| | | Ace alert! | | Connor Olfsen hits the perfect shot | | Congratulations to our Junior Golf Academy student Connor Olfsen on his fantastic hole-in-one, during the CGGU August Junior Break Event at Kyalami CC on the 17th hole on Thursday, 11 August 2022. | | | Improve the rotation, power and consistency in your golf swing | | Performance Tip of the Week | | Brought to you by Renée Reinecke, BSI Sports Scientist | As much as practising your golf swing on the driving range improves certain fundamentals, it is always important to remember that additional work off the range and doing some specific exercises at home or in the gym, will also ensure you have a more consistent performance on the golf course. Renée Reinecke has put together a workout video which will increase core muscle strength and better flexibility. | Watch Renée demonstrate some essential tips to increase power and improve consistency in your swing: | If you would like to increase the power and consistency in your swing, or if there's another aspect of your game you would like to improve, our experts can help. | | Look at our golfers go! | Tournaments Results | | BSI Premier 18-Hole Medal – Thursday, 11 August 2022 | Well done to Mutahi Kibugu on winning the BSI Golf Premier 18-Hole Medal with a score of 71 on Thursday, 11 August 2022 played on Royal Johannesburg and Kensington GC – East. This was Mutahi’s first Premier Medal this year and he announced his return in style. Keep it going, Mutahi! Personal best: Simon Jeebun 88 | BSI Junior Academy 18-Hole Medal | Congratulations to Vuyisani Makama on his win on Friday, 12 August 2022 in the BSI Golf Junior Academy Medal with a score of 69 on Royal Johannesburg & Kensington - East GC. Vuyisani follows his last week’s win on Huddle Park with another great under par round and sets himself up for a 3-peat this week. Vuyisani’s last three competitive rounds in seven days puts him at 13-under par. Well done, keep smiling and do what you do best Vuyisani! | BSI Premier 18-Hole Medal – Tuesday, 16 August 2022 | Well done to Titouan Tregouet on his win in yesterday’s BSI Golf Premier 18-Hole Medal with a score of 70 played on Royal Johannesburg and Kensington GC – East on Tuesday, 16 August 2022. Titouan won a few medals last year and has been knocking on the door this year and it was only a matter of time before he would win one in 2022. Well done Titouan on keeping up the intensity and we look forward to more wins. | | Our golfers are conquering wherever they go | External Events – Results | | CGGU August Junior Break Event - Kyalami CC | Huge applause and congratulations to Vuyisani Makama who won the CGGU August Junior Break Event on Thursday, 11 August 2022 at Kyalami CC with a 4-under 68 and blowing the field away with the next best score, 5 shots adrift. Vuyisani continues his great form in both BSI events and external tournaments and we wish him best of luck in his future competitions. Other notables on the day were Tawriq Abrahams who finished T5 and Connor Olfsen in T20. | Vuyisani in the media spotlight | Following on Vuyisani Makama’s great run of form these past few months, he was also honoured to be interviewed on SAfm by Jon Gericke, on Saturday, 6 August 2022, on his show Sport Trax. If you missed Vuyisani’s radio interview, click on the link below to hear this mature and talented youngster tell us of his golfing journey and ambitions: | SA Kids Golf – Royal Johannesburg & Kensington GC | Well done to Yaone Mokgatle for taking 1st place in the SA Kids Golf Tournament played at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington GC on Sunday, 14 August 2022. This is a back-to-back win at Royal J&K, in a junior golf event for Yaone. Congratulations Yaone and keep up the great work. | | What and when? | Upcoming events | | BSI Srixon Junior Tour – North West Golf Union | Our next leg of the BSI Srixon Junior Tour 2022 will be held on Sunday, 18 September 2022 at Magaliespark GC in conjunction with the North West Golf Union. We look forward to welcoming and hosting all the up-and-coming NWGU surrounding Union’s junior golfers to this event. Huge thanks to our partners, Srixon Golf for their continued support in sponsoring and promoting junior golf in South Africa. Our new partner, Golferade will also be there to ensure our players are properly hydrated. Register now. | | What a successful month so far for some of our girls at BSI, in our Junior Development Programme. We saw Yaone Mokgatle and Stacey-Lee van Gent, produce some great 1st place results in the external tournaments they entered in August. Keep it going girls! Over and above our High School Programme, BSI has a great PGA Diploma programme where many young ladies have taken the opportunity to study, and this has led them to many great openings in the golfing world. One such lady who is presently in her final year of the diploma with us, and has already set her career path ahead, is Samantha Conradie. Sam has found her calling and once graduated, will continue with us on another of our golfing programmes, our greenkeeping course. | Watch Samantha’s interview about her time at BSI and what her future ambitions are by clicking on the button below. | | Not just golf | Footballer on the move | | We would like to wish BSI footballer, Enzo Ngcobo all the best as he joins Allen Community College in Kansas City, USA. Enzo has been with the BSI Football Academy since 2018. We will be monitoring his progress as he furthers his education and makes his mark in the football industry. | Catch up on our previous newsletters and re-familiarise yourself with our performance tips: | From shaft to sole, spinning the ball is easier with the new Cleveland CBX ZipCore Wedges. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This mail was sent to {{contact.contact_email}} by Michael Balderstone and is provided as a service for the members and guests of Balderstone Sports Institute and has been supported and sponsored by advertisers in this email and our partner suppliers. For any queries contact us on 082 448 0753. Sent on behalf of Balderstone Sports Institute by RetailTribe: Unit 8 | Blaauwklip Office Park | Stellenbosch | 7600 | 021 880 2693 | | |