CAPTAIN’S NEWSLETTER
Royal Harare Game 4 on 24th March, 2019.
Dear Fellow Nomads,
Greetings to all Nomads and their families. Those of you who played at Royal Harare, the golf course was in the best condition as usual.
We had a field of 133 players with 5 prospectives, 3 guests and nil no-shows.
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The 4th game at Royal was kindly sponsored by Lighting World, represented by our member and Past Captain, Julian Borcherds who was presented with a Nomads Certificate of Appreciation.
Please let us continue to support Lighting World in their business 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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Royal Harare Golf Club.
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Many thanks go to the General Manager of Royal Harare Golf club, Ian Mathieson and his team for all the hard work they put into the club and in particular the course.
A special thanks to the Captain of Royal, Dumi Mabhena and his Vice Captain, Wayne Voogt for hosting the Nomads at their prestigious club.
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Thank Yous.
Our Nomads ladies Alison, Alana and Lyn. 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.
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To our starters, waking up early morning to see us tee-off on time. Rod Bennet, Honorary Member Gordon Mackenzie and Honorary Life Member Greg Pozzo, you did it so well gentlemen and we are forever grateful for your contribution to our great Club.
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ON THE SICK LIST.
Ben Ajidah is recovering well. There are no visible signs that he suffered a stroke. He is exercising and weight lifting and he’s getting stronger. Mentally, he’s now able to read and comprehend and he’s hoping to be allowed to drive a motor vehicle soon. He went to the practice range at Royal recently and he still has problems with his balance hence quite swing as yet.
He sends his greetings and regards to the Nomads.
We are hoping that he will come back to golf very soon.
Goodwell Nyakudya ruptured a blood vessel in the head in January this year and had to undergo an emergency operation, which was successful. He is now recovering at home as he was recently discharged from Parirenyatwa hospital.
Warren Stead suffered a broken ankle on 1st January whilst in the U.K. and he too is recovering quite nicely. He is now able to walk without crutches and physiotherapy has been going very well. He’s hoping to start playing golf again hopefully in June 2019.
We wish these 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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John Clark gave a very hilarious fines session with his particular sense of humour.
Many thanks to John for a fantastic, humorous and thoroughly enjoyable fines’ session.
John, 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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AWARDS
Congratulations to the following members who received their awards at Royal Harare;
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Honorary Life Member, Greg receiving his 50-year tie and his wife Sue at his side to celebrate with him.
Greg Pozzo was born on 10 July, 1942 and is 76 years old.
Greg was inducted into Nomads in 1969 and he’s an honorary life member who played 500 games with Mashonaland Nomads.
Greg is currently on the Mashonaland Committee with responsibility for Nomads House, where he continues to keep it in the great condition that all Nomads find it in.
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Honorary Life Member, receiveing his 40-year tie.
John Clark was born on 2 September, 1949 and is 69 years old.
During his membership with Mashonaland, John has played 353 games and currently plays off a handicap of 11.
He is an Honorary Life Member and has only missed one monthly game in the last 5 years.
John is the current Secretary for the Mashonaland Commiittee.
He is married to alison, whi is also well known as our Match secretary who has supported the club for 37 years.
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Lyn Tapson receiving her 15-year badge.
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Amos Zirema receiving his 100 game Badge.
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Royal Results.
All the results are now on our Nomads Website. You can view the Ruwa Game 3 results if you click on Regions / Mashonaland /News – Ruwa 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 Winner – 37 Points, Winning the Florence Trophy, Andy Revolta
A Division Runner Up – 36 Points, Ben Funani.
B Division Winner – 39 Points Winning the Ludeman Trophy, Bruce Bath.
B Division Runner Up – 38 Points, Lovemore Nyakudya.
C Division Winner – 38 Points Winning the Thornton Trophy, Graham Davies.
C Division Runner Up – 34 Points George Mazhude.
Playing 4 Ball Winners – 138 Points Felix Nyaruwanga, Ben Funani, Corrie van Rensberg and Mike Linforth.
To the above; well played gentlemen.
Most Golf – 20 Points Sam Muchenje.
GARY PLAYER COMPETITON.
We have 50 teams entered in 2019; one team extra compared to last year.
The closing date for the first round has been postponed by one week to the 31st March on request by members.
A large proportion of the first round games will be played at our monthly Nomads game at Royal.
AWAY GAME 2.
The second Away Game will be a morning game with a shotgun start at 8am on 30th June 2019 at Bindura Golf club.
ZIMBABWE NATIONALS.
The Zimbabwe Nationals will be held at the Elephant Hills Golf Resort, in Victoria Falls on 25th to 28th April, 2019.
We would like to thank everyone who has entered for the Bermuda Challenge Nationals and we wish every participant a memorable three days of golf. Enjoy your golf, play well and above all have fun in Vic Falls.
It has been a tradition that a social is held at the Nomads house on a Friday or a few days before international or local Nationals, that we have a pre Nationals Party.
This practise has not taken place prior to a few Nationals now and we mustn’t allow this tradition to die. For the Botswana and Swaziland Nationals scheduled for September and October later this year we will arrange these gatherings and we will advise you in good time.
For those Nomads, their families and friends, who are not going to the Victoria Falls Zim Nationals, the Nomads House bar will be open on Friday, 26th April, for the usual last Friday of the month FDFF social gathering. Please support your club and enjoy the camaraderie in the process.
UP-COMING GAMES
Our 5th game will be a morning game at Norton Golf Club on the 19th May 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.”
-From the meditations of John Donne (1573 – 1631)
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.