Simola April 2007

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

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