The Dave Conidaris Memorial Cup

The Teams

As is the case with the Ryder Cup, the DC Cup comprises of two teams of twelve players.

The Bokkoms:

The name for this team was taken from an incident in which one of the players (identity will be protected), arrived late for a Saturday morning game of golf with his mates smelling like a Bokkom.

The well-known Cape Bokkom - a salted, dried mullet  - has been a cheap and practical source of protein for centuries.  The people of Velddrif, who live at the mouth of the Berg River on the West coast of South Africa, admit that it helps to be born within the smell of a bokkom to truly appreciate them.

Locals say it is best to commence initiation with a slice of thickly buttered bread topped with shaved slivers of bokkom, washed down with beer. However nothing gets past the fact that this withered mullet gives the impression of having been out of its natural environment for months or even years.

The Mullet are caught in the river mouth and sometimes in the sea, from little wooden boats whose nets are thrown out and pulled in by hand. The slippery catch is immediately gutted then soaked for two days in clean salt water. Then they are strung from the rafters of the barn like long silver necklaces where they dry out for a couple of weeks.

The 'less' well-known Cape Bokkom

The Gud Gize:

Formally known as the Good Guys, there remains two versions of where this name came from.

The first and more original version is that  their name was given to them by Peter Bergh. It has been a traditional name he would give to himself and his partner in any game in which he played.

The second version is that they stole their name from a shop in Sandton City that specialises in electronic goods - the Good Guys.

Louis Barclay, one of the Good Guys finally added some respectability and uniqueness to the name in 2003 when he spelt in its current form - The Gud Gize.