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ZINI RIVER ESTATE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE<br />
www.ziniriver.co.za<br />
Summer 2012<br />
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Gosh, another year end editors letter !!! Where does the time go? <strong>Zini</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> is<br />
filled with so many different, diverse and interesting people. Take the time this next<br />
year to meet your neighbours (gosh what a novel idea, maybe even on both sides). Go<br />
for long walks, take lots of photo’s (and send them into the photographic competition).<br />
Go find that elusive bird, snap the Zebbies doing something unique, and go find more<br />
interesting GOGGA’s, that was so interesting to read, you have a nature filled estate,<br />
keep an eye out for all our animal, reptile and human friends!!<br />
In this edition we meet the Schutte and Van Der Sandt family, thank you so much for<br />
introducing yourselves to us and we look forward to meeting so many more neighbours.<br />
The magazine is filled with so much interesting bits and bobs and we are so happy that<br />
everyone love the new look of the mag !!! The stories just look so much better in A4, lol.<br />
Storm does her thing again this edition and made me laugh, ponder and sniff back a<br />
tear all at the same time, she is proof that Mtunzini has talent !!<br />
So to a blessed 2013, the estate press team.<br />
Lorinda, Justin, Daniel(our biggest blessing to date), Lyndie(and her new baby boy Janko),<br />
Sharlene(our quiet, steadfast accounts & estate mags sales lady), Lucille(who has sadly<br />
left us), Keith(our graphics intern who has been a God send), Maria and Liezel(our 2 new<br />
rearing to go sales reps)<br />
LESAH LOUW 0825779407<br />
lesah@webmail.co.za<br />
EMPANGENI<br />
035 787 1770/1<br />
RICHARDS BAY<br />
035 789 1558/9<br />
EStatE ManaGEr:<br />
Annemarie Tait<br />
Tel: 035 340 2751<br />
Mobile: 083 627 0249<br />
Email: annemarie@ziniriver.co.za<br />
hoME oWnErS’ aSSociation:<br />
Colin Franks (developer trustee)<br />
John van Rooyen (developer trustee)<br />
Ryan Kewley (developer trustee)<br />
Jandrie Beukes (owner)<br />
Cobus Kotze (owner)<br />
SalES & MarkEtinG dirEctor:<br />
Shea Franks<br />
Tel: 035 340 2751<br />
Mobile: 082 887 4285<br />
Email: shea@ziniriver.co.za<br />
Editor<br />
Lorinda Scott<br />
lorinda@estatepress.co.za<br />
082 562 7202<br />
SalES<br />
Sharlene Reddy<br />
accountant:<br />
George Flook<br />
Tel: 035 340 2751<br />
Mobile: 084 582 0184<br />
Email: george@ziniriver.co.za<br />
BuildinG control ManaGEr:<br />
Brian McEnery<br />
Tel: 035 340 2751<br />
Mobile: 083 734 6379<br />
SEcurity coMpany<br />
iMvula MaxiM<br />
Response vehicle<br />
Mobile: 076 830 8277<br />
EnvironMEntal<br />
control officEr:<br />
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Mobile: 082 802 8613<br />
Email: 20988888@mwebbiz.co.za<br />
dESiGn rEviEW coMMittEE:<br />
Jeremy Steere: Architect<br />
Sagen: Engineers<br />
Neil Evans: Landscaping Control<br />
Annemarie Tait<br />
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ZINI RIVER ESTATE<br />
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Wow, as another year<br />
comes to an end<br />
everything and everyone<br />
is buzzing with yearend<br />
fever. So many people complain about<br />
the “silly season”, but to me it is the<br />
season of festivities, excitement and<br />
anticipation of all the unknown and<br />
exciting things that might happen in<br />
the New Year. Christmas is about love,<br />
getting together and spending quality<br />
time with your loved ones, friends<br />
and even strangers at your holiday<br />
destination<br />
I often receive beautiful pictures from<br />
our residents of various things they see<br />
and experience on the <strong>Estate</strong>. I thought<br />
The developers, trustees, management and<br />
staff wish you all a very blessed Christmas<br />
and a Prosperous New Year!<br />
ESTATE MANAGERS DESK<br />
a photographic competition would be<br />
a wonderful idea and Shea and Colin<br />
totally agreed. You will see more<br />
details about this in the magazine and<br />
some lovely pictures to kick-start the<br />
competition. This is mostly about having<br />
fun and to build up our picture library.<br />
Come on, take out those cameras!<br />
Community living is still doing it for me<br />
– 100%. One of our very energetic<br />
Iliza Bay residents, Lana, came up with<br />
an exciting idea to do a communal<br />
Christmas lunch at Iliza Bay. She soon<br />
had many people excited and ideas<br />
and menus and vibes are flying around.<br />
We are all looking forward to a lovely<br />
Christmas lunch without the schlep<br />
of spending 2 days in the kitchen in<br />
preparation.<br />
I would like to wish all a wonderful<br />
and blessed Christmas and may the<br />
New Year be the best year ever filled<br />
with magic and happiness!<br />
God Bless!<br />
ANNEMARiE TAiT<br />
EstatE ManagER<br />
IPEM
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Festive Season is Calling<br />
Meet The Schutte Family<br />
Meet Pieter & Liesl Van Sandt<br />
Amateur Photographic Competition<br />
<strong>Zini</strong> Nature<br />
Birding in <strong>Zini</strong><br />
Meet Your <strong>Estate</strong> Slitheres<br />
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Taking A Well Deserved Break<br />
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By stoRM cattERIck<br />
ThE fESTIVE SEASON IS A-CALLIN’<br />
YAY! It’s that time of year again<br />
when we are reminded of why it<br />
sucks to grow up! Just a few years<br />
ago I was enjoying the adrenalinerush<br />
feeling of running downstairs and<br />
ripping open loads of presents, thoroughly<br />
enjoying the spoils of my youth — these<br />
days the only thing that I “enjoy”, come<br />
Christmas, is the depletion of my bank<br />
account!<br />
It’s surprising how, at different stages of<br />
your life, Christmas means different things to<br />
you. As a kid it was all about the presents —<br />
father Christmas and putting out biscuits and<br />
beer for him, playing in the sun, holidays<br />
and sweets, even though we knew why we<br />
were celebrating the day. As a young adult<br />
it was about getting the family-time over<br />
with so that I could join my friends at the<br />
lagoon or beach.<br />
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As an adult it’s become all about family<br />
and how much we can spoil our niece and,<br />
recently, how I can repay my parents for all<br />
the years of late nights and angst — and<br />
then there’s my mom’s to-die-for cooking.<br />
But one thing that is really noticeable is<br />
that, without some rug-rats running around,<br />
Christmas loses that festive, happy feeling.<br />
The littlies are the ones who remind us<br />
about what the “commercialised” Christmas<br />
is about — waking up early, fun, laughter,<br />
presents and a few bottles of Champagne<br />
(for us obviously).<br />
You’d think that in our household, because<br />
we’re all adults and Mila’s at the age<br />
where she doesn’t know what the hell is<br />
happening, we’d be able to sleep in after<br />
the pre-Christmas party, wouldn’t you? Not<br />
so! My mom likes to tap into her inner child<br />
and blast the music at about 7 o’clock in the<br />
morning to get our lazy butts out of bed,<br />
shouting as she goes, “Merry Christmas,<br />
everyone!” After a few moans and groans<br />
we’re up, watching the kids rip open their<br />
presents and creating an almost-avalanche<br />
of wrapping paper which threatens to<br />
envelop the entire house, whilst the adults<br />
unwrap their solitary Secret Santa gift.<br />
from then on, it’s all about the food and, of<br />
course, the party!<br />
At the end of the day I may not be a very<br />
“gifted” girl any longer, but I have certainly<br />
learnt to appreciate the biggest gift of<br />
all — that once again we are all healthy<br />
and together and that I get to celebrate the<br />
special day with the people that mean the<br />
most to me… my family.<br />
hope you have a very merry, very family<br />
Christmas!
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Meet the Neighbours<br />
Meet the<br />
ThE SChUTTE’S<br />
fROM 10<br />
hOBBY CLOSE<br />
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It still seems a bit unreal to introduce<br />
ourselves as Mtunzini residents, but here<br />
we are, almost a year later, and that<br />
is what we are! (Well 9 months to be<br />
precise.) In this last year we bid farewell to<br />
27 years of corporate life, relocated from<br />
Mpumalanga highveld to KZN, send our<br />
youngest also off to varsity AND built our<br />
dream house. So if one can believe “them”,<br />
we are quite stressed out (ha-ha).<br />
We are however, no newcomers to ZRE as<br />
we have been coming down to Iliza Bay on<br />
a regular base over the last 4 years. We<br />
fell in love with this beautiful village and<br />
especially the estate in 2008, and after first<br />
choosing it as a holiday destination, we then<br />
decided to make this a permanent lifestyle<br />
change. (A rather fast decision).<br />
Chris, an ex-corporate executive is now an<br />
Energy consultant with Tongaat hulett, and<br />
I was very lucky to find a half day position<br />
in Mtunzini.<br />
We love our new house, the sense of space,<br />
the stunning views and establishing a garden<br />
in this rewarding climate. We also love our<br />
resident zebra’s even though they hampered<br />
our initial efforts to settle the new lawn.<br />
Chris, who is a keen fisherman and social<br />
golfer, has temporarily given up these<br />
pleasures for gardening.<br />
The only drawback is that we miss our boys,<br />
Christiaan (21) and francois (19), who are<br />
both studying at Tukkies , and are looking<br />
forward to the December holidays when<br />
they and all our family will be coming down<br />
to experience our new lifestyle.<br />
Please stop by for a drink or some<br />
gardening tips for us, if you are in our area.
PieTer & LiesL<br />
vaN der saNdT<br />
On the 27th of November 2011, Pieter & Liesl van der Sandt made the life changing decision to move to Zululand after<br />
Pieter received a job offer at Bell Equipment Limited in Richards Bay. If the consequences of such a decision(giving up house,<br />
resigning, giving up Liesl's practice, liaising with moving companies etc.) wasn't bad enough, they promptly got on a plane the<br />
following day for a month long holiday in the United Kingdom! Suffice it to say that a lot of planning took place in various<br />
Starbucks and Costa coffee houses!<br />
Upon their return they flew down to Durban to come house hunting and only got as far as our beautiful village. After viewing some houses<br />
in town they fell in love with Iliza Bay and immediately decided that this is the place to be. The rest, as they say, is history!<br />
Liesl had a practice as a Specialist Child Trauma Therapist and after 14 grueling years in the field decided to retire(for now!). Pieter<br />
worked as Group Company Secretary and Legal Counsel at the South African Medical Council before taking up the position of Group<br />
Company Secretary at Bell.<br />
They moved into number 9 Iliza Bay in March of this year and share they're home with they're adorable Scottish Terriers. The doggies were<br />
extensively trained and used as in the field of Animal Assisted Therapy and now also enjoys the laid back life that <strong>Zini</strong> offers.Pieter and<br />
Liesl are glad to have left the rat race of the city behind and cant get enough of the serenity of Mtunzini and the peace and quite of the<br />
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1st: Punt in die wind:<br />
Photographer: Pieter van der sandt<br />
Camera: Nikon d60<br />
F: f/5,6<br />
exposure length: 1/500<br />
isO: 200<br />
3rd: stormy Night<br />
Photographer: Pieter van der sandt<br />
Camera: Nikon d60<br />
F: f/8<br />
exposure length: 1/800<br />
isO: 100<br />
aMaTeUr<br />
PHOTOGraPHiC<br />
How would you like the idea of an annual amateur photographic competition? All the<br />
owners and residents of <strong>Zini</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> and Iliza Bay qualify as long as they are<br />
amateurs. The rules are very basic – there will be no categories but the pictures must<br />
be taken on ZRE exclusively. It could be people, pets, animals, nature or whatever<br />
you like. It must be submitted in high definition and the entrant must stipulate the camera used<br />
and settings. The entries will be received and kept on a quarterly basis and no pictures will be<br />
carried over to the next quarter. Whatever is submitted will only be considered that quarter –<br />
the quarters and submission dates run from this edition followed by 10 february 2013, 15 May<br />
2013, 15 August 2013 and 1 November 2013.<br />
The pictures will be judged alternatively by Anita de Villiers (the official photographer for ZRE)<br />
and Kim Steinberg, a local resident, and the three best pictures received during the specific<br />
quarter will be published in the fresh & Wild Magazine. The all over winners will be announced<br />
in December 2013.<br />
Take out those cameras and go click, click, click!<br />
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2nd: Zebbies in love:<br />
Photographer: Pieter van der sandt<br />
Camera: Nikon d60<br />
F: f/5,6<br />
exposure length: 1/500<br />
isO: 125<br />
COMMENTS BY ThE JUDGE:<br />
The winning pictures were judged and<br />
selected based on:<br />
i) Picture quality<br />
ii) Variety<br />
iii) Appearance in the magazine
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Nature iN ZiNi<br />
What is that GoGGa on my Tree?<br />
BY NEIL EVANS<br />
The following picture was emailed to<br />
me from Annemarie last week with the<br />
question below:<br />
“Could you please assist us with identifying<br />
these goggas and whether they would ruin a<br />
tree? If they are bad news to a garden, how<br />
must one get rid of them?”<br />
It was not the first time I had come across<br />
these caterpillars, I remember growing up in<br />
the Eastern Cape and around Christmas they<br />
would devastate the foliage of our Cabbage<br />
tree (Cussonia spicata) the tree however<br />
never died and still grows today.<br />
So after a quick search on the net I identified<br />
them as the African Emperor caterpillars<br />
the larval form of the equally spectacular<br />
African Emperor Moth, Bunaea alcinoe.<br />
from my childhood experience I reassured<br />
Annemarie that they will not destroy the tree,<br />
and from what I had read in the book Bring<br />
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Nature Back to your Garden by Charles and<br />
Julia Botha, caterpillars will actually stimulate<br />
indigenous plants to grow new leaves, while<br />
fertilising them with their droppings and those<br />
of the birds that have been fed.<br />
This reminded me of one of the reasons why<br />
Eco <strong>Estate</strong>s like ours insist on indigenous trees<br />
and plants so they in turn can support the<br />
indigenous insects, birds and other creatures<br />
that rely on them for food, resting or nesting.<br />
Above all, the authors say that we should<br />
avoid what they call “lollipop gardens” with<br />
exotic plants that need lots of water and<br />
care, sweeps of sterile lawn and pesticides<br />
that poison the bugs and the birds.<br />
Another interesting fact is that the African<br />
Emperor caterpillars are edible and highly<br />
nutritious!<br />
A second edition of the book Bring Nature<br />
Back to your Garden, by Professor Julia<br />
Botha and her husband Charles, is now<br />
available and I would recommend it to all<br />
avid indigenous gardeners.<br />
The book illustrates how easy it is to work<br />
with nature instead of against it. It promotes<br />
a completely different mindset: instead of<br />
growing foreign plants and killing perceived<br />
pests, gardeners can benefit from planting<br />
indigenous vegetation with the object of<br />
actually attracting insects and other garden<br />
wildlife.
summer is once again with us although<br />
this year we have had more rainy<br />
days than I can remember. The cooler<br />
weather and wet conditions have led<br />
to more waders feeding on the mudflats in the<br />
Mtunzini Nature Reserve than the last couple<br />
of years. The old road across the mudflats is<br />
being done away with to allow more water<br />
to flow into the flats as they were starting<br />
to die. The recent dry period killed all the<br />
“goggos” that these birds feed on so hopefully<br />
with more water in the area this trend will be<br />
reversed. We have already seen Common<br />
Ringed Plovers as well as Terek Sandpipers as<br />
well as the more common waders that appear<br />
at this time of the year.<br />
On a different tack the rains seem to have got<br />
the birds in our garden into breeding mode.<br />
We have a small waterfall in our garden and<br />
we also put out some food for the birds. To<br />
date we have had a Narina Trogon sitting on<br />
the fence calling his loved one. Although there<br />
is a lot of water about birds like the Purplecrested<br />
Turaco and the Robin still use the<br />
water for a nice bath, never mind the weather.<br />
We have found that the main attraction is<br />
the water and the food is secondary. So to<br />
attract birds to your garden give a though to<br />
putting in a water feature as this will not only<br />
attract birds but will enhance your already<br />
beautiful area.<br />
Merry Xmas and a happy New Year.<br />
Birding in <strong>Zini</strong><br />
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MeeT your esTaTe<br />
BY YVETTE fARINhA MOUNT EDGECOMBE ESTATE<br />
i<br />
hope you enjoy learning about our slithering friends. We all<br />
know that when summer approaches, our snakes come out of<br />
hibernation. Thankfully, the snakes found are harmless. The only<br />
one we need to classify as “dangerous” is the Night Adder and<br />
this is mainly due to its bite .<br />
Remember: Please do not kill any creatures, including snakes on this<br />
<strong>Estate</strong>. Should you encounter a snake, please do not try to catch it<br />
Natal Green Snake: eats frogs and geckos ~ non venomous<br />
This snake is identified by its round pupils, a white or yellow<br />
underside, is particularly good at swimming and tree climbing<br />
and its arboreal. Is active during the daytime.<br />
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or prod it, but rather contact Security immediately. They will call<br />
fritz or Wayne to remove the snake.<br />
Should you wish to try a snake repellent you could try Snake Repel.<br />
It’ s non toxic, pet friendly and approved by the Department of<br />
Agriculture. In ending , here are a few snakes which could be found<br />
on <strong>Estate</strong>.<br />
Variegated/Spotted Bush Snake: eats lizards, chameleons and<br />
geckos ~ non venomous<br />
This snake is identified by its black speckling, its gold or orange<br />
irises, a blue tongue with a black tip and is an expert climber. Is<br />
active during the daytime
Please contact either fritz<br />
on 082 658 8709 or<br />
Wayne on 076 732 4499<br />
should you need to have a<br />
snake removed.<br />
herald Snake: eats frogs and lizards ~ although its venom has<br />
minor effects, it’s not dangerous at all<br />
This snake can be identified by its olive green or grey body,<br />
multiple white speckles, its distinctive black head and red, yellow,<br />
white or black upper lip. This snake is actively mostly at night.<br />
Olive house Snake: eats lizards, rats, mice and other snakes ~<br />
non venomous<br />
This snake can be identified by its uniform olive or grey<br />
colouration, its small eyes and its strictly nocturnal lifestyle.<br />
Green Water Snake: eats frogs, fish, lizards and possibly<br />
grasshoppers ~ non venomous<br />
This snake can be identified by its round pupils, a white or yellow<br />
underside, its particularly good swimming and tree climbing ability<br />
and are active during the daytime.<br />
Brown house Snake: eats rats and mice, birds, bats, lizards, skinks<br />
and frogs ~ non venomous but will bite if threatened.<br />
This snake can be identified by its uniform brown colour, 2 light<br />
coloured stripes which extend down the length of the head and its<br />
preference for areas habitats close to human dwellings and are<br />
nocturnal<br />
Night Adder: eats frogs, tadpoles and insects ~ This adder species<br />
has a mild cytotoxic venom which although non lethal can cause<br />
tissue damage. There is an anti-venom available but it is seldom<br />
required, in spite of this the venom is harmful and the situation<br />
should still be monitored<br />
This snake is often confused by the Puff Adder and can be<br />
identified by its grey, olive or brown colour, its rhombic (diamond<br />
shaped markings), its slightly keeled (rough) scales and the<br />
distinctive V-marking on its head.<br />
They are largely nocturnal, but are often seen in the early morning<br />
or late afternoon<br />
Brown Water Snake: eats frogs, tadpoles, small fish, rats and<br />
mice ~ non venomous<br />
This snake can be identified by its uniform olive or light brown<br />
colouration, the pink or mother of pearl coloured underside, is a<br />
great swimmer and has vertical pupils and are active during the<br />
daytime.<br />
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WOrds ANITA VERNES<br />
Take a WeLL<br />
deserved break<br />
Everyone loves to take a summer holiday. So many people<br />
lead stressful lives and taking a break every year could<br />
be exactly what your body, soul and mind needs. Packing<br />
your bags for travel and going away for a few days is an<br />
excellent stress eliminator.<br />
Travelling allows a person to have new experiences and see<br />
more of the world, or even your own country. South Africa has<br />
so many beautiful destinations to be discovered before you<br />
venture off into the big wide world.<br />
A holiday is good for one’s health and general wellbeing, and<br />
many people claim that they are more productive at work<br />
after being away. December always evokes festive feelings,<br />
and in our country we are lucky enough to celebrate Christmas<br />
in summer. If you have been stressed lately, then a summer<br />
holiday is definitely well deserved, so pack your bags and<br />
get ready to unwind.<br />
Going away also means that you get to spend time with<br />
your family, and connect with your loved ones as you make<br />
wonderful memories together. You will surely return refreshed<br />
and renewed, ready to tackle the new year.<br />
WOrds ANITA VERNES<br />
FONdUe…a<br />
FUN NiGHT iN<br />
Staying at home this festive season is not such a bad idea<br />
when you think about the crowds you will be avoiding….and it<br />
doesn’t have to be a boring night in, make it fun with a fondue<br />
dinner party.<br />
fondues are thought to have originated from Switzerland but<br />
the word fondue comes from the french word fonder, meaning<br />
‘to melt’. The dish was a way of using up old hardened cheese.<br />
fondues are a lot of fun and quite easy to prepare. There are<br />
several different types of fondues, the traditional fondue is<br />
a cheese fondue with small pieces of bread for dipping. Oil<br />
fondues are more popular today, as the dipping possibilities<br />
are endless…you can use meat, nuggets, potatoes and<br />
vegetables. All you will need for a fondue party is the right<br />
equipment and your ingredients.<br />
Mouth-watering dessert fondues.<br />
There are a number of dessert fondues that can be served to<br />
end your fun fondue night in. The most popular is chocolate<br />
where an assortment of fruit, marshmallows and meringues are<br />
dunked into the delicious melted chocolate.<br />
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MTUNZINI COUNTRY CLUB NEWS<br />
THe GYM is a GO!<br />
Many of you will be wondering<br />
about all the activity at the<br />
Country Club. Big changes are<br />
under way that will upgrade<br />
the facilities available to members. (Also<br />
remember that as a homeowner on <strong>Zini</strong> <strong>River</strong><br />
<strong>Estate</strong> you are entitled to join the club without<br />
paying the joining fee).<br />
The main changes at the club are:<br />
A lovely new deck with a view over the<br />
lagoon - which will be completed in time for<br />
the holidays.<br />
The new Gym! Opening in January 2013<br />
in the downstairs area; the gym will be<br />
operated as a private business in the<br />
downstairs section of the club, with significant<br />
discounts for club members (equivalent to<br />
social membership!)<br />
In the new year further changes will occur<br />
with the development of a braai-lapha,<br />
relocation of the children’s facilities to the<br />
upper level and – if we can raise the funding<br />
– a small swimming pool.<br />
In the meanwhile the club has been buzzing,<br />
with lots of new members this year and lots<br />
of new activities.<br />
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QUiZ NiTe<br />
A halloween theme quiz night was held<br />
and a good turn-out of 8 teams lead to an<br />
enjoyable and noisy evening. Well done<br />
to Kim Steinberg and Wayne Viviers who<br />
were the winning team (significantly aided<br />
by a bonus 5 points as the only people<br />
who dressed to theme!) – finally knocking<br />
Seonaid, Richard and Jan off the victor’s<br />
podium that they have dominated this year.<br />
kids TriCk Or TreaT<br />
following on from the grown-ups’ halloween,<br />
the kids went trick or treating – starting<br />
and ending with games and water bombing<br />
wars against the parents. huge fun was had<br />
and the Country Club would like to extend<br />
its thanks to all the people who were brave<br />
enough to host 30 yelling, sugar-rushed kids.<br />
Cindy Reddinger’s ‘eyeballs on a stick’ were<br />
a particular hit with the boys!<br />
sQUasH Ladies seCTiON<br />
The squash ladies section has established a<br />
‘social ladder’ with 13 members at present.<br />
Novice and intermediate players play 2<br />
opponents per month. In addition on the<br />
second Wednesday of every month a social<br />
squash evening is played. This is usually<br />
enormous fun with the ladies competing to<br />
‘beat the coach’ followed by Wednesday<br />
supper at the club.<br />
Many thanks to Ian Thompson who makes<br />
these coaching evenings such enormous fun.<br />
Anyone keen to join please contact the club.<br />
Golf<br />
A small team of Mtunzini ladies took part in<br />
the KZN Ladies interclub held at Southbroom<br />
in Oct. There were 272 ladies competing<br />
from all over KZN.<br />
Mtunzini entered two teams Alta Jardini,<br />
Leoni Veker, fiona Nottingham and Lynette<br />
Van Der Walt (Amatikulu) . Bobbye Jackson<br />
was not able to take part as she is now part<br />
of the KZN Executive (this forms part of her<br />
duties as Zululand Ladies President.)<br />
fiona and Lynette came 20th out of 74<br />
bronze teams. Alta and Leoni came 38th.<br />
Bobbye commented “I am really so proud of<br />
the ladies who played in awful conditions on<br />
all 3 days”
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ZiNi biTS<br />
The ZRE home Owners Association had its 6th annual general meeting on the<br />
8th of December 2012. The minutes will be circulated to all the owners. It<br />
was agreed that the levies will not be increased this year, but members are<br />
requested to pay their levies promptly.<br />
aNGLiNG CLUbs’<br />
CLUb NeWs<br />
The Mtunzini Angling Club is hosting its annual family Day<br />
on 16th December and the Umlalazi Ski Boat Club’s kids<br />
Christmas tree on the same day.<br />
The Mtunzini Angling Club is having its AGM on 24th<br />
December and the Umlalazi Ski Boat Club’s family fishing<br />
competition is on 29th December 2012.<br />
31st December - Old Year’s Eve party<br />
The 2013 Couta Classic compo will take place in March/April.<br />
You can contact the Umlalazi Ski Boat Club Committee on 035<br />
340 1006 for more information about their club activities.<br />
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