third year that she has won this event. Connie Chen was runner-up while14 year-old Lara Weinstein who finished in third place, picked up the 16 and Under South African Championship.|

14 Year old Glendower star Lara Weinstein leads the field going into the final round of the SA Girls Champs, being played at Orkney Golf Club this week.

2008 Champion and runner-up, Bertine Strauss and Connie Chen lead the field after the first round of the 54 hole Nomads SA Girls Championships being played at Orkney Golf Club this week. Both players scored level par 72s.

Gauteng North's Henriette Frylinck won her own provincial match play championship when she defeated stroke play champion Iliska Verwey 4/3 at Woodhill Country Club on Thursday 25 June.

Plettenberg Bay's Ashleigh Holmes is to be accompanied by Kim Williams, Yvette du Plessis and SAGA's Coenie Bester and Johan Bekker when she defends her Turkish Open Amateur championship at the Gloria Golf Club, Antalya in October this year.

US College student Iliska Verwey, playing out of Cradock Golf Club, won the 36 hole Gauteng North stroke play championship at Woodhill Country Club today.

A record 148 girls aged 18 and under will compete in the Nomads SA Girls' Championships being played at Orkney Golf Club from 28 to 30 June. The winner of the event will join the SA Boys' champion at the invitational Duke of York Trophy to be played at the Dundonald Links at Loch Lomond in Setember.

Womens Golf South Africa today launched the Girls Love Golf website which reflects the activities of the progamme throughout the country. Please click on the Girls Love Golf logo on the home page or go to www.girlslovegolf.co.za

17 year-old Bertine Strauss picked up her fourth senior provincial championship trophy this year when she signed for a 141 (69,72) at he Limpopo Ladies Open played at Polokwane this weekend.

Two Gauteng North golfers Mareli Joubert and Gina Switala are the first ladies to represent the University of Pretoria (TUKS)at the Student Match Play tournament to be played from 18 to 21 June in Ingolstadt in Germany.

17 year-old Connie Chen came home in only one over par 145 (72, 73) at Parkview today to win the 21 and under Gauteng Junior Golf Championship. Two strokes back was runner-up Johmari Logtenberg on 147 and Jenna Schonfeld was in third place on 149.

Thailands Jaruporn Palakavong won the play-off against South Africa's Bertine Strauss to win the Jakarta World Junior Championship and Thailand also picked up the team trophy leaving South Africa runners-up.

As they go into the final round of the Jakarta World Junior Championship today, the South African team of Bertine Strauss and Lara Weinstein is in second place, 12 strokes behind Thailand. In the individual event Bertine is lying second having scored 73, 75, four shots behind the leader on 144 (70, 74). Swaziland's Nobuhle Dlamini is fourth and Namibia's Bonita Bredanhann who incurred six penalty strokes during the second round, is lying sixth. Lara is in fifth position in her B division on 81, 75.

South Africa's three top juniors, Bertine Strauss, Connie Chen and Yushira Budhram will be travelling Germany and England in August, it was announced last week at the WGSA 72 Hole Championships.

Kim Williams will accompany Yvette du Plessis to The Spirit, being played at Whispering Pines in Texas from 5 - 8 November, WGSA President Erica Lefson announced at the WGSA 72 hole championship prize-giving in East London last week. The team will also include two men to be named by the SAGA in due course. Erica Lefson will manage the team.

South Africa will be defending the team event at the Jakarta World Junior Champiponships to be played at the Bumi Serpong Damai course in Jakarta from 2 - 7 June 2009.

North West was the front runner all the way at the WGSA 72 Hole Teams Championships played at the picturesque East London golf course this week and Bertine topped the individual championship.::

Teenager Bonita Bredenhann, playing for North West, but resident in Namibia, scored three eagles and two birdies in her third round 68, which also included a double drop.

Full results

A four-under-par 69 took Rustenburg teenager Bertine Strauss to a four shot lead at the half-way stage of the WGSA 72 Hole Teams Championship. The event was played in near-perfect conditions at East London Golf Club on Tuesday 26 May.