The Di Data pro-am is a thing of the past. As with any tournament of this size there will be problems and we did have them, you can only learn from your mistakes.

It would appear that having more non Nomads than Nomads helping has become the norm, this must be rectified. Most people who helped out seemed to enjoy themselves.

The Berenberg Bank Masters is coming up in March and Tannah needs 60 volunteers. This is the perfect opportunity to come along and see what happens. The jobs are not complicated and you get to see some good golf close up.

The Bells tickets have finally arrived, we need to have these completed and returned to Steve Twycross before the team leaves for the Nationals. Any queries phone Steve on 0827743404.

The latest Nomad diary has also just arrived and is also available from Steve. Any body who has not received their diary please come along to the monthly game at Simola on the 14March where the diaries and Bells tickets will be available.

Winter is slowly creeping up, lets make sure we are prepared and have winter gear in our bags.

Lastly I would like feedback on the playing of Estate courses .Please feel free to drop me a mail and give me your opinion.

Steve Twycross.
Vice Captain Southern Cape

Good news for the Southern Cape, Natex have relaxed the dress code for prizegiving at certain clubs.

Where shower facilities are not available [Knysna], and where water restrictions are enforced [George], members will be allowed to attend prizegiving dressed in Pinks.

It must be stressed that when these circumstances change members will once again be expected to revert back to normal Nomad dress code.

The early start at Mossel Bay was well received, the committee will try to arrange early starts for as many games as possible in the future.

Tannah is desperately looking for help at the Di-Data pro-am at Fancourt. Anybody who can help out on Thursday and/or Friday please urgently contact Steve Twycross or Peter Heydra.  

Gary Player Knockout to start in April - Enter on the Gary Player TAB

Western Province 45th anniversary in February 2010 - see details here
Entry Forms for this can be downloaded HERE

On the brighter side, Nigel Tipping was awarded his 350th game badge on the final green with champagne. Great stuff Nigel.

Western Province 45th anniversary in February 2010 - see details here

See Pictures on Austin's Gallery : HERE

Seaboard has now come and gone. A very successful and enjoyable weekend was had, and a round of applause to the co-ordinators, our JVC Steve Twycross and the 4 other JVC's. A special thanks to Tannah and Berti Harris for all the work done behind close doors. The trophy was won by WP, well done guys. Unfortunately S/Cape put in the some blistering scores to come in stone last.

Needless to say that we also lost the Boland challenge to Boland.

Round one of GPKO now completed, and once again hip-hip-hooray to Ian Botha and Boet Gericke on winning the regional finals of the Old Mutual International Pairs at PE Golf Club on Sunday 9th August.

See Pictures on Austin's Gallery : HERE

Round one of GPKO almost completed at the George game (see photos on above link). Good day for golf and a few new Pink Ladies. Next month is SEABOARD, so please guys, enter asap with our JVC Steve Twycross to avoid disappointment.

The weekend started at 11h00 at Pezula with 15 Alliance teams and continued on Saturday morning at 07h50. The format was an alliance stableford 2 scores to count. We were pleased to have our Acting Andrew Mentis Chairman (Glen Dalton) to participate with our JVC and to also address us after the game. Our sincere thanks to Rieco van der Linde (CellShack & Bogeyman Golf) for a fantastic prize table sponsorship. Even though the days were badly supported we had a reasonable spread of entrants (3 - Gauteng, 8 - WP, 3 - Boland, 1 - Eastern Cape, 1 - St Francis Bay, 12 - Stillbaai and the rest closeby). Jeff Clause also joined us and sponsored 2 by 4 ball vouchers to play at his course. These will be auctioned at our next monthly game. After our Sunday monthly game, a few of us travelled to St Francis Links for a monday morning game. The weather was great, and the course in the best condition I have seen it. To those that travelled there, thanks, and to those who did not, you missed one of the best golfing experiences you will ever come across. Finally, our named charity should be pleased with the amounts raised so far. 

June - Nomads Australia Nationals 23rd to 25th October 2009

You can open and save all the following for it

Entry Form - Accomodation Flyer - Accomodation Plans

FEBRUARY

A good day at Oubaai. The course had recovered well from the drought.

REMEMBER - March game is Old Mutual Internationals Pairs at Simola. Please enter.

Piet Meyer will be introducing an Order of Merit competition which will be based on the European and USPGA tours. The payment of the competition will be in the form of "Pink Bucks". These can be used to pay any Nomads account. Watch this space for more info .......THIS WILL NOW BE POSTPONED TO 2010.......

JANUARY

See Pictures on Austin's Gallery : HERE

Fantastic weather and day at Mossel Bay.

For other information see Captains Report.

Entry forms for Gary Player and Old Mutual International Pairs now on the website- see Gary Player.

We are also changing the S/Cape Nationals qualifying procedure which should be finalised in the next few months, and we will apply this formula to 2010. Watch this space for more info.

50th Anniversary Book is now on sale for R500. Book your copy of this wonderful coffee table book by using the order form below :-

NOVEMBER

Fantastic weather at Mossel Bay on sunday 16th November.Thanks to the management and staff of Mossel Bay for welcoming use their and also for the priveledge to use their facilities.

It was also our AGM (23rd) and it gives us pleasure to announce that our new office members for 2009 will be :-

Vice Captain - Arthur Ambrose

Junior Vice Captain - Steve Twycross

Congratulations on your nominations and selections.

Information received from higher up is that the Bells tickets will be available on Gold Cup day (December Game).

October Game

Fantastic weather and the pinkies meet at Oubaai. Scoring was as good as the weather, and the day was enjoyed by all.. Thanks to Oubaai and their staff for allowing us the priveledge to use their facilities.

September Game

Great weather, and Nomads visit Kingswood on their official game. Other than the confusion of the scorecards, and where to go to the next tee, the game was enjoyed by all. Thanks to Kingswood for allowing us the priveledge to use their facilities.

It was also a proud moment for us to donate Range Balls to their development program. These were officially handed over to Val Holland (Director of Golf). Our captain Les Marais also handed over our traditional Bell to Val.

Quarter finals of the GPKO was also completed, and the new draw has been posted on the site.

Pictures of the day are:-

August Games

The Seaboard Trophy was held at Goose Valley on Friday 8th August. The course was set up in the true spirit of our pink shirts, we were so close to the ladies tees, and the scores reflected this. 5 forty pointers ! The challenge was a walkover for Boland. Well done to Kim van Zyl and his team. Thanks to our JVC, Arthur Ambrose, for hosting the event.

On sunday, 10th August, Antonie Grobler, Thys Cronje, Don van Niekerk and John Richards travelled to Port Elizabeth for the Old Mutual International Pairs regional finals. They did not fare very well, and this saga is now over for the year. I encourage everyone to enter for this event next year, as it was really a great experience.

Sunday game at Plett. - Sorry, I was not there and there will be some info in the captains report (if he sends it) but the results are posted..

Pictures of the day are:-

July Game

The game played at Pinnacle Point on Sunday 20th July. After the early morning fog, we were treated with fantastic weather for this coastline. See the results section for the winners of the day.

The Gary Player Knockout elimination rounds closed on the weekend, and the quarter-finals draw is now posted.

Pictures of the day are:-

June Game

The game played at Knysna Golf Club, and formed part of our Andrew Mentis weekend. It was the first time in a long time that the Knysna greens were pretty fast and we also played the course close to its full length.

Many thanks to those visiting nomads, guests and to our National Vice-Chairman, Ken Walker for attending the weekend. Pictures from the weekend.

MAY 2008

The game played at George was good, with many visitors from Southern Natal. The day was unfortunately spoiled by many a bickering that the nomination of the new JVC was not done constitutionally. The committee would like to point out that the voting of this post was done according to the constitution, and that all rounds of the voting was counted by two respected nomads, Ken Haldane (Past National Chairman) and John Richards (Treasurer). This counting was done in front of the Pink Ladies. We hope that this clears up any misunderstandings.

Procedure also states that the position of JVC in temporary, and we expect new nominations for Vice-Captain and JVC at our AGM.