RESULTS OF MONTHLY MEETING

HELD ON 14 FEBRUARY 2016 AT ROYAL

                                                                Captain’s Newsletter,

                                                Royal Harare game 3/2016 – February 14^th, 2016.

Dear Fellow Nomads,

I am sure you will all agree that this Royal game saw most us playing with a completely different temperament to the one at Ruwa. Having said that even a five star course like Royal did not mean that it was any easier to play out of the rough – assuming you found that little white thing!

Royal Harare Course

The condition of Royal Harare was, as usual, top drawer provided you did not venture into the rough! – immaculate greens and fairways in fabulous condition. Nomads would like to thank Ian Mathieson, his greens committee and staff for the excellent work they do in maintaining Royal’s record of being the leading golf course in Zimbabwe.

Thank Yous.

Match Secretary, Alison Clark, and her team of ladies, Madeleine Sly, Nicky Rick and Lyn Tapson, were at Royal Harare golf Club well before 9.30am to start setting things up for the game. I am sure you all appreciate what the Nomads Ladies do for us. Thanks very much Alison, Madeleine, Nicky and Lyn.

Our starters, Gordon McKenzie and Ben Mukandi,made sure the first guys hit their drives promptly at 11am as was asked of them.

We must, of course, not forget our hosts. I had the privilege of playing with the Royal Captain, Dr Chris Hokonya whilst Vice Captain, Clever, was entertained by his new Royal counterpart, prospective and vice captain, Masimba Chandavengerwa

I would like to thank young Barry Bakewell for making his Fines Sessiontimeous and humorous. Thanks for translating Steve Cochrane’s English humour into an acceptable Royal Harare format. If you feel that you might be able to do Fines sessions in future then please speak to our P.R.O., Nyasha Chinhara.

Monthly Sponsor – Health International

Many thanks to our monthly Sponsor, Health International, for once again sponsoring one of our monthly games. Please speak to Denis Tapson if you need any cover for medical insurance

Sick List.

Every month we give details of those Nomads who are, for one reason or another, not well enough to play in our monthly game. Those of you that know any one of them well should make the extra effort to contact and or see them to make them feel that they too are part of our “team”. In February these included the following Nomads: Billy (Hubbly Bubbly) Knox, John Twiggs, Roy Waterworth, Max Karombo, Ben Mukandi, Lyall Wittstock and Stephen Kada. Please let me know if there are others that I should know about.

Royal Results.

Richard Morgan is the Nomads Committee member who will be updating our Nomads Zimbabwe website this year. He will be working closely with our Match Secretary, Alison Clark, to ensure that Tee off times for the next match are placed there a few days before the game. This is, therefore, yet another reason why late withdrawals or entries for our games will be frowned upon! If you have not put your name down for the Royal game please do so now.

Results and photos from each game will be placed on the website, http://www.zimbabwenomads.co.zw/ soon after the particular day. We would like to encourage anyone who has taken good photos or has suitable stories to contact Richard 0772-436-642 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

You can view the Royal results if you click on Regions / Mashonaland /News / ROYAL 14/02/2016 RESULTS

Awards

Congratulationsalso to the following Nomads for the awardsgiven to them at Ruwa:

Bharat Naik                                                         5 Year Tie

Jags Mooljee                                                     10 Year Tie

Clever Chikwari                                                 15 Year Tie

Gary Player

Richard Morgan has now sent out the draw for this year’s prestigious Gary Player tournament. Details on the first round are available on our website using the following link

http://samson.nomads.co.za/nomads/pages/public/garyPlayerReport.jsf?nomadsClub=18

Next Game

Our next game is this coming Sunday 20^th March, 2016. It is an afternoon game. Alison is away till Saturday so Lyn is doing the draw for this game using Alison’s computer and address. Please email her today if you want to play. The first round of the Gary Player can be played at Wingate if you let Lyn know today

Nomads Creed

Are you one of the many Nomads that cannot recite the Nomads Creed on your own? Here are the words for you to learn it!

No Man is an Island entire of itself

Every one if a piece of the continent; a part of the main.

Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind

And, therefore, never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee

Nomadically yours

Mike Garden

Captain

Nomads Mashonaland

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