NEWSLETTER - 11 JULY 2016CONTACT US: 031 539 5330

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Basil fraser’s anti -monkey fruit-eati ng-bird feeder contrapti on!

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WEEKLY PROMOTIONSWEDNESDAY: DINNER: Sushi

FRIDAY: HAPPY 2 HOURS:17h00 - 19h00 in the Member’s Bar

SUNDAY:LUNCH : 12h00 - 15h00 Buff et carvery - adults R110DINNER: 18h00 - 21h00 Buff et carvery - adults R110

**PLEASE NOTE THAT SPECIALS ARE SUBJECTTO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE**

BOAR’S HEAD SPECIALS

BOAR’S HEAD SPECIALS

PEPPERED SPRINGBOK CARPACCIO (STARTER) R60Springbok carpaccio topped with rocket, garlic croutons,

red onion marmalade, parmesan shavings and shaved hardboiled egg

SEARED NORWEGIAN SALAD R85Crunchy salad leaves with cucumber, red onion,

peppadews, cherry tomatoes and seared Norwegian salmon fi llet with wholegrain lemon mayonnaise

MINI SEAFOOD PLATTER R135Grilled dorado fi llet, 3 black ti ger prawns, 125g calamari with peri peri or garlic butt er sauce and your choice of

starch, side veg or side salad

PERI PERI BABY CHICKEN FLATTIE R128800g spatchcock chicken marinated in our fi ery peri peri

sauce served with your choice of sides

RED THAI KINGKLIP CURRY R145Thai style kingklip curried to perfecti on served with your

choice of starch, side veg or side salad

BOAR’S HEAD

AT MECC Quiz: R25 per person

Dinner : Menu TBC R50pp (opti onal)Min of 6 & max of 8 people per team

Tuesday 12 JulyDinner: 18h00

Quiz starts: 19h30 Sandpiper Room

Book at Recepti on

WHAT’S IN THE NEWS?

A WORD FROM THE MEN’SGOLF CAPTAIN, PETER TAYLOR

GOLF

Dear GolfersHope you have all had a good weekend and that

BRITISH OPEN MEMBERS ALL DAY COMPETITION – SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016

As you all know this week is the 145th Open Championship to be played at Royal Troon, in Scotland. We have decided to host our very own Briti sh Open Championship Weekend here at MECC, for our Members only!!

Please note that all Visitors are welcome to also play in the normal Club Competi ti on, however they will not be able to be crownedthe MECC Briti sh Open Champion, as this is for MECC Members Only.This will be an Annual Competi ti on which will happen every year during the Briti sh Open Weekend.

This forthcoming Saturday Members Competi ti on is an Individual Stableford Competi ti on and will be an All Day Competi ti on with the overall MECC Member winner from both the Morning and Aft ernoon Competi ti on being crowned the MECC Briti sh Open Champion.

Should a Non MECC Member win the Individual Stableford Competi ti on, they will sti ll be eligible for the normal prize money, however will not be able to be crowned the MECC Open Champion.

The overall winner (MECC Member) from the All Day Saturday Individual Competi ti on must please be available at the aft ernoon Prize givingon Saturday 16 July 2016.

The Club Knockout Draw for the Men’s Single, Pairs and Mixed has been done and Micky will be sending the draws out to all those members who entered. Thank you to all of those who put their names down, and we look forward to seeing who our Champions will be in each competi ti on.

The 5th Hole. Well this has turned out to be a major issue at the club, in that, due to the fact that initi ally the club had requested the Course Architect to design a Par 4 and this new layout was presented to the Members last year by Peter Hean’, however since then the club’s insurers and the Architect have advised us that by having a Par 4 on such a narrow piece of land would be too dangerous, even with Big Nets protecti ng the golf balls from being hit into the road/Spar, especially with the Spar just over the road and also the houses situated along the left side of the fairway would sti ll be in the fi ring line of stray golf balls. The Club’s Insurers, then wrote to the Club informing us that they would not cover the club for any Liability Claims that may arise should the Hole 5 remain as a Par 4.

With this in mind, the Board and Golf Committ ee, asked the Course Architect to re-think this through again, and it was proposed that a Signature Par 3 be built with an island green, similar to the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass in America, which every golfer is familiar with.

WHAT’S IN THE NEWS?

GOLF

WEEKLY MEMBERS / VISITORS CLUB COMPETITIONS:

THURSDAY: 14 July 2016Course: TWO (2)

Club Competi ti on Format: Individual Stableford

Shotgun Start - Midday

SATURDAY: 16 JULY 2016Course: ONE (1)

Club Competi ti on Format: Combined Stableford LEAGUE 2016:Nothing to Report

The new proposed design has been on display in the foyer of the club for about 6 weeks, and the Club is now about to give the go ahead to the contractor to start moving the soil as they need at least 3 weeks to assemble their plant and machinery, etc and we are hoping that by September/October this year they can start planti ng the grass on the Tee Boxes/Green. Hopefully we will have more rain this year going into summer and by December/January the hole will become playable.

There have been a few concerns by some members on the design of Hole 5, so the Club has requested the course architect to look at an alternati ve which will be presented to the Members in due course.

A further update on Hole 5 will follow ……..

A WORD FROM THE MEN’SGOLF CAPTAIN, PETER TAYLOR

Feedback:If you have any ideas or suggesti ons please send them to feedback@mountecc.co.za

Please remember to play more rounds of golf, so let’s see you out there playing on both our beauti ful courses. No Excuses!!wThanks and see you on the Course !!

Peter TaylorMen’s Captain

WHAT’S IN THE NEWS?

GOLF

MEMBERS GOLF COMPETITIONS:

Thursday 7 July 2016 : Course 1

Competi ti on: Combined Stableford

Winners: 1st Place: Denzil Bourne & Greg Paola – 77 Points 2nd Place : Suren Chett y & Ron Duckworth- 76 Points 3rd Place : Patrick Brown & Kiruben Naidoo - 75 Points 4th Place : Roy Hirst & Terry Epstein – 74 Points 5th Place : Mike Haramis & Roger Homan – 73 Points oco 6th Place : Maurice Chelin & John Barton – 73 Points

Saturday 2 July 2016: Course 2

Competi ti on: Fourball Alliance – 2 to count

Winners: Morning Field: 1st Place: Tyler Whitt aker, Nick Farrar, Mark Anderson, Ryan Haff ord – 91 Points oco 2nd Place: Kieran Connell, Jeff Jones, Ian Webster, Peter vd Berg- 91 Points 3rd Place : Charl Kusche, Keegan Feedman, Scott Wilson & Marco Suti l - 90 Points 4th Place : Mike Hollick, Warren Viljoen, Dave Hefer, Murray Stevens – 89 Points

Aft ernoon Field: 1st Place: John Barton, Peter Webb, Ian Denton, Terry Epstein – 94 Points 2nd Place: Phil Hollick, Chris Hewitt , Slade Mansfi eld, Danny McRudden- 91 Points 3rd Place: John Patlansky, Pregi Moodley, Jerry Rocky, Mal Rogers - 87 Points 4th Place: Andy Williams, Malcolm King, Gary Harris, James Shaw – 85 Points

SENIOR MEMBERS COMPETITION:

Monday 4 July 2016:

Competi ti on: Fourball Alliance

Winners: R Duckworth, R McMorran, G Groger, I Gruler – 95 points

Wednesday 6 July 2016: Competi ti on: Bett erball Stableford

Winners: T Tory, P Hopwood, N Kent, K Thompson - 47 points

Two Clubs: B Wright

Friday 1 July 2016: Competi ti on: Bett erball Stableford

Winners: G Groger & S Brookes - 43 points

Well Done to all the winners this past week.

WHAT’S IN THE NEWS?

LADIES’ GOLF SECTION

Prize winners from Ladies Comp.SPONSOR: MICHELLE VAN DER WESTHUIZEN 078 083 1740

JUNIOR GOLF SECTIONContact Slade Mansfi eldslade@purestudio.co.za 082 411 6421

WHAT’S IN THE NEWS?

DRIVING RANGECongratulati ons to Brandon Stone on his 5th place fi nish in last week’s French Open, not only did this mean another big cheque but it also qualifi ed him to play in this year’s Open Championship. There was also the impressive win of Dusti n Johnston at the WGC event at Firestone CC, this makes it two wins in a row and takes him to number two in the world rankings. I see the fallout of top players from the Olympics conti nues, but our own Jaco van Zyl is standing fi rm to his commitment to play.This week he announced that he will forego playing in both the Open and PGA championship in order to get his game right for the Olympics, defi nitely a diff erent view than most of the top players are taking! This year’s Open Championship is at Royal Troon on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland and about 45 min from where I grew up and not far from Trump Turnberry.

The man himself visited recently and was apparently met by a Mexican Mariachi band called...” Juan Directi on” who brought with them a wheel barrow full of bricks. I wonder if he got the message! Have you made a decision on which part of your game you want to improve over the next 45 or 90 days?If you’re willing to invest in a record summer, then pick your swing fundamentals as your main project. Most golfers struggle to swing on plane with a good swing path and that spoils so many of their golf shots.With a litt le focus, eff ort and practi ce it’s possible to make small changes that will improve your accuracy, enormously increase your consistency, and add a lot of metres along the way.

Come on. Start your journey to bett er golf and more enjoyment.

Enjoy the weekend and get ready for one of my favourite ti mes of the year, The Open Championship week!Happy golfi ng!

Steve076 141 7469steve@greatgolf.co.za

WHAT’S IN THE NEWS?

ON TOUR...

PRO SHOP:On Saturday, July the 16th Mount Edgecombe Pro Shop will be hosti ng a shoe fi tti ng by Footjoy. If you are interested please contact the Proshop to arrange a ti me.

Happy Golfi ng!Micky and the shop team031 502 1010

Hi Leanne

I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your assistance in organising both these functi ons. They both went off so smoothly and we had many compliments about both the venue and the food. Your staff were absolutely great and did their best to assist us with everything, nothing was too much trouble, and we hope you will have us back again next year.

As soon as I have dates I will be contacti ng you but it should be a similar ti me of year but will make sure I give you plenty of noti ce.

With best wishesROSEMARY

Good eveningI would like to commend a very nice staff member, Demetri Liversage on his outstanding customer service. He has gone beyond any expectati ons and assisted me in getti ng my son’s watch back from a golf cart we had hired. He also helped my son pick out golf clubs and set them up for him. He also helped me courier a wedge that my other son desperately wanted. I am very grateful for all of his assistance. Thank you for hiring such a nice individual. Best regardsJane Hasti ngs

POSITIVE FEEDBACK

WHAT’S IN THE NEWS?

TENNISMount Edgecombe Tennis Club has had excellent League results in recent years but there are also some individual performances which we are proud of.

1. Jean Hubert and his mother Jackie Zylstra are both high-fl iers in their age groups, not only in South Africa but also worldwide.

In Bloemfontein earlier this year, Jackie won the Over 75 Ladies Singles while Jean was a Triple Champion, winning the Singles for the fourth year in a row as well as the Men’s and Mixed Doubles in the Over 65 Age Group.

Recently Jean lost in the fi nal of the Briti sh Clay Court Championships in Bournemouth and reached the semi-fi nal of the European Clay Court Championships in Baden-Baden, Germany. An amazing achievement!

Both Jackie and Jean are ranked in the world top 20 in their respecti ve age groups on the ITF Rankings and will represent South Africa in the World Super Seniors in Croati a in October.

Jean leaves this week for Germany where he will be parti cipati ng in a German League as well as a tournament.

Good luck Jean !

2. Another of our Veteran members collecti ng accolades is our very own Chris Taylor who won the Men’s Interpro 70+ age group again, this ti me in Nelspruit. Chris partnered a friend from Margate, Gules Salott olo and have also won the KZN Open together for the past two years.

3. Peter Almond also represented KZN in Nelspruit, playing in the 70+ Mixed Team.

4. Our Super League Captain Steve Eckstein recently competed in the Mother City in the Cape Town Open Seniors Tournament. Steve was unseeded in the over 30’s age group but was able to go all the way and win the event. He then went on to partner fellow Mount Edgecombe team mate Nic McDonald ( who sadly withdrew from the singles at the semi fi nal stage due to an elbow injury ) in the doubles where they lost narrowly in the fi nal in a nail biter three sett er.

5. Daniel Watson (Junior) competed in two U12 tournaments in the June /July Holidays. The fi rst event was the Coca Cola Gold division which he won. He encountered a few tough matches along the way but managed to pull through each ti me. The following week he entered the Super 7 tournament which is a bigger event which att racts kids from all over the country. Daniel again won the Gold Secti on which means he went unbeaten in two tournaments. What makes Daniels achievements even more remarkable is that he is relati vely new to competi ti ve tennis. Great start to your career, Dan. Your dedicati on and hard work is paying off . Keep it up!

Jean and Jackie (1) Daniel Watson (5)

For any coaching enquiries, please contact Greg or Sean. Tennis is a great sport for all ages, so whether it’s you or your kids, start playing , the Game For Life!! We do group lessons, squads, private lessons, semi private lessons, holiday events, tours and more. Regardless of your age and ability, we can improve your game and at the same ti me ensure that you have a great ti me doing it in a fun atmosphere.

We are starti ng a new Gr R /Gr1 group this year. Perfect age for kids to start. The skills they learn help them in other sports they may play in the future, so get them started!

Greg: 083 770 1024 grog10s@mweb.co.zaSean: 082 879 3569 sean@roscoes.co.za

BOOKS FOR SALE!GREETING CARDS NOW ALSO AVAILABLE!R5.00 and R10.00

Authors: Deaver, Patt erson, Cussler, La Planta, Dean Kroontz, Vicenzi, Baldacci, Pilcher and more.

Everyone is welcome to come and buy!

All proceeds go to funding the new fl ood lights for the bowling green.

Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning at the Bowling Green between 08h30 and 12h00.Any enquiries contact Maureen – 031 539 6827

WHAT’S IN THE NEWS?

Come down and support our paddlersas they batt le it out at KZN’s most unique race! Every Wednesday at 17h30. Visitors welcome - there are plenty of open spaces for you to jump into a double canoe with an experienced paddlerand have some fun on the water!

Dave Coleman 079 599 0161

President:Richard Siedle082 635 2030

Squash:Dudley Cherry 082 892 3923

Monday Bridge Club A large group of more than 100 parti cipants with diff erent secti ons depending on capability.Contact: Uraine Bowles, Tel 031 563 1377 | Cell 084 466 8801 | email ubowles@telkomsa.net

Thursday Bridge for Members & Residents Maximum of 8 tables. Contact: Eric Dyer, Cell 083 787 2842| email edyer1952@gmail.com

It is with regret that I have to advise that the proposed clinic for children that was to be held on 10th July has had to be cancelled due to lack of support. Thanks to those that registered and apologies from the committ ee and sponsors –The Kingfi sher.

PROBUSMOUNT EDGECOMBE COUNTRY CLUB

Probus is a strictly social club for semi-reti red and reti red Professionals and Business Executi ves wishing to mix with and enjoy the company of like-minded people, maintain agile minds and have lots of fun doing it. As such it is a comfortable, yet mentally sti mulati ng bridge from a high-powered work life through to a well-earned reti rement. The Probus Associati on of Mount Edgecombe meet in the morning on the fi rst Monday of every month, at Mount Edgecombe Country Club, where we have guest speakers giving talks on topics of a variety of interest followed by lunch and fellowship in the Boar’s Head. We also have occasional day tour outi ngs.

If you interested in joining please contact Phil Bradbury, President on 0826512905 phil@techrisk.co.za or the Mount Edgecombe Country Club on 0315395330 for more details.

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WEEKLY DIARYMONDAY - 11 July 2016 GOLF

Course 1: AM: Casual GolfCourse 1: PM: KZN SeniorsCourse 2: AM: Course ClosedCourse 2: PM: Course Closed

WEDNESDAY - 13 July 2016 GOLF

Course 1: AM: KZN JuniorsCourse 1: PM: SeniorsCourse 2: AM: Ladies CompCourse 2: PM: Casual Golf

BOWLS08h30: Tabs in

FRIDAY - 15 July 2016 GOLF

Course 1: AM: SeniorsCourse 1: PM: Casual GolfCourse 2: AM: Casual GolfCourse 2: PM: Casual Golf

BOWLS17h30: Casual bowls under the fl oodlights All Welcome

TUESDAY - 05 July 2016 GOLF

Course 1: AM: Casual GolfCourse 1: PM: KZN SeniorsCourse 2: AM: Course ClosedCourse 2: PM: Casual Golf

BOWLS08h30: Tabs in

TUESDAY - 12 July 2016 GOLF

Course 1: AM: Course ClosedCourse 1: PM: Course ClosedCourse 2: AM: Casual GolfCourse 2: PM: Corporate Golf Day

THURSDAY - 14 July 2016 GOLF

Course 1: AM: Casual GolfCourse 1: PM: Casual GolfCourse 2: AM: Men’s Comp - Shotgun StartCourse 2: PM: Men’s Comp - Shotgun Start

SATURDAY - 16 July 2016 GOLF

Course 1: AM: Men’s CompCourse 1: PM: Men’s CompCourse 2: AM: Ladies CompCourse 2: PM: Casual Golf

BOWLS08h30: Casual Bowls. Roll up to the music of the 80’s! Guests welcome - dress casual but fl at shoes essenti al. Loan Bowls available.