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18 Talk of the Town ADVERTISING / NEWSDESK: (046) 624 4356 Find us on Facebook March 21, 2019 BOWLSBANTER ... what’s happening Port Alfred Bowling Club Last Tuesday we enjoyed a fun afternoon of bowls with our sponsor, Carl Vermeulen from Personal Trust. The new format that is being introduced for our Personal Trust competition and was again played on Tuesday afternoon, is accepted by some and rejected by others. It is being introduced to try and create a bit more interest in the game and an opportunity for other people to win some competitions instead of the same people winning the competitions every week. It is also an opportunity to play and get to know all your fellow bowlers. Some people will adapt to change easily while there will always be others who are adverse to change of any sort. Sometimes a good idea is just to go with the flow and accept that sometimes other people have better ideas! The winners of the Personal Trust competition were Elzabe Rodriquez, Sue Purdon and Gordon Goff. Congrats and thank you to Carl Vermeulen from Personal Trust who always comes down from Port Elizabeth to play with us. The Vroom and Timm Cup was played at our club on Wednesday afternoon against Kowie. Our men won overall and have five points at this stage, but Kowie are still ahead. Our ladies lost both games and now have the same number of points as Kowie, but are ahead on shot profit. On Thursday, we are playing our annual Hospice Charity Day. The teams are selected from the list of entries, so it is always interesting to see which team you are in. All proceeds from the day are given to Hospice which does a fantastic job in our area. This weekend is the start of the Eastern Areas Mixed Pairs which will be played at the Kenton and Port Alfred bowling clubs. We wish all our bowlers who have entered the best of luck and good bowling. Our monthly night bowls followed by a bring and braai will be on Friday night March 29 at 5.30pm for 6pm. Bowlers and non-bowlers are welcome to come and join us for a fun evening. Round 3 and 4 of the men’s and novice singles will continue on Wednesday March 27 at 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Duties for the week ending March 26 to 30: Tab Duty – Ben Nieuwoudt and Noeline Kirsten; Bar Duty – Trevor Frost and Eddie Senar. Kenton Bowling Club The final round of the hugely successful WELL PLAYED: The 2019 Kenton Novice Singles winners, Peter Levey and Lynn West Kenton Business League was played last Monday with all 22 teams in action and the Buco Rollers playing against the Amazons in the main match. In a very close game, the Buco Rollers held their nerves and prevailed to become the Kenton Business League Champions for 2019. The evening prize-giving and braai was once again a tremendous success with all our bowlers celebrating like winners. This competition has gone from strength to strength and the past seven weeks have seen some very good bowls played and great fun being had by all. Most importantly, it has provided an excellent networking opportunity for us all to get to know our local business and business people a lot better. Walking into Buco last week and being greeted with a “high five” was a special experience. A very big thank you to all the teams that participated and hearty congratulations to the Buco Rollers. We look forward to welcoming you all back to the club soon for more fun-filled evenings of bowls. Oh, what on earth to do this Monday evening! The Kenton men’s and ladies’ Novice Singles championships were played over the weekend with 20 of our new bowlers competing in different sections on Saturday and the top four men and ladies progressing to the semi-finals on Sunday morning. The men’s final on Sunday afternoon featured Peter Levey against “JP” du Toit with Peter getting the better of a tenacious “JP” to remain unbeaten over the entire weekend. Trish Barwick and Lynn West contested the ladies’ final where Lynn prevailed in a very closely fought contest, also staying unbeaten throughout the weekend. The 36 matches played over the two CROQUET CORNER ... rolls that count An enjoyable morning was held at Damant Lodge last Thursday with the folks there playing croquet. Weather permitting there will be night croquet on March 29 followed by a bring and braai. Rollover will be on March 30. Don’t forget the Allan Wilson competition from April 28 until May 4. Please remember donations for the h a m p e r. days seriously tested our novices and produced some outstanding bowls and some wonderful camaraderie. Congratulations to all our novice bowlers and of course, special congratulations to Peter and Lynn, our Novice champions for 2019. March’s Personal Trust Trips competition was played on Friday and was won by the very excited trio of Hermy Scholtz, Stoffel Scheepers and Cecil Jones who narrowly beat out Ruth Low, Lynn West and Lydia Palmer. Our grateful thanks go to Carl Vermeulen and Personal Trust for the ongoing support of our Trips competition. Rob Bowker and Stompie Bellingan lead the way at the top of the Dias Jackpot rankings after Wednesday’s play, with the chasing pack hot on their heels and lots of bowls still to be played. Thank you to Andrew Murray and Dias Insurance Consultants for their sponsorship of this extremely popular competition. John Davis was the very popular winner of Friday night’s attendance draw, but Red de Pontes was less successful, winning the joker draw but failing to find the elusive card in the pack. The joker continues to hide and after a lot of interest from an enthusiastic crowd on Friday evening this jackpot now stands at just more than R9,000. Even more reason to get down to the club this Friday evening – the joker surely has to go soon! Club Duties (March 18 to 24): Tabs Duty – Johan Grobler, Bar Duty – Sandie and Ivor Rule. Dates to remember: March 21 – SPAR-sponsored Tabs-in at Kenton; March 23 and 24 – Eastern Areas Mixed Pairs competition at Kenton. Kowie Bowling Club Bowls can be a very boring game, especially if you play in the front rank and are a traditionalist adhering to the original tenets which confine you to a corner of the rink unobtrusively awaiting your turn to deliver your next bowl. Bowls can be made more exciting if those who are meant to do nothing, actually do something. I was at World Bowls in 1995 when the Irish teams broke free from the rigid shackles of the past. Their average age was in the high twenties and they greeted each successful shot with cheers and high fives and whatever else the Irish do when they are celebrating. Sitting on the stands in Adelaide, Australia, the Irish antics brought a breath of fresh air to what might have been a very staid tournament. We in SA have never quite embraced the Irish exuberance, but we do encourage a policy of “participation without int rusion” with everyone in the team being part of a single-minded unit trying to win a game of bowls without intruding on the rights of the opposition to do their bit. When two opposing sides have the same grading total, it is the side with the motivational skills to inspire their players which will have the edge. If you are having an off day, keep quiet about it Moaning and telling all and sundry why your bowls have strayed, does not do your side any good. Your teammates accept your misfortune and do not have to hear from you what is already obvious. Rather support them while they concentrate on blocking the holes left by your wayward play. Your opposition would love to hear you moaning about your game and will do their best to encourage you to continue spreading this negativism. Another small but significant psychological snippet is to never tell your opposition that he is playing well. By all means congratulate him if he has played a good shot, but do not boost his bloated ego – it will just raise his self-confidence another notch. There are many skips who will, in an attempt to divert attention from their own dubious play, loudly proclaim how well the opposition is playing Big turn-out last Tuesday after the rain and six of the seven games went to bonus-point wins. The only exception being Lester Scriven, Jean Churchley, and Gavin Muir who showed no mercy in a big win. With some singles still being played last Thursday, the “r e st ” were posted to “C” green. Again we had five of six games going to the bonus point with the odd team of Bugs Wilmot, Peter May, and Huwie Reese bucking the odds and picking up the boodle. Saturday saw a general exodus to Albany to play in their GBS tournament. This left only a handful at Kowie but they still had fun playing for the snowball. What was pleasing was that all the games were undecided until the end. Looking back on the whole week, it is very gratifying to note that only two games had a winning margin of more than four. The community was profoundly shocked and saddened when it became known that Bob Ford had suddenly passed away after surgery. His passing will leave a gaping hole which will not be filled easily. Hamba kahle, my friend. Duties: Roll – Mike van der Sandt; Mark – Stan Richter/ Dave Tyrell; Tabs – Debbie Slattery Bar – Bugs Wilmot.
March 21, 2019 ADVERTISING / NEWSDESK: (046) 624 4356 Find us on Facebook Talk of the Town 19 GOLFW E E K LY ... the results Fun on the run for soup kitchen Wednesday March 13: NFB Private Wealth Management Betterball Medal, with 76 p l ay e r s . Results: 1st: At Nel, Gerhard Strydom - 63 2nd: Harold Horne, Rocky Rowe - 64 3rd: Viv Jordan, Rick van Zyl - 65 4th: Rob Hoar, Dennis White - 66 Two Clubs: 6th: T Taylor, L Nell, R Dowding 8th: H Czepluch, B Reid, C Mavuso 11th:A Gouws, C Howard Best Gross: 71 – Colin Mavuso Best Nett: 69 – Juan Pretorius, At Nel Nearest The Pins: Debonairs Pizza – 6th: Colin Mavuso Thymes 2 Catering – 8th: Brian Reid The Wharf Street Brew Pub – 11th: Anton Gouws Trellidor – 13th: Les Wasdell Wimpy Longest Drive - #14th: Colin Mavuso Kingsley Beverages - Nearest the Pin for 2 on the 1st: Andy Hough Saturday March 16: Kowie Toyota Betterball Medal, with 71 players. Results: 1st: Warren Solz, James Solz - 62 2nd: Andries Small, Neil Menary - 64 3rd: Wayne Osborne, Kevin Heny - 64 4th: Ian Gatenby, Mark Rosslee - 65 Two Clubs: 6th: K Lee, E Tsolekile 8th: E Tsolekile, G Veto, S Heny 13th: W van Aswegen Best Gross: 71 – Earl Tsolekile Best Nett: 67 – Steward Dorrington Nearest The Pins: Mooifontein Quarry – 6th: Earl Tsolekile Auto Smart Body Shop – 8th: Gideon Veto Sibuya Game Reserve – 11th: George Lake The Whart Street Brew Pub – 13th: Jean Pretorius Wimpy Longest Drive - Men #14th: Wade Labuschagne Royal St Andrews - Nearest the pin for 2 on the 1st: Earl Ts o l e k i l e 1820s GOLF Monday March 11: Rained out. Thursday March 14: 25 players in cool conditions. Winners on 41: Arthur Jennings, Eugene Erasmus, Geoff Clough, Dudley Kieser. Moosehead on 46: Dale Wisener, Nic van der Merwe, Barry Scarterfield, Dennis McElwee. Good Scores: 49 - Roy Pople, 48 - Peter Rinaldi. Two Clubs: 6th Dudley Kieser, 8th Juan Southey. L ADIES’ R E S U LTS March 12 The morning's calmness was interrupted by ever increasing winds that made the going more difficult on an already lengthening course due to the wonderful rains experienced in the days leading up to Tuesday afternoon. The format was an individual Stableford sponsored by Viv Jordan and Pick n Pay with 37 players in the field. The winner was Sandy Fryer with 39 points just pipping VOLO VIKINGS ... runners with pride Time Trial: March 14 3.8km 1. Lukhanyiso Ntengu 18:15 2. Thabo Klaas 20:15 3. Kuhle Mantla 20:18 4. Vuyulethu Same 26:55 5km 1. Iviwe Matyunu 22 : 51 2. Neelan Cannon 23:11 3. Liqhawe Norhongwana 23:28 4. Olwam Breakfast 23:30 5. Aphelele Fourpenny 23:34 6. Charles Wells 24:21 7. Asiviwe Snei 25:28 8. Uthimna Tana 25:35 9. Emihle Tyatya 25:58 10. Elam Kali 26:41 11. Athenkhosi James 27:58 12. Sipesihle Tokwe 29:04 13. Kirsty Wells 30:32 14. Apelele Njokweni 30:33 15. Yvonne van Breugel 31:54 16. Jared Penny 32:00 17. Joy Stephens 32:03 18. Lynn West 35:02 19. Robyn van Rensburg 38:08 20. Sibenzihle Cibi 40:32 8km 1. Nomawethu Ngangqu 48:04 2. Colleen Bedford 51 : 29 runner-up Helen Lockyear’s 38. Shirley Heny occupied 3rd place after counting out Sue Kennedy, Mo Marsay and Launa Kirk all on 34 points. There were no 2-clubs. Sylvia Foster’s drive was closest to the pin on Top Carpets’ 6th, Louisa Cross’s on Rosehill Driving Range’s 8th and Wendy Counihan’s on Wimpy’s 11th. Sheena Warren was “closest-for two” on River Spa’s 13th. The longest drive competitions were held on the 12th and struck by Shirley Heny and Heather van Harmelen in the lower and higher handicap sections respectively. The competition on March 26 will be a 3-ball Stableford alliance sponsored by Royal St Andrew’s Camelot Spa. The RPAGC’s Ladies’ Open competition which was supposed to have been held on March 10, but postponed due to rain, will be re-scheduled. The date will be announced once it is ava i l a b l e . PORT ALFRED MIXED March 16 Ten players of each gender were drawn into five mixed 4-balls to play the usual 2-to-count Stableford alliance. At the commencement of play the field teed off into dense mist, but this later evaporated and conditions were warm and sticky, tempered by light easterly breezes. Kevin Maree, Fanie Smit, Ronel Hough and Liz Gatenby combined well to post 88 points and win the competition. Glyn Renecle, Derek Sinclair, Dave and Launa Kirk came home second with 86 points. The longest walk was taken by Juan Southey, Barrie Brady, Margie Reid and Maureen McGarvie who collectively struggled a little to card a lowly 72 points. There were few outstanding individual performances, the best of which was Dave Kirk’s nett 68. KGB RESULTS W/E 15th MARCH 2019 Tuesday March 12: After five days of very welcome rain, the sun shone from blue skies on Tuesday morning, tempting 41 players to leap out of bed to join the early morning KGB draw at the RPAGC. The players were drawn into three 3-balls and eight 4-balls to play a 2-to-count Stableford Alliance. Derick van Harmelen, Cecil Grobler, Andy Manson and Peter Longhurst enjoyed the relatively windless conditions and carded a winning 84 points to take the morning’s honours. Don Torrisen, Tom Tagg and Eugene Erasmus were just one point behind on 78 + 5 = 83. The damp underfoot conditions did not seem to suit Gerald Churchley, Dale Wisener, Jimmy van Rensburg and Roger Kidson as they carded a lowly 74 points to take ownership of the Hamer en Sukkel trophy for the day. The best individual nett round was shot by George Lake (70) whilst Peter Longhurst (6th), Tom Tagg and John Crandon (8th) both made par three birdies on the holes indicated. Friday March 15: The warm, humid and sultry conditions with little respite from cooling breezes that described Friday morning’s weather did not deter 46 players turning out to play the usual 2-to-count Stableford Alliance after being drawn into ten 4-balls and two 3-balls. Ninety-two points were carded by Gavin Richards, Ian Gatenby, Russel Warren and Launa Kirk who dovetailed to perfection to win the morning’s competition. Dave Kirk, Steve Kennedy, John Abbot and Roger Kidson secured the runners-up slot with 89 points AND THEY’RE OFF: Runners and walkers set off at the start of the annual Port Alfred Soup Kitchen fun run held in conjunction with the Kowie Striders Last Tuesday evening, the Port Alfred Soup Kitchen held their annual fun run in conjunction with the Kowie Striders Running Club. With Adviceworx as the sponsor of the event and a generous donation from Compendium Insurance Brokers, the evening proved to be fun-filled with lucky draw prizes. Despite the threat of rain and thunder, the runners and walkers set off at a strong pace undeterred by the weather KOWIESTRIDERS ... runners with pride About 15 of our members took the trip up to Bedford this past weekend to compete in their trail races. There were various distances – 5, 7.5, 10 and 21km. It was a very hot day with some tough climbs on the 10 and 21km routes. Congratulations to three of our ladies who took podium places. Jo Betts was third in the 7.5km, Gill Legg second in the 10km and Leah Shanks second in the 21km. Well done to Rick Betts, Richard conditions. The event finished off with music, prizes and delicious boerewors rolls. The soup kitchen thanked the Kowie Striders for their support of the event, as well as their hospitality towards all of the participants of the fun run. “We are pleased the fun run has now become an annual event on the Kowie Striders’ calendar and we would like to commend them on the excellent achievements of their club and Legg and Alex Weed on some good running in the 21km and to Pauline Weed, Cathy and Mike Momberg and Marietjie and Alan Robb on sweating it out on the 10km. A really enjoyable weekend. Carol and Jean Nepgen were at Uitenhage doing a 10km on Saturday and then the Knysna Heads 21km on Sunday where Jean finished in 3 hours 17 minutes followed three minutes later by Carol who was not feeling the wonderful work they are involved in,” said Sally Blake of the soup kitchen. “A final thank you to all of the contestants and for all your donations which will go a long way in helping us to continue our work at the soup kitchen. “A special thanks to Jan Holloway who, while on holiday from the UK, managed to raise a substantial amount of sponsorships in pounds towards the event,” Blake said. great and had an off day. On April 19 (Easter weekend) Kowie Striders are organising the Amanzi 8km trail run. We need as many helpers as possible. Billy’s Tips Never say never. A well trained athlete is able to take on unexpected challenges and most people are able to do far more than they expected. It’s getting darker as winter approaches. Please wear white or luminous tops when out training.
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