P AGE 2
JANUARY 2019
Special Presentation:
Greg Graham, Captain 2018
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Captains Report
Dear Natal Nomads
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Due to factors beyond our
control, Special presentations
will be moved forward to the
next month
raham, Captain – Natal
Nomads 2018
I arrived at Beachwood Country Club on the morning of the 6 of December 2018 as Helen Parker was firing up the laptop to
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use to open our Rounds as we checked in. The weather was perfect and I even
remarked
to
Helen
that
everything
seemed
to
be
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Shane Davidson
lining up for a wonderful day. Between Tom, Chad and I we managed
to ensure that, in the absence of Steve ‘The Prize Guy’
McClelland, all the Prizes for the Monthly Game and Gold Cup had email:
found their way to the course and were set up and ready for Mykel Addison
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the day well before the first ball was struck.
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Associate member Status:
Gary Pearse
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Resignations received:
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I was joined on the morning by Carlyle Field, the Vice Captain of Beachwood, the recently retired SAA Pilot, Gavin Bissict and
Shaun ‘Chicken Joe’ Barker. Once again the wind began to blow, fortunately though as coastal golfers we have become
accustomed to the unseasonal winds that have continued to plague us well beyond August. We had a most enjoyable round of
golf, Beachwood is still in very good nick despite all the uncertainty surrounding it, well done to the Beachwood Committee
and Staff. I have the pleasure of confirming that Tom has kept Beachwood on the calendar for next year to host our Gold Cup
as it is the home of Natal Nomads. I did have a chat to Carlyle and Lance Whiteford, the current Captain of DCC who also
joined us for the day, regarding the future of Beachwood and we will continue to monitor their situation and hopefully we
won’t be required to make any adjustments for the foreseeable future.
For the first time in my captaincy we had no visiting Nomads joining us. Thank you and welcome to Brand Van Niekerk and
Patrick Madlala, our two guests who joined us for the day. We hope you had a great time and I have no doubt we will see you
again.
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Having walked off the golf course on the 18 at around 16h12 and watching the final 4 Ball finishing their 15 hole, I thought
to myself that we would be able to get the last scorecard in by 17h00 and commence and be done with prize-giving in no time
at all. SAMSON had other ideas though……….we unfortunately had to succumb to technology and for the first time in 55 Years
Natal Nomads didn’t have a prize giving after monthly game. I have subsequently received confirmation from the powers that
be that it was not an error from our side but rather a ‘back-end’ system error which will be rectified in the next version of
SAMSON so that if it occurs it can be fixed on the day. There is a first for everything gents and I wish to sincerely apologise to
all the players and guests on the day for this unforeseen set of circumstances. A big thank you must go to Frans Van Schaik for
his assistance and guidance around Samson. The good news is that we have managed to capture everything subsequently and
we will have a slightly extended prize-giving at our next game to incorporate the 2 Monthly prize-givings and Gold Cup.
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Umhlali Country club will host our next game is on the 17 of January and I look forward to seeing you all there. I would also
like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a Wonderful and Safe Festive Season.
Greg Graham, Captain – Natal Nomads 2018
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