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Official Newsletter of Eden Bowls Second Quarter 2019

EDEN CONTACT

My how time flies, the second edition of our newsletter is here!

It is with great sadness that I have to report on the passing on of Elma and Trevor Davis. These two people have left a huge empty space not only in our district, but nationally and internationally. We will miss them both.

We are fortunate in that Justine has offered to take on the coach’s convenor portfolio and will be running the ZTDP practices.

We held a most encouraging and uplifting Council meeting, at which all the clubs except four were present. The meeting had such a positive air about it. Thank you to all of the club presidents and/or their representatives for all the new ideas and positive feedback given at the meeting.

Thank you, Vlam, for your continued commitment with our district’s greens. Most clubs reported an improvement in their playing surfaces. Keep up the good work and good bowling.

Jenny Sinclair, Eden Bowls

MESSAGE PRESIDENTFROM THE

Marthinus “Gellie” Geldenhuys van Oudtshoorn is ‘n uitmuntende spanspeler. Hy het gedurende die 2019

Inter-distrikte Eden se kleure vir die 100ste keer verwerf.

Gellie se pa, Nico, was ook ‘n entoesiaste rolbalspeler.

“CENTURY” VIR GELLIE

Sedgefield bowlers know how

to have fun...

STRENGTH FROM UNITY

E D E N C O N T A C T

IN BEAUFORT WESTBeautiful Twee uitstaande toernooie is vanjaar op Beaufort-Wes gehou. Die ongelooflike gasvryheid van die rolbalspelers op die Karoo-dorp

is weereens deur almal wat deelgeneem het opreg waardeer. Wenk: as jy nog nie op Beaufort-Wes gaan speel het nie, maak so. Dis “beautiful”.

Die wenners van die dames-afdeling was die tuisspan (van links) Elisma Molteno, Magda van Heerden (skipper), Rina Viviers en Marette Steenkamp, wat die trofee en vleispakkies oorhandig het.

Trotse wenners van die mans-trofee en lekker pak-kies lamsvleis was ‘n span van Oudtshoorn (van links) Johan Fernhout (skipper), Gellie Geldenhuys, Marette de Villiers (dogter van wyle Lise de Villiers) en Hennie van Greunen.

Wenners van die KFC Classic 2019 was ‘n Oudt-shoorn-span (van links) Rudi Venter, Chanell Ormond van KFC, Jan van Niekerk (skipper), Mia Steyn en Graeme Bawden.

LISE DE VILLIERS TRIPS WENNERS

KFC CLASSIC WENNERS

Protea players Billy Radloff and Colleen Piketh participated in the Atlantic Rim Championships in Cardiff, Wales during May 2019.

This competition features twenty-five bowling nations from the Euro-pean, African and South American

TWO EDEN PLAYERS MAKE THEIR MARKINTERNATIONALLY

theatres at four host clubs around the Welsh capital.

And Colleen has been chosen as one of 5 ladies in the world to repre-sent the Rest of the World side at an inaugural tournament, the WorldBowls Challenge, to be held in

Australia in November 2019.

The team will play against the mighty Australian Jackaroos – the Wo r l d a n d C o m m o n w e a l t h Champions – in a ten-a-side format at the magnificent Moama Bowling Club in New South Wales.


Groot-Brakrivier Rolbalklub het die afgelope kwartaal verskeie toer-nooie aangebied wat goed verteen-woordig was deur naburige klubs. Goeie terugvoer is ontvang oor ons bane wat in ‘n baie goeie toestand is danksy Peter Crawford en sy span.

Die gewilde “Colts en Fil l ies”- toernooi wat op 7 Maart plaasge-vind het en waartydens slegs leie en tweeds in die gemengde viere-for-maat kan deelneem, het aanspelers die geleentheid gebied om in elke posisie te speel gedurende die vier wedstryde van 10 koppe elk.

Spelers kon dus die uitdagings waaraan derdes en skippers bloot-gestel word, eerstehands ervaar en

NUUS UIT GROOTBRAK

COLTS EN FILLIES

SPANNE NEEM DEEL AAN ALL CAPE

PRESIDENTSDAG EN PROF

Die Groot Brak Presidentsdag se wenspan was

vlnr. Prof Stadler, Elmarie Vosloo, Michael McCarthy,

Gerrie van Rensburg. Johan Pretorius (links), die

President, het die pryse oorgehandig.

in die proses waardevolle ervaring opdoen. Die dag is geborg deur die Total Garage en Steers in Groot-Brakrivier.

Vier Groot-Brak spanne het in-geskryf en deelgeneem aan die “All Cape”- toernooi wat in Port Eliza-beth aangebied is. Die mans span het ‘n derde plek behaal en deurge-dring na die Bowl kompetisie waar tydens hulle in die tweede uitklop-kompetisie uitgeskakel is, terwyl twee van die drie dames spanne elk ‘n vierde plek in hul onderskeie sek-sies behaal het.

Groot-Brakrivier Rolbalklub is baie trots op hierdie spelers wat so

goed presteer het! Hulle is: Ashley Krauspe, Johan Pretorius, Hannes Bruwer, Danie le Grange, Ria Louw, Lyn Hancke, Annetjie Vorster, Renè Brand, Tersia Robertson, Rosa van der Merwe, Margie Pot-gieter, Anne-Marie Jonker.

Die klub se jaarlikse Presidentsdag wat op 16 April aangebied is en deur Personal Trust geborg word, het weereens gesorg vir goeie en sterk kompetisie. Verskeie pryse was beskikbaar waarvoor ons baie dank verskuldig is aan ons gemel-de borg, verteenwoordig deur Prof Stadler. Die dag was ‘n groot sukses en die wenspan was dan ook Prof en sy span!

Die Eden Mans B-span het die opponente landswyd oorrompel en die goud huistoe gebring tydens die 2019 BSA Inter-Distrikte kompe-tisie.

Die spelers is (agter van links) John Young, Rudi Venter, Mike McCar-thy, Jaco Nortje, Wayne Ridden en (voor van links) Alhan van der Merwe, Hennie van Greunen en Willem Fick.

HULLE HET GOUD

GEBRINGHUISTOE

GEORGE TEAM WINS THE LADIES

ALL CAPEThe power team of Wendy Murray (skip), Jenny Sinclair, Martie Pringle and Petrol Breedt won the 2019 Ladies All Cape. The men’s team from Outeniqua won the Men’s All Cape Plate.


Front Row: Damian Jantjies, Shameel Amardien, Lisemi Memani, Hendrè van Deventer2nd Row: Kim Jumat, Matthew Varrie, Willie Lane (Manager), Micah Kova, Ethen Andrews, Lucian Opperman, Hilton Prins (Manager)

3rd Row: Chandrè Paulse, Rynard van der Schyff, Gillian Young, Marlon Saaiman, Lyla Young (Manager), Marette Steenkamp (Manager)4th Row: Huibie Mynhardt (Manager), Kyale Heynes, Bronlynn Jumat (Manager), Arno Barnard, Wenovan Fortuin, Ehsanul-Lee Booysen

Back Row: Lee-Holin Juries, Brian van der Schyff, Jaco Mynhardt, Hanno Janse van Vuuren, Kyle Squires, Joshua Dumzela

Under 20 A – 3rd in section with 18 pointsUnder 20 B – 2nd in section with 13 pointsUnder 20 C - 6th in section with 6 pointsUnder 15 A – 5th in section with 9 pointsUnder 15 B - 2nd in section with 14 pointsUnder 15 C – 8th in section with 4 points

The under 15B team went through to the playoff and beat Boland A to go through to the semi-final. Here they played Northern Cape and were beaten 13-5.

They played in the 3rd / 4th playoff against KZN Country and lost 17-9. Both 3rd and 4th places received bronze medals.

Eden sent three U20 teams and three U15 teams to the SA Junior Nationals in Bloemfontein, which was held from 24 to 30 March 2019.

There was stiff competition, with 3 U20 teams competing in 6 sections and 16 U15 teams in 2 sections

SOLID PERFORMANCE BY EDEN JUNIORS AT THE SA NATIONALS

Eden finished as follows:


WE AREPROUDOF OUR JUNIORS

S M A L L B O W L SBEFORE AND AFTER

Dozens of clubs all over SA have had their old sets of bowls retooled to small sizes suitable for modern players. The late Trevor Davis drove the Small Bowls project.

The project took a long time to get of f t he g round but f ina l ly succeeded, wit h supp or t of Stuttaford Van Lines (to transport the bowls) and Paktools (which cre-ated the tools to reduce the bowls in size).

Although the resulting bowls are the correct size and players, partic-ularly new lady and junior bowlers, happily play with them, they are not the most attractive bowls out there.

However, Alhan van der Merwe of Outeniqua Bowls Club came up with a plan to improve the appear-ance of the bowls. The photos show the progression of the bowls from old and large, to small and handy, to absolutely gorgeous!

For tips on how to improve the look of your small bowls, contact Alhan van der Merwe on 079 875 5493.

There can’t b e many b ow l ing districts in South Africa where the number of bowling greens is on the increase.

Outeniqua Club recently opened its third green, thanks to the efforts of the president, Greg Young, the club members and various sponsors in-cluding Kirsten & Tulleken Vervoer and K1 Quarries. It was a long, hard haul to get there. Also Outeniqua has managed to secure a further 9-year lease on the c lub’s fac i l i t i es f rom G eorge Municipality.

OPENS A THIRD GREEN

Eden rolbal se president, Jenny Sinclair, knip die lint om die nuwe baan te open.


OUTEN

IQUA

GEORGE“March and April have been ex-tremely busy ones at George. In March we saw the final rounds of our Sotheby’s summer business league with 28 teams competing for the big prizes.

The high level of competitive bowls produced gives us high hopes for the future of our fantastic game. The ultimate winners were George High 1 overcoming an extremely competitive York high team. Run-ners up were FNB Spartans. In the Plate the winners were Mazars with

Team RICOH closely behind.

Also in March was our new Au-tumn Trips competition which replaced the traditional Easter Trips. The event saw 22 teams from various clubs fighting it out over two days. The ulti-mate winners were the team from Still Bay led by Mariana van der Walt.

At home club competitions continued unabated. In early April the

Senior Singles were held. As week-end time is restricted with District and National competitions, the event was held on weekdays.

On the ladies front Crystal Barlow overcame a spirited Martie Pringle in an exciting game. Rob Markham won the men’s beating Stuart Marchant in a late afternoon finish.

The weekend of 11 and 12 May had us holding our pairs competition. Eventual winners were Crystal B ar low and Mar t ie Pr ing le winning the ladies and Henk Barnard and Francois Lamprecht the men’s. By far the biggest honour in April came from a team of our ladies winning this year’s All Cape held in Port Elizabeth. Skipped by Wendy Murray with Jenny Sinclair, Mar-tie Pringle and Petro Breedt they swept the opposition aside. Well done!

May began with another major win for our club with Morné Pien-aar and his mother Rina sweeping aside all opposition in the District Mixed Pairs.

The finals were played at Outeni-qua with both semi-finals and final producing some amazing bowls. In the semi-final the game was played against another George team of Mike McCarthy and Johlene Bronkhorst.

After the regulation 21 ends the score was peeled necessitating an extra decider end. The final was just as exciting with Morné and Rina overcoming strong opposi-tion from Japie Combrink and Judy Swart.”


HARTENBOSHartenbos Kansadag wenners - Har tenb os Rolba l het op 28 Februarie n heerlike dag ten bate van Rolbal Suid Afrika Kansa projek gehou.

HARTENBOS TREK PIENK AAN VIR CANSA-DAG

TWEE NUWE OPE ENKELS-WENNERS OP

HARTENBOSHartenbos Enkels - Die Hartenbos Rolbal Klub se klubkampioens-kappe het vanjaar twee heeltemaal nuwe gesigte opgelewer.

Die Dames enkelspel kampioen was Laura Wagner, terwyl die Mans enkelspel gewen is deur Ristoff van Wyk.

Die wenners van die dag was Bertus Pienaar, Ewald vd Walt en Chris Snyman, hier afgeneem saam met Pieter Greeff, ons president.

T h i s h i s t o r i c a l p h o t o g r a p h w a s taken circa 1930 at the St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth, which boast oldest greens in South Africa. The official name of the club was the Port Elizabeth Bowling Green Club, founded in 1882 before it even had a place to play the game. The first green opened two years later.

90 YEARS AGO: JACK IN THE DITCH


Kansadag’n Groot aantal deelnemers baie gepas geklee in pienk, het almal in heerlike weer op ons uitstekende bane deelgeneem. Die dag is geborg deur Hartenbos Spar.

SEDGEFIELD

Sedgefield Bowling Club took top honours in the recent Men’s Mini League, sponsored by Personal Trust, a competition held between Leisure Isle, Sedgefield, Plettenberg Bay, and Knysna.

This tournament was originated by Mike O’Donnell at Leisure Isle Bowling Club many years ago. A tournament designed for regular and new bowlers. This is the third year in a row that Sedgefield has

W I N S M E N S M I N I L E A G U E


won this Shield. Apprecia-tion from all the clubs goes to Graeme Levin for all the hard work i n p u t t i n g t h i s t o u r -n a m e n t t o g e t h e r t h i s y e a r.

Sedgefield entered six teams and had a winning score of 379 points followed by Leisure Isle, Knysna and Plettenberg Bay. Play was spread out over five weekends, and 24 teams entered.

Winning Team from left to right: Dan Metter, Rick Horning and Luke Hugill receiving the trophy from Graeme Levin.

Sedgefield Novice final was played on Friday 1 March 2019. Runner up (left) was Ronel Eloff and the winner was Drienie Fourie.

HAMILTON’S ESTATE AGENCY

SEDGEFIELD NOVICES

Hamilton’s Estate Agency won the Barefoot Bowls contest during Sedgefest. They are (left to right) Gail Fehrsen, Clare Garner, Chris-tine Coetzee and Barbara Potgieter.

“Sedgefield celebrates the Easter weekend with a festival known as the Sedgefest. Lots of activities are organised, and the community and business’s turn out in the colour of orange.

Activities include a parade through the town on the Sunday morning, raft races, sand castle building and concerts. The very first activity held

on Thursday evening is the ever popular Bare Foot Bowls held at our club, where we invite the com-munity and business’s to enter a team.

This year we had a good turnout and teams came dressed in fancy dress with a touch of orange. Club members took part in the Sedge-field street parade held on Easter Sunday as part of the Sedgefield Slow festival. It was a rainy day, hence the umbrellas and rain coats.(See front page)”

SEDGEFESTREPORTBACKON


PLETTENBERG BAY

THANK YOU LETTER SAYS IT ALL!

Eljada Nasorg is n residensiële - en dagsorgsentrum vir volwasse per-sone met intellektuele gestrem-dhede. Sport aktiwiteite vorm noodsaaklike komponente van die inwoners se ontwikkeling en geba-lanseerde leefstyl.

Die Eljada-spelers saam met Danie en Anne Bosman, lede van Oudtshoorn Rolbalklub, wat

weekliks die rolbal vir Eljada aanbied.

Danie Botes het vir die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar die Eljada Wisseltrofee gewen.

Rudi Venter is die 2019 Mans Open Enkels Kampioen van

Oudtshoorn Rolbalklub. Die naaswenner was Johan Fernhout.

OUDTSHOORN OPE-WENNERS

Helena Wagener is die 2019 Dames Ope Enkels Kampioen van Oudtshoorn

Rolbalklub. Sy het Lorraine van Vollenstee tydens ‘n naelbyt finaal gewen.

Rolbal is een van die buitemuurse aktiwiteite wat aangebied word vir die inwoners. Tien inwoners van Eljada nasorg besoek weekliks die Oudtshoorn rolbalklub om rolbal te speel en ook jaarliks teen mekaar mee te ding vir

'n wisseltrofee. Die terugvoering van Eljada Nasorg bestuur is posi-t ie f en d ie sp e lers geniet die rolbal oefening weekliks.


ELJADA-SPELERS GENIET AL JARE HUL ROLBAL

VIR 2019

“Vista Rolbalklub, geleë in die rustige Kleinbrak, het ‘n groot gedaante verwisseling oor die af-gelope twaalf maande ondergaan. Nie alleen het die klub se ledetal omtrent 25% gegroei oor hierdie tydperk nie, maar die lede het ook gegroei tot een gelukkige familie.

Die klub het begin verlede jaar daadwerklik begin om ‘n sterk so-siale en omgeekultuur te ontwikkel, met die doel om een groot geluk-kige Vista-familie te word.

At least once every month the club organises a social event. It started with a pensioner’s dinner at Searles Restaurant in May 2018, attended by a mere eighteen members and partners.

In June the Pinnacle Point pension-ers dinner followed, the next time, Pizza-e-Vino, then again Pinnacle

VERSLAG UIT VISTA ROLBALKLUB – EEN GROOT GELUKKIGE FAMILIE

Point followed by Route 57 and the las t out ing at King f i sher was attended by thirty-seven people. Many single elderly members get an opportunity to eat-out and enjoy a social evening with friends.

Ook by die klub is skielik meer sos-iale akiviteite gereël. So is begin met ‘n Sop-en-Sjerrie aand met heer-like soppe, bypassende sherries en verskeie soorte brood. Tydens die Burger-en-Bingo het elkeen sy eie burger gebou en heerlik ge-eet.

Daarna is lekker bingo gespeel. Ook het die klub, sover vasgestel kon word, die eerste ‘Glow in the Dark’ rolbal-aktiwiteitgehou. Onlangs is ‘n baie prettige Noot-vir-

Noot piekniek gehou. Nadat die groepe, van elke tafel, heerlik saam piekniek gehou het, is Noot-vir-

Lede gee om vir mekaar, sien om namekaar en respekteer mekaar, soos duidelik gesien kan word op die klub se webwer f by: vistarolbal.wixsite.com/club

Noot gespeel. Die onderskeie spanne het ernstig gekompeteer en in die proses heer-lik saamgesing en gekuier.

The ‘Vista Girls’- group of ladies has also contributed to a number of memorable events. The movies and tea in George haveled to few other lady-events. The ‘Dames-in-Pajamas’-event included some blindfolded bowling, in pyjamas, which turned out to be great fun.

The ‘Vista Girls’ also treat each lady on her birthday with a tea-outing to some special place.The ladies also arrange something special for every member that turns 80, to celebrate the blessing to be healthy enough to still play bowls at such an age. Die familie-kultuur onder lede van die Vista Rolbalklub groei sterk.


LEISUREISLEAt the end of March our Club Competition Finals were held.

Our Ladies’ Winner was Mavis Annys, pictured with our President George Mackeurtan. Lena Vilen was Runner Up.

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The Men’s Winner was Fergie Ferguson and Paolo Vitali was the Runner Up.

Events at the Leisure Isle Bowl-ing Club over the past few months have included a Cansa Awareness Day, the Leisure Isle/Knysna Chal-lenge and Personal Trust Sponsored Days.

Development Bowls is held on a weekly basis. The Mens’ Mini-League final has just been held at the Club with Sedgefield taking 1st Prize, followed by Leisure Isle in 2nd place.

The Club house is also the meet-ing place for a large group of bridge players every Thursday morning and a number of well attended Quiz Nights is held on Thursday eve-nings, during the year.

Forthcoming Events: In June, we will be co-hosting the ever popular Knysna Oyster Festival.

In July we will be participating in the Ladies’ Mini-League and in Women’s Month, August, we will be hosting a Women’s Bowling Day – with a difference!

Leisure Isle Bowling Club is a happy, sociable Club and we welcome any bowlers visiting this part of the world!

On the 5 May, we lost one of our most enthusiastic and much loved bowlers, Esmé Rowe, who passed away after a short illness. Esmé was highly competitive and lived for her bowls and the many friendships she made. On Sunday 7 May, a Memorial Service was held at the Leisure Isle Bowling Club. Wonderful tributes were paid to Es, by both family and friends and it turned out to be a real celebration of her life.

On the 24 April, Lee Van Der Westhuizen,

our very own active, competitive and colourful bowler,

celebrated her 90th birthday in true

“Lee style”, with music and dancing, after a

game of bowls.

L A D I E S ’ C H A M P

M E N ’ S C H A M P

90th Birthday:

O B I T U A R Y


Deadline for next quarterly - Eden Contact: 30 August 2019. Submit news (English or Afrikaans) and photographs to Justine Eaglestone - [email protected] or Whatsapp 082 976 2248

Tydens verskeie Kansa-dae wat by klubs in Eden gehou is, is die vol-gende bedrae ter wille van Cansa ingesamel:

Plettenberg Bay R5 000-00George R4 413-00Riversdale R4 060-00Vista R3 039-00 Oudtshoorn R2 800-00Great Brak R2 500-00 Sedgefield R2 000-00 Knysna R1 800-00Leisure Isle R805-00

TOTAL : R26 417

Nota: ‘n Pluimpie vir Riversdal, wie se lede tans hard werk om die klub weer op die been te bring.

Dit is sowaar ‘n uitstannde bedrag wat ju l le ter wi l l e van C ansa opgelewer het.

E d e n B o w l s h a s s e n t o u t a circular inviting Eden player to the first trials for the 2020 district teams.

Eden selectors will be taking their first look at the current crop of ambitious bowlers on Sunday, 14 July 2019 at Outeniqua Club. The registration time is 08:30.

Clubs are invited to nominate players who could be considered for select ion to the 2020 Eden District teams.

Players not nominated by their respective clubs but who are of the opinion that he/she could be a candidate, can also submit their names for consideration.

Players, who represented Eden at the 2019 Inter District Tourna-ment, will not be attending the tri-als on 14 July.

These players, as well as the players who performed well at the first tri-als, will be invited to the second tri-als on 11 August 2019. .

Attendees at the first trials will be playing two-bowl singles and will be scored doing some drawing ex-ercises.

Names of candidates should be submitted to the Secretary, Eden Bowls

not later than Friday, 28 June 2019.

TRY OUT FOR

THE EDEN SQUADFIND OUT IF YOU’RE

GOOD ENOUGH!ALGEMENEJAARVERGARDERING

13 JULIEDie Algemene Jaarvergadering van E d e n R o l b a l s a l b y G e o r g e R o l b a l k l u b g e h o u w o r d o p Saterdag 13 Julie 2019 om 10:00.

Ingevolge Klousule 6 van die Grondwet word klubs en die Eden Uitvoerende Bestuur genooi om nominasies vir die Uitvoerende Komitee te stuur om die Sekretaris te bereik voor of op 30 Junie 2019.

Gebruik asb. die aangehegte nomi-nasie-vorm wat aan die klub gepos is. Let asb. daarop dat nominas ies wat n ie deur d ie genomineerde onderteken is nie, ongeldig sal wees.

Enige mosies vir oorweging deur die Algemene Jaarvergadering moet die Sekretaris bereik voor of op 30 Junie 2019.

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EDEN ONDERSTEUN CANSA IN 2019

STRENGTH FROM UNITY

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