A system for facilitating the implanting of a bone plate into bone, the system comprising: a bone plate having a body including at least two hook shaped members (224, 225) for insertion into holes in a bone proximate a fracture site, the at least two hook shaped members being spaced apart from each other for insertion into holes placed into the bone a predetermined distance apart from each other; a cannulated drill guide facilitating drilling of at least two parallel holes in the bone for insertion of associated hook shaped members of the bone plate, the drill guide comprising a body having at least two drill guide channels (131, 132) extending through the body in substantially parallel orientation relative to each other and spaced apart from each other by a distance substantially coinciding with the predetermined distance; the body of the drill guide further including at least one cannulated channel extending therethrough in substantially parallel orientation relative to the at least two drill guide channels and being sized to permit the insertion of a guide pin therethrough, enabling at least two pilot holes to be drilled through the drill guide channels and into the bone, for accepting the hook shaped members of the bone plate following placement of the drill guide adjacent the bone, such pilot holes being drilled at predetermined positions relative to a guide pin extending through the cannulated channel and into adjacent bone, characterised in that the system further comprises an impacting instrument securely attachable to at least a portion of the bone plate and in that the system further comprises a cannulated fastener securely coupling the impacting instrument to the bone plate, permitting a pilot hole for a locking fastener to be drilled by advancing a drill bit through both the cannulated fastener and the bone plate and into adjacent bone. a bone plate having a body including at least two hook shaped members (224, 225) for insertion into holes in a bone proximate a fracture site, the at least two hook shaped members being spaced apart from each other for insertion into holes placed into the bone a predetermined distance apart from each other; a cannulated drill guide facilitating drilling of at least two parallel holes in the bone for insertion of associated hook shaped members of the bone plate, the drill guide comprising a body having at least two drill guide channels (131, 132) extending through the body in substantially parallel orientation relative to each other and spaced apart from each other by a distance substantially coinciding with the predetermined distance; the body of the drill guide further including at least one cannulated channel extending therethrough in substantially parallel orientation relative to the at least two drill guide channels and being sized to permit the insertion of a guide pin therethrough, enabling at least two pilot holes to be drilled through the drill guide channels and into the bone, for accepting the hook shaped members of the bone plate following placement of the drill guide adjacent the bone, such pilot holes being drilled at predetermined positions relative to a guide pin extending through the cannulated channel and into adjacent bone, characterised in that the system further comprises an impacting instrument securely attachable to at least a portion of the bone plate and in that the system further comprises a cannulated fastener securely coupling the impacting instrument to the bone plate, permitting a pilot hole for a locking fastener to be drilled by advancing a drill bit through both the cannulated fastener and the bone plate and into adjacent bone.