Young golfers thrill
It was a cold and windy weekend at the Rossmund Golf Club, which made it a bit tougher for low scores, but Henco Rieckert didn't let the bad weather influence his game.
Henco Rieckert was majestic as he cruised to a seven-shot victory in the Namibia Junior Open Golf Championships at Rossmund Golf Club over the weekend.
The 16-year-old Omeya golfer fired a magnificent round with two birdies and 16 pars in two days.
Heading in to the final round he led by two shots from the local favourites, Wayne Proffitt from Rossmund Golf Club and Marthinus Marais of Walvis Bay Golf Club.
The two tried to close the gap in the final round, but Rieckert was untouchable.
The runaway victory followed Rieckert's previous visits to the All Africa Junior Championships in Zimbabwe and International Curro Golf Championships South Africa.
Cilliers Sachse from Omeya Golf Club had steady rounds of golf over the two days and he won the B division by 11 strokes.
Emile Vilbert from Walvis Bay Golf Club, just seven years of age, won the C division by nine points.
Lempie, an eight-year-old girl from the Walvis Bay development group, won the women's development division.
Marike Neethling won the girls' C division. She is also representing Namibia in the final Sanlam Golf Tournament in Sun City in October.
The development division was contested by 18 junior players between the ages of six and 13, with the assistance of Adri Pienaar, Brenda Lens and Gert Olivier.
They are said to be showing potential and some are tipped to excel in the sport in the future.
The organisers said junior golf in Namibia was going from strength to strength. The next junior tournament will be hosted at Walvis Bay and Rossmund in December.
Final results of the Namibian Junior Golf Championships
Overall Winner: Henco Rieckert
A division Best Gross: Damian da Silva
A division Best Net: Marthinus Marais
B division Best Gross: Cilliers Sachse
B division Best Net: Jonathan Mather
C division Winner: Emile Vilbert
Second place: Victor Watt
Third place: Charl Hamman
Overall girls' winner: Marike Neethling
Development boys' winner: Sioni
Development girls' winner: Lempie
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The 16-year-old Omeya golfer fired a magnificent round with two birdies and 16 pars in two days.
Heading in to the final round he led by two shots from the local favourites, Wayne Proffitt from Rossmund Golf Club and Marthinus Marais of Walvis Bay Golf Club.
The two tried to close the gap in the final round, but Rieckert was untouchable.
The runaway victory followed Rieckert's previous visits to the All Africa Junior Championships in Zimbabwe and International Curro Golf Championships South Africa.
Cilliers Sachse from Omeya Golf Club had steady rounds of golf over the two days and he won the B division by 11 strokes.
Emile Vilbert from Walvis Bay Golf Club, just seven years of age, won the C division by nine points.
Lempie, an eight-year-old girl from the Walvis Bay development group, won the women's development division.
Marike Neethling won the girls' C division. She is also representing Namibia in the final Sanlam Golf Tournament in Sun City in October.
The development division was contested by 18 junior players between the ages of six and 13, with the assistance of Adri Pienaar, Brenda Lens and Gert Olivier.
They are said to be showing potential and some are tipped to excel in the sport in the future.
The organisers said junior golf in Namibia was going from strength to strength. The next junior tournament will be hosted at Walvis Bay and Rossmund in December.
Final results of the Namibian Junior Golf Championships
Overall Winner: Henco Rieckert
A division Best Gross: Damian da Silva
A division Best Net: Marthinus Marais
B division Best Gross: Cilliers Sachse
B division Best Net: Jonathan Mather
C division Winner: Emile Vilbert
Second place: Victor Watt
Third place: Charl Hamman
Overall girls' winner: Marike Neethling
Development boys' winner: Sioni
Development girls' winner: Lempie
SPORT REPORTER
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