South African domestic cricket season 2010 / 2011

The MTN40 Domestic Cricket season starts again in October. Defending champions Warriors will be all out to keep the Trophy in Port Elizabeth. Star Chevrolet Warriors batsman, Colin Ingram winning the awards for the Pro20 Cricketer of the Year, SA Cricketers’ Association (Saca) Most Valuable Player and the Domestic Players’ Player of the Year (awarded by his peers),will once again spearhead their campaign.

Swedish Masters Golf Tournament

Round one at the Swedish Masters in Stockholm played at the Bro Hof Slot Golf Club, rated as the 9th best in Europe, finished yesterday with Louis Oosthuizen carrying on with his form from The Open at St Andrews last week.
He carded a 5 under par 67 along with Richard Green and American Dustin Johnson.
Louis' round consisted of 6 birdies and 1 bogey.
KJ Choi round of 68 saw 6 birdies and 2 bogeys leaving him one shot behind the leaders.
Fredrik Andersson and Rory Sabbitini were 4 shots behind on 71.

Hole 17, the 137 meter with the green in the middle of the lake on an island, caught out quite a few of the golfers. The 17th played 21 birdies, 96 par, 22 bogeys and 16 Double bogeys.

Round two is currently underway, KJ Choi(-9) slipping ahead with an early eagle. Choi is currently 2 shots clear of Oosthuizen(-7) who has managed 3 birdies but has dropped a shot so far. Most of the top finishers of round one, still have to tee off.

King Louis is the King of the Open.


Louis Oosthuizen won The Open in St Andrews with a 7 point lead yesterday scoring 65,67,69,71 for a total of 272. Nearest competitor was Lee Westwood, 67,71,71,70 on 279.
Rory Mcilroy the first round leader with a course record equal of 63 strokes, suffered badly due to inclement weather but fought back bravely to finish in 3rd place alongside Henrik Stenson and Paul Casey. Mcilroy finished with 280 63, 80, 69, and 68. Fellow South African Retief Goosen finished 6th with a total of 281.
Sharing 7th place was Robert Rock, Sean O’hair, Nick Watney and Martin Kaymer all on 282.Rickie Fowler did the best on Sunday scoring 67 and promoting him 38 places to finnish in 14th place.
Charl Schwartzel finished in 12th place 4 under par, with rounds of 71, 75, 68 and 70
Trevor Immelman finished in 23rd place 3 under par, after shooting 68, 74, 75, and 68, moving up 29 places. Tiger Woods shares 23rd with 67, 73, 73 and 72 on 285 strokes.
Names like John Daly, Phil Mickelson and Stewart Cink all finished one over par 289 in 48th place.
The weather played havoc with the players, as those that tee’d off late on Friday, got the brunt of the weather and cost them the cut. Names like Els, Rose, Watson, Weir and Furyk all suffered the brunt of the storm, which suspended play for a good forty five minutes. The wind was blowing the balls off the greens and made play impossible. Louis Oosthuizen on the other hand, played early and got to the comfort of the lounge before the weather set in.
The most difficult hole for the tournament was no doubt the par 4, 495 yards over the shed , sloping green 17th hole. If you were short of the pin by two meters the ball rolled off the green. It delivered 68 double bogeys, 173 bogeys, and only 16 birdies.

Summary round two The Open:

South African Louis Oosthuisen was leading round two by 5 strokes when inclement weather halted proceedings when the wind caused havoc which affected ball flight and pushed the balls around the greens as if they were on their own mission.
Oosthuizen made good use of excellent playing conditions in the morning, posting a 5 under 67, and no sooner had he finished and the wind bared its teeth with some 40 km/h winds. Round two will carry on this morning and round three will start soon after. With some of the top golfers bordering the cut line, this morning they will have to play their socks off. Marc Calcavecchi who was also one of the fortunate golfers who teed off in the morning, posted a 5 under 67, to move up to 2nd on the leader board.

Louis Oosthuizen a product of the Ernie Els foundation was born in Mossel Bay South Africa in October 1982. Oosthuuizen turned professional in 2002 at the age of 19.He has had 6 professional wins , five in the Sunshine Tour and one in the European tour.
This is Louis 4th attempt at The Open , being cut in 2004,2006 and 2009

The first round of the Open took place yesterday and saw Northen Ireland's Rory McIlroy streak away to a course best of 63 strokes, 2 ahead of upcoming Louis Oosthuizen from South Africa. John Daly one shot behind on 66. Tiger Woods fininshed on 67 and Trevor Immelman finishing 4 underpar in 17th place.

Hole 17 was the toughest hole of the day with 19 double bogeys and 57 bogeys. Only 5 golfers managed to birdie this hole.

Lee Westwood had a streak of 5 birdies in a row while Joshua Cunliffe a streak of 4 bogeys. The projected cut looking dismal for a lot of the top golfers as even par is the cut off line after the first round, today they will have pull out all the stops to secure their place going into the 3rd round.


The second round is underway and Jeff Overton being the biggest mover with a jump of 37 places to 59th place, followed by Mark Calcavecchi jumping up 27 places to 18th place.

Hashim Amla nominated in six categories for the 2010 SA Cricket Awards.
SA Cricketer,
Players'Player,
Fans,
KFC,
Test
and ODI of the year.

The 2010 SA Cricket Awards Gala Dinner in association with Standard Bank, Castle and MTN to be held next Tuesday, July 20 at a glittering banquet at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg

Inspiration from a different source.


Looking out of the boma, passport in hand,
wondering if I should leave this land,
with the setting sun, out in space
who would want to leave this place
after all, this is Africa

Spain's Maria Hernandez is currently getting ready for the US Ladies Open 2010 in Oakmont USA, had this to say.

I'm in Toledo, Ohio right now. Here is where I played my first tournament on the LPGA last year with an sponsor exemption so it is always nice to be back!
On the first round I shot 1 under and today I shot 1 under again. Today I played a little better, but didn't score too well. I started feeling better on the course so hopefully this is the beginning of something good.
I will be playing this weekend so hopefully day after I improved and I can shot some good score.

The US Ladies open officially starts tomorrow 8th July and will run till the 11th July. Close to 150 ladies expected to take part.

Wed., July 7
Gates Open at 6:30 a.m. EST
Practice Round


Thu., July 8
First Round
Gates Open at 6:30 a.m.

Players tee off of # 1 and # 10 throughout the day



Fri., July 9

Second Round
Gates Open at 6:30 a.m.

Players tee off of # 1 and # 10 throughout the day
Field is cut at the conclusion of play to low 60 and ties, plus anyone within 10 strokes of the leader.



Sat., July 10

Third Round
Gates Open at 7:00 a.m.

Players tee off of # 1


Sun., July 11

Final Round
Gates Open at 7:00 a.m.

Players tee off of # 1
Trophy Presentation on 18th green immediately following play

2010 Airtel Champions League Twenty20 – Competing Teams

1.Chennai Super Kings (DLF Indian Premier League – India)
2.Mumbai Indians (DLF Indian Premier League – India)
3.Royal Challengers Bangalore (DLF Indian Premier League – India)
4.Victorian Bushrangers (KFC Twenty20 Big Bash – Australia)
5.South Australian Redbacks (KFC Twenty20 Big Bash – Australia)
6.Warriors (Standard Bank Pro 20 Series – South Africa)
7.Highveld Lions (Standard Bank Pro 20 Series – South Africa)
8.Central Stags (HRV Cup Twenty20 – New Zealand)
9.Wayamba Elevens (Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Cup – Sri Lanka)
10.TBC (West Indies Domestic Twenty20 Champions)

The schedule of Airtel Champion League T20 season 2 2010

GROUP A
A1 Chennai Super Kings
A2 Warriors
A3 Victorian Bushrangers
A4 Wayamba Elevens
A5 Central Stags

GROUP B
B1 Mumbai Indians
B2 Highveld Lions
B3 South Australian Redbacks
B4 Royal Challengers Bangalore
B5 West Indians TBA

Colin Ingram, Top batsman for twenty20 league 2010

DATE TEAM 1 TEAM 2 VENUE TIME
Fri 10 Sep Mumbai Indians v Highveld Lions Johannesburg 17H30

Sat 11 Sep Warriors v Wayamba Elevens Port Elizabeth 13H30

Chennai Super Kings v Central Stags Durban 17H30

Sun 12 Sep Highveld Lions v South Australian Redbacks Centurion 13H30

Royal Challengers Bangalore v TBC Centurion 17H30

Mon 13 Sep Warriors v Victorian Bushrangers Port Elizabeth 17H30

Tue 14 Sep Mumbai Indians v South Australian Redbacks Durban 17H30

Wed 15 Sep Victorian Bushrangers v Central Stags Centurion 13H30

Chennai Super Kings v Wayamba Elevens Centurion 17H30

Thu 16 Sep Mumbai Indians v TBC Durban 17H30

Fri 17 Sep South Australian Redbacks v Royal Challengers Bangalore Durban 17H30

Sat 18 Sep Warriors v Central Stags Port Elizabeth 13H30

Chennai Super Kings v Victorian Bushrangers Port Elizabeth 17H30

Sun 19 Sep Highveld Lions v TBC Johannesburg 13H30

Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore Durban 17H30

Mon 20 Sep Victorian Bushrangers v Wayamba Elevens Centurion 17H30

Tue 21 Sep South Australian Redbacks v TBC Johannesburg 13H30

Highveld Lions v Royal Challengers Bangalore Johannesburg 17H30

Wed 22 Sep Wayamba Elevens v Central Stags Port Elizabeth 13H30

Chennai Super Kings v Warriors Port Elizabeth 17H30

Thu 23 Sep No matches

Fri 24 Sep Semi Final 1

1st Group A v 2nd Group B Durban 17H30

Sat 25 Sep Semi Final 2

1st Group B v 2nd Group A Centurion 17H30

Sun 26 Sep Airtel CLT20 Final
(Winner Semi Final 1 v Winner Semi Final 2)
Johannesburg 17H30

Note: All times listed are South African Standard Time (SAST)