CAPTAIN’S NEWSLETTER –24/08/15

 

                   GAME 9: NORTON COUNTRY  CLUB GAME  2015          

Greetings fellow Nomads

We have passed the half way mark of the playing year so it is the start of the countdown. We had a field of 107 players with 2 prospectives, 4 guests and 1 no show at Norton Country Club. This was our smallest field this year.  Thank you all for your support and commitment.  

 

Our sincere thanks to Raymond Munyaka who was standing in for the Captain of Norton Country Club and Lovemore Magava the Vice Captain. Members and Staff thank you for the use of your facilities, it is appreciated by all of us at Nomads.  The course was not in its best condition, a number of Nomads found it challenging, especially the greens. Mashonaland Nomads would like to welcome Trevor Bell who joins us from Natal Nomads. Below is the average score per division for the day.   We had one 40 pointer for the day, well done Kenias Mafukidze. 

 

MONTHLY GAME SPONSORS

The following are sponsors that have sponsored a game. Please support them as they support us.

Our National Sponsors Hyundai, Delta and Westside Distribution have come on board on all our monthly games.

  Our Sponsors to date are:

• Garikai Bera and Pride Masamba
• Kutaura Enterprises and Walk Tall
• Desmond Matete and Agrippa Mugwagwa
• Health International
• Freight World.
• Delta
• Hyundai
• Westside Distribution
• Batirai Manhando and Caleb Tapfuma
• Simon Rick and Colin Mpofu
• Mawere and Sibanda represented by Vuli Sibanda
• Speedlink Cargo
• David Mutopo and Wellington Chando

 

 

FORTHCOMING GAMES

 

DATE	VENUE	TIME
6 SEPTEMBER 2015	FALCON	8:00am
27 SEPTEMBER 2015	CHAPMAN – CHARITY DAY	ALL DAY
4 OCTOBER 2015	BORROWDALE BROOKE	11:00am
15 NOVEMBER 2015	KADOMA – AWAY GAME	8:00am
29 NOVEMBER 2015	ROYAL -  GOLD CUP	11:00am

 

 The Norton game was sponsored by Dave Mutopo and Wellington Chando. Please support our sponsors as they support us.

We were also privileged to be joined by the following ladies: - Bev Holmes, thank you ladies for gracing our day.

To our starters Greg Pozzo and Rod Bennet, thank you for your time and effort.

To Michael Finnigan, thank you and well done for your great fines session.

Our Nomads ladies we cannot thank you enough, well done for all your hard work and effort, Alison Clark and Lyn Tapson.

SICK LIST

Currently on the sick list are the following:-

Roy Waterworth, Max Karombo, Lovemore Shoniwa, Steve Kada and John Twiggs.

Please come forward and advise me if you know of any Nomad that is sick so that l can include them on the sick list. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the Nomads that are on the sick list. Please give them a call or visit them, l am sure they will appreciate it.

MEMBERSHIP

 

We have opened up membership for Mashonaland. Applicants will go through our normal selection process.  Please contact our membership officer, Denis Tapson for more details.

 Denis is currently in a process of contacting all Nomads members that might not make six mandatory games this year.

 I would like to also take this opportunity to advise the Nomads membership that Steve Cochrane, our Past Captain is relocating to the UK and has moved his membership to Associate. We wish him all the best and we will always treasure his valuable contribution to Nomads.

EARLY LEAVERS

Alan Graham, Wellington Makamure, Batirai Manhando, Collin Mpofu, Morgan Nzvere, Enock Moyo, Masimba Chandavengerwa.

AWARDS

 

The following awards were presented at Norton Country Club:-

$1Ø  Otis Masinare 100 game badge

$1Ø  Paul Nelleman 30 year tie

$1-          He was proposed by Ian Pozzo, Greg Pozzo, Ian McCullum, Brian Gamble and A Smith.

$1-          He has played an average of 9.2 games per year to date, translating to 275 games.

$1-          In 1990, he shot a 46 pointer and was presented with a Silver Tray.

$1-          He has been in various committees over the years.

$1-          In 1991 he won the C. Division Gold Cup.

$1-          Paul, has been very loyal to Nomads, it was a great pleasure to present him with a 30 year tie, Congratulations.

INDUCTIONS

$11.      Denny Marandure

$1-          He is the CEO of ZOL Zimbabwe

$1-          Denny was proposed by Miccah Moyo and seconded by Corrie Van Rensburg.

$1-          A member of Royal Harare Golf Club with a handicap of 15.

$12.      Peter Shoniwa

$1-          He is the Managing Director of Intercrete Zimbabwe.

$1-          Peter was proposed by Lovemore Shoniwa and seconded by Ben Mukandi.

$1-          He is a member of Ruwa Country Club.

Denny and Peter have supported Nomads with various sponsorship packages in the past. Gentlemen, welcome to the Nomads family.

CHARITY DAY

 

Mike Garden’s Charity Day preparations are progressing smoothly at this stage. He is appealing to all members to put together teams for this important day.

BIRTH DAYS

                      

Below are nomads who celebrate their birthdays in the month August                              

 

Rob Vas	6 August
Dave Mutopo	7 August
Bharat Naik	7 August
Jack Henderson	7 August
Wellington Makamure	8 August
Stephen Terera	10 August
Bhupendra Gulub	12 August
Cedric Jonker	16 August
Enock Moyo	16 August
Anwar Wazir	23 August
Harshad Patel	27 August
Greg Leondis	27 August
Brett Brannigan	28 August
Mark Knox	29 August
Mike Monson	29 August
Paul Nellemann	29 August

Congratulations gentlemen, we wish you many more years of good health and success.  

Our next game is at Falcon Golf Club, morning tee off on the 6^th of September 2015.

Yours Nomadically

Dumi Mabhena

Captain - Mashonaland Nomads

Mobile : 0772 213 893.