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Umlungu & Boi capturing the lightness of E’scape living

David is not your typical Kenton resi-dent, tattooed and pierced, I urge you not to judge a book by a cover, as you will lose out on seriously stimulat-ing conversations with a sprinkling of good tongue-in-cheek humour. After 25 years in the creative but cut-throat advertising-industry Da-vid opted for the quality lifestyle our neck of the woods has on offer for his family. “My children, Jacqui, Paris and Eric, are my inspiration and mo-tivation. While Jacqui is older and away studying eco-tourism manage-ment, Kenton offers Paris and Eric something vastly different from our gated-security complex lifestyle in Johannesburg,” David said.

“Kenton on Sea is a small town, people are friendly and it is easy to make friends, you know the people – the butcher, the coffee shop owner – and you need artists in the mix. Ma-ria and I are not trying to be clever artists who are making statements, we are on a voyage of discovery and we approach our work like the sci-entists’ of old who explored new places and became artists when they shared their explorations through historical and Victorian botanical drawings,” David added.

Maria and David’s work and the design and contents of the gallery do indeed have an anthropological feel to it. The antiques and curiosities each tell stories – from the artefacts related to branding or the iconic South African items, African indig-enous masks and walking sticks, to hand crafted knives created by iconic South African Knifemaker, Fanie La

Grange - Maria’s late father. Walk in and pick up any item or refer to any art work and Maria or David will let the story unfold, aided by the classic furniture display pieces and typically South African red ‘stoep’ polish feel of the shop you will be transported to another, albeit strangely familiar, world enticing you to while away some time and linger a little longer.

Maria La Grange is not a for-mally trained artist but growing up around her father offered her a cre-ative background and environment which led to her studying a Nation-al Diploma in Theatrical Craft and Performing Arts. The long hours of her work were not conducive to family life and when David sug-gested the move to the Kenton fam-ily home three years ago, Maria, felt ready to take on a new journey of discovery. Her work is varied from mosaics to oil paintings with the latter offering exquisitely detailed portraits capturing the essence of local characters, or images of typi-cally Eastern Cape ‘moments’ to soft almost whimsical blossoms. “I need to take on a new challenge, as long as it’s a challenge I’m in for it, and if it’s a flop I’ll keep at it until I succeed,” the soft-spoken yet resil-ient Maria said.

“Instead of collecting shells on the beach and placing them on a

mantel piece to gather dust, we started creating works of art in celebration of the environment around us. The images capture parts of our holiday, our day, parts of our remembrance,” Da-vid added.

David’s initial series of water colours offer detailed studies of typically Eastern Cape im-ages but the magical play of light combined with his passion for photography has now led to the creation of new works that accentuate the composition of light illuminating objects.

“Maria and I just love the light

down here – there’s a field on the way to Boknes and each time we drove past the colour of the field changed, and we realised what we are seeing, this play of light, is what the Impressionists spoke about,” he said.

While David studied Graphic Design at the Vaal Triangle Tech-nikon in Vanderbijl Park heonly started painting again three years ago. “I remembered what I was told at college - you can teach anyone to draw if you can just teach them to look and look again and replicate what they see,” David said.

Hakskeenpan, Baardskeerdersbos, Putsonderwater, snaakse Afrikaanse plekname

Umlungu & Boi is an art gallery with a difference, and as the quirky name suggests it is a place of interest, a talking-point, where everything has a story to tell – fine art, antiques, curiosities and the proprietors as well. David Strappini and Maria La Grange opened their gallery doors on the 9th of September and in spite of the weather, the Kenton locals, poured in to see just what they had in store. Maya Lloyd dropped in and spoke to David and Maria about their new venture and the journey that led them to the sunny E’scape.

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How to play: Sudoku is easy to play and the rules are simple. Fill in the blanks so that each row, each column, and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain one instance of each of the numbers 1 through 9.

Brain Crunches

Across1 Surprised reaction while being held by doctor (4)3 Need change after quick bound (8)9 A drug curing pain, sir! (7)10 Clergyman finds leader of congregation without delay (5)11 Linger to see sailor on railway (5)12 She takes boy out to be whipped (6)14 Season well (6)16 Mother comes back as well as a girl (6)19 Frozen dripping? (6)21 Send clock back? (5)24 Provide ecstasy with a joke (5)25 Dog needing some sort of protein (7)26 Lawyer working on treaty (8)27 Flower from the Emerald Isle, mostly (4)

Down1 Woman who is huge, possibly, as gent is (8)2 Jolly good police officer, some say (5)4 Roland changed his name (6)5 Parasites giving signs of approval (5)6 Material girl, eager (7)7 Eat some sardines (4)8 Child initially getting material that’s used for drawing (6)13 Models talk glibly to Poles (8)15 Tell about a nobleman (7)17 Principal holds right bird (6)18 Pope going out to meet the French nation (6)20 Dance playfully, putting garment on top of radiator (5)22 Drive from Missouri to the heart of Florida (5)23 Gamble on a letter from Greece (4)

WIN R100 grocery voucher, with the compliments of Heritage Pick ‘n Pay. Correct crosswords should reach our offices no later than 12pm on Wednesdays. Drop them off at our offices at the Little Brewery, 22 Wharf Street, Port Alfred.

Submit your completed grid to the Sun-shine Escape offices at The Little Brewery, 22 Wharf Street, Port Alfred. The first cor-rect entry drawn will win a breakfast for two

at Franks on the Wharf. Only one entry per person, per week. No registered letters or faxed entries.

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TEGNoLoGIE maak ons wereld soveel kleiner en soms is ons nie eers bewus daarvan dat ons kollega nie tuis of vanuit die kantoor werk nie.

So stuur ek land en sand vir kollega, Leonie Steenkamp, eposse sodat sy die weeklikse dagboek kan op datum bring en skielik kom ‘n epos deur om te se sy’s in Hennenman en op pad Hakskeenpan toe. Hennen-man, kan ek darem nog plaas, net duskant Welkom maar Hak-speenpan en wat gaan staan maak die vrou dan nou daar, wil die nuuskierige joernalis in my dan nou weet.

Leonie se broer doen die in-frastruktuur vir die Bloodhound Supersonic Land Speed Record* op Hakskeenpan en hy het haar gevra om te kom help met die kos maak en die domestic stuff van die kamp!! Hakskeenpan is 15km van die Namibise grens en net onder die Kalahari Gems-bok Park.

En toe begin my brein die pad beister raak en eerder as om sto-ries klaar te skryf begin ek dink aan al die snaakse plekname wat ons land bydra. Buiten die in die opskrif is daar natuurlik een wat baie mans van hou om te sê Tietiesbaai, en die tong-knoper:

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fontein en in die middle van die Karoo is daar een genaamd Ag-tertang, wonder nogal wie daar woon?

En ja Klein Mier nommer een is so wrintiewaar ook ‘n plek-naam al is dit net so ‘n spoegie van ‘n plekkie op die Noord Kaap kaart. Daar’s ook baie snaakse rivier name byvoor-beeld, Kromelmboogrivier, en dies meer – maar ek los dit nou oor aan julle om die snaakse dinge verder te gaan ontdek, dalk kan jul die volgende vakan-sie in die pad val met die oog om net by plekke met snaakse name te gaan inloer eerder as om so op die hoofpaaie met sy alombekende dorpsname te bly. Hier is ‘n adres vir die van jul wat wil weet hoekom ‘n plek nou juis die naam het wat hy het: http://archive.org/

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glad nie geprikkel was deur die snaakse plekname nie maar wie se ogies eerder die landspoe-drekord betrag het hier is die webtuiste vir die interessante projek en waar jy die 1000mph (dis korrek) motor kan betrag:

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Sit or stand up straight and place the tip of your tongue up against the roof of your mouth. now breathe in silently through your nose to the

slow count of 4. hold your breath to the count of 7. exhale through your mouth to the count of 8, making a

slight audible sound. Repeat the 4-7-8 cycle another three times, for a total of four breathing exercises.

If you have children or teenag-ers, www.gozen.com has a teach-ing video on the 4-7-8 breathing exercise that may be useful to share with them. Or if the 4-7-8 rhythm seems to challenging for your child or you, try the 5-5-5. Inhale to the count of five, hold for five, exhale for five, once this approach is mastered you can add another 5, holding the breath out for 5. Again do this for at least 3-4 breathing rounds.

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Warren Steenkamp will once again enter the Engela Neethling Kowie Boerewors Championships on the 24th September, to take part in the independent category.

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THE fun loving and friendly War-ren Steenkamp of Rain Catchers fame will once again be entering the Boerie Comp as an independent competitor. Warren learned how to make “sausage” amongst many other things, when he worked as chef at Mike’s Kitchen in Johannesburg a

number of years ago.“Braaing is intrinsic part of the

South African man, that’s what we do and for fun we do it again! There is nothing more enjoyable than eat-ing and socializing around the braai fire” says Warren.

Steenkamp enjoys the outdoors

and together with his wife, Leonie, can often be seen fishing on the banks of the Kowie or throwing a line in at the pier. The couple owns the business “Rain Catchers” and they are the only business in the area that services, cleans and repairs wa-ter storage tanks and dams.

Warren is looking forward to the 4th annual Kowie Carnival and Enge-la Neethling Boerewors Champion-ship, he says “The day is always so much fun and of course the object is to raise money for charity, this year the beneficiary will be Cansa, a cause dear to our hearts,” he said.

Richard Pullen looks set to achieve new goals

FIFTEEN years after settling in Bathurst and opening up a shop and studio, ‘the potter’ as he re-fers to himself, Richard Pullen, is still going strong and his work now reflects a confidence, gained over time, in his own unique expression through the medium of clay.

“I first touched a piece of clay at the age of 15 at the Johan Carinus Art Centre in Grahamstown. We were creating sculptures and with-in a week or two I knew this is what I wanted to do,” Richard said.

Richard went on to study Ceramic Design at Port Elizabeth Technikon. While his initial intention was to pursue sculpture, two weeks into the course he realised he wanted to stay with working exclusively with clay. “It was a very good move and I have no regrets,” Richard said.

Richard’s mentor was none other than Meshack Masuku, the well-known ceramic artist, now resident in Kenton on Sea. “Ev-ery time I make a pot, I think of him (Meshack) or I wonder what would Charmaine (Haines, Head of Department at PE Tech during Richard’s time of study) say. You are always attached to the people who give you the skills. For teach-ers that’s their immortality – the person who taught you, goes on liv-ing inside of you, the person who taught them lives on inside me too even though I may not even have known them,” Richard mused.

“Connecting to the process of throwing clay is meditative, since moving studios five years ago a lot of what I did there just did not seem to make sense here. over time oth-er skills imparted to me have be-gun to bubble up and I finally feel confident about being truthful to my ‘self ’ and also to extend myself and experiment,” Richard added.

A few years ago Richard suffered an injury which for some time pre-vented him from throwing on the wheel and while at first it caused anxiety he soon realised that it also offered an opportunity to move away from the functional ceramic ranges he had been producing day in and day out for years to a wel-come reprieve offering him the opportunity to explore different aspects of ceramic aesthetics and playing and exploring new avenues of expression with clay.

“The key thing about the hand injury is that I learnt that it was not going to stop me from doing what I loved, in a way the worst happened and it did not stop me. As they say ‘diamonds are mined under pressure’. As a human being I have grown a lot and I am now in a new growth process.

Richard is currently working on

large vases which will form the centre of the work on display dur-ing the end of year season. The vases now incorporate aesthetic aspects and as such changed the dynamics of what was previously purely practical and functional art. In fact, Richard plans to ex-

hibit works like this at the Arts Festival in Grahamstown next year.

“I have achieved what I set out to do since I came to Bathurst, I now have a new goal which is to see my work exhibited in galler-ies,” Richard said.

Above: The buoyant Richard Pullen outside his studio and gallery in Bathurst adjacent to The Two Sages Shop.Below: Just a few of the ceramic items you can view, stop and pause a while in the gallery, there are wonderful discoveries to be made.

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Head over to the Bathurst arms on • Saturday night at 9pm-eish, after the rugby, to savour the sultry sounds of Gerald Clarke and Luna Paige. Gerald, a Stellenbosch-based singer, song writer with a blues-influence joins forces with Luna Paige, who is said to have a “mesmerising way of luring the listener into a world of beautiful images & emotions” (www.lunamu-sic.co.za). In 2009 Gerald was nominated for a SAMA (South African Musician’s Award) when stepping out beyond his usual offerings and producing an awesome acoustic Alternative Af-rikaans Album, ‘Sweepslag’ (Whip-lash). His latest album ‘Black Water’ is receiving rave reviews in the South African press, you can view the croon-ing ballad, of the same name, here: http://www.geraldclark.co.za/

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Luna and Gerald live. In 2014 Luna, a productive and creative force to be reckoned with, is heading off to tour the UK and Netherlands. In addition to her own tours Luna will also be performing at the International Sing-er-Songwriter Festival in The Hague.

Pick Kwic's proprietors, Hans and •

Maria van den Nouweland, and their staff are taking a well-earned annual week of leave as of today, 13 Septem-ber, but will be back to serve their fabulous fare as of Friday 20 Septem-ber.

Exciting developments are afoot at • the Village Green – the friendly crew at Relix ‘n Things will soon be joined by new ventures to expand your shopping and dining experiences…watch this space for information.

Join the weekly Line Dancing troupe • and let your body move with Gail El-liot every Thursday at Pike’s Post at The Ploughman Pub (next to the Bathurst Agricultural Museum).

Come rain or shine the Bathurst • Farmer’s Market take place every Sunday from 09-12:00 at the Yester-day, Today and Tomorrow nursery.

Elizabeth’s Herb Nursery’s featured • herb of the month is Woad - Isatis tinctoria, a hardy biennial with a rich honey scent and clouds of at-tractive yellow flowers. Height in the first year 45 cm, growing to 1.3 m in the second, spread 45 cm. Soak the leaves in urine prior to using it as a desirable blue fabric dye.

Bathurst Happenings and News PotterRichard Pullen, the noted Bathurst Potter offers a wide selection of his ceremic works of art at his workshop and gallery on the Main Road in Bathurst, including decorative plates, vases, mugs and much much more. In addition visitors can actually watch Richard at work creating these items.

Tel: 946 625 0166 • Fax: 046 625 0154

The weekly Farmer's Market is a well-known attraction to both locals and visitors. Fresh produce, bakes, dried fruit, preserves, crafts and essential oils are on offer weekly along with much friendly communal banter.

Maryna and Ann sporting their spring hats, friends and original Farmer's Market stal-warts. When asked what happens on rainy days, Ann just smiled and said "well we put on our rain coat and galoshes and we get out here, we get a sopping wet, and go home to a warm bath...but we're always here".

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BATHURST BUTCHERY& SHANGRI-LA MINI MARKETWell-known in the Eastern Cape for the best steak and boerewors, and other

quality products.

Deliveries to Port Alfred

Tel: 046 625 0997

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Saturday 14th September

Gerald Klerk & Luna Paige from 9pm’ish…..

Sundays from 4.30pm onwards – Open Mic

Contact number: 083 387 3137

Going for 15 years!084 585 0774

Sundays from 9am 12.30pmCome rain or shine!All products on sale are

handcrafted or homegrown

Wednesday – steak nightsThursday – Line dancing and Carnivorous FeastFridays – steaks and specials

Coming up – Big Screen Sing-a-Long – 21st September Sat – R50 includes a hamburger.The once a month functions we have – the museum benefits.

BATHURST - Vaughn Muir, the af-fable butcher from Bathurst, is mad about the outdoors, fishing and be-ing with his loving and supportive family. The Bathurst Butchery and Shangri-La Supermarket is an in-teresting ‘hot-spot’ in the village and a place you simply have to visit while here. It is almost like a mini supermarket from the days of yore - so full of appealing merchandise.

The butchery is persuasive, with the vast displays of meat and poul-try. Working in the family owned store, the Muir’s, originally from the Transkei, also include mom, Na-dine, and dad, John, and they make a formidable team behind the saws. The butchery is inviting and tempt-ing as the family are always full of

suggestions on ‘cuts’ and at times how to cook the meat.

Vaughn did stints in the Air Force in the armored division. After various meanderings, he felt that Hoedspruit, where he had been stationed, called to his sense of belonging to smaller communities, hence the family’s decision to settle in Bathurst.

“We love the feeling of belong-ing among the wonderful people who live here. our customer base stretches as far as Grahamstown and beyond. Lovely too, are the holiday-makers we have befriend-ed and who visit us here year af-ter year. We like to think that they come here for our meat and in addition, the essence of familiar-

Vaughn Muir, the affable butcher from Bathurst, a family man who loves the outdoors and his community.

ity and knowing that they are always welcome and are assured of perfect service,” says Vaughn.

Vaughn’s passion for camping and fishing is shared by the entire fam-ily. “My wife and children enjoy that as well and of course we braai as of-ten as we can. Possibly my specialty is boerewors making and I am sorry that we are unable to participate in the Engela Neethling Boerewros Championship this year” he said.

Bathurst hotspot assures service

THE Bathurst Agricultural Muse-um's private pub, ‘The Ploughman’, managed by Dave Ford, is one of the best kept secrets of the area. It’s a rustic, historical and charm-ing olde worlde style pub cater-ing to the farming community as well the village folk, where every stranger, is friend you haven’t met.

Ploughman’s is a “member only” pub but of course, visitors to the area are definitely not turned away. For locals and visitors that would like to join this small fraternity the fee is R250 a couple and R150 for a single person. This membership amount is good for one year and includes your membership to the museum.

Members can enjoy Wednesday and Friday evening Steak Nights at a special rate and non-members

pay the standard rate. The meat, 500g T- bone and 300g Filet, is fur-nished by Dave Ford himself and cooked to your preference on the newly built braai. Guests have a choice of eating in the Lapa or in-side Pikes Post with some people electing to eat inside Ploughman’s at the bar. Thursday nights are “Eat as much as you can” steak and chips and pub lunches are avail-able daily.

Sundays one experience the casual camaraderie of a bring n’

braai. The fire is provided and lo-cals gather with their meat and salads or purchase a braai pack from the bar. The Sunday braai is very popular particularly now due to the renovation of the Lapa area, you can enjoy the company, share food with your mates, listen to music and purchase your refresh-ments from the bar.

The Ploughman is open every day except Tuesdays. Dave opens the doors at noon and stays until the last person leaves to go home...

Bathurt’s best kept secret:

The Ploughman’s Pub

The Bathurst Country AffairTHE 2013 Bathurst Country Affair (BCA) is a fun-filled week-end scheduled for the 25th to the 27th of october that is set to feature good food, wine and lifestyle and entertainment for the whole fam-ily. organiser, Tanya Van Mierlo Schenk, says this one of its kind event embrac-es sustainable liv-ing and encourages 'Green’ exhibitors. The unique event sees Celeb Chefs challenging local Chefs and Cooks and the event is held right throughout the village using all infrastructure avail-able.

“We have local Chefs and Cooks cooking three course meals at various pubs and venues in and around the vil-lage for the week-end as well as Ce-lebrity Chefs. Each diner gets to score their meal and at the end of the week-end we determine if the locals managed to beat the Celebri-ties. All these meals can be booked on-line via our website. We also have wine

tastings at our stun-ning art galleries where wine experts conduct a very spe-cial wine affair with visitors.

“There are also a multitude of satel-lite events including the Annual Wait-ron Race, Pineapple Throwing Competi-tion, Mountain Bike Challenge, Wheels and Hooves Parade, Horse & Pony Amaz-ing Adventure Run and so much more. The two beneficia-ries of the event are The Sunshine Coast Feeding Scheme and Nolukhanyo HIV/Aids Community Project, who now have almost 20 veg-gie gardens growing in the local town-ship!”, Tanya added.

Tanya started the event as she saw a need to promote Bathurst, especially during the quiet months. “I am pas-sionate about put-ting Bathurst on the map whilst at the same time embrac-ing and protecting the 'village' feel and vibe. I am also ex-tremely motivated to see the entire community unite

and work towards one common goal and to see local ini-tiatives supported,” Tanya said.

Just over four years ago Tanya visited Bathurst with her sister and simply fell in love with the people and the village. “As a re-sult of that visit, my sister packed up her life in Scotland

and moved here, I bought a home and moved here and our youngest child was schooled at the local farm school before moving to Graha-mstown for High School. My husband loves it here too and we spend as much time together here as possible. It is tru-ly a gem of a village offering a family like

community who truly take care of one another.” Tanya concluded.

Visit http://www.bathurstcountryaf-

fair.co.za/ for more information or like their Facebook page to be kept abreast of all the develop-ments leading up to this stunning annual event where Local is Lekka!

25th – 27th OctoberGood Family Fun

Good FoodGood Wine

Entertainment GaloreCeleb Chefs challenge Local Chefs

Mountain Bike ChallengeHooves Parade

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NOW OPENPORT ALFRED HOSPICE SHOP

The Shop will now be open everyWednesday from 9 am to 12 pm.

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SUNSHINE COAST HOSPICEUrgently require stock for their charity shop. We

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TREASURE

WOOL NEEDEDSunshine Coast Hospiceis in urgent need of wool

For their ladies who knit and crochetjerseys for the patients

Any wool is most welcomeContact Karen on (046) 624 4107

HEALTH

Energy for Lifeholistic health practice.

Yoga therapy sessions, Energymassages, Ecopsychology and

Take Time Out Retreats.Contact Maya Lloyd on 082 393 9250

energyforlifemaya@gmail.com

LAWNMOWERS

LAWNMOWERSJ J Lawnmowers

For all repairs and spares salesPetrol, Electric Mowers, Weed Eaters and Brush Cutters.

Also buffing service (all sorts make it shine again),sharpening kitchen knives, cutting blades

6 Keey Street, Port AlfredContact Johan on 072 879 4910

Nurseries

LUCERNE

QUALITY LUCERNEFOR SALE

Call Andries on 082 445 0978 Depot close to Grahamstown

Deliveries within Sunshinedistribution area

“Invest right when it matters most”

Cherrywood NurseryKenton-on-Sea

• Lots of New Plants in Stock•Vegetable, Herb and Indigenous Seedlings•Now Managed by Gayle BennetteTel: 046 648 1732 | Fax: 046 648 2378 Email: cherrywoodnursery@gmail.com

COMPUTER SERVICES

COMPUCAREComputers(Pty)Ltd70 Southwell Road

Port AlfredTel: 046 624 8295

office@compucarecomputers.co.za

FOR SALE

GESTURES OF LOVEMERYL HOWES

Can be purchased from:Com Office / Decadent / Root 72

& Natures Way @ R50-00 eaCell: 076 379 2151Tel: 046 604 0463

FOR SALEMountain Bike 26” Wheels – 21 speed

Front Disc BrakeShock Absorbers, front and rearTachograph – Pump & Helmet

ALMOST BAND NEWContact: 046 624 1853 / 083 285 2208

cleaning

HOUSE TO LET/RENTSunny 2 bedroom home in new

Port Alfred retirement village to let.Occupation: 1 October

R3500 per month (excl l & w )SHORT LEASE AVAILABLEPlease contact (046) 624-1853

HAIR STUDIO

Lets be Blunt - a geometric bobwith fringe adds up to a Funky

Style Statement. Is this for you? Contact Deb at

ManeTamers HAIR STUDIO,Bathurst, 076 291 2144.

Sunshine

Visit Usat

22 Wharf Street,Port Alfred

Tel: 046 624 4591Cell: 082 676 1742

Do you have jobs, cars for sale, services, pets, property, community notices, or other things to advertise? Blast your advert in your community newspaper! It pays to advertise! To book your

advert space call 082 676 1742

7Sunshine Escape :: 13 September 2013

On the diaryEVERY MONDAY 16h30 to 17h30 - The Department of Music and Musicology would like to invite you the 2013 ‘Sound Thinking’ research seminar series, where postgraduate students and staff from the Department will present research with which they are currently engaged.These weekly research seminars will take place in the Beethoven Room in the Department of Music and Musicology.

13th September – Fish Braai @ Port Alfred & Ski Boat Club. From 12. All are welcome and prices are very affordable

19th September - Lower Albany Historical Society. Outing to Salem and Lindale farm.

20th September – The Hiking Group Outing @ Robby’s 07h00. The outing will be a beach walk from Bokness to Bushman’s. Bring R30.00 to cover any entrance fee that may be charged + R20.00 for petrol contribution. For more information contact Cathy Abbott on aloes.ec@gail.com or 083 399 2926

24th September – The Engela Neethling Kowie Boerewors Championships – In Wharf Street. Stalls, beer hall, live entertainment, bands, jumping castles, competitions, etc. Book your stalls by emailing terryk@telkomsa.net or call on 046 624 4591 or visit us at 22 Wharf Street, Port Alfred

26th September – U3A Port Alfred @ Don Powis Hall, Settlers Park, 9.30 for 10.00 Nolutho Mbolekwa will deliver a fascinating talk on aspects of Xhosa Culture.. All welcome. Enquiries Len 046 624 4220

30th September – The Hiking Group Outing @ Robby’s 07h00. The outing will be at Watersmeet. Bring R30.00 to cover any entrance fee that may be charged + R20.00 for petrol contribution. For more information contact Cathy Abbott on aloes.ec@gail.com or 083 399 2926

4th October - Classics at the Castle- Springtime Sax Soiree @ Richmond House 17h30. With talented French sax player, Paul Richard.Tickets (R60) on sale at Kowie News Agency from Monday 16 September.

12th October - Stride with Pride for Hospice - Eighty countries will acknowledge World Hospice Day. To this end Sunshine Coast Hospice in Port Alfred will hold an inaugural walk over 7 days. Starting on the 6th of Oct, PortAlfred to Kleinemonde

18th October – The Hiking Group Outing @ Robby’s 07h00. The outing will be at a beach walk at The Fish River Lighthouse. Bring R30.00 to cover any entrance fee that may be charged + R20.00 for petrol contribution. For more information contact Cathy Abbott on aloes.ec@gail.com or 083 399 2926

18th October – The Hiking Group Outing @ Robby’s 07h00. The outing will be at a beach walk at Belton. Bring R30.00 to cover any entrance fee that may be charged + R20.00 for petrol contribution. For more information contact Cathy Abbott on aloes.ec@gail.com or 083 399 2926

13th November – The Hiking Group Outing @ Robby’s 07h00. The outing will be at Mosslands. Bring R30.00 to cover any entrance fee that may be charged + R20.00 for petrol contribution. For more information contact Cathy Abbott on aloes.ec@gail.com or 083 399 2926

21st November - Lower Albany Historical Society. Iindoor meeting at Don Powis, Settler’s Park

26th November – The Hiking Group Outing @ Robby’s 07h00. The outing will be The Christmas Breakfast at the Fish River Sun – All partners welcome. Bring R30.00 to cover any entrance fee that may be charged + R20.00 for petrol contribution. For more information contact Cathy Abbott on aloes.ec@gail.com or 083 399 2926

Email your events, at no cost to publish, before 2pm on Tuesdays, to terryk@telkomsa.net or drop the info off at our offices at 22 Wharf Street, Port Alfred.

Tickets: (Adults) R25, (Kids under 13) R20. Tuesday Specials - R12.50pp

NOW SHOWING: 13 SEPTEMBER 2013 to 19 SEPTEMBER 2013CINE 1 WE’RE THE MILLERS NU METRo(16 DLS ) 1h50min ComedyTue - Sat 11h00 15h00 19h00Sun 14h00 17h00

CINE 2 DESPICABLE ME 2 UIP(PG) 1h38min Animation,Comedy,AdventureTue - Sat 11h00 15h00 19h00Sun 14h00 17h00

Motoring mattersBy Erich Adendorff

Royal Port Alfred Golf Club

For further info visit www.rosehillmall.co.za or Facebook: rosehill malltel / Fax: 046 624 1436

WEEKLY RESULTSDATE: Wednesday 04/09/2013SPoNSoR: BUCoCoMPETITIoN: Individual Med-alNo oF PLAYERS: 75VISIToRS: Louis Botha – Vrede G C; Tony Gordon – Stellenbosch G CResults:1st: Gordon Bunting - 642nd: Andrew Meyer - 653rd: Viv Jordan - 664th: Noel Stötter - 665th: Niel Loundar - 68Two Clubs:6th: D McElwee. C Poulton, B Shaw, A Nel8th: N Loundar, J Muggeridge, T Wagner, C Reed, V Jordan11th: W Solz13th: L Evans, R Gobey, T Taylor, R ClaytonBest Gross: 75 – Gordon Bunting & Andrew MeyerBest Nett: 64 – Gordon BuntingNearest the Pins:Debonairs Pizza – 6th: Bob Shaw.Kowie River Cruises – 8th: Colin ReedThe Wharf Street Brew Pub – 11th: Anton GouwsPA River & Ski Boat Club - 13th: Leon EvansWimpy Longest Drive - #5th: Leon NellVW Market Square- Nearest the

pin for 2 on 1st: Dennis McElweeJackpot: Basil DukasDATE: Saturday 07/09/2013SPoNSoR: Viv Jordan Golf DayCoMPETITIoN: Better Ball MedalNo oF PLAYERS: 88VISIToRS: Mike Pullen – The Hill G C; Alan Carstens & FNB GroupResults:1st: Clive Holloway, Arjan Sap - 602nd: Trevor Taylor, Mike Pullen - 613rd: Mike Legg, Rocky Rowe - 614th: Earl Tsolekile, Nathi Mba-bela - 62Two Clubs:6th: G Lake, M Pullen, D Broede-let8th: E Tsolekile, J Kew11th: P Longhurst, L Nell13th: B WrightBest Gross: 72 – John KewBest Nett: 67 - Mike Legg & Arjan Sap Nearest the Pins:Mooifontein Quarry – 6th: Nathi MbabelaPA River & Ski Boat Club – 8th: P oppermanPA Brick Works – 11th: Leon NellThe Wharf Street Brew & Pub - 13th: Wayne GordonWimpy Longest Drive - #7th: Brian WrightDouglas Green – Nearest the Pin for 2 on 1st: Brian Wright

Jackpot: Earl Tsolekile1820’s2013 - 1820 Championships played over 2 days:DATE: Monday 02/09/2013RESULTS:1st: Louis v.d. Walt – 282nd: Dennis McElwee – 273rd: Ted Baines – 26Nearest to the Pins:6th: Geoff Handley8th: Brian Robinson11th: Nick v.d. Merwe2 Clubs:3rd: Dennis McElwee11th: Nick v.d. Merwe13th: Geoff HandleyDATE: THURSDAY 05/09/2013RESULTS:1st: Peter Philips – 292nd: Nick v.d. Merwe – 293rd: Dave Page – 29Nearest to the Pins:6th: Geoff Handley8th: Dave Page11th: Dave Fraser2 Clubs:6th: Geoff Handley8th: Ernie Clough, Dave PageoVERALL WINNERS:1st: Nick v.d. Merwe – 552nd: Dave Page – 52 (Defending champion)Forthcoming Events: Friday 13th to Monday 16th: Course Closed (only 9 holes available)Wednesday 18th: Pick `n Pay – 4 Ball Alliance

For two consecutive years Toyota has proudly been on the podium of the Dakar Rally which is one of the most gruelling tests for any vehicle, whether a two or four wheeler. The latest addition to the range of the Toyota LDV’s is the Toyota Hilux Dakar. I had the pleasure of test driving this3.DD-4D Double Cab 4x2 to the Fish River.

Powered by a three litre turbo-charged diesel motor and com-bined with a five speed transmis-sion, performance is excellent and the torque is above average. I did not have to gear down at all during the 20 minute trip, despite having to slow down for snail-paced traf-fic. Unfortunately, I was not able to

test the vehicle on gravel because the vehicle was brand new and I couldn’t risk damaging the paint job.

My first impression of the ap-pearance was What’s not to like? I can detect no shortfall in this cat-egory. The interior is well designed with lots of standard extras and

the seating is comfortable, leather seats with height adjustment. A very capable, endurable and reli-able vehicle, as the Dakar Rally proves.

Johan Potgieter and his capable sales team from Kowie Toyota in Main Street will be able to fur-nish you with more technical data. Needless to say, Toyota’s legendary reliability is not in question, as and they have proven themselves to be one of the best bakkies available.

Motoring tip for the week: Check all the lights on your vehicle regu-larly, faulty lights have been the cause of many an accident.

Cheers,Erich

CoNGRATULATIoNS to Greg and El-zette Reed on being awarded the Man-gold Floating Trophy by the Bathurst Con-servation Committee and sponsors for The Best Conserved And Utilized Farm, 2012.

Mangold Floating Trophy

Kowie FM has recently experienced some seri-ous technical damage as a result from vandal-ism at our transmitter site in Bathurst. This is why we have had major power problems and low broadcast volume. In order for us to be back at our full strength we need to have our equipment sent for repairs on the 9th September, and we will unfortunately be off-air for a few days until we have our equipment back, and up and running.We apologise to all our awesome listeners who

have shown such dedication and loy-alty to our commu-nity radio station, and to our advertis-ers who continue to support us through tough times.We will be back and making waves with-in the week. Our audio streaming will still be pumping

some great music throughout....go to www.kowiefm.co.zaBut stay close to your radio, because we WILL be back within the week.For more info or feedback please contact 046-624-2399 or e-mail manager@kowiefm.co.za

Kowie FM announcement

IN the ninth round of the Port Alfred River and Ski Boat Club’s rock and surf round robin, held on Saturday the 7th of Septem-ber, 66.1 kg of edible fish were caught and all were success-fully released. This is a notable increase when compared to re-cent catches. The fishing area was from the West pier to Sand Rock and the angler fished in reasonable conditions. There was a light easterly breeze with warm clean water but a rough and surging sea. Together with a number of individual anglers, ten teams of four competed, catching eight different species.

Darian Keeton won the prize for the Top Individual Angler with a bag weight of 11.1 kg.

He also took the hon-ours for the Heaviest White Musselcracker (2.8 kg), the Heaviest White Steenbras (3.4 kg), which turned out to be the Heavi-est Fish of the day. Second prize went to Deon Marais for his bag weight of 7.4 kg. Karen Kemp once again did the ladies proud, coming in third overall with a respectable bag weigh-ing 5.7 kg. Terry Stewart caught the heaviest blacktail 1.4 kg, Darryl olivier caught the heavi-est black musselcracker 1.9 kg, Jeremy Smith the heaviest ze-bra 1.1 kg as well as the heavi-

est karanteen 0.7 kg. Paul knight the heavi-est yellowbelly rock-cod 1.2kg and Doug-las olivier caught the heaviest catface rock-cod, a terrific speci-men weighing 1.7 kg which also won the Sotheby’s catch of the day. The masters sec-tion (over 55’s),was won by Douglas ol-

ivier with a bag weight of 2.5 kg and Brendon Marais won the U21 section with 3.6 kg. Karen Kemp won the ladies section with her 5.7 kg bag and Luke van Wyk won the U16 section with a single blacktail which weighed 1.2 kg.

The team with the winning IGFA points on the day was Team 6, consisting of Deon and Brendon Marais and Craig and Andrew Du Toit. Second was Team 1,being Adrian Bezuiden-hout, Niall Borland, Leonard Bodill and Jeremy Smith. Third place went to Team 2, Len Tit-muss, Dave and Karen Kemp and Ryan Reeves. In the Round Robin League, Team 1 beat Team 2, Team 3 beat Team 10, Team 4 beat Team 9, Team 8 beat Team 5 and Team 6 beat Team 7.

The next PARSC Rock and Surf Competition will be the KTP Species Competition to be held over open Areas on the 28th and 29th of September.

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STUNNING weather and a mass of sup-porters set the scene for a fantastic day along the Kowie River in Port Alfred last Saturday. The men’s crew of the University of Pretoria (Tuks) and the women’s crew from the University of Cape Town (UCT) stuck perfectly to the script, as they romped to victory in the USSA National Institutional Boat Race Championship.

It was a day on which the two uni-versities cemented their reputations as leaders on the South African university rowing front. For the Tuks men it was a case of defending the title they won last year and their fifth consecutive win, while the Tuks women and UCT men finished runners-up in their respective A finals. There was some consolation for the male and female rowers of the University of Johannesburg, as both crews took home bronze medals.

2012 olympic gold medallist, John Smith, was overjoyed with the way he and his fellow Tuks crew mem-bers performed on the day. “The thing

about Tuks is that we want to lift the standard every year. We don’t want to become complacent, which is why we always come down here and put on our best show,” he said.

The Boat Race brings together top South African universities to compete in crew versus crew clashes in a num-ber of different categories for men and women. As the event has grown it has also blossomed into an opportunity for novice rowers to enhance their skills and gain invaluable experience. Sean Kerr, a Trustee of student rowing, was excited by the improved standard of rowing that was on display this year.

After the races, thousands of univer-sity students celebrated late into the night and early morning, as has be-come the custom with this event. The electric atmosphere that engulfed Port Alfred throughout the weekend was something to behold. With the fun and festivities having come and gone, the rowers will begin preparations for next year, when the Kowie will again play host to the most important university boat race in the country.

Tuks and UCT Cruise to Boat Race Victories

Rock and Surf fishing improved

The Tuks men's crew rowing to the finish line and another superb victory

The festivities along the river bank.

John Smith, South Africa’s Olympic Gold Medalist in 2012, grinning in delight at his crew’s performance

The Tuks men;s crew celebrating their victory

The victorious UCT women’s crew accepting their prize.