NATAL NOMADS Golf Club Monthly issue Monthly Newsletter Durban Country Club August 2018 | Page 4

LOCAL SPONSORS
VICE CAPTAIN
HERITAGE MOTORS
RICHARD & SHAUN BARKER
Dear Nomads.
I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend’s festivities of the 55th Anniversary game
(Drakensberg Gardens Cup) at DCC and the Langham Edwards Cup at Royal
Durban. It was good to spend quality time with the Gauteng and Southern Natal
nomads. Well done to Natal on winning the Drakensberg Gardens Trophy over
Gauteng and Southern Natal, and to Gauteng on winning the Langham Edwards Cup.
Attached is the prize sheet for the 55th anniversary game. Thank you to Janus for all
the hard work in putting together this day and arranging the numerous additional
sponsors; and to Helen Parker for all her help in co-ordinating the tee times and other
processes for the day. It was a great day out, although a bit wet for the early starters!!
With the generous sponsorships we received, we were able to give prizes down to 3rd
place for most of the divisions.
SICA’S GUEST HOUSE
JANUS HORN
FIRST GROUP
TONY & JOHN RIDL
REID RAETZER ROBSON’S INSURANCE
ALAN TENNANT & KEITH FORDE
MOUNT VERNON WINES
JOHN HOOPER
Congratulations to the Divisional Winners, Ian Hayes-Hill with 37 points in A-Div;
Derek Airey with 36 points in B-Div and Chad Walters with 37 points in C-Div. The
winning pair for the day was Warren Mitchell with Chad Walters on 71 points and the
winning fourball was George Parker, Cas De Jager, Derek Airey and Mike Meyers on
135 points.
DCC was in great condition, and I think is more aesthetically pleasing with the bush
that has been cut back. The greens were also holding nicely after the good rains over
the prior 24 hours. Judging by the scores the course played tough but fair.
The Captain of DCC, Lance Whiteford made it clear that he wants to try and instil a
close affiliation between DCC and Natal Nomads. Beachwood may not be around in
2 to 3 years’ time and he would like DCC to still be Nomads home club of choice.
Lance has asked me to engage with him on communicating an offer to Natal Nomads
members the option of playing in the DCC Wednesday competition at a reduced rate
and playing at Member’s rates on other week days – which I shall clarify and
communicate accordingly.
Our Lotto winner for the month was John Cole. Thank you to Ian Brewer and Jane
van Rensburg for doing the scoring after the game – there were a few issues with
SAMSON but we got all of it sorted in the end. Thanks to Helen Parker and Garth
Enslin for doing registration, to Derek Airey for the photos and to Phil Hodgson and
Roy Language for handling the starting on the 1st and 10th.
Prize-giving was always going to quite a long affair with such a big field and so many
prizes, but all went smoothly. Thanks to the Burmesters for organising the FOG raffle
– R8000 raised was a great effort. Thanks to Steve McClelland for the excellent prize
table once again – I know how much time this takes and it is much appreciated.
Tom Barff
Vice-Captain – Natal Nomads - 2018
Tel: [phone]
Cell: 083 2255334
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GOODERSON LEISURE GROUP
ALAN GOODERSON
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JOHN ROSS
HDI Incorporated
NEVIN DAVIDSON
STANLEY'S REMOVALS
GEOFF HENEBREY
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