BSI Premier Division Cycle 1 72-hole Championship

Huge Congratulations to Gilbert Chalwe, for his win in the BSI Premier Division end of Cycle 72-hole Championship which took place last week at Royal Johannesburg on both West and East Courses.

Gilbert went under par in all four rounds, shooting 6-under despite the miserable weather conditions for the week and carrying an injury from the 3^rd round onwards. Thanks to the care and experience of our Sports Scientist, Renée Gomes da Silva after round 3, she had Gilbert back on course to complete the event. Great going Gilbert, it was awesome to see how you pulled yourself through your injury and competed to take home the win!

Personal Bests:

Round 1 – Martin Papworth 68, Etienne Bedeker 70 & Berman Richter 74

Round 2 – Keegan du Plessis 69 & Tristan Botha 77

Round 3 – Julien El Adl 75 & Tristan Botha 76

Tristan Botha, Keegan du Plessis, Martin Papworth and Julien El Adl

BSI Junior Academy Cycle 1 36-hole Championship

Well done to Connor Olfsen, on his win in the BSI Junior Academy Cycle 1 36-Hole medal, with fantastic golf for a 7-under par total over 2 rounds.

Played at Royal Johannesburg, Connor shot his all-time Personal Best score of 6-under par 66 in round 1 on Royal’s West Course and followed that up the next day with a 1-under 71 on Royal East. These two rounds were played in extremely difficult conditions with so much rain falling. Well done again and continue to believe in yourself and the team around you.

Personal Bests:

Round 1 – Connor Olfsen 66

A big thank you to all the staff at BSI who ensured that our players had a successful first cycle, with many able to achieve excellent personal goals in both the classroom and on the golf course.

External Tournament Results

Ladies European Tour – Joburg Ladies Open; Modderfontein GC (3 – 6 April)

2^nd – Casandra Alexander

T33 – Nobuhle Dlamini

Sunshine Tour Qualifying School 1^st Stage; Maccauvlei GC (1 – 5 April)

T4 – Sean Paxton (a)

 NOMADS SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship; Durbanville GC (30 March – 1 April)

2^nd – Gia Raad

T15 – Valentina Sakota

T20 – Alexis Toriani

28^th – Paola Sakota

Alumni News

 Congratulations to BSI PGA Diploma graduate Stuart Smith (class of 2010), on winning the Emirates PGA Match Play Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates – Earth Course in Dubai last week. Stuart also won the title last year.

Stuart is one of many BSI alumni living and working in Dubai.  He works for Precision Golf Middle East as an Account Manager/Custom Fit Specialist, having spending more than 10 years on the Sunshine Tour.

Stuart Smith

BSI PGA 3^rd Year Diploma students Golf Day

 Our final year PGA graduates are doing their bit for charity. The class of 2025 has put together a Golf Day for all to enjoy. The money raised will be going to CANSA. Please diarise this event and put together a fourball or two and join us on this fun day.

Tennis Academy

 Our Tennis Academy and Development Squad players compete each week in internal matches, with the results counting towards 2 round robin league groups.  The top 2 in each group go through the semi-finals, followed by the final.

The final was closely contested by the Double Ms, Mshudi Mshalango and Morgan Maré, with Mshudi the eventual winner with a score of 6-4 & 7-6 (7-4).

Top 4 results:

1^st Mshudi Mshalango

2^nd Morgan Maré

3^rd Tshephang Monama

4^th Merisabel Mthimkhulu

 Football Academy

 The Centre Circle Magazine

We are into the 2^nd quarter of the year and things are definitely getting busy with the start of the amateur football season.  BSI Football Academy are competing in three leagues with 6 teams this season; HollywoodBets Men’s Regional League, ELFA Super League (2 teams) and SAFA Gold One Development League (3 teams). In addition we compete with 2 teams in the schools league. This creates more opportunities for our players to develop and gain experience.

Our staff are constantly trying to improve our players and also upskill themselves. We welcome Alex Future Stars into our fold as a development partner as we look to enhance our relationships on and off the field, with our local football communities. Read all about it here in the 34^th edition of The Centre Circle: