The Rep 30 March 2018

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THE REPRESENTATIVE 30 March 2018
ROUND&ABOUT
CONGRATULATIONS! Warren and Allison Lentoor were
married at the Wesley Methodist Church in Komani
recently
Picture: SUPPLIED
COUNTRY STYLE WEDDING: Jessica le Roux and Bryan Hansen were
recently married at Olive Rock in Ceres
Game-filled trip to the Kruger
Group of Komani bowlers have a ball in the Park
CHUX FOURIE
BOWLING members
of the Queenstown
Golf Club were
joined by former
members Serfie and Lucille
Serfontein of Jeffrey’s Bay,
Gerrie and Marina Marais
of Tarkastad and Lorraine
Hart of Gonubie recently for
a trip to the Kruger Park.
The cars left Komani
together and, after a very
long drive, arrived at
Waterval Onder to spend
the night at a guest house.
The next morning they
entered the park at its
southern end via Crocodile
Bridge to spend the
following three nights in
chalets at Lower Sabie.
Once settled in, each
group was free to do as
they pleased in terms of
times and routes to follow,
but they all had good
sightings of game including
large herds of giraffe and
huge herds of elephant
which one traveller
described as looking “like a
t rain”, prides of lions,
vultures and many other
birds and a special treat
BLOCKING THE WAY: In spite of his youth, this baby baboon sitting at the side of the
road in the Kruger Park was totally unfazed by passing traffic
Picture: GERHARD ODENDAAL
was seeing the elusive
leopard.
For their morning and
midday meals each carload
made their own plans, but
the whole group got
together in the evenings,
most often for a braai.
So, in typical South
African fashion, the men
gathered around the fire
and occasionally turned the
meat while the women
members of the touring
party took it in turns to do
the work.
From there they moved
on for two nights in the
relatively newly-established
Talamati bush camp further
north, which is really “in
the bush”. There are no
shops or other “mod cons”
but there are comfortable
chalets – and it is very
peaceful. The camp is
situated near waterholes,
hides and a dam where one
can sit quietly and
contentedly watch the
comings and goings.
After that they spent two
nights in the well-known
Pretoriuskop camp, which
some might regard as back
to civilisation as there are
shops, a petrol station and
so on. While there they had
great sightings of leopard,
hyena, rhino, hippos,
crocodiles and vultures
galore, among many
ot h e r s .
Faan and Antjie Corbett
love the Kruger and go
there often, so they were
able to give valuable
advice, resulting in a
well-thought-out,
well-organised,
well-planned and
thoroughly memorable
h o l i d ay.
The animals they saw
were sleek, the vegetation
was lush and while some
rivers were dry there were
plenty of waterholes and
the dams had water, all
adding to the pleasure.
For the return trip each
carload “did its own thing”
with regard to route, times
and so on and they
meandered home after a
wonderfully relaxing
holiday, filled with fun,
laughter and wonderful
memories.
LOOKING ON: Gerhard Odendaal took this picture of a
magnificent kudu bull in the Kruger Park which he
visited recently with other members of the Golf
Bowling Club
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Friday March 30: Good Friday.
Monday April 2: Family Day.
Tuesday-Friday April 3-6: Fo u n d e r s
hockey festival, Dale College, King
William’s Town; Children’s holiday
programme, public libraries.
Thursday-Saturday April 5-7: SA junior
athletics championships, Paarl.
Friday-Monday April 6-9: Rob Taylor U14
hockey festival, Selborne College, East
London.
Tuesday April 10: Schools
open.
Friday April 13: Queen’s
College street mile; Queen’s
sport v Stirling (home).
Queen’s Junior foundation
phase academic awards
a s s e m b l y.
Monday April 16: Balmoral SGB meeting,
5.30pm.
Tuesday, April 17: VG musical
performance at Balmoral, 9am; GHS SGB
meeting, 5.30pm.
Thursday April 19: Queen’s College
Freedom of Entry parade through town,
10am. Walkers and cyclists arrive at The
Rec, 12.45pm.
Friday April 20: Queen’s College reunion
assembly, Memorial Hall, 8.30am;
Trooping the Colour, Recreation Ground,
11am; QCOBA AGM, 12.30pm; Queen’s
ON THE
NOTICE BOARD
College Barbarians rugby, the Rec, 4pm;
QCOBA president’s banquet, 6.30pm.
Saturday April 21: Queen’s College sport
v Selborne, after match function at the
tent; Berry Dam relay 10am.
Friday-Saturday April 20-21: Reunion
weekend, sport v Selborne.
Saturday April 21: Balmoral sport v
Clarendon (home); GHS sport v Clarendon
(home); Border Foundation junior golf,
Burgersdorp.
Sunday April 22: Border Foundation
junior golf (Komani); Queen’s College
commemoration parade,
9.30am.
Monday April 23: Queen’s
College SGB meeting, 5.30pm.
Tuesday April 24: Queen’s
College rugby v Aliwal North
( away ) .
Friday April 27: Fr e e d o m
Day public holiday; Celebrations at The
Rec, 12.30pm; Country rugby festival
hosted by Queen’s.
Friday-Monday April 27-30: All Girls’
festival, East London.
Saturday-Sunday April 28-29: Grey High
rugby festival, Port Elizabeth.
Monday April 30: School holiday.
Tuesday May 1: Wo r ke r s ’ Day public
h o l i d ay.
Friday-Saturday May 4-5: Queen’s Junior
sport v Grey Junior; Queen’s College sport
v Grey High.
Saturday May 5: Balmoral sport v Aliwal
North (away); Golf, Bedford ladies’ open.
Monday May 7: Balmoral Early Act cake
sale.
Wednesday May 9: Balmoral Grade 2 fun
evening.
Friday May 11: Balmoral Pre-primary
grandparents’ tea; Balmoral foundation
phase Mothers’ Day assembly.
Friday-Saturday May 11-12: Queen’s
Junior sport v Dale (away); Balmoral sport
v Kingsridge (away); GHS sport v
Kingsridge (away).
Sunday May 13: M ot h e r s ’ Day; Border
Foundation junior golf, Kei Mouth.
Monday May 14: Queen’s Junior Mothers’
Day assembly; Balmoral SGB meeting,
5.30pm.