{"id":15579,"date":"2026-08-26T19:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/?p=15579"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:02:50","slug":"r-100000-hole-in-one-caps-record-breaking-seifsa-golf-padel-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/?p=15579","title":{"rendered":"R 100,000 HOLE-IN-ONE CAPS RECORD-BREAKING SEIFSA GOLF &#038; PADEL DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15580\" src=\"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b987ca95-1632-4540-9a08-51936a03626d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1181\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b987ca95-1632-4540-9a08-51936a03626d.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b987ca95-1632-4540-9a08-51936a03626d-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b987ca95-1632-4540-9a08-51936a03626d-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b987ca95-1632-4540-9a08-51936a03626d-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b987ca95-1632-4540-9a08-51936a03626d-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b987ca95-1632-4540-9a08-51936a03626d-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b987ca95-1632-4540-9a08-51936a03626d-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b987ca95-1632-4540-9a08-51936a03626d-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b987ca95-1632-4540-9a08-51936a03626d-433x289.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1181px) 100vw, 1181px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Johannesburg, 26 August 2026<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u2014 A spectacular R100,000 hole-in-one was one of the highlights of a record-breaking SEIFSA Annual Golf &amp; Padel Day held at Randpark Club on Friday, 21 August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The annual event brought together SEIFSA members, industry leaders, clients and partners, with 74 fourballs taking to the Bushwillow and Firethorn courses and 35 players competing in the padel tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The standout moment on the golf course came when a player achieved a hole-in-one on the SEIFSA sponsored 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0hole of the Firethorn course, securing the R100,000 hole-in-one prize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">The achievement added an unexpected highlight to a day that saw record participation across both golf courses and the padel tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">The event was supported by headline sponsor, Rand Mutual Assurance Prevention Programme, whose continued partnership with SEIFSA helped make the 2026 Golf &amp; Padel Day a resounding success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">For the first time this year, four SEIFSA affiliated Associations: Electrical Allied Industries Association (EEAIA), Construction Engineering Industries Association (CEA), Temporary Eployment Services Division(TESD), Light Engineering Industries Association(LEIA) and South African Pump and Manufacture\u2019s Association (SAPMA) sponsored a watering hole and entered fourballs. This greatly facilitated in marketing each associations benefits and led to many an enquiry that each association will follow up on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">On the golf course, ARMCO Superlite (Pty) Ltd recorded the highest score of the day across the two courses with 107 points, making them the overall winners of the 2026 SEIFSA Golf Day. Coleus Packaging topped the Bushwillow course with 97 points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">For the second consecutive year, padel formed part of the programme, adding another dimension to a day centered on bringing people from across the metals and engineering sector together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Juexin Fire Engineering took first place in the padel tournament, followed by Industrial Water Cooling in second and Howden Africa in third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Across the two golf courses, watering hole sponsors added to the atmosphere with activations, refreshments and opportunities for participants to engage throughout the day. Participants also had access to complimentary health screenings provided by Unicare Bassonia Pharmacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Best Stand, sponsored by SEIFSA, was awarded to Mitek Industries South Africa (Pty) Ltd on Bushwillow and Old Mutual on Firethorn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">SEIFSA Chief Executive Officer, Tafadzwa Chibanguza said the record turnout demonstrated the value members and industry partners continue to place on opportunities to connect. \u201cSEIFSA thanks our members, sponsors and partners for their continued support. It is this support that enables us to bring people from across our industry together and create opportunities for relationships and conversations that extend beyond the formal business environment.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cIt is important for SEIFSA to continue playing its role as a convening partner for the metals and engineering sector. Events such as the Golf &amp; Padel Day create a non-boardroom space for people to connect, strengthen relationships and build the networks that underpin our industry. We are delighted with this year\u2019s record turnout and look forward to building on it again in 2027.\u201d .<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">WINNERS<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">OVERALL GOLF WINNER<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">ARMCO Superlite (Pty) Ltd \u2013 107 points<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Duncan Ackerman, Jason Gillard, Lenard Gillmore and Marius Du Preez<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">FIRETHORN<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1st\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013 ARMCO Superlite (Pty) Ltd \u2013 107 points<br \/>\nDuncan Ackerman, Jason Gillard, Lenard Gillmore and Marius Du Preez<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2nd<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u2013 RiseUp Management \u2013 104 points<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">3rd<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u2013 Revive Electrical Transformers (Pty) Ltd \u2013 97 points<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Nearest to the Pin<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nHole 15, Ladies: JoonMoo Lee \u2013 Samsung SDS South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Longest Drive<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nHole 14, Men: Duncan Ackerman \u2013 ARMCO Superlite (Pty) Ltd<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Nearest to the Pin in Two<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nHole 10: Pieter Swart \u2013 Howden Africa (Pty) Ltd<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Best Stand:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0Mitek Industries South Africa (Pty) Ltd<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">BUSHWILLOW<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1st \u2013 Coleus Packaging \u2013 97 points<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nJaden Arnold, Matthew Victor, Alex Victor and Clayton Shone<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2nd \u2013 Old Mutual \u2013 96 points<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nGeorge Ferreira, Donnavan Massyn, Christo Erasmus and Schaun vd Berg<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">3rd \u2013 GHH Mining \u2013 95 points c\/i<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nJonty de la Hunt, John du Plessis, Neville Stewart and Wynand Breytenbach<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Nearest to the Pin<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nHole 6, Ladies: Colleen Parkins \u2013 Armcoil Afrika (Pty) Ltd<br \/>\nHole 8, Men: Patrick Waite \u2013 ACTOM (Pty) Ltd<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Longest Drive<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nHole 12: Renier Vermeulen \u2013 Armcoil Afrika (Pty) Ltd<br \/>\nHole 17: Theo Wiltanstijn \u2013 Joy Global (Africa) (Pty) Ltd<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Best Stand:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0Old Mutual<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">PADEL<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1st<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u2013 Juexin Fire Engineering<br \/>\nTauriq Abrahams and Shaquille Jardien<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2nd<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u2013 Industrial Water Cooling (Pty) Ltd<br \/>\nDeon Claassen and Carlien Ferreira<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">3rd\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013 Howden Africa (Pty) Ltd<br \/>\nRenato Lopes and Lester Chihoro<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Best Vibe\/Gees Award<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nIva Msolozi and Carol Figueiredo \u2013 Industrial Water Cooling (Pty) Ltd<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg, 26 August 2026\u00a0\u2014 A spectacular R100,000 hole-in-one was one of the highlights of a record-breaking SEIFSA Annual Golf &amp; Padel Day held at Randpark Club on Friday, 21 August. The annual event brought together SEIFSA members, industry leaders, clients and partners, with 74 fourballs taking to the Bushwillow and Firethorn courses and 35 players [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[697,650],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","category-sublime-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15583,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15579\/revisions\/15583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}