Southern Cape Nomads Newsletter

January 2008

2008-01-22T13:06:00.000+02:00

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2007-12-05T15:57:00.000+02:00

Gold Cup 2008 Results

2007-12-05T09:29:00.000+02:00

Goose Valley 2nd December 2008

Results of Gold Cup and Other Annual Tournaments

GOLD CUP
C-Div : Terry Dimatellis 34,33
B-Div : Ken Spencer 36,50
A-Div : Mario Jonker 32,83

ECLECTIC

C-Div 3rd : Tannah Harris 45,96
B-Div 3rd : Les Marais 48,26
A-Div 3rd : John Richards 45,67

C-Div Rup : Terry Dimatellis 47,46
B-Div Rup : Costas Polydorou 49,93
A-Div Rup : Anton Izaakse (Jnr) 46,06

C-Div Win : Antonie Grobler 48,93
B-Div Win : Arthur Ambrose 49,95
A-Div Win : Mario Jonker 46,42

Overall : Arthur Ambrose

ANDREW MENTIS

C-Div 3rd : Neil Bjorkman 171
B-Div 3rd : Emile Schmidt 172
A-Div 3rd : John Richards 170

C-Div Rup : Terry Dimatellis 174
B-Div Rup : Costas Polydorou 173
A-Div Rup : Flats Huisamen 171

C-Div Win : Jimmy Leggat 174
B-Div Win : Danny de Wet 174
A-Div Win : Dave Meyer 172

Overall : Danny de Wet

JOHN HANDLEY

C-Div 3rd : Bennie Raubenheimer 108
B-Div 3rd : Andre Zietsman 103
A-Div 3rd : Flats Huisamen 102

C-Div Rup : Doug James 109
B-Div Rup : Arthur Ambrose 106
A-Div Rup : Jan Mantel 103

C-Div Win : Jimmy Leggat 109
B-Div Win : Emile Schmidt 107
A-Div Win : Mike Atterbury 104

Overall : Jimmy Leggat

NOMAD OF THE YEAR
Mario Jonker

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Andre Zietsman

BEST OF WORST
Steve Twycross

GARY PLAYER KNOCKOUT
Rom Saffy and Malcolm Butlin

Runner Up - Cameron Boccaleone and Steve Twycross

GARY PLAYER PLATE
Gerald Anderson and Austin Graves

Runner Up - Anton Izaakse Senior and Junior

Congratulations to all

Goose Valley Dec 2007

2007-12-05T08:30:00.000+02:00

Monthly game moved from Knysna to Goose Valley at short notice due to the heavy rains, and the Knysna course being totally unplayable. The game was played on Sunday 2nd December in favourable conditions. I had the pleasure of playing with our local sponsor, Neal Perks of Stanmar Motors, the Goose Valley club captain Peter Baxter and our very own Jeff Clause. Congrats to Peter and his course staff for a great but tough course, and to Mel, the prize table was awesome !

5 Year ties were received by Colin Buck, Willem Cronje, Antonie Grobler and Louis Esselen. We also inducted 3 new nomads, Leon Campher, Michael Kamener and Peter Southey. Welcome to a great club.

A special thanks to our "pink ladies", Berti, June, Sandra and Helen for your help and long day. I hope the special lunch was great.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Terry Dimatellis 36 off 20
Runner Up B-Div : Ken Spencer 35 off 11
Runner Up A-Div : Jeff Clause 34 off 4
( Sponsor: Stanmar Motors )

Winner C-Div : Tim Procter 38 off 22
Winner B-Div : Jacques Matthee 43 off 9
Winner A-Div : Neal Perks 35 off 7
( Sponsor : Stanmar Motors )

Playing 4-Ball 133 pts
Gavin Bayman, Jacques Matthee, Koos Scholtz and Ghost
( Sponsor : KWV )

Drawn 4-Ball 131 pts
Mario Jonker, Jacques Matthee, Pieter Meyer and Costas Polydorou
( Sponsor : Stanmar Motors )

Best Playing Pair 76 pts
Jacques Matthee and Koos Scholtz
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 70 pts
Chris Edwards and Tim Procter
( Sponsor : Stanmar Motors )

Over 55's
Malcolm Butlin 36 pts
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 18 pts
Dave Meyer
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 103 pts
Jan Mantel, Bennie Raubenheimer, Graham Williams and George Whitehead
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Closest to Pins
Jeff Clause, John Richards, John Eksteen, Arthur Ambrose and Chris Edwards
( Sponsor : Stanmar Motors and Glenrand MIB )

Jackpot Winner (A Div) - Jeff Clause 7 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - Dennis Burns

Pick 3 Winners (Nomads) - No Winner

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Keenan Barry
( Checkers, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )

Bells Whiskey Draw -
Bennie Raubenheimer, Denham Fish and Danie Bruwer

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Jimmy Leggat

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Hugh Collier

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Don van Niekerk

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Ken Spencer

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) - Deon Giles

KWV Draw
June Atterbury, Gerry Ham and Mike Atterbury

Jacket Draw ( Golden Harvest ) - Michael Kamener

Mossel Bay Nov 2007

2007-11-18T18:48:00.001+02:00

Monthly game played at the Mossel Bay Golf Club on Sunday 11th November. Once again, the weather started off kindly, but as the afternoon wore on, we were theated to the norm (howling winds). A special thanks to Andre van der Heever and the staff of TOR Construction for their fantastic sponsorship for the day. I had the pleasure of playing with the Club Captain, Mike Atterbury and Tom Nel, visiting us from Northerns.

Mark Ward-Able conducted the fines session for the day.

We inducted two new members, Ian Botha & Peter Heydra. Welcome to Nomads, and we hope you enjoy the ride.

What more can be said of these dedicated "pink ladies", Helen, June, Berti & Sandra (Absent).

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Danny de Wet 39 off 15
Runner Up B-Div : Michael Kamener 37 off 12
Runner Up A-Div : Jan Mantel 37 off 2
( Sponsor: TOR Construction )

Winner C-Div : Doug James 42 off 17
Winner B-Div : Arthur Ambrose 43 off 13
Winner A-Div : Ian Botha 39 off 4
( Sponsor : TOR Construction )

Playing 4-Ball 144 pts
Flats Huisamen, Mario Jonker, Christo Langenhoven & Danie Marais
( Sponsor : KWV )

Drawn 4-Ball 137 pts
Arthur Ambrose, Jacques Matthee, Pieter Meyer & Smiley Cronje
( Sponsor : TOR Construction )

Best Playing Pair 81 pts
Danny de Wet & Doug James
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 78 pts
Arthur Ambrose & Boet Gericke
( Sponsor : TOR Construction )

Over 55's
Arthur Ambrose
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 19 pts
Kurt Lottering
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 108 pts
Les Marais, Michael Kamener, Adri vd Linde & Koos vd Linde
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Eagles Eyrie
John Richards (2) - includes hole-in-one (15th)

When we arrived at the 15th tee and were greeted by Andre and his team from TOR, we were fed steaks and beer, and little did I know that I would show them something special for their kind gesture. I was last to hit after messing the last hole up, and with 9 iron in hand, calmly aced the hole.
(Eds Note - It is his 1st in 27 years).
The bell was rang after prize-giving and the stayers had a little refreshment on Glenrand MIB.

Closest to Pins
Claude Wilson, Danie Marais, Jan Mantel, John Richards & Jan Mantel
( Sponsor : TOR Construction & Glenrand MIB )

Jackpot Winner (C Div) (KWV) - Danny de Wet 8 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - Doug James

Pick 3 Winners (Nomads) - No Winner

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Richard Plumb
( Checkers, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )

Bells Whiskey Draw -
Willem Cronje, Flats Huisamen & Michael Miller

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Dennis Burns

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Arthur Ambrose

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Ralph Tarr

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Peet Stander

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) - Jan Mantel

KWV Draw
Danie Marais, Niel Bjorkman & Berti Harris

Jacket Draw ( Golden Harvest ) - Hansie Nel

George Oct 2007

2007-10-21T11:55:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the George Golf Club on Sunday 14th October. Once again, the weather was kind to us. I had the pleasure of playing with our local sponsor, Christo de Klerk of Loerie Toyota and the George Club Captain, Jonathan Monk. Jonathan, thanks for the use of this great course and facility, and Christo, the prize table was tremendous.

Jamie Whitelaw received his 30 Year Tie award.

A special thanks to our "pink ladies", Berti, June, Sandra & Helen. We really appreciate your time and dedication.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Colin Goss 35 off 15
Runner Up B-Div : Michael Self 40 off 14
Runner Up A-Div : Deon Giles 36 off 6
( Sponsor: Loerie Toyota )

Winner C-Div : Anthonie Grobler 37 off 17
Winner B-Div : Joe Van Wyk 40 off 13
Winner A-Div : Jonathan Monk 36 off 2
( Sponsor : Loerie Toyota )

Playing 4-Ball 139 pts
Mike Atterbury, Deon Giles, Ken Haldane & Emile Schmidt
( Sponsor : KWV )

Drawn 4-Ball 140 pts
Harry De Villiers, Terry Dimatellis, Michael Self & Joe Van Wyk
( Sponsor : Loerie Toyota )

Best Playing Pair 71 pts
Mike Atterbury & Deon Giles
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 71 pts
Costas Polydorou & Colin Goss
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )

Over 55's
Anthonie Grobler
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 18 pts
Zack De Wet
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 109 pts
Cliffie Barnard, Hugh Collier, Harry De Villiers & Steve Twycross
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Closest to Pins
Joe van Wyk, Ian Botha, Gavin Bayman, Anthonie Grobler & Jacques Cilliers
( Sponsor : Loerie Toyota & Glenrand MIB )

Jackpot Winner (B Div) (KWV) - Uwe Bachmann 7 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - Stephan Fourie

Pick 3 Winners (Nomads) - No Winner

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Schalk Cilliers
( Checkers, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )

Bells Whiskey Draw -
Costa Kokinos, Frikkie van Eck & Harry de Villiers

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) -

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Fanie du Plessis

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Niel Bjorkman

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Tannah Harris

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) - Jamie Whitelaw

KWV Draw
Colin Bock, Kurt Lottering & PJ Gronum

Jacket Draw ( Golden Harvest ) - June Atterbury

Boland Challenge 2007

2007-09-25T15:43:00.000+02:00

A dozen so Boland Nomads joined 20some Pinkies at Stilbaai golf club on Sunday 23 September to fight it out for the John Mundell Trophy.

After our cold windy practice round on saturday, we were welcomed by windy, cold and rain on sunday. The Bolanders trampled all over us in the bad weather, and were very worthy winners on the day.

Our captain, John Richards hands over the trophy to Frank vsn Zyl, the captain of Boland. We will wait another year and see what happens.

In the traditional Nomads spirit, captain John Richards hands over the Southern Cape presentation to the Stilbaai club president. This new bell will hopefully ring plenty of times, and hope that more nomads will see it in their clubhouse.

Pinnacle Point Sept 2007

2007-09-11T16:30:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the stunning Pinnacle Point Golf Course on Sunday 9th September. Once again, we had great weather, whick is quite a treat on this golf course. But alas, my game was left in ruins somewhere. Thanks to the great golf played by Ian Norgard, director of golf, it would have otherwise been a miserable day for me. Many thanks to the staff of the club for a great day. Also, many thanks to our Pink Ladies, Berti, June & Helen for all your dedicated work.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day,and a very extra special mention to Ralph Tarr of Honda in George for his generous sponsorship of the day. Thanks also to Checkers and Golden Harvest for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

Tannah Harris was our finesmaster for the day, and he nailed us on balls lost. Had everyone stayed for prizegiving we would have raised more than R400 on this.

We met Chris Edwards on the 18th green with champagne and celebrated his 200 games. Les Marais, our vice, received his 100 game badge, and we inducted Zack de Beer & Willem Oosthuizen.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Theo Otto 35 off 18
Runner Up B-Div : Graham Williams 34 off 12
Runner Up A-Div : Ian Norgarb 33 off -1
( Sponsor: Honda )

Winner C-Div : Stephan Muller 36 off 16
Winner B-Div : Marinus Weiss 34 off 9
Winner A-Div : Mike Hargreaves 34 off 7
( Sponsor : Honda )

Playing 4-Ball 132 pts
Mike Atterbury, Danie Bruwer, Theo Otto & Elie Sopas
( Sponsor : KWV )

Drawn 4-Ball 124 pts
Freek Herbst, Spero Kokinos, Stephan Muller & Grahame Procter
( Sponsor : Honda )

Best Playing Pair 70 pts
Mike Hargreaves & Stephan Muller
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 66 pts
Mike Atterbury & Danie Bruwer
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )

Over 55's
Doug James
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 17 pts
Dugald Black
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 87 pts
Dugald Black, Ken Haldane, Erik Mentz & Chick Ramsay
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Closest to Pins
Andre Zeelie, Emile Schmidt, Cameron Boccaleone, Raymond Botha & Claude Malan
( Sponsor : Honda & Glenrand MIB )

Jackpot Winner (A Div) (KWV) - Ian Norgarb 8 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - John Richards (WP)

Pick 3 Winners (Nomads) - No Winner

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Peter Southey
( Checkers, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )

Bells Whiskey Draw -
Danny De Wet, Jimmy Leggat & Flats Huisamen

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Ralph Tarr

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Erik Ekkelkamp

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Michael Miller

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Austin Graves

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) - Len Olivier

KWV Draw
Doug James, Joe van Wyk & Gys Genis

Jacket Draw ( Golden Harvest ) - Marinus Weiss

Plett Aug 2007

2007-08-15T10:00:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Plettenberg Country Club Golf Course on Sunday 12th August. This game was the day after the Seaboard Trophy, and once again played in tremendous weather. The rain the previous evening softened the course a bit. The course was in really good condition, and a special thanks Norman Slack and his committee and staff for allowing us the priveledge to play on their wonderful golf course. Also, many thanks to our Pink Ladies, Berti, June & Helen for spending a very long day and listening to all the Nomad gripes.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day,and a very extra special mention to Koos van der Linde of Bogeyman in George for his generous sponsorship of the day. Thanks also to Checkers and Golden Harvest for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

Boet Gericke was our finesmaster for the day, and his fine of how many players had played 5 games to equal our national chairmans visits to us was a good one. I am sure that there were quite a few S/Cape guys that should have paid in.

As it was our National Chairman, Glen Dalton, official visit to the club, we were addressed by him. It was a pleasure having him there, and we sincerely hope that he left well satisfied that we are alive and well and fulfill the nomad spirit.

Glen was accompanied by his wife Gail, and if this pic is any proof, we could have a new "Pink Lady".

Glen also assisted us in the induction of Raymond Botha, and a 10 year tie award to Flats Huisamen.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Len Olivier (Bol) 33 off 15
Runner Up B-Div : Ricco vd Linde (V) 39 off 14
Runner Up A-Div : Hentie Burger (EC) 35 off 8
( Sponsor: Bogeyman )

Winner C-Div : Mike Walker (WP) 37 off 16
Winner B-Div : Costa Kokinos 40 off 13
Winner A-Div : Ian Botha (W) 37 off 5
( Sponsor : Bogeyman )

Playing 4-Ball 140 pts
Nic Galic, Costa Kokinos, Ardi vd Linde & Ricco vd Linde
( Sponsor : KWV )

Drawn 4-Ball 124 pts
Dave Meyer, Costas Polydorou, Themba Mngxaso (Bor) & Mike Walker (WP)
( Sponsor : Bogeyman )

Best Playing Pair 71 pts
Costa Kokinos & Ardi vd Linde
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 69 pts
Nic Galic & Ricco vd Linde
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )

Over 55's
Costa Kokinos
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 14 pts
Mark Ward-Able
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 92 pts
Mark Ward-Able, Greg Leerer (Bol), Philip Senekal (Bol) & Peter Southey (W)
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Closest to Pins
Niel Coetzee, Denham Fish, Ian Botha, Phil Dean & M Botha
( Sponsor : Bogeyman & Glenrand MIB )

Jackpot Winner (C Div) (KWV) - Roger Weyer (Bor) 7 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - Alistair Simmond (WP)

Pick 3 Winners (Nomads) - No Winner

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Ian Foster (WP)
( Checkers, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )
Can he really carry this one off

Bells Whiskey Draw -
Brian Etter, Pops Pitsiladi & Ian Foster

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Siya Bungane

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - John Winter (WP)

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Anton Izaakse

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Marcelle Meiring

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) -Ricky Dos Santos

KWV Draw
Daryl De Beer, Ron Sanderson & Maurice Du Bruyn

Jacket Draw ( Golden Harvest ) - Alistair Simmonds

Seaboard 2007

2007-08-11T22:22:00.000+02:00

It is Saturday, 11th August 2007, just before sunrise, and the first competitors of Seaboard arrive and register with our pink ladies, who have been there since 06h30.
The Border team led by Roger Weyers is getting ready to defend the trophy against Rob Jones' Western Province, Frank van Zyl's Boland, John Richards' Southern Cape and Dave Pearson's Eastern Cape.

The tournament is an annual event, and this year the trophy is contested for at the Goose Valley Golf Club in Plettenberg Bay. Other than the current captains, we were honoured to have our National Chairman, Glen Dalton, join in the tournament. It was also a pleasure to have our National Vice Captain, National Junior Vice Chairman and National Immediate Past Chairman namely Alf Duncan, Ken Walker and Ken Haldane as competitors to the event. There were also numerous ex-captains and national chairmen in the field.

This event is co-ordinated by the JVC's of the 5 clubs and hosted by Southern Cape.
Thanks to all of them.

Flats "Starter" Huisamen, early in the morning with a beer glass of Bells and Milk.
Thanks to our national sponsors for the smile on his face.

How is this for loaded brass. One of the 4 balls in the event which also included Honorary Life Member, Neal Kunhardt.

Our divisional winners for the day with Seaboard Captain, Dave Pearson of Eastern Cape. Well played guys.

Cliffie Barnard of Bogeyman Golf, our main sponsor for the day, does a little promotion work. He received a very warm round of applause for the groups generous sponsorship for the day.

Roger Weyer of Border was the finesmaster of the evening, and some of us had to dig deep into our wallets.

Our National Chairman, Glen Dalton and Southern Cape Captain, John Richards thanking Peter Baxter, the Captain of Goose Valley for the use of their course for the day.

The "Five Pirates" receiving their presentations from S/Cape JVC, Mark Ward-Able.

Southern Cape JVC, Mark Ward-Able trying to convince us that it was fun co-ordinating the event.

Border captain Roger not to happy about handing over the trophy to Rob Jones of WP.

Finals results :-
Western Province - 28,2333
Southern Cape - 28,0500
Border - 27,5790
Boland - 27,2821
Eastern Cape - 26,7273

Natex Visit Aug 2007

2007-08-10T20:19:00.000+02:00

It was a pleasure to hear that our National Chairman, Glen Dalton was going to visit us on our Seaboard Weekend. Plans were put into gear and our captain, John suggested a sundowner boat trip as the opening to the weekend. It was accepted and on Friday, 10th August 2007, our committee and pink ladies met Glen and his family at the Knysna Waterfront, and boarded the John Benn at 16h45 for a sundowner cruise to the Knysna Lagoon Heads with cocktails.

In the distance, we see our destination, the entrance of the heads.

Some of the guys out on the outer decks lapping up the great views.

Ok, it is now time to party.
Terry, Pieter and Les coaxing us to join them at the bar.

Paddy reunites with our faithful "Pink Ladies", Berti, Sandra and Helen.
Yes, I'm sure they will join the guys at the bar.

The better half's of our past national chairman and national chairman discussing what they will do for the weekend while the boys lose little white balls.

The journey is about to end, and Tannah, Glen, Gerry and John wonder why the Bells has disappeared !

And after 2 hours of talking, eating and drinking, Ashley plucks up enough courage and scolds Ken for losing the light blue.

Oubaai July 2007

2007-07-24T14:14:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Oubaai Golf Course on Sunday 22nd July. Again, the weather and the course was in fantastic condition, and a special thanks Gavin Woodroffe and the Oubaai staff for allowing us the priveledge to play on their wonderful golf course. Also, many thanks to our Pink Ladies, Berti, June, Helen & Sandra for controlling us on the day. The size of the field was a little disappointing and we hope to see a better turnout in Plett.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day,and a very extra special mention to Hennie Van Zyl of Nasgua in George for his generous sponsorship of the day. Thanks also to Checkers and Golden Harvest for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

Our captain handled the fines, as no had arranged for one in his absense, and thanks to the members for paying up and supporting the fines session.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : John Mundell 33 off 17
Runner Up B-Div : Boet Gericke 34 off 10
Runner Up A-Div : Mike Atterbury 36 off 8
( Sponsor: Nashua )

Winner C-Div : Rob Gordon 36 off 20
Winner B-Div : Claude Malan 35 off 12
Winner A-Div : Johan Van Rensburg (V) 40 off 8
( Sponsor : Nashua )

Playing 4-Ball 129 pts
Fanie DuPlessis, Les Marais, Dave Meyer & Michael Self
( Sponsor : Nashua )

Drawn 4-Ball 127 pts
Uwe Bachmann, Tannah Harris, Spero Kokinos & Claude Malan
( Sponsor : SAB Miller )

Best Playing Pair 72 pts
Mike Atterbury & Rob Gordon
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 69 pts
Les Marais & Dave Meyer
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )

Over 55's
Mike Atterbury
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 16 pts
Koos Van Der Linde
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 93 pts
Christo Langenhoven, Brian Peterson, Tim Procter & Koos vd Linde
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Closest to Pins
Andre vd Linde, Nico Truter, Costa Kokinos, Mike Kamener & Mario Jonker
( Sponsor : The Pro Shop, KWV & Glenrand MIB )

Jackpot Winner (B Div) (KWV) - Arthur Ambrose Sopas 7 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - Anton Izaakse (Jnr)

Pick 3 Winners (Nomads) - No Winner

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Peter Gurney
( Checkers, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )

Bells Whiskey Draw -
Ken Spencer, Eben Vermeulen & Boet Gericke

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Chick Ramsay

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Peter Klews

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Brian Peterson

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Mike Kamener

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) - R vd Linde

KWV Draw
Godwin Bruinders, Berti Harris & Mike Atterbury

Jacket Draw ( Golden Harvest ) - Boet Gericke

Knysna June 2007

2007-06-28T18:36:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Knysna Golf Course on Sunday 17th June as the final game in our Andrew Mentis weekend. The weather and the course was in fantastic condition, and a special thanks to the Pink Ladies for staying the whole day and dealing with about 160 players.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day,and a very extra special mention to Stuart Tracy of The Pro Shop in George BMW for his incredible prize table for the day and the weekend. Thanks also to Checkers and Golden Harvest for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

Our equipment officer, Gerry Ham robbed most of the field for just under a grand in his short but sweet fines session. Thanks to the players for this support.

Also thanks to the dedicated starters for the day.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Bob Stannard 37 off 18
Runner Up B-Div : Brett Adams (WP)35 off 10
Runner Up A-Div : Peter Daly (Visitor)37 off 5
( Sponsor: The Pro Shop )

Winner C-Div : Niel Bjorkman 38 off 15
Winner B-Div : Danny DeWet 37 off 14
Winner A-Div : Denham Fish 39 off 1
( Sponsor : The Pro Shop )

Playing 4-Ball 135 pts
Austin Graves, Brian Peterson, Costas Polydorou & Tim Procter
( Sponsor : The Pro Shop )

Drawn 4-Ball 140 pts
Brian Peterson, John Richards, Erl Hudson & G van Tonder
( Sponsor : SAB Miller )

Best Playing Pair 70 pts
Brian Peterson & Costas Polydorou
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 70 pts
Emile Schmidt & Bob Stannard
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )

Over 55's
Niel Bjorkman
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 20 pts
Mike Richards
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Closest to Pins
Godwin Bruinders, Denham Fish, Eric Kgantsi, Kurt Lottering & Ken Haldane
( Sponsor : The Pro Shop, KWV & Glenrand MIB )

Jackpot Winner (C Div) (KWV) - Elie Sopas 5 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - No Winner

Pick 3 Winners (Nomads) - Ian Botha R1000

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Stuart Tracy
( Checkers, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )

Bells Whiskey Draw -
Rob Gordon, Dugald Black & Temba Mngxsso

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Kurt Lottering

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Anton Izaakse (Jnr)

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Tannah Harris

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Mike Self

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) - Duke Nel

KWV Draw
Niel Bjorkman, Grant Cooper & Rom Saffy

Jacket Draw ( Golden Harvest ) - Not won

Fancourt May 2007

2007-05-21T09:10:00.000+02:00

Monthly game to be played at Montagu, Fancourt on Sunday 20th May.

Well, Southern Cape weather has finally won a tournament. Last year it affected our Andrew Mentis weekend at Knysna, and this weekend it bucketed down after many weeks of splended weather.

The game was called off at 7h30 on Sunday morning, and a special thanks to Tannah & Berti Harris for contacting all entries and advising that the game was off.

See you guys in Knysna on the 15th, 16th & 17th June for our Andrew Mentis Weekend.

Simola April 2007

2007-04-16T19:01:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Simola Golf Club on Sunday 15th April. The weather and the course was in fantastic condition, and a special thanks to the staff of Simola for a great day.

The greens were great, maybe a little quick for some, and well manicured fairways. We were allowed to place, but I think I placed two balls the whole round.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day,and a special mention to Raymond Botha of Lynn Schroeder BMW for his fantastic prize table and Checkers for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

We had a liitle change of "Fines Master" and our captain introduced our Pinklady Berti to get some revenge on some of her difficult customers. She was quite lenient, and was enjoyed by all attending.

A special thanks to our Pink Ladies, Berti, Helen, Sandra & June for your dedication in having to deal with us men.

Also thanks to injured Mario Jonker for his dedication as starter.

Congratulations to Martin Strode on 5 year tie award, and to Ashley Towell again. This time for your 20 year tie award.

The day was rounded off by a 50 year quest for a hole-in-one. Well done to Rob Law on this milestone.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Peet Stander 31 off 23
Runner Up B-Div : Michael Self 33 off 11
Runner Up A-Div : Mike Hargreaves 36 off 6
( Sponsor: Lynn Schroeder BMW )

Winner C-Div : Paul McGahan 33 off 25
Winner B-Div : P-J Gronum 34 off 9
Winner A-Div : Mark Ward-Able 37 off 5
( Sponsor : Lynn Schroeder BMW )

Playing 4-Ball 122 pts
Boet Gericke, Les Marais, Don van Niekerk & Andre Zeelie
( Sponsor : Lynn Schroeder BMW )

Drawn 4-Ball 116 pts
Dugald Black, Boet Gericke, Rob Gordon & Paul McGahan
( Sponsor : KWV )

Best Playing Pair 64 pts
Ken Haldane & Mike Hargreaves
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 62 pts
Boet Gericke & Les Marais
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 88 pts
Costa Kokinos, Spero Kokinos, Willem Oosthuizen & Mike Steyn
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Over 55's
Mike Hargreaves
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 15 pts
Raymond Botha
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Closest to Pins
Malan Cronje, Tjoepie Pretorius, Pierre Smuts, Jan Mantel, Rob Law & Denham Fish
( Sponsor : Lynn Schroeder BMW & Glenrand MIB )

Jackpot Winner (B Div) (BMW) - P-J Gronum 9 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - No Winner

Pick 3 Winners (Nomads) - No winner

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Tannah Harris
( Checkers, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )

Bells Whiskey Draw -

Raymond Botha, Bob Stannard & Willem Cronje

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Jan Mantel

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Willem Oosthuizen

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Doug James

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Costas Polydorou

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) - Mark Ward-Able

KWV Draw
Willem Oosthuizen, Malan Cronje & Grahame Procter

Jacket Draw ( Golden Harvest ) - Peet Stander

George March 2007

2007-04-02T12:36:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the George Golf Club on Sunday 1st April (April Fools Day). The course was setup very easy due to maintenance work on a few of the tees. Either it was an April Fools joke, or we were confused with the Ladies Amateur Championships played there earlier in the week. Is this confusion because of our Pink Shirts.
Jokes aside, the course was in very good nick, especially the greens, and congratulations to the George staff for yet another good day.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day,and a special mention to Tjoepie Pretorius & Chana Golf for the game sponsorship and Checkers for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

Additional thanks to Old Mutual for hosting the Old Mutual International Pairs tournament on the same day. Mike Carr from Gauteng (also a Nomad) flew down to co-ordinate the event. We made the 50 pairs for the day, and 4 pairs proceeded through to the regional finals in Port Elizabeth.

Dave Meyer conducted a lenient fines session. A special thanks to our Pink Ladies, Berti, Helen & June for your dedication in having to deal with us men.

Congratulations to following :-
Tannah Harris, Jannie Lourens and Barry Vermeulen on your 5 year ties, and to Ashley Towell on your 200 game badge.

Southern Cape paid tribute to Ken Haldane for his dedication to Nomads by awarding honorary membership to him. Ken, we salute you.

We also welcomed new inductees, Michael Hodge, Jaap Rabie and Denham Fish.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Jimmy Leggat 39 off 15
Runner Up B-Div : Phil Beswick 38 off 14
Runner Up A-Div : Mike Atterbury 35 off 6
( Sponsor: Tjoepie Pretorius )

Winner C-Div : Terry Dimateellis 47 off 20
Winner B-Div : Emile Schmidt 42 off 12
Winner A-Div : Pierre Smuts 37 off 5
( Sponsor : Tjoepie Pretorius )

Playing 4-Ball 141 pts
Terry Dimatellis, Garth Doyle, E Vermeulen & Ghost
( Sponsor : KWV )

Drawn 4-Ball 147 pts
Phil Beswick, Ricky Dos Santos, Rob Gordon & Emile Schmidt
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Best Playing Pair 78 pts
Terry Dimatellis & E Vermeulen
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 73 pts
Mike Atterbury & Phil Beswick
( Sponsor : KWV )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 108 pts
Jim Gittins, Rob Law, Brian Peterson & Alistair Wallis
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Over 55's
Terry Dimatellis
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 21 pts
Gavin Williams
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Closest to Pins
Jim Gittins, D van Rensburg, Stefan Fourie, Garth Doyle & Graham Williams
( Sponsor : Glenrand MIB and KWV )

Jackpot Winner (A Div) (KWV) - Mike Carr 9 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - Howard Shaw

Pick 3 Winners (Nomads) - Not won thanks to Terry

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Cameron Boccaleone
( Checkers, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )

Bells Whiskey Draw -

Malcolm Butlin, Ryk Smit & Rob Gordon

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Emile Schmidt

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Kobus Botha

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Steve Twycross

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Ralph Tarr

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) - Rob Law

KWV Draw

Freek Herbst, Jimmy Leggat & Ken Haldane

Jacket Draw ( Golden Harvest ) - Rob Gordon

Nationals 2007

2007-03-22T09:23:00.000+02:00

Final Day

We did it, we did not come in the bottom three. Our team excelled and finished 7th overall.
This was thanks to a couple of good scores in the 30's for the last round.
Congrats to Gerry Ham for ending up as the Southern Cape Champ, and to Fanie DuPlessis as runner-up Eclectic position in the A Division.
Again, well done guys.

Day 4 & 5

I seem to have misplaced some info, or lost it totally. It is quite infectuos, as I think it also affected my swing today. Your captain could only muster a mere 26 pts today !!!!!!!!!!!!! No WIND or RAIN ..... Tut tut tut.

But thanks to the performance of the rest of the side we could ease up the ladder tonight.

Day 3

Weather really was kind, and was very favourable. Clear skies and hardly any wind.

Congrats to Terry Dimatellis for collecting the worst-playing fourball prize with our National Vice Chairman, Glen Dalton.
Fanie DuPlessis was also a prize winner in the drawn fourballs.

We dropped a place in the Bert Hunt from 7th to 8th, so we are still on schedule to improve.

On the previous day we had good scores from a few of our players who achieved the following :

Les Marais - 3rd B Division
Flats Huisamen , Les Marais & Terry Dimatellis in the Drawn 4 Ball.
Gerald Anderson - R500 in Van's 100

Day 2

The weather in the morning was terrible. Rain and wind, hot and cold. It subsided a bit in the afternoon. Scores appear to be a little better.

After day one we were 9th out of 14.

Scoreboard updated with am round today.

Note Mark Ward-Able's score is 28.

Last night at prizegiving we had 2 winners :-

Anton Izaakse - Best drawn fourball &

Doug James - 5th Vans Harem - R500

Well done guys.

Day 1
The weather started turning nasty with wind and rain, especially in the afternoon, and our guys tried as hard as possible :
See scoreboard below.

Hi to the rest of Southern Cape.

Day 0 - Before the Bert Hunt Challenge

The team has been filtering in from Friday, and on Saturday 17H30 the East London Golf Course handed the Club over to Nomads. Captains and Natex Members hoised all flags.

On the left is a picture of most of the flags.

Ours is very near the end.

Weather conditions are quite good here in Sunday (by East London standards).

John Richards

Captain Souhern Cape

Goose Valley Feb 2007

2007-02-27T18:07:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Goose Valley Golf Club on Sunday 25th February. The weather conditions were very favourable and the golf course in pretty good condition considering our drought periods.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day,and a special mention to Cliffie & Andrew Barnard of Bogeyman Golf for the game sponsorship and Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store and Golden Harvest for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

We hosted a disappointing field of only 83, especially for this great golf course. Our past captain, Joe van Wyk robbed our good prizegiving attendies of almost R1000. A special thanks to our Pink Ladies, Berti, Helen & Sandra for your dedication having the prize sheet finalised by 17h00.

Congratulations to Tony Duff & Neil Bjorkman on your 5 year ties, and to Hugh Collier on your 25 year tie. Well done guys.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Alistair Wallis 35 off 18
Runner Up B-Div : Ken Spencer 37 off 11
Runner Up A-Div : Thys Cronje 38 off 8
( Sponsor: Bogeyman Golf )

Winner C-Div : Frederick de Jager 37 off 17
Winner B-Div : Anton Izaakse 37 off 9
Winner A-Div : Chris Edwards 38 off 6
( Sponsor : Bogeyman Golf )

Playing 4-Ball 133 pts
Gavin Bayman, Chris Edwards, Anton Izaakse (Jnr) & Theo Otto
( Sponsor : KWV )

Drawn 4-Ball 136 pts
Tony Duff, Nico Pienaar, Ken Spencer & Peet Stander
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Best Playing Pair 69 pts
Godwin Bruinders & Ken Spencer
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 68 pts
John Richards & Vaughn Tucker
( Sponsor : KWV )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 112 pts
Anthonie Grobler, Les Marais, Andre Zeelie & Mike Hodge
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Over 55's
Thys Cronje
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 23 pts
Tim Procter
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Closest to Pins
Anton Izaakse, Vic Moll, Thys Cronje, Cameron Boccaleone & Dugald Black
( Sponsor : Glenrand MIB and Bogeyman Golf )

Jackpot Winner (C Div) (Bogeyman Golf) - Marius Swart 5 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - Neil Bjorkman

Pick 3 Winners (Nomads) - Chick Ramsey & Rob Gordon (R350 each)

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Jan Griessel
( Pick 'n Pay, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )

Bells Whiskey Draw -
Arthur Ambrose, Gavin Bayman & Helen Towell

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Rom Saffy

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Austin Graves

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Marius Swart

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Ricky Dos Santos

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) - Kobus Botha

Mossel Bay Jan 2007

2007-01-22T19:27:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Mossel Bay Golf Club on Sunday 21st January. The weather conditions were fantastic and totally unknown to most of the visitors to this part of the world.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day,and a special mention to Graeme Robb and Pottie van Aardt of Timber City for the game sponsorship and Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store and Golden Harvest for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

We hosted a field of 103, which was the best ever for this course. Well done Nomads, and we hope you continue with this good support through the year. Our new captain and vice-captain struggled through their first meeting, and Ashley Towell raised R500 in fines from those dressed in blue. Well done to the Pink Ladies for having the prize sheet finalised by 17h30.

Congratulations to Gavin Loynes on receiving his 100 game badge.
We also welcomed Andre Zeelie and Kurt Lottering into this fabulous nomads golf club.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Jimmy Leggat 37 off 15
Runner Up B-Div : Emile Schmidt 34 off 13
Runner Up A-Div : Jan Mantel 36 off 2
( Sponsor: Timber City )

Winner C-Div : Bennie Raubenheimer 37 off 15
Winner B-Div : Costas Polydorou 35 off 12
Winner A-Div : Flats Huisamen 37 off 5
( Sponsor : Timber City )

Playing 4-Ball 139 pts
Costa Kokinos, W Oooshuizen, M Steyn & E Vermeulen
( Sponsor : KWV )

Drawn 4-Ball 127 pts
Costas Polydorou, Ryk Smit, Barry Vermeulen & E Vermeulen
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Best Playing Pair 71 pts
Costa Kokinos & E Vermeulen
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 70 pts
Jan Mantel & Andre Zietsman
( Sponsor : KWV )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 89 pts
Ghost, Frikkie jvRensburg, Brian Peterson & Tony Duff
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Over 55's
Bennie Raubenheimer
( Sponsor : Midas Parts )

Matchbox Winner 20 pts
Andre Zeelie
( Sponsor : Val Holland )

Closest to Pins
Ralph Tarr, Nico Pienaar, Willem Oosthuizen, Hansie Nel & Donovan Swart
( Sponsor : Glenrand MIB and Timber City )

Jackpot Winner (B Div) (Timber City) - Graham Williams 9 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - Stan Fry

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Ken Spencer
( Pick 'n Pay, Golden Harvest, SAB Miller, Bells, KWV )

Bells Whiskey Draw -

Barry Vermeulen, Jamie Whitelaw & Claude Malan

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) -

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Stephan Muller

Golf Bag Draw ( Graham Williams ) - Mike Atterbury

Meat Hamper Draw ( Watsons ) - Tim Procter

R250 Attendance Draw ( Chris Edwards Motors ) - Anton Izaakse

Fixtures 2007

2007-01-01T21:48:00.000+02:00

January 21st - Mossel Bay - Monthly Game
February 9 - 11th - Eastern Cape Anniversary
February 25th - Goose Valley - Monthly Game
March 18 - 23rd - Nationals @ East London
April 1st - George - Monthly Game - Old Mutual Pairs - Gary Player Knockout
April 15th - Simola - Monthly Game
May 4 - 6th - Southern Challenge 20th Anniversary in Natal
May 13th - Fancourt - Monthly Game
May 20 - 25th - Zimbabwe Nationals
June 15 & 16th - Pezula & Simola - Andrew Mentis Weekend
June 17th - Knysna - Monthly Game
July 14 & 15th - Free State 10th Anniversary - Bloemfontein
July 22nd - Oubaai - Monthly Game
August 11th - Goose Valley - Seaboard Trophy
August 12th - Plettenberg Bay - Monthly Game
September 9th - Pinnacle Point - Monthly Game
October 14th - George - Monthly Game
November 2 - 4th - Northerns Anniversary - Pretoria
November 11th - Mossel Bay - Monthly Game - AGM
December 2nd - Knysna - Gold Cup and GPKO Finals

Gold Cup 2006

2006-12-07T06:55:00.000+02:00

A few presentations done at the Gold Cup Day. The most important one .......

A big THANKYOU to our wonderful Pink Ladies. We cannot operate without them. Thanks, thanks thanks.

To our past Captain, Joe van Wyk, we thankyou for your year of dedication.

Welcome to John Richards our new Captain

may your year be fruitfull and succesfull.

Results of Gold Cup and Other Annual Tournaments

GOLD CUP

C-Div : Costas Polydorou 42,66
B-Div : Costa Kokinos 40,33
A-Div : John Richards 38,86

ECLECTIC

C-Div 3rd : Bennie Raubenheimer 45
B-Div 3rd : Michael Self 49
A-Div 3rd : Mike Atterbury 45

C-Div Rup : Jimmy Leggatt 46
B-Div Rup : Godwin Bruinders 49
A-Div Rup : John Richards 45

C-Div Win : Frikkie JvRensburg 47
B-Div Win : Les Marais 49
A-Div Win : Ian Macauley 48

Overall : Les Marais

ANDREW MENTIS

C-Div 3rd : Gerry Ham 161
B-Div 3rd : Don v Niekerk 166
A-Div 3rd : Mike Hargreaves 164

C-Div Rup : Bob Stannard 161
B-Div Rup : Anton Izaakse (Snr) 168
A-Div Rup : John Richards 164

C-Div Win : Joe Van Wyk 162
B-Div Win : Godwin Bruinders 176
A-Div Win : Ian Macauley 171

Overall : Godwin Bruinders

JOHN HANDLEY

C-Div 3rd : Ashley Towell 95
B-Div 3rd : Don v Niekerk 99
A-Div 3rd : Pierre Smuts 98

C-Div Rup : Joe Van Wyk 97
B-Div Rup : Godwin Bruinders 100
A-Div Rup : Mike Hargreaves 104

C-Div Win : Peter Gurney 101
B-Div Win : Danny De Wet 101
A-Div Win : Ian Macauley 106

Overall : Ian Macauley

NOMAD OF THE YEAR

Tannah Harris

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Anthonie Grobler

BEST OF WORST
Danny De Wet

PAST CAPTAINS
Mike Hargreaves

GARY PLAYER KNOCKOUT
Frikkie JvRensburg & Tjoepie Pretorius

Runner Up - Peter Gurney & Dennis Burns

GARY PLAYER PLATE
Don v Niekerk & John Richards

Runner Up - Mark Ward-Able & Fanie DuPlessis

Congratulations to all

George Dec 2006

2006-12-04T21:06:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at George Golf Club on Sunday 3rd December. The weather conditions were fantastic and good scores were to follow.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day,and a special mention to Bles de Wet of Stanmar Motors for the game sponsorship and Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

How is this for a prize table - Well done to Michael Self and Stanmar Motors.

We hosted a disappointing field of 95, especially since it was our Gold Cup Day. A brief fines session for the day was conducted by our past captain Tannah Harris. Well done to the Pink Ladies for having the prize sheet finalised by 17h30.

Bob Stannard received his 10 year tie, and Michael Self received his 100 game badge.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

3rd Place C-Div : Bennie Raubenheimer 38 off 17
3rd Place B-Div : Keenan Barry 39 off 11
3rd Place A-Div : Jan Mantel 36 off 3
( Sponsor: Stanmar Motors )

Runner Up C-Div : Gerald Anderson 39 off 17
Runner Up B-Div : Costa Kokinos 41 off 11
Runner Up A-Div : John Richards 39 off 7
( Sponsor: Stanmar Motors )

Winner C-Div : Costas Polydorou 44 off 16
Winner B-Div : Pieter Meyer 42 off 14
Winner A-Div : Danie Obermeyer 39 off 2
( Sponsor : Stanmar Motors )

Playing 4-Ball 145 pts
Mike Atterbury, Johnny Giles, Flats Huisamen & Costas Polydorou
( Sponsor : Knorhoek Wines )

Drawn 4-Ball 142 pts
Bryan Hockly, Pieter Meyer, Ken Spencer & Denham Fish
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Best Playing Pair 79 pts

Flats Huisamen & Costas Polydorou
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 77 pts
Bennie Raubenheimer & Danie Obermeyer
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 115 pts
Dennis Burns, Peter Gurney, Frikkie jvRensburg & Tjoepie Pretorius
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Over 55's
Pieter Meyer
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Matchbox Winner 22 pts
Thys Cronje
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Closest to Pins
Gavin Williams, Mike Hargreaves, Arthur Ambrose, Terry Dimatellis & Denham Fish
( Sponsor : Glenrand MIB, Tjoepie Pretorius Motors & Active Civil )

Jackpot Winner (A Div) - Boet Gericke 8 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - 104 Colin Buck

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Christo Langenhoven

Bells Whiskey Draw -

Jan Griessel, Helen Towell & Paul McGahan

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Tannah Harris

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Flats Huisamen

Pinnacle Nov 2006

2006-11-20T18:09:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the new Pinnacle Point Golf Club in Mossel Bay on Sunday 19th November. The weather forecast for the weekend looked very sour, but was not bad at all considering. We played off forward tees and the course was in pretty good shape. It was a first time for most of us, and our national executive committee and all captains and vice-captains joined us for the day. Thanks very much to our hosts for allowing us to host our monthly game there.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day,and a special mention to Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

We hosted a good field of 138 players. We started the evenings events with our AGM which was followed by prize giving. The fines session for the day was conducted by our national Junior Vice, Alf Duncan who had some interesting stories. Well done to the Pink Ladies for having the prize sheet finished even before the AGM.

Ian MacCauley received his 10 year tie.
We inducted the following people into Nomads :-
Ken Spencer, Jan Mantel, Christo Langenhoven & Marius Gericke.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Dewald Coetzee 32 off 17
Runner Up B-Div : Joe van Wyk 31 off 14
Runner Up A-Div : Fanie Du Plessis 33 off 5
( Sponsor: Nomads )

Winner C-Div : Costas Polydorou 32 off 16
Winner B-Div : Mike Hargreaves 36 off 9
Winner A-Div : Ian Macauley 34 off 8
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Playing 4-Ball 116 pts
Hugh Collier, Fanie Du Plessis, Bob Stannard & Mark Ward-Able
( Sponsor : Knorhoek Wines )

Drawn 4-Ball 115 pts
Pieter Meyer, Costas Polydorou, Herman Braam (FS) & Frank van Zyl (Bol)
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Best Playing Pair 63 pts
Fanie du Plessis & Mark Ward-Able
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 63 pts
Ian Macauley & Pieter Meyer
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 86 pts
Jimmy Leggat, Les Marais, Hansie Nel & Simon Lee (SN)
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Over 55's
Mike Hargreaves
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Matchbox Winner 12 pts
Gary Bray (Eas) (Past National Chairman)
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Closest to Pins
Anton Izaakse (X2), Christo De Klerk, Ian Macauley & Fanie Du Plessis
( Sponsor : Glenrand MIB, Tjoepie Pretorius Motors & Active Civil )

Jackpot Winner (C Div) - Nic Galic 5 pts

Short Hole Aggregate (KWV) - 109 Pieter Meyer

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Gerry Ham

Bells Whiskey Draw - Fanie Du Plessis, Hugh Woodroffe & Mark Ward-Able

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Doug James

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Tannah Harris

Lotto Draw ( R1000 ) - Gerry Ham

Pick 3 Winner ( R4100) - Fanie Du Plessis

Lost Balls ( R1000 ) - Dennis Burns ( 502 balls )

Plett October 2006

2006-10-23T11:21:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Plettenberg Bay Golf Club on Sunday 22nd October. The weather was fantastic, bright sunshine and no wind (Are we really in the Southern Cape ). The course was in fantastic shape considering the flood damage a couple of months ago. Thanks very much to our hosts for allowing us to host our monthly game there.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day, especially KWV Wines who was our main sponsor, and a special mention to Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

We hosted an even more disappointing field of 85 players. The fines session for the day was conducted by Graham Williams who was very leniant, but it was very badly supported, even though it finished at 17h30. Well done to the Pink Ladies for this achievement.

Dup Dupisani received his 25 year tie, and Joe Van Wyk and Bennie Raubenheimer received their 100 game badges.
We also had the honour of a visit by Dave Martheze, the 2003 National Chairman.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Gerry Ham 37 off 22
Runner Up B-Div : Godwin Bruinders 33 off 10
Runner Up A-Div : Chris Edwards 36 off 6
( Sponsor: KWV )

Winner C-Div : Jimmy Leggat 37 off 16
Winner B-Div : Dave Martheze (WP) 34 off 13
Winner A-Div : Kurt Lottering (V) 41 off 2
( Sponsor : KWV )

Playing 4-Ball 135 pts
Austin Graves, Don van Niekerk, Marius Gericke & Kurt Lottering
( Sponsor : Knorhoek Wines )

Drawn 4-Ball 131 pts
Godwin Bruinders, Gerry Ham, Marcelle Meiring & Ken Spencer
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Best Playing Pair 73 pts
Don van Niekerk & Kurt Lottering
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 72 pts
Louis Esselin & Gerry Ham
( Sponsor : The Pro Shop )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 99 pts
Spero Kokinos, Pieter Meyer, Clive Ritchie & Ashley Towell
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Over 55's
Gerry Ham
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Matchbox Winner 16 pts
Clive Ritchie
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Closest to Pins
Neels Els, Ian Macauley, Godwin Bruinders, Andre Zietsman & Kurt Lottering
( Sponsor : Glenrand MIB, Tjoepie Pretorius Motors )

Jackpot Winner (B Div) - Vic Moll 6 pts

Short Hole Aggregate - 80 Clive Ritchie

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Tjoepie Pretorius

Bells Whiskey Draw - Kurt Lottering, Dewald Coetzee & John Richards

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Gavin Williams

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Chick Ramsay

Lotto Draw ( R1000 ) - Phil Halford

Mossel Bay Sept 2006

2006-09-18T21:21:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Mossel Bay Golf Club on Sunday 17th September. The weather was windy and wet (what else at this venue). The greens were a little slow. Thanks very much to our hosts for allowing us to host our monthly game there.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day, especially The Pro Shop who was our main sponsor. Thanks also for sending Marius as your representative, and a special mention to Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

We hosted a disappointing field of 89 players. The fines session for the day was conducted by our current "Has Been" Tannah Harris. Thanks to the Pink Ladies for their support and hard work. We really appreciate it.

We inducted 1 new Pink Lady and 3 new Nomads, namely :-
June Atterbury, Peter Michaelides, Dugald Black and Uwe Bachmann.
Welcome to our great club, and we hope you have years of cameraderie.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Frikkie Janse van Rensburg 34 off 19
Runner Up B-Div : Godwin Bruinders 35 off 11
Runner Up A-Div : Flats "Irish" Huisamen 34 off 6
( Sponsor: The Pro Shop )

Winner C-Div : Peter Gurney 36 off 16
Winner B-Div : Costa Kokinos 37 off 11
Winner A-Div : Herman Minnie 35 off 0
( Sponsor : The Pro Shop )

Playing 4-Ball 127 pts
Mike Atterbury, Doug James, Tannah Harris & John Richards
( Sponsor : Knorhoek Wines )

Drawn 4-Ball 129 pts
Danie Bruwer, Costa Kokinos, Stephan Muller & Herman Minnie
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Best Playing Pair 66 pts
Johnny Giles & Herman Minnie
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 65 pts
Mike Atterbury & Doug James
( Sponsor : The Pro Shop )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 106 pts
Hugh Collier, Anton Izaakse (Jnr), Pieter Meyer & Stephan Muller
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Over 55's
Costa Kokinos
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Matchbox Winner 21 pts
Danny De Wet
( Sponsor : Nomads )

Closest to Pins
Pat Good, Gavin Williams, Jan Mantel, Mike Atterbury & Jacques Matthee
( Sponsor : Glenrand MIB, Tjoepie Pretorius, Active Civils & Golf Resort Club )

Jackpot Winner (A Div) - Kurt Lottering 8 pts

Short Hole Aggregate - 89 not taken

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Neil Bjorkman

Bells Whiskey Draw - Thys Cronje, Gavin Loynes & Freek Herbst

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Godwin Bruinders

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - James Fox

Meat Hamper Draw ( Bartlesfontein Butchery ) - Arthur Ambrose

Kingswood Shirt ( Johnny Giles ) - Kobus Botha

Lotto Draw ( R1000 ) - Bryan Hockly

George Aug 2006

2006-08-14T12:44:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the George Golf Club on Sunday 13th August. The weather was fantastic, and the course had drained very well considering all the rains we had. The greens were quick and superb, and the scores of the C Division prove it. Thanks very much to our hosts for a good course, with only one fault, that we should have played off the white markers and not the blue.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day, especially Braam van Huysteen from Tekkie Town as our main sponsor, and a special mention to Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

We were priveleged in hosting a big field, 236 players, thanks to the stay-overs from Seaboard. The fines session for the day was conducted by our National Junior Vice Chairman, Alf Duncan, and he robbed quite a few Nomads pockets. Thanks to the Pink Ladies for their two days hard work. They were there from 6h30 to 19h30 both days. We really appreciate it.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Colin Buck 31 off 22
Runner Up B-Div : Dave Meyer 36 off 10
Runner Up A-Div : Heinrich Bruyns 34 off 2
( Sponsor: Tekkie Town )

Winner C-Div : Arthur Huber 31 off 21
Winner B-Div : Hugo Otto 37 off 10
Winner A-Div : Richard Plumb 38 off 5
( Sponsor : Tekkie Town )

Playing 4-Ball 124 pts
Colin Bock, Johnny Giles, Anton Izaakse (Snr) & Pierre Smuts
( Sponsor : Knorhoek Wines )

Drawn 4-Ball 128 pts
Deon Giles, Anton Izaakse (Snr), Kemsley Hall & Barry Viljoen
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Best Playing Pair 66 pts
Heinrich Bruyns & Keith Kieck
( Sponsor : Costa Kokinos )
Runners up 65 pts
Herby Benatar & Richard Plumb
( Sponsor : Johnny Giles )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 90 pts
Mike Atterbury, Ray Esmonde-White, Brian Etter & Stuart Gedrim
( Sponsor : Tekkie Town )

Over 55's
Richard Plumb
( Sponsor : Tekkie Town )

Matchbox Winner 19 pts
Tannah Harris
( Sponsor : Tekkie Town )

Closest to Pins
Clive Ritchie, Stuart McIver, Temba Mngxkago, Lee Lippiatt & Heinrich Bruyns
( Sponsor : Glenrand MIB and Tjoepie Pretorius )

Jackpot Winner (C Div) - Alf Duncan 4 pts

Short Hole Aggregate - Brett Kelly (222)

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Louis Eksteen

Bells Whiskey Draw - Pierre Smuts, C Cottle & Gavin Loynes

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Gerald Anderson

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Deon Giles

Meat Hamper Draw ( Bartlesfontein Butchery ) - E Jackson

Kingswood Shirt ( Johnny Giles ) - Dougie James

Lotto Draw ( R1000 ) - Dave Meyer

Seaboard 2006

2006-08-14T12:42:00.000+02:00

Played at Oubaai on Saturday 12 August.
Won by Border.

Report to follow by Les Marais.

Simola July 2006

2006-07-25T16:01:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the beautiful Simola Golf Club on Sunday 23rd July. The weather was very good winters day, and the course had drained far better after the rains, as was the case for our Andrew Mentis Day in June. By looking at the scores, we must have played a seriously challenging course. Thanks very much to our hosts, Alistair Beaumont and Meyer Du Toit.

Our thanks to our numerous local and national sponsors for the day, with a special mention to Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

The fines session for the day was conducted by our Captain, Joe Van Wyk. Thanks to the Pink Ladies for their days work. We really appreciate it.

We also, officially, handed over our Andrew Mentis Donation of R80,000 to Sinethemba in Knysna. We helped purchase a Toyota Condor for them. Pictured here is David Crowe, Michael Smit and John Richards.

David Crowe, the chairman of Sinethemba, voices his thanks. Also in the picture is our vice-captain, John Richards, Michael Smit (Manager Sinethemba) and Jane Crowe (Volunteer).

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Ryk Smit 29 off 16
Runner Up B-Div : Costa Kokinos 31 off 10
Runner Up A-Div : Chris Edwards 31 off 6
( Sponsor: Mosselbay Roofing )

Winner C-Div : Tjoepie Pretorius 30 off 19
Winner B-Div : Les Marais 32 off 9
Winner A-Div : John Richards 33 off 7
( Sponsor : Flats Huisamen )

Playing 4-Ball 120 pts
Meyer Du Toit, John Richards, Uwe Bachmann & Chistof Fivaz
( Sponsor : Knorhoek Wines)

Drawn 4-Ball 115 pts
Rob Gordon, Costa Kokinos, Ryk Smit & Mark Ward-Able
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Best Playing Pair 60 pts
John Richards & Uwe Bachmann
Runners up
Meyer Du Toit & Christof Fivaz
( Sponsor : Mike Hargreaves )

Worst Playing 4-Ball 83 pts
Brian Peterson, Emile Schmidt, Danie Bruwer & Bruce Hearn

Over 55's
Johnny Giles

Matchbox Winner 13 pts
Thys Cronje

Closest to Pins
Graham Williams, Louis Esselen, Jacques Matthee, Brian Du Preez & Mike Self
( Sponsor : Glenrand MIB )

Jackpot Winner (B Div) - Les Marais 6 pts

Short Hole Aggregate - Antonie Grobler (91)

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Tony Duff

Bells Whiskey Draw - I Dicey, Eddie Goudge & Frikkie jv Rensburg

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Jacques Matthee

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Gerald Anderson

Meat Hamper Draw ( Bartlesfontein Butchery ) - Martin Strode

Lotto Draw ( R1000 ) - Hugo Otto (Again)

Knysna June 2006

2006-06-07T10:30:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Knysna Golf Club on Friday 2nd June. I am beginning to sound like a bad weatherman, as conditions were fairly windy, and very wet. By looking at the scores, maybe some played in Oudtshoorn !

Our thanks to all our local and national sponsors for the day, with a special mention to Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

The fines session for the day was conducted by Graham Williams, who has now redeemed himself for his first fines session.

Thanks to the Pink Ladies for their days work. We really appreciate it.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Dewalt Coetzee 34 off 16
Runner Up B-Div : Anton Izaakse 36 off 10
Runner Up A-Div : Gerdus van Tonder 36 off 3

Winner C-Div : Alf Duncan 37 off 15
Winner B-Div : John Eksteen 40 off 12
Winner A-Div : Grant Cooper 38 off 7

Playing 4-Ball 135 pts
Grant Cooper, Andre Kleinschmidt, Andre Lombard & Dan Paulsen
( Sponsor : Knorhoek Wines )

Drawn 4-Ball 128 pts
Jeff Clause, John Eksteen, Anthonie Grobler & Tom de Kock
( Sponsor : SAB Millers )

Best Playing Pair 75 pts
John Eksteen & Brian Petersen
Runners up
Grant Cooper & Dan Paulsen

Worst Playing 4-Ball 102 pts
Jeff Clause, Flats Huisamen, Mike Miller & Bruce Richards

Over 55's
Brian Petersen

Matchbox Winner 19
Rom Saffy

Closest to Pins
Jim Gittins, Gary Harding, Flats Huisamen, Jimmy Martignone & Ryan Webster
( Sponsor : Glenrand MIB & Tjoepie Pretorius Motors )

Short Hole Aggregate - John Richards

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Dan Paulsen

Bells Whiskey Draw - Graham Procter, Mike Miller & Dewalt Coetzee

Golf Holdall Draw ( Knysna Containers ) - Chris Edwards

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Joe van Wyk

Lotto Draw ( R1000 ) - Hugo Otto

Southern Challenge May 2006

2006-05-15T12:45:00.000+02:00

The 43 golfers and Shaggy arrived in George on Thursday evening 11 May after quite an eventful bus journey. A bit of "braai" meat and a nomadical amount of alcohol was appreaciated.

Day 1 - Friday 12 May - Alliance Stableford at Mossel Bay.
This set the tone for comaraderie as the event was played with S/Cape and S/Natal partnering each other. Quite a strange day, whoever heard of 32 degrees and no wind in Mossel Bay, especially in the afternoon.

Day 2 - Saturday 13 May - Betterball Stableford at Bramble Hill.
The first bit of competition between the sides, and thanks to Tannah for giving S/Natal a taste of what the greens would be like at Oubaai the next day.

Day 3 - Sunday 14 May
Monthly game and Southern Challenge played at Oubaai Golf Club. The sun was shining again, but a cold blistery breeze did not help. Thank goodness we were given a fairly short course for the day.
Results of this challenge -
Southern Cape 28,3571
Southern Natal 26,8605
It looks as if Joe is definately improving on Tannah's performance as captain.

Southern Natal Vice Captain Simon Lee & Shaggy handing over the trophy back to the rightful owners, JVC Les Marais & Ruggie

As per tradition, Tannah getting rid of some facial hair from someone in the losing side.

The captains with National Chairman, Joe van Wyk, Ken Haldane and Steve McCarroll.

From everyone involved in this challenge, a big thanks to Tannah & Berti Harris for arranging a great weekend.

Our
co-ordinators
for the
weekend

Our thanks to all our local and national sponsors for the day, with a special mention to Christo de Klerk of Loerie Toyota as the main sponsor of the day.

Also, thanks to Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

The fines session for the day was conducted by our irish wandering doctor Flats Huisamen. We were also entertained to a story about Graham Williams from a Southern Nataler. We will not mention the name in case Graham wishes to take revenge.

Presentations to our Captain Joe van Wyk (10 year tie) and new inductee Jan Griessel. Congrats.

Thanks to the Pink Ladies for their days work. We really appreciate it. Hope you enjoyed your lunch.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Marcelle Meiring 36pts off 18
Runner Up B-Div : Michael Self 34 off 11
Runner Up A-Div : Neels Els 34 off 8

Winner C-Div : Andy Williams 36 off 15
Winner B-Div : Godwin Bruinders 38 off 10
Winner A-Div : Jan Mantell 34 off 2

Playing 4-Ball 126 pts
Godwin Bruinders, Arthur Malcolm, Erik Ekkelkamp & George Henderson

Drawn 4-Ball 131 pts
Godwin Bruinders, Ashley Towell, Doug Milne & Ian Stewart

Best Playing Pair 67 pts
Godwin Bruinders & Arthur Malcolm
Runners up
Chris Edwards & Doug Milne

Worst Playing 4-Ball 92 pts
Jim Gittins, Ian Macaulay, Jacques Matthee & Mark Robertson

Over 55's
Godwin Bruinders

Matchbox Winner 20 off 9
Claude Malan

Closest to Pins
Ken Haldane (*2), Brian Lee, Christo Langenhoven & Joseph Huskinson

Short Hole Aggregate - Not taken

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Ivo Simunic

Bells Whiskey Draw - Neil Oberholzer, Corrie Swiegelaar & Archie Pearce

Golf Bag Draw ( Gerald & Merle Anderson) - Colin Bock

Kingswood Golf Shirt - Les Marais

Lotto Winner - Don van Niekerk

Goose Valley April 2006

2006-04-23T20:09:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Goose Valley Golf Club on Sunday 23rd April. The conditions were fairly windy, and add insult to injury, Vaughn teed us off at the back.

Our thanks to all our local and national sponsors for the day, with a special mention to Cliffie Barnard of Bogeyman as the main sponsor of the day.

Also, thanks to Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

The fines session for the day was conducted by our favourite honorary member, Jeff "Santa" Clause. This was done in good jest, and hopefully nailing our National Chairman for a "Buffalo" will not bite back !!!!

Presentations to Martin Milburn-Pyle (20 year tie). Congrats. This was handed over to him by our National Chairman, Ken Haldane.

Thanks to the Pink Ladies (Aldina, Barbara, Paddy and Liesl) for their days work. We really appreciate it. Hope you enjoyed your lunch.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Rob Gordon 31pts off 19
Runner Up B-Div : Rom Saffy 35 off 10
Runner Up A-Div : Craig Ritchie 35 off 4

Winner C-Div : Dewalt Coetzee 36 off 17
Winner B-Div : Hugo Otto 35 off 10
Winner A-Div : Dirk Green 35 off +2

Playing 4-Ball 126 pts
Ken Haldane, Joe van Wyk, Vaughn Tucker & Dirk Green

Drawn 4-Ball 126 pts
Godwin Bruinders, Jeff Clause, Dewalt Coetzee & Stephen Lee

Best Playing Pair 64 pts
Joe van Wyk & Dirk Green
Runners up
Kobus Botha & Hugo Otto

Worst Playing 4-Ball 95 pts
Paul McGahan, Brian Petersen, Grahame Procter & Tom Lloyd

Over 55's
Rom Saffy

Matchbox Winner 16 off 9
Jan Griessel

Closest to Pins
Joe van Wyk, Dirk Green, Godwin Bruinders, Kobus Botha & Anton Izaakse (jnr)

Jackpot Winner - Hugo Otto

Short Hole Aggregate - Mike Hargreaves

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Steve Twycross

Bells Whiskey Draw - Jacques Matthee, Tannah Harris & Claude Wilson

Golf Bag Draw ( Gerald & Merle Anderson) - Stephan Muller

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Austin Graves

Meat Hamper Draw (Bartlesfontein Butchery) - Gerry Ham

Nationals 2006

2006-03-29T08:14:00.000+02:00

This event was held in Johannesburg at the Randpark Club from 26th to 31st March 2006. The touranment was played on the Windsor Park course of their club. Congratulations to Brian Burns and the rest of his co-ordinating team for hosting a successful tournament.

The rough on the course, after all the rains in Gauteng, was the downfall of most of the players, and looking at the results was definitely the problem for Southern Cape.
Unfortunately, we ended up second last, (an improvement over last year) but we had a few highlights. Congratulations to our JVC, Les Marais for the best Southern Cape player on 121 points. Very good golf, as the best results was 128.

The main highlight of the week for Southern Cape was the induction of Ken Haldane as the National Chairman. Great stuff! This is a first in Southern Cape history, and we hope it will not be the last.

Easterns won the tournament by a comfortable margin, and it was a very joyous moment for the outgoing National Chairman, Gary Bray.

OK guys, we have 12 months to rebuild our confidence and to build a team for East London in 2007. Start practicing your golf at Mossel Bay, Pezula, Oubaai and Pinnacle Point. Those wind conditions will be half that of East London.

Knysna March 2006

2006-03-20T10:10:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Knysna Golf Club on Sunday 19th March. The conditions were varied, from fine to miserable.

Our thanks to all our local and national sponsors for the day, with a special mention to the day sponsors The Knysna 4 ( Martin Strode, Ricky Dos Santos, Dave Meyer and Craig Ritchie). Here they are, do they look a mean bunch.

Also, thanks to Pick 'n Pay Minipick Family Store for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

Presentations to Mike Atterbury (25 year tie). Congrats. We also inducted 1 new nomads :-
Eddie Goudge.
Welcome.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Ashley Towell 35pts off 24
Runner Up B-Div : Danny De Wet 37 off 10
Runner Up A-Div : Ian Macaulay 36 off 6

Winner C-Div : Joe Van Wyk 35 off 15
Winner B-Div : Peter Gurney 38 off 14
Winner A-Div : Jeff Clause 36 off 2

Playing 4-Ball 135 pts
Danny De Wet, Johnny Giles, Ian Macaulay, Dale Strode

Drawn 4-Ball 131 pts
Meyer Du Toit, Johnny Giles, Peter Gurney, Brian Peterson

Best Playing Pair 73 pts
Danny De Wet , Ian Macaulay
Runners up
Brian Peterson , Ton Lloyd

Worst Playing 4-Ball 99 pts
Tony Duff, Erik Mentz, Brian Shepherd, Alistair Wallis

Over 55's
Peter Gurney

Matchbox Winner 22 off 13
Alistair Wallis

Closest to Pins
Peter Gurney, Ricky Dos Santos, JJ Joubert, Dennis Burns & Fanie Du Plessis

Jackpot Winner - Stephen Lee

Short Hole Aggregate - Mark Ward-Able

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Stephen Lee

Bells Whiskey Draw - J Matthee, Tony Duff, Dale Strode

Golf Bag Draw ( Gerald & Merle Anderson) - Eddie Goudge

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Willem Cronje

Tog Bag Draw (Knysna Containers) - Gavin Bayman

Good luck to the Nationals team for next week

George February 2006

2006-02-26T22:25:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the George Golf Club on Sunday 26th February. The conditions were good, but very hot and humid.

Our thanks to all our local and national sponsors for the day, with a special mention for Boardware and Timber City (Graeme Robb)and Pick 'n Pay Family Store (Pat & Theresa Maher)for the Andrew Mentis Hamper.

Presentations to Graham Williams (5 year tie) and Jeff Clause (100 games). Congrats to you guys. We also inducted 4 new nomads :-
Stefan Fourie, Frederick De Jager, Spero Kokinos & Paul McGahan.
Welcome to you guys.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Brian Shepherd 37pts off 15
Runner Up B-Div : Steve Twycross 36 off 10
Runner Up A-Div : Constantyn Van Wyk 37 off 4

Winner C-Div : Bennie Raubenheimer 45 off 16
Winner B-Div : Mike De Goede Stander 38 off 13
Winner A-Div : Mark Ward-Able 37 off 3

Playing 4-Ball 130 pts
Mike De Goede, Mike Hargreaves, Hannes Ingram & Gavin Williams (139pts)

Drawn 4-Ball
Dennis Burns, Hannes Ingram, Mark Ward-Able & GP Le Roux (142pts)

Best Playing Pair 75 pts
Bennie Raubenheimer & Gavin Loynes
Runners up
Hannes Ingram & Gavin Williams

Worst Playing 4-Ball 106 pts
John Richards, Arthur Ambrose, Gavin Bayman & Mark Hartnick

Over 55's
Mike De Goede

Matchbox Winner 19 off 14
Kattie Meiring

Closest to Pins
Stefan Muller, Ricky Dos Santos, Andre Van Wyk, Brian Shepherd & Michael Self

Jackpot Winner - Bennie Raubenheimer

Short Hole Aggregate - Hansie Nel

Andrew Mentis Hamper (Pick 'n Pay Mini Market) - Rom Saffy

Bells Whiskey Draw - John Mundell, Tjoepie Pretorius, Nic Galic

Golf Bag Draw ( Gerald & Merle Anderson) - Spero Kokinos

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Kobus Botha

Meat Hamper Draw (Bartlesfontein Butchery) - Johnny Giles

Capt Rep Jan 2006

2006-02-06T14:03:00.000+02:00

CAPTAIN'S REPORT FOR JANUARY 2006

We enjoyed a stunning day at Mossel Bay Golf Club on 29 January 2006 with Mossel Bay, as always, bending backwards to accommodate Nomads in style. It was indeed a pleasure to play with Elias Engels, their Club Captain, and a huge thank you to Elias and his staff for affording us the privelege of their stunning facilities.

With our Past Captain, Tannah, and his lovely wife, Berti currently enjoying a well deserved holiday in Italy, Aldina, Paddy, Helen and June were left on their own to handle the draw and all the schlep that comes with the job. You ladies did us proud as things went smoothly and prize-giving was finished by 17H30. Thank you so much for all the dedication and work behind the scenes.

Golf was played in perfect conditions in a light wind that assisted more than anything else and we saw a magnificent 42 points from Mossel Bay President, Hennie Stander. Well done Hennie, you Siver Salver is on its way.

Welcome to the following new members that were inducted and we hope that you will embrace the spirit of the Club and become active members, participating with enthusiasm in all that the Club offers you:

Phil Beswick
Meyer Du Toit
Kosta Kokkinos
Kattie Meiring
Harvey Rothchild
De Walt Coetzee

It was a pleasure to award Darrel Nunns with his 5 year tie while Phil Halford reached the milestone of being awarded his 20 year tie, congratulations to both of you.

The side to represent the Southern Cape at Nationals has been finalized and we sincerely hope that they will produce better results than last year. Good luck to you all and do your Club proud:

Graham Williams
Mike Hargreaves
Flats Huisamen
Michael Self
Anton Izaakse
Mike De Goede
John Richards
Fanie Du Plessis
Joe Van Wyk
Ken Haldane (National Senior Vice)
Dennis Burns
Peter Gurney
Johnny Giles
Alistair Wallis
Dave Meyer
Rickey Dos Santos
Benny Raubenheimer
Vic Moll
Colin Buck
Jimmy Leggat
Les Marais
Richard Walton
Gerry Hamm
Mark Ward-Able
Terry Dimatellis

The SAA Open at The Links saw our Club involved with our members giving up their free and working time to do duty assisting with scoring, leaderboards and spotting. Thank you to all involved, but special mention should be made by the unselfish efforts made by Tannah Harris and Flats Huisamen who did all the arrangements taking the stress that accompanies this mammoth task.

Our next game is on 26 February 2006 at George Golf Club and we would like a huge field as we get criticized on entering “small” fields in George. Please gentleman, enter and keep up with your monthly games.

Our monthly games are the backbone of our organization and we should be looking forward to these. Having said that, we should be having fun in what we do, so please, make an effort in ensuring that your fourball is having a good time. What goes around, comes around.

Joe

Mossel Bay Jan 2006

2006-01-30T20:16:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the Mossel Bay Golf Club on Sunday 29th January. The conditions were fairly calm for the day.

Our thanks to all our local and national sponsors for the day, with a special mention for Fruit & Veg City (Colin Bock), Wondercoat (Mike Atterbury), Liquor King (Hugo Otto) and Pick 'n Pay Family Store (Pat & Theresa Maher).

New faces in front of the alter - Joe Van Wyk (Captain), John Richards (Vice-Captain), Les Marais (JVC) and Mike Self (PRO).

Presentations to Darrel Nunns (5 year tie) and Phil Halford (20 year tie). Congrats to you guys. We also inducted 5 new nomads :-
Phil Beswick, Meyer Du Toit, Costa Kokinos, Kattie Meiring & Dewald Coetzee.
Welcome to you guys.

Prize giving ended the day with results as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Erik Mentz 33pts off 19
Runner Up B-Div : Phil Beswick 39 off 13
Runner Up A-Div : V van Aswegen 35 off 4

Winner C-Div : James Fox 33 off 15
Winner B-Div : Hennie Stander 42 off 9
Winner A-Div : Ian McCauley 36 off 8

Playing 4-Ball 130 pts
Phil Beswick, Flats Huisamen, Costa Kokinos & Johan Joubert

Drawn 4-Ball
Colin Bock, Harry de Villiers, Deon Giles & Cor van Noordwyk

Best Playing Pair 73 pts
Hennie Stander & Anthonie Grobler
Runners up
Phil Beswick & Flats Huisamen

Worst Playing 4-Ball 105 pts
Gavin Bayman, Peter Gurney, Brian Peterson & Hannes Ingram

Over 55's
Don van Niekerk

Matchbox Winner 21 off 15
Bennie Raubenheimer

Closest to Pins
Andre Zietsman, Hennie Stander, Dave Meyer, Jim Gittins

Jackpot Winner - Phil Halford

Short Hole Aggregate - Gerald Anderson

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Peter Gurney

Bells Whiskey Draw - Anthonie Grobler, Wally Melville & Kattie Meiring

Golf Bag Draw ( Gerald & Merle Anderson) - Kobus Botha

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Brian Peterson

Meat Hamper Draw (Bartlesfontein Butchery) - Clice Ritchie

2006 Fixtures

2005-12-27T23:27:00.000+02:00

2006 FIXTURE LIST

Jan 29 Mossel Bay MG

Feb 26 George MG

March 19 Knysna MG

March 27- 31 Nationals , Gauteng

April 23 Goose Valley MG

May 12, 13, 14 Southern Challenge Mossel Bay, Bramble Hill, Oubaai MG

June 2 Knysna MG
June 3, 4 Pezula + Simola ANDREW MENTIS

June 11 - 16 Zim Nationals

July 23 Simola MG

August 12,13 Seaboard - George & Oubaai

August 18-20 Lowveld Anniversary

Sept 17 Mossel Bay MG

Oct 1 Knysna Extra Andrew Mentis Day with Handover

Oct 22 Plettenberg Bay MG

Oct 28/29 Boland Challenge / South Easter Stillbay

Nov 19 Pinnacle Point MG (e-mail with request sent, also for AUG 12)

Dec 3 George Gold Cup

Gold Cup 2005

2005-12-12T10:34:00.000+02:00

A few presentations done at the Gold Cup Day. The most important one .......

A big THANKYOU to our wonderful Pink Ladies. We cannot operate without them. Thanks, thanks thanks.

To our past Captain, even though you have lost everything .........

we at Nomads have won. You were a great captain.

Welcome to Joe van Wyk our new Captain

may your year be fruitfull and succesfull.

Results of Gold Cup and Other Annual Tournaments

GOLD CUP

C-Div : Jimmy Leggatt 34
B-Div : Johnny Giles 38,333
A-Div : Pierre Smuts 35,5

ECLECTIC

C-Div 3rd : Bob Stannard 46,85714
B-Div 3rd : Peter Meyer 48,03636
A-Div 3rd : Stephen Lee 44,77143

C-Div Rup : Jimmy Leggatt 47,04
B-Div Rup : Don Van Niekerk 49,13333
A-Div Rup : Mario Jonker 46,68

C-Div Win : Bennie Raubenheimer 50,6667
B-Div Win : Dave Meyer 49,70909
A-Div Win : Mark Ward-Able 47,8

Overall : Bennie Raubenheimer

ANDREW MENTIS

C-Div 3rd : Ashley Towell 172
B-Div 3rd : Phil Halford 167
A-Div 3rd : John Richards 169

C-Div Rup : Bennie Raubenheimer 172
B-Div Rup : Michael Self 168
A-Div Rup : Pierre Smuts 175

C-Div Win : Jimmy Leggat 174
B-Div Win : Graham Williams 169
A-Div Win : Craig Ritchie 178

Overall : Craig Ritchie

JOHN HANDLEY

C-Div 3rd : Ashley Towell 101
B-Div 3rd : Mike Miller 101
A-Div 3rd : Fanie DuPlessis 99

C-Div Rup : Jimmy Leggatt 101
B-Div Rup : Clive Ritchie 102
A-Div Rup : John Richards 100

C-Div Win : Bennie Raubenheimer 104
B-Div Win : Dave Meyer 102
A-Div Win : Mark Ward-Able 101

Overall : Bennie Raubenheimer

NOMAD OF THE YEAR
Darrel Nunns

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Bennie Raubenheimer

BEST OF WORST
Arthur Ambrose

AWAY GAMES
Anton Izaakse

OVER 55
Johnny Giles

GARY PLAYER KNOCKOUT
James Fox & Anthonie Grobler

Runner Up - Stan Fry & Jannie Lourens

GARY PLAYER PLATE
Hugh Collier & Bob Stannard

Runner Up - Mark Ward-Able & Fanie DuPlessis

Congratulations to all

George Dec 2005

2005-12-12T10:18:00.000+02:00

Monthly game played at the George Golf Club in unheard of wind conditions. It felt like Mossel Bay two months in a row.

More seriously, we had a couple of important presentations. The first being our Andrew Mentis Fund payout of R40000 to Emmaus and Moreson. The photo below explains it all.

Flats Huisamen received his 100 game badge,

and 10 year ties were awarded to Dean Bouwer and Cor Van Noordwyk.

The competition for the day was sponsored by Bles deWet of Stanmar Motors.

It was greatly appreciated. Results were as follows :-

Runner Up C-Div : Brett Maree 36pts off 17
Runner Up B-Div : Steve Twycross 34 off 11
Runner Up A-Div : Pierre Smuts 36 off 7

Winner C-Div : Oosie Oosthuizen 37 off 19
Winner B-Div : Johnny Giles 39 off 13
Winner A-Div : Tiny Barnard 36 off 6

Playing 4-Ball 126 pts
Oosie Oosthuizen, Nico Pienaar, Barry & Barnus Vermeulen

Drawn 4-Ball 129 pts
Keenan Barry, Colin Bock, Pierre Smuts, Trevor Good

Best Playing Pair 66 pts
Phil Halford & Brian Peterson
Runners up 66 pts
Gerry Ham & Brett Maree

Worst Playing 4-Ball 93 pts

Cor Van Noordwyk, Dean Bouwer, A Donald & R Lance

Over 55's
Johnny Giles

Matchbox Winner 20 off 9

Cor Van Noordwyk

Closest to Pins
Mario Jonker, Les Marais, Willem Cronje, Hennie Stander & Brett Maree

Jackpot Winner - Barry Vermeulen

Short Hole Aggregate - Mike Atterbury

Andrew Mentis Hamper - Oosie Oosthuizen

Bells Whiskey Draw - Andrew Miller, Phil Halford & Danny De Wet

Golf Bag Draw ( Gerald & Merle Anderson) - Jannie Lourens

Kingswood Golf Shirt - Brian Peterson

Windbreaker Draw (Southern Sea Volkswagen) - Kobus Botha

Meat Hamper Draw (Bartlesfontein Butchery) - Anthonie Grobler

AGM November 2005

2005-11-23T21:37:00.000+02:00

CAPTAINS REPORT to the 20th AGM at Mossel Bay ( 20 November 2005)

Fellow Nomads

I thank you for granting me the honour and privilege of being your captain for the past year. I found it both enlightening and extremely pleasurable. It has also been a very active year with 4 anniversaries to attend, namely our own, Western Province, Gauteng and Border. I was also fortunate enough to attend our own Nationals in Cape Town with a full compliment of players, the Zimbabwe Nationals at Victoria Falls, and the Southern Challenge at Margate on the South Coast, accompanied by 23 of our members. At home, we hosted the all important Seaboard Trophy at Goose Valley, which coincided with us being honoured with the official visit of our National Chairman, Gary Bray., the South Easter trophy at Pezula, as well as the Boland Challenge at Still Bay. The good news is that of all these we only managed to win the South Easter against Eastern Cape - I reiterate that I am the captain who leads from behind !!

From this, it can be noted that I also attended all the Management meetings as well as the Nat. Executive meetings, also accompanied by our Vice Captain , Joe Van Wyk and our JVC , John Richards.

Andrew Mentis Fund
Congratulations to our Vice Captain, Joe van Wyk, for running a very successful Andrew Mentis Day at George. We are proud to announce that we upped last years contribution to our worthy causes by R 5000, bringing the total up to R 40 000. To be distributed to Emmaus and Moreson with R 20 000 each

We attained this higher figure by also having a special open day at Oubaai. I would like to thank Oubaai for affording us this privilege.

Junior Golf

We once again were able to present a cheque of R 15 000 to Junior Golf ( as seen today), thanks to our sales of Bell’s tickets. Our Junior golfers, I am pleased to announce, are doing exceedingly well, and our congratulations to Heine Dixon, as their Chairman, and the committee, as well as the youngsters themselves. It makes our efforts rewarding, and we are therefore proud to be able to contribute in some small manner to the furtherance of golf in our region.

Sponsors
The unsung heroes are, of course, our sponsors. Without them we could and would not be the organisation that we are. Guys, we must try our best to support these very worthy and generous instances Our sincerest and heartfelt gratitude to all of them for their magnanimity.

And ,at the same time, our gratitude must also be conveyed to all the Golf Clubs and their committees and members in the Southern Cape, for allowing us the use of their facilities to attain our goals.

I am pleased to announce that Oubaai and Pinnacle Point will from 2006 be included as home courses in our annual circuit. We are really privileged and honoured to have these included in our fixture list, and I would like to request our members to continue to uphold our reputation by showing all our courses, and their officials, the respect they deserve.

Membership:
Our membership status is as follows;

Ordinary 133, including 13 founder members

Associate members 22

Honorary members 4

Sponsor members 3

Inactive members 6 (incl. Leave of Absence members)

Which brings our total to 168 membe rs and we have 15 Wait listed members

I am proud to state that I have had the privilege of inducting no fewer than 25 new Nomads this year, and would like to welcome them wholeheartedly, and also remind them to study their obligations and responsibilities that they have undertaken to uphold, by joining our wonderful organisation.

Most of these have contributed to reducing our average age by about 40 years !!

Unfortunately we have also had 4 resignations, and then even more unfortunately we lost a few more members. due to them not meeting their commitments. I am also sad to say that even more members will be lost in the coming few months, due to not meeting our required number of committed games, as well as due to not paying their annual dues in time. We have had instructions from the National Executive that we are not applying these criteria strictly enough, and therefore we are compelled to abide by these rules.

We justifiably honoured Jeff Clause by giving him Honorary Membership, Well done Jeff

No report of mine would be complete without my usual groan, so I also need to add that the commitment to Nomads, of some our members, fortunately not all, leaves much to be desired. These members do not like to travel, and when it comes to Golforama, they seem to forget that this is one of our major responsibilities to the Nomads organisation. It should not be necessary, after sending numerous appeals to all the members via e-mail etc., to still have to telephone each individual to enquire as to their availability. And this applies equally to our away and home tournaments.

Newsletter
Our newsletter this past year, in most cases, arrived timeously and well done. However, due to very high costs, the committee felt it prudent to resort to an alternate system. Our thanks to John Richards for trying out the “blogspot” system. This is a much cheaper alternative to a website, and works just as well. From now on, we can access our site to bring us up to date with our news etc. Please make use of this method in future.

Financials
When I think of financials, the predominant factor that springs to mind is, don’t fear, Darrel is near.

He is synonymous with our good financial status and the running thereof.. Darrel, we as Southern Cape Nomads, are forever indebted to you for your commitment and dedication to your portfolio as treasurer. I salute and thank you for this, as well as the manner in which we worked together , and your support of me. Immediately hereafter Darrel will personally present his impeccable report to us all.

Our Pink Ladies

I have repeatedly extolled their dedication and hard work, and I will continue to do so. Without these beauties, we could not run our Games in the smooth, efficient and above all, friendly way in which they are.

Girls, my sincerest thanks to all of you, and, may I add, that I would also like to thank your husbands, cousins, or boyfriends for lending you to us from time to time.

Committee
Whatever I say, cannot express my gratitude sufficiently. So, would the following please be upstanding;

Past Captain ; Flats Huisamen

Vice Capatain Joe van Wyk

Junior Vice Captain John Richards

Honorary Secretary Austin Graves

Treasurer Darrel Nunns

Match Secretary Berti Harris

Equipment Graham Williams

Away Games Stan Fry

Pro Gerald Anderson (apologies)

Guys and Doll !!, Thank you wholeheartedly for your loyal and constructive support. Without all of you, I could not have managed my captaincy the way I did. Thank you again, and I applaud all of you.

I would like to extend a special word of thanks to my lovely Match Secretary, Bert.

Sweetheart, you have always supported me in all my undertakings, and never more so than in this past year

Thank you again.

General

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank ‘our soon to be’ National Chairman, Kenny Haldane for all his sound advice and apologise for disturbing him with so many calls at all hours. Kenny, I, and all in the Southern Cape, are very proud of you, and wish you and Paddy all the best for your year in office. You can rest assured that we will always support and assist you whenever called upon.

My thanks also to all the members for their support during my year of office, and especially all those stalwarts who always answered my call for assistance.

Congratulations to my successor and his new committee, and wishing them a very successful year. They can be assured of my continued support and loyalty to both them and our wonderful organisation.

Thank you all once again

Tannah Harris (Captain; Southern Cape Nomads 2005)

Mossel Bay Nov2005

2005-11-21T22:48:00.000+02:00

November game and AGM held at Mossel Bay on Sunday 20th November.

Played in a fairly strong wind, and thanks to the generous sponsorship from TOR Construction, we had a fun filled day.

Main winners on the day were :-
A Div - Mark Ward-Able
B Div - Doug James
C Div - Stan Fry

Other highlights at the prize giving was the induction of 5 new Nomads. Welcome to
Hansie Nel, Freek Herbst, Andre Theron, Colin Bock and Harry "Rondevoot" de Villiers.
A 25 year tie award was handed over to Harry Wesson.

As part of Nomads commitment to development of golf, and a big thanks to "BELL'S WHISKEY", we handed over a cheque of R15000 to Southern Cape Junior Golf.

A Jack Nicklaus signed photograph was auctioned off. Thanks to Dr. Flats Huisamen in the contribution.

See you at Gold Cup !!
See our Photos in the Photo Gallery.

Congratulations to the players who have qualified for the finals of the Gary Player Knockout & Plate competitions. This round to be played at Gold Cup Day in George, on Sunday 11th December. Players are :-

Knockout
Anthonie Grobler & James Fox
Vs
Stan Shortfall Fry & Jannie Lourens

Plate
Fanie Du Plessis & Mark Obelix Ward-Able
Vs
Bob Stannard & Hugh Collier

AGM
Congratulations to newly appointed JVC - Les Marais :
Welcome to the club.

Photo Gallery

2005-11-20T17:16:00.000+02:00

Mossel Bay Game Photo Gallery

Harry Wesson receiving his 25 year tie from Captain Tannah Harris

Our new inductees - Colin Bock, Hansie Nel, Capt, Freek Herbst, Andre Theron & Harry "Rondevoot" de Villiers

Tannah handing over cheque for R15000 to Junior Golf

Junior Golf saying THANKS.

Our winners on the day : Mark Ward-Able (A), Capt, Doug James (B), Stan Fry (C)

Flats with his paid for prize

Boland Challenge

2005-11-06T21:25:00.000+02:00

Although Boland like to call this the Southern Challenge, not realising that we already have the Southern Challenge against S Natal.

Yep, Yep Yep, your captain has gone and done it again – LOST again – by a meagre . 13 of a point !!
Never-the- less, a loss is a loss. A mitigating factor is that we had 30 odd players against their 14 players, which immediately puts the favour their way, as we take the average score per players per side, and thus the larger the split, the more it favours the smaller team.
Enough !, we lost.!!

Our JVC , John Richards, recommended that maybe I should remain as captain for another year, just so that I could have another chance to redeem my tarnished record.??!!- this did not make me feel any better !

A large thank you to Mark Ward-Able and his committee, for allowing us the privilege to play on their course. The day turned out to be a huge success, enjoyed by all, especially the Nomadic camaraderie , which is ever present.

I had the privilege of playing with Mark ( Still Bay’s Captain), Alfie Duncan, (Boland Captain) and Tom de Kock, the Still Bay President. What a gas.
Alfie arrived without a winks sleep the previous night,- and he looked it, and proceeded to pick up his ball on the very first green, while still having a 5 inch putt for a point – he could not count !! After much laughter and ribbing, I proceeded to do the same on the par 5 , 7th hole. You can imagine the bollocking I got !! (after S-----g all over Alfie on the 1st – I was his partner !!) Suffice it to say , we lost everything, including the press !

If you guys think I chirp a lot on the course, wait till you play with Alfie. I come a poor second.
After expecting rain all day, we fortunately (only for the players), did not have a drop, - a beautiful day.

My thanks and compliments to Flats Huisamen for organising a well run tournament, and to our own Match Secretary, Berti, who sacrificed a full day to assist Flats with taking the entry fees and doing the score cards after the game.

Our gratitude also to Graeme Robb, from Timber City, who sponsored the day’s prizes, as well as to the Boland team who also donated a few prizes.
Harry “Rondevoet” de Villiers, Mario Jonker and Fanie du Plessis did the braaing, which went down very well. Thanks guys.
All in all, a lovely day, and thank you to all our Nomads who supported us.

From your Captain

Tannah (Lost Forever) Harris

General Info

2005-10-30T18:41:00.000+02:00

A big thanks from our Match Secretary to the faithful Nomads who respond to our requests willingly and with enthusiasm. Your contribution is greatly appreciated.

NO SHOWS
Just a note and reminder, that if you do not receive a formal reply, by email or sms, for your withdrawel from a game, please phone to confirm that it has been received, or it will be treated as a no show.

Capts Report Oct 2005

2005-10-25T18:38:00.000+02:00

From the “groaning” cockpit. ( October 2005)

Besides my usual moans about attendance at Monthly Games and prize-giving, I really need to scratch my head to find something to moan about this time !! I do however wish to criticise the ‘non interest’ and apathy shown towards anything other than our monthly games. I am speaking about Golforama and away games. Both of these are very very important aspects of our commitments to Nomads, and should be seen as one of our (I know lesser liked) duties to our aims and objects in the furtherance of golf, and our commitment to charity.
Except for our usual stalwarts (thanks guys!), the turn out is very embarrassing and disappointing. Maybe some of us should rethink why we belong ? Is it just to be able to play at the more exclusive clubs at a reduced price? And give nothing in return?

Our Andrew Mentis day went off very well despite the very poor turnout of Nomads( again the Nomads turnout was a disappointing 52 out of 176 players) Our congratulations to Joe van Wyk, our Vice Captain, for a well run and successful day. The proceeds will go a long way to alleviating the needs of those less fortunate than ourselves.

The SAA SA OPEN is just around the corner guys, and I appeal to all of us to please volunteer for this very important tournament. We are about 27 assistants short at this stage. The dates are 15 to 18 December.
Please contact either myself or Flats if you are able to assist. Your travelling expenses will be covered and food and drink will be supplied.

AND, another appeal, I am short of about 7 players for our Nationals to be held in Gauteng from 26th March to Friday 31st March. We received an allocation of 25 slots, and we have only filled 18 so far. The NEW ruling is that you only need to be a Nomad for ONE (1) year to qualify ( not 2 , as in the past).The closing date is end November. Come on guys !!

Our Monthly game at Knysna went off very well with a field of 90, (81 Nomads !!!!) This is about a 50% turnout – shocking!!!???
The weather and course were both excellent. Our apologies for some of the (in some people’s view) poor prizes, but as we had no sponsor, the club itself did the sponsoring.
Our gratitude to the Knysna Club and its staff for their usual cooperative and friendly assistance.

I would like to make mention of our “silent, in the background” Nomad. Our treasurer , Darrel Nunns.
Guys, for the first time in National Nomad’s history, our pro forma balance sheets and finances were presented to the National Treasurer 2 weeks BEFORE the starting date when he called for these !! What an achievement !
Well done Darrel ! We all owe you big time for looking after our finances so well. In your own silent reticent way, you may think that most of us take you for granted, BUT, don’t for one minute think that you go unnoticed and unappreciated. Thanks again, my dear friend.!!

Guys, we are coming to the end of the year, and our next game on Sunday 20 November at Mossel Bay is also our Annual General Meeting, when new office bearers are elected. Please, Please try to attend this important game and meeting. If you have anybody in mind that you would wish to propose to stand on the committee, please do so via our secretary, Austin Graves (another behind –the-scenes, fantastically dedicated Nomad, whose toils may seem to go unnoticed , but not unappreciated by those who care and know), or any committee member.

Thanks guys

Hoping to see you all at Mossel Bay

Tannah

Results October

2005-10-17T14:45:00.000+02:00

Andrew Mentis Day

2005-10-10T16:01:00.000+02:00

This fund raising day was held at the George Golf Club on Sunday 9th October, and proved to be a success. We had a field of 180 players during the day, and the competition was our normal Nomads Medal Stableford, but played off club handicaps.

We experienced a hole-in-one on the day. This achievement was by none other than our roving doctor, Flats Huisamen. Well done !

Main Prize Winners for the day
A Division - Staffie Barnard - 39 pts off -1
B Division - Ernst Van Jaarsveld - 40 pts off 10
C Division - Ricco Van Der Linde - 42 pts off 24
Ladies Div - Lindie Murray - 44 pts off 35

Runners-up
A Division - Steve Murray - 39 pts off 3
B Division - Ken Haldane - 40 pts off 11
C Division - John Coates - 40 pts off 18
Ladies Div - Cynthia Zietsman - 38 pts off 30

Nearest to pins
06th - Jeff Clause
13th - Flats Huisamen (Hole-in-one)
15th - Dean Mann
17th - Eugene Barnard
18th - Steven Murray

Longest Drive
9th - Kobus Venter

Most Golf
Men - Carl Gat
Ladies - Carol Walton

Andrew Mentis Hamper
Phil Halford

The day was enjoyed by most of us, and most importantly, we will be distributing R40,000 to our approved charities.

Captain Sep 2005

2005-09-20T13:56:00.000+02:00

Captain’s September (whatever ?)
(Tannah’s Tantrums)

Oubaai turned out to be a huge success and I wish to thank all the members who supported this event, as well as all the non-Nomads who did likewise. We ended up with a field of 207 players (the largest to date at Oubaai) and we seem to be breaking records everywhere – BUT only due to all the visitors !!

78 Nomads played and all the rest were visitors. It is of concern to me that our turnout at the monthly games are diminishing, as well as the attendance at prize-giving having been very disappointing.

We seem to forget that prize-giving is the single most important aspect of Nomads. It is the only occasion where we all come together simultaneously, as well as the rare occasion where we get to see who is new (and older!!), as well as to be present where your committee can pass on any important information. We have been compiling a list of all the Nomads who regularly miss prize giving, and surprisingly, it is mostly the older Nomads who should know better and set an example. (they are also very quick to criticise when things go wrong .)

I was fortunate enough to attend the Boland Anniversary and the 99th National Management meeting in East London. The meeting turned out to be held in very good spirits, as well as being informative.

A very serious proposal was put on the table which involves all of Nomads. We were informed that our Constitution was out of line with the Country’s National Constitution, in that it is gender discriminatory. National Executive will at a later stage send out a ballot ( to be sent to every member nationwide ) The ballot will NOT ask if you are in favour of ladies being admitted, but rather, whether we should change the wording of our constitution referring to a ‘mens’ club, as opposed to a club of ‘persons’. The exact wording and changes will be spelt out on the ballot paper. This could mean that the onus will be on each individual club to interpret the admission of ladies as they see fit (my opinion) The usual screening process of the prospective member MUST still be passed by the entire committee involved.

The weather for the Match was perfect , except for a little breeze of about 70 kmph !! For those of you familiar with East London, this can make the course a ‘little’ interesting!! to say the least!! I would hazard a guess that no less than about 600 balls were lost ( 200+ players) On my average of 8 lost balls, the number could be higher. I think some caddies/ball-picker-uppers were contemplating early retirement, for a while at least.

The usual fantastic Nomads spirit and camaraderie was present, with everyone having a ball (off the course) The only sad part was, that we as this years captains, gathered officially for the last time. You can imagine the nostalgic ‘last drinks together’ were had, which seemed to carry on ad finitum, causing me not only to lose my balls (on the course of course!), but quite a bit more! Can you imagine your teetotal(!!) captain hanging around thinking the wind is still blowing –in the bar as well. Well, that is the only reason I can think of for everyone (in my eyes) swaying all over the show.!

Now, we come to my moaning bit again. The turnout at our Monthly game at Fancourt was again embarrassing, not to mention at prize-giving. Again, if it was not for 30 odd visitors, the field would have been fit for Boggomsbaai! (maybe). I am only pleased that our sponsor of the day was not present , although his nominated stand in was. Thanks to Bernie Poolman (not the Nomad) for attending. I would have serious misgivings sponsoring Nomads in future if I were to be a sponsor. Guys, we owe it to our sponsors to attend (not even mentioning that we are obliged to attend as Nomads). We can seriously jeopardize these sponsorships in future.

Our thanks to Fancourt for the use of their facilities and course, which was in excellent condition, with some rather interesting pin placements that would have had suited a PGA tournament at Pebble Beach very well!!

My term of office will (sadly) be coming to an end soon (don’t all cheer together). The year is flying by, and soon you should be rid of my moans, but I think serious thought should be given to them, as they are of a serious note and very pertinent to the future of our wonderful club.

Hoping to see ye all at Andrew Mentis Day and at Monthly game at Knysna