CAPTAIN’S NEWSLETTER
Wingate Game 2 on 20th January, 2019.
Dear Fellow Nomads,
Salutations to all Nomads and their families. For those of you that were at Wingate, we played on a great course in immaculate condition.
We had a field of 124 players with 4 prospectives, 4 guests and 3 no-shows who were all guests. Those who invite guests are entirely responsible for the actions of their guests and must therefore ensure that their guests conform to the Nomads norms, ethics and practices.
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Despite the difficult economic situation currently prevailing, we still get support from our members and the Wingate game was kindly sponsored by Health International, represented by our National Chairman, Denis Tapson who was presented with a Nomads Certificate of Appreciation.
My thanks to you all for participating and for attending prize giving in support and respect of our sponsor.
Let’s continue to support our sponsors just as they support us.
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Monthly Sponsors
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We are also very grateful to our platinum sponsors Glenbrynth, Golden Pilsener, and Nyaradzo Life Assurance Company.
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Wingate Golf Club.
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Many thanks go to the General Manager of Wingate Golf club, Di Fynn and her team for all the hard work, at very short notice from the Nomads, that they put into the club and in particular the course.
I had the pleasure of playing in the same 4-ball with the Captain of Wingate, Bill Mannix, who expressed gratitude to host Nomads Mashonaland.
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Thank Yous.
Our Nomads ladies Alison, Lyn, Alana and Judy we can never say thank you enough for your contribution to our monthly meetings. You really make it happen for us, the registration, compilation of results, raffles etc. Your dedication to Nomads is amazing and we are truly blessed to have these ladies looking after us at every monthly game.
To our starters, waking up early morning to see us tee-off on time. Honorary Life Member Greg Pozzo and Rod Bennet you did it so well gentlemen and we are forever grateful for your contribution to our great Club.
The gazebos that we use to shield the starters have now reached the end of their useful life and we need to come up with a plan to secure new gazebos to protect our starters from the elements.
ON THE SICK LIST.
Ben Ajidah is recovering very well, albeit that he had to learn almost every life-skill from scratch. He hopes to be going to the driving range soon and hopes that he will come back to golf with a better swing than before his illness set in.
Narenda Zavery has recovered well from the procedure he had done on him in December, 2018 and will be joining us for golf very soon.
Goodwell Nyakudya was reported to have been admitted to Avenues clinic in January.
We wish the 3 gentlemen a speedy recovery. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Should anyone of you know a member of Nomads who is sick, please kindly inform the Captain or any of the Committee members.
FINES MASTER
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Many thanks to Dumi Mabhena for a fantastic, humorous and thoroughly enjoyable fines’ session.
Everybody was in stitches with laughter and as usual made quite a few people part with their US$ and B$ with smiles on their faces.
Dumi, we very much appreciate your effort and support to our great Club.
Gentlemen we are always looking for a new face to do a fines session at one of our games, so please if you feel you can extract some money from our fellow Nomads and still leave them with a smile on their face, which isn’t a difficult job, then please speak to our Public Relations Officer, Shane Zangel.
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Barry Bakewell-Goodbye.
Barry Bakewell emigrated to the United Kingdom on 14th January, 2019. Barry, on behalf of all Nomads, Barry, we wish you all the best for the future.
Barry is a Founding Member of Nomads and had been a member for 50 years, during which he played 538 games. His last handicap was 21.
AWARDS
Congratulations to the following members who received their awards at Wingate;
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John Clark receiving his 350-game badge.
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Clever Chikwari receiving his 200-game badge.
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Wingate Results.
All the results are now on our Nomads Website. You can view the Wingate results if you click on Regions / Mashonaland /News – Wingate Game http://www.zimbabwenomads.co.zw/index.php/mashonaland-news
Congratulations to all the winners and here are a few of the notable winners:
A Division – 35 Points Francis Bwanya
B Division – 37 Points Albert Mavhunga
C Division – 36 Points Ray Langmead
Playing 4 Ball – 128 Points Cleopas Mujaranji, Stan Hatendi, Paulo Moyo and Roderick Kusano
Most Golf – 15 Points Innocent Zulu Chikwata.
Well played gentlemen.
GARY PLAYER COMPETITON.
Club member registration for the Gary Player commenced at the last game at Wingate and will continue and conclude at the next game at Ruwa.
AWAY GAME 1.
Our first away Game is scheduled for 25th February, at Marondera Golf Club. Please diarise and make sure you participate as you get awarded points which are used for selection to Nationals whenever the qualification system is used.
ZIMBABWE NATIONALS.
The Zimbabwe Nationals will be held at the Elephant Hills Golf Resort, in Victoria Falls on 25th to 28th April, 2019. Entries close on 1st March, 2019.
Please submit your completed entry forms together with the payment to the Mashonaland Nomads coordinator, Past Captain Julian Borcherds.
NEXT GAME
Our next game is a morning one at Ruwa Golf Club on the 10th February 2019. If you would like to play please put your name down, as usual through our Match Secretary Alison Clark, on mobile number 0772 318 879. We look forward to seeing you all at Ruwa for our third game for 2019.
The calendar of game fixtures for 2019 has been posted on the Nomads Mashonaland website for your information.
Nomadically Yours
Theo Kumalo
Captain 2019
Nomads Mashonaland
“No Man is an Island entire of itself
Every man 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.