Go 12 April 2018

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Thursday
ýPut on your dancing shoes to
waltz, two-step and line dance tonight
away with live music by Patrick and
partner at the E L Bowling Club from
8pm. Entry R25pp Cash bar open. Info
082- 766-7897.
Fr i d a y
ýCome party tonight away on East
London’s best dance floor with live
music by Quentin at Comrades Club
from 8-15pm. Bar and kitchen open
from 6pm at bargain prices.
Entry R20pp. Bookings before 2pm
Friday 083-255- 3468.
Friday and Saturday
ýOoh La Lesque presents High
Voltage, a classic rock n roll burlesque
at Grens High School Hall from 7pm.
S at u r d a y
ýMajozi LIVE at The C Club in
Chintsa. Boeremusic Gilde dance, 7pm
for 7.30pm. Grens Primary School hall.
Dress: smart casual. Bring own bar
and refreshments, R40 per person.
Food for sale. For table bookings
contact Alwyn at 083-461-3138.
ýSkhumba Hlophe, live at The
Venue@Hemingways from 8pm.
ýYellowwood Forest Fare, Morgan’s
Bay, every Saturday from 9am to 2pm.
ýThe Centenary Tennis Club hosts
social tennis every Saturday from
1.30pm. All welcome. Enquiries:
Maurice 082-676-9708.
ýGonubie flea market every
Saturday in front of the municipality
from 8am to 1pm. Glenda
082-714-3390.
ýLavender Blue Pineapple Walk
every Saturday, weather permitting.
Meet Yvonne in the parking lot of
Lavender Blue at 5am.
Monday
ýThe Compassionate Friends
meeting will be held at the Vincent
Methodist Church, Preston Avenue at 7
for 7.30 pm. All bereaved parents, their
family and friends are most welcome
to join us. Counselling Psychologist,
Judy Rankin will be talking to us on
Touching Grief enables connection. For
more information contact Myrtle on
043-721-0406 or Jenny on
0 4 3 - 741 - 2 5 51 .
ýThe East London group of
Alcoholics Anonymous meets at the
Catholic Church Hall, Quigney at 7pm.
Pieter 082-094-0959.
ýAA Kayser’s Beach at the Chapel
Hall at 7.30pm. Call 082-714-9400.
ýAA Cambridge group at the
Methodist Church, 7.30pm. Jumbo on
(043) 741- 3685.
Tu e s d a y
ýThe EL Caledonian Society Pipe
Band meets on Tuesdays. Robert on
082-897-8571 or Stephen on
0 8 2 - 5 6 0 - 0 2 47 .
ýAl Anon family group at the
Cambridge Methodist Church 7.30pm.
Elsie (043) 721-0483 or 078-628-6311.
ýEL Bridge Club duplicate Bridge
every Tuesday and/or Saturday at
1.15pm at the Berea Gardens dining
hall. Jean on (043) 735-4893.
ýMasithethe personal growth and
counseling skills course at the EL Golf
Club from 6pm to 8.30pm. Call (043)
72 2 - 2 0 0 0 .
ýScottish dancing classes from
4pm to 5.30pm at Ham’s Club,
Selborne. Call Nookie (043) 726-1100.
ýBeacon Bay bridge club social
bridge every Tuesday and Friday,
1.30pm to 4.30pm. Meet at the Eden
Worship Centre, 10 Coad Road, Beacon
Bay. Olga on 083-650-6653 or Heather
on (043) 748-1465.
Sacrifice of the sporting widow
DIDN’T you just love that
little promo on SuperSport
a few weeks ago which
showed a fellow with an
angelic look on his face
wishing his wife a happy
birthday and handing her
the television remote
control device in a gesture
of supreme sacrifice?
My wife, bless her, who
over the years has made
enough “sarmies” fo r
Selborne and Queen’s
sporting teams to feed an
army, still doesn’t know a
hockey ball from the
Darktown Strutters’ Ball
and frankly I suspect,
couldn’t give a rat’s ***!
So, like television
sporting widows
everywhere, she clutched
her forehead in dark
despair when I gleefully
informed her that all the
upcoming IPC cricket
matches in India and all
the Super 16 rugby
matches would be
broadcast live and not
only that, we are also to
be treated to saturation
coverage of the
Commonwealth Games
and Formula One motor
racing on every second
Sunday afternoon. And,
REFLECTIONS
having already survived
four cricket test matches
against Australia and
countless English Premier
League football matches,
she could now, for good
measure, also look
forward to 64 matches in
the Fifa World Cup
football competition.
Oh, what bliss – long
autumn and winter days
of lovely sport on the box!
Generally speaking, we
males consider ourselves
reasonably controlled
sports devotees but alas,
there are extremists out
there who turn into
monsters in front of the
weekend television
screen.
During a rugby test
match, for example, a
normally docile and
manageable husband
succumbs to a sort of
sporting insanity.
A charming and
... with Charles Beningfield
affectionate Jekyll
becomes a dangerous Mr
Hyde from whom his
offspring retreat in terror
to the far corners of the
house.
As the Springboks strive
to cross their opponents’
goal-line in yet another
futile attempt, the
television set becomes a
god before which the most
alarming contortions and
rites are performed.
Were a stranger to
whom rugby was an
unknown quantity to see
the head of the house
wailing and writhing,
clapping and jumping and
swearing and screaming
in front of the little screen,
he would feel duty bound
to summon the men in
white jackets.
And that’s not all.
When the rugger
buggers have put away
their blood-stained kit and
wives and girlfriends can
heave a gigantic sigh of
relief and enjoy a
well-earned break from
constant instruction on
the importance of finding
touch, the merits of the
substitution system and
the gross ineptitude of
Northern Hemisphere
referees, they can brace
themselves to have runs,
wickets, boundaries, the
merits of the review
system and the gross
ineptitude of Nor thern
Hemisphere umpires
thrust down their throats.
As I say, the wives of we
sports freaks can always
retire to the sanctity of the
bedroom to weave wool or
consult their friendly
neighbourhood lawyer on
the best kind of divorce
deal they can get.
Or they could subscribe
to the “join ‘em if you
can’t beat ‘em” brigade!
GORGEOUS KIDS: Last year’s
Beacon Bay Retail Park baby
competition overall winners,
Uyivile Zwedala and Emelia
Veaudry. This year’s competition
started on April 7 and ends on
April 29 Picture: SUPPLIED
ALL THE MOVES: PnA mascot, Penny and PnA marketer, Heinrich Fuls, hand over the
R10 000 cheque to studio owner and teacher, Jo Jackson, and her dancers at the East
London Airport before they boarded a flight to Johannesburg to take part in Battle of
the Giants in Sun City
Picture: MADELEINE CHAPUT
PNA boost for studio dancers
MADELEINE CHAPUT
PNA Stationers owners,
Darryl and Gussie
Eberhardt donated an extra
R8 000 to the Jo Jackson
Dance Company dancers
before they flew out to
compete in the Battle of
the Giants competition, last
week.
The dance group were
the recent overall PNA
Ultimate performer
runner-up, wowing the
judges with an energetic
hip hop routine and
winning a R2000 cash
prize. The trip cost each
dancer R10000, with the
extra funds donated from
PnA helping the group in
making the trip possible.
“I can not thank PnA
enough,” said teacher, Jo
Jackson.
Battle of the Giants is the
first of three qualifying
rounds to the World
Championships which will
be taking place in Poland
later this year. In order to
qualify for the World
Championships the group
will need to come in one of
the top three positions
during each round.
“I totally believe in them
and believe that we going
to make East London
proud. We are really
positive, but every year we
are blown away with the
level of talent and quality
of dancing in each
category at this
competition,” said
Jackson.
Gussie Eberhardt wished
the team good luck as they
got ready to board their
flight to Johannesburg.
“I hope they do well.
They are really talented
dancers and deserve this
oppor tunit y,” Eberhardt
said.