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Kira Kappeler Wins B Division at Southern Cape Junior Championship
Another excellent result achieved by KeNako Academy students at the Southern Cape Junior Championship was Kira Kappeler's victory in the B Division. Kira played to her 10 handicap, scoring an impressive 82 gross under tournament conditions. Fellow student Joshua Bürki...
Drew Evens Wins C Division at Southern Cape Junior Championship
Another excellent result for the KeNako Academy was Drew Evens victory in the C Division. The C Division is played over 18 holes and Drew scored 38 points, beating his 20 handicap by 2 shots. Well played Drew! Drew has only recently committed full time to the golf...
Student Profile: Liam Ross
Liam Ross is focused on making the Southern Cape Team and being one of the top 15 juniors in the region this year. He desires to follow in the footsteps of Charl Schwartzel and make golf his career. Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen were the first two professional...
André and Jade Playing for their Sunshine Tour Card
Both Jade Buitendag and Andre Nel qualified quite comfortably at phase one of the Sunshine Tour Q School (top 30 qualified at each venue) and they now move on to the Sunshine Tour Q School Finals being played at Randpark Golf Club next week. 124 Players are listed to...
Cloé Grand Wins Southern Cape Junior Girls Championship
Congratulations to Cloé Grand on winning the Southern Cape Junior Girls Championship played at Mossel Bay GC with an excellent 2 round total of 144. Cloé shot 2 rounds of level par 72 and she won the title comfortably from fellow KeNako Academy student, 14-year-old...
Back in the day when Head Coach Roger Wessels Competed for his Sunshine Tour Card
Andre Nel and Jade Buitendag started Final Sunshine Tour School Qualifying today at Randpark Golf Club. We learnt that KeNako Academy Head Coach Roger Wessels was one of the participants in the Sunshine Tour's first ever Qualifying School way back in 1983, played at...
Behind-the-Scenes Drew Evens
In January 2016 13-year-old Drew Evens joined the KeNako Academy tennis programme. At the time he could play golf and his handicap was 34. Drew recently made the decision to change from tennis to the golf programme and he is already starting to make waves. Whilst...
Behind-the-Scenes Calvin Maia
Calvin Maia joined KeNako Academy in July 2015. In recent months he has started to make excellent progress. Playing for Rundle College in the KeNako Schools Golf Festival, Calvin broke 70 for the first time in a medal competition, shooting an impressive 3 under par 69...