Captain’s Newsletter, Country Club game 9/2016 – July 31st, 2016.
Dear Fellow Nomads,
We had 121 players at Country Club Golf Club with 4 prospective members and 1 guest. Zero no shows!
Servcor - Monthly Sponsor
Many thanks to Christine Robinson of Servcorfor sponsoring our monthly game.
Servcor (Pvt) Limited has been providing professional, cost effective catering solutionsto customers throughout Zimbabwe for over 39 years. They have a staff compliment of around 680 employees and cater at Mines, Schools, and Industrial Canteens producing around 20 000 meals on a daily basis.
I am sure you all enjoyed the Nestle Coffeethat was given out to all the players alongside the 10th Tee. Servcor provide a range of ingredients of use within the machines including their own pre-mix tea, Coffee or just plain water in 19 litre bottles.
Nomads would like to thank Servcorvery much for their generous sponsorship and we ask you all to support them whenever you can.
Lyall Wittstock
Past Captain Lyall Wittstock passed away in Joburg the week before this game so we said a few good words about Lyall and had a minute’s silence whilst the Nomads Creed was read in remembrance of another committed Nomad laid to rest. MHDSRIP.
Country Club Course
The overall condition of this was course was good considering that they too do not have a large core of members that they can rely on to finance expenditure. Sad to see that the water hazard next to the 6th Tee box is now completely dry – there were always African Jacana and Red Knobbed Coot darting around the water skipping over the lily pads. Hopefully this will revive now that the water bowsers have stopped their terrible drainage of the Country club Boreholes
Thank Yous.
Match Secretary, Alison Clark, and her team of ladies, Judy Amira & Lynn Tapson. I am sure you all appreciate what the Nomads Ladies do for us. Thanks very much once again Alison, Judy, & Lynn.
Our starters, Rod Bennett and Greg Pozzomade sure the first guys hit their drives promptly at 11am as was asked of them. Thanks too to Gordon Mackenzie who came in specially to co-ordinate the 2 starters with the players.
I played with Country Club Captain, Martin Honde, whilst Vice Captain, Clever shared the morning with the Vice Captain Stanley Ruseke.
Long serving Lay Preacher, Simon Gambiza gave a humorous fines session collecting some useful funds for the kitty. If you feel that you might be able to do Fines sessions in future then please speak to our P.R.O., Nyasha Chinhara.
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 July these included the following Nomads: Stan Swaile, Billy (Hubbly Bubbly) Knox, Roy Waterworth, Max Karombo and Wellington Chando. Please let me know if there are others that I should know about.
Honorary Life Member
Stan Swaile was presented with his Honorary Life Membership by National Chairman Obed Dube. Stan has been a dedicated Nomad since he joined as a Nomad 38 years ago having been a Captain and National Chairman as well as a regular sponsor of Nomads Competitions over the years. We as Mashonaland Nomads would like to thank Stan for the magnificent example and standards he has set in his pursuit of the Nomads ideals. We look forward to seeing many other Nomads following his high benchmark.
Stan Swaile and Obed Dube Fines Master Simon Gambiza
National Chairman’s Official Visit
We had the pleasure of National Chairman, Obed Dube, playing with us in his first official visit to Mashonaland Nomads since his inauguration a few months ago. Obed spoke at prize-giving outlining a few of the objectives he would like to achieve whilst holding this post. We could like to wish him all the best with these endeavours and look forward to him joining us on other occasions during his one year term of office
Country Club Results.
Si Mukonoweshuro won the privilege of using the Hyundai Courtesy Car for the week scoring 40 points playing on his home course with a 19 handicap. Anwar Wazir also had 40 points begin counted out on this wonderful opportunity to drive a special vehicle. Many thanks to Bradley Joseph This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the regular sponsorship
You can view the Nomads results if you click on Regions / Mashonaland /News - Country Club or http://www.zimbabwenomads.co.zw/index.php/mashonaland-news/131-game-results-31-july-at-country-club-sponsor-servcor
Anwar Wazir 40 Points Si Mukonoweshuro 40 Points
Results and photos from each game will be placed on the website, http://www.zimbabwenomads.co.zw/ in the next few days. We would like to encourage anyone who has taken good photos or has suitable stories to contact Richard Morgan on 0772-436-642 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Awards
Congratulationsalso to the following Nomads for the awardsgiven to them at Police:
Warren Foster 100 game badge
Warren Foster 100 games Induction of Underus Hove & Edson Sibanda
Induction of New Nomads
Edson David Sibanda was born on the 24th August 1954 and is the teacher and Housemaster at Peterhouse Boys School in Marondera. He is a member of Marondera Golf Club and plays off a handicap of 20. Edson was proposed by Richard Mufuka and Seconded by Amos Zirema
Edson is married to Tendai and has 6 grown up children.
Underus Masvina Hove was born on the 14th July 1951 and he is Retired although he is a Consultant to Old Mutual. He is a member of Country Club and plays off a Handicap of 17. Edson was proposed by Andrew Mbinda and Seconded by Clever Chikwari.
Underus is married to Eunice and has 4 grown up children.
Welcome to Nomads Edson and Underus
Rule of the Month – (Courtesy of Barry Bakewell)
Things you CANNOT do on the green –
1. You cannot touch the line of the putt except to remove loose impediments or to repair ball marks or old holes. You may however place your putter in front of the ball to line up the putt.
2. You or your caddie cannot stand behind another player near the line of his putt.
3. You cannot test the surface by rolling a ball or scraping the green.
Refer Rules 14 & 16
Next Game
Our next game is at Warren Hills golf club on Sunday 28th August. It is a morning game.
Nomadically yours
Mike Garden
Captain
Nomads Mashonaland
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 0772-209-162
Nomads Creed
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
Nomads Golf was first established in South Africa 1960. As its members were drawn from various clubs and played their regular competitions on a variety of different courses, the Nomads name seemed particularly appropriate.