Greetings Nomads,
June game at the most picturesque course on the Hibiscus Coast, the weather was perfect and what a surprise to find the course under winter treatment and hollow tining procedure. This put a damper on the day for some players, others it made no difference, but it would have been nice of them to inform us. The other incident I found rather disturbing was that they allowed outside players to play in between our round.
I had the pleasure of playing with the club captain Gordon Ross and Scottfin Representative Barry Miller on behalf of Bob who is still nursing his knee, thanks you gents.
Our Prize giving started on time and we were done in 45 minutes , thanks to John Ridl for setting up the alter and prize table. Our fines master Mr Paul Tedder was again in fine form and the coffers of Andrew Mentis are looking healthy thanks to his efforts.
Remember the 2nd round of the GPKO is out and the games must be played by 11 July 2023.
We unfortunately lost a long-standing member and past captain Peter Stopple, who sadly passed away on the 10th June. A memorial service was held at Port Shepstone Golf Club on the 17th of June. What was alarming was the poor turnout of Nomads. This was a time to celebrate his life and I would have expected more of our members to have been in attendance.
We have a certain Nomad who on previous occasions in the change room always claimed that as long as he had a butt hole, he would never get the crying towel, and you guessed it at Umdoni he managed this exact feat of scoring a solid 19 points. By all accounts from his 4 ball he had to work very hard to achieve this. We can only assume that it was insufficient aiming juice but, in any event, we will have a proctologist on hand at Wild Coast to see the change to Mr. Langley’s anatomy, and bring lots of folding money for your fine, it is going to be epic.
Nomads our National Chairman Graham Bishop will be our guest as he joins us for his official visit at Wild Coast. We urge you to not only attend and play this game but also to stay and attend Prize giving and show him the respect he deserves. The Wild Coast golf course will be at its best as a week after we play, they will host the first of the SST winter tour events the Sunbet Wild Coast Challenge.
Till next time keep it on the fairway.
Shaggy.