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A GROUP of dedicated learners and tutors gave up their short school holiday in September in order to improve on their school work and to prepare for the fi -nal grade 11 and 12 school ex-ams.A total of 17 children and 20 tu-tors were involved in a week of academic coaching. Revision School 2013 took place in the old teaching block at St Anne’s College, Hilton, where the corri-dors buzzed with the sound of teaching and occasional laugh-ter.Two boys, Thobane Mdlala and Sandile Ndlovu, were sponsored by ASP Tutoring to attend Revi-sion School. These two young men are from Mpophomeni High School and are actively involved in the local initiative,

Funda Nenja, which was start-ed in 2009. Roughly translated, it means ‘learning with the dog’. Thobane and Sandile were two of the fi rst handlers to join Fun-da Nenja and these youngsters have been identifi ed by that or-ganisation as having leadership skills and being good role mod-els in their community. Jayne Goetsch heard about Revision School and approached ASP Tu-toring, requesting sponsorship of the boys so that they could gain confi dence in their sub-jects from the academic coach-ing provided. The boys benefi ted from the very low tu-tor-to-learner ratio. Highly qualifi ed and experienced subject specialists gave of their

time freely, in order to teach Sandile and Thobane. Some of the subjects requested for the boys were not offered at Revi-sion School – but Lindi Redfern arranged for subject specialists to come in and teach the boys. Sandile and Thobane joined learners from 14 different high schools in the greater Pieter-maritzburg area for a worth-while week of academic study. They are wished everything of the best in their forthcoming exams.

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ANGELS’ Care is a Non-Profi t Or-ganisation supporting some 200 to 250 indigent children from infor-mal settlements within a few kilo-metres of Howick business centre.Amber Valley residents became aware of a situation whereby An-gels’ Care were unable to continue feeding scholars who were cared for after school hours. To this end they undertook to provide a mid-

day meal for scholars on one day a week.Recently the Amber Valley/Angels’ Care Support Group arranged a morning tea. Pre-Primary School children provided joyful enter-tainment. The Amber Valley uMn-geni Hospital Teddy Bear Support Group donated hand knitted toys to the ‘performers’.

Thobane and Sandile at revision school.

(Front) Angels’ Care singers and (back) Mesdames Elizabeth Zondi, Deputy Chairman, Angels’ Care; Muriel Butler and Gil

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ON 28th September, Liberty Midlands Mall was showered with birthday blessings as part of their 10th Birthday celebra-tions. The inclement weath-er did not deter the hundreds of Pietermaritzburg residents who poured in to support the mall on their milestone. The crowd was enthralled as they moved to the majes-tic sounds of Khaya Mthethwa and The Arrows. Not deterred by the cold wet weather shop-pers joined co-emcee Fezile Makhanya outside for the re-leasing of hundreds of balloons into the air.Hundreds of prizes were giv-en away at this mesmerizing event that celebrated 10 years of excellent shopping by one of Pietermaritzburg’s favou-rite malls.    Amongst the priz-

es on the day was a Toyota Yaris which was won by Johan van der Walt. He was more than de-lighted to be the proud owner of a brand new car. The holiday getaway to Thailand was won by an ecstatic Lungile Thande-ka Mazibuko.

National Cupcake Day was also celebrated at the mall with thousands of beautifully deco-rated cupcakes sold in aid of children with cancer.  There was even a raffl e for two giant cupcakes at the stand.  “Liberty Midlands Mall would

like to thank everyone who braced the cold weather to cel-ebrate their 10 year birthday party. We endeavour to keep de-livering an exceptional shop-ping experience for the next 10 years and more” says Umi Khan.

A fantastic 10 year celebration for Liberty Midlands Mall

FORUM’S favourite, Patricia Glyn, was back on stage at the August meeting to talk about her journey with the Bushmen. Two years ago she met Dawid Kruiper, the then 76-year-old leader of the Khomani,

the last surviving Bushman tribe. Dawid longed to revisit their sites of symbolic importance before he died so Patricia mortgaged her house, rounded up her team and set off on yet another adventure.

Having been free to roam the African continent for thousands of years, persecution, war and slavery forced the Bushmen to re-treat to the Kalahari where they became showpieces. Dawid and his brother, Buks, were anxious to show their children and grand-children how their legendary grandfather, Makai, had lived and the survival skills he had taught them. They also yearned to re-visit the Khomanis’ ancient birth, death and burial sites. The jour-ney proved to be a life-changing experience for Patricia and her view of the terrain changed from it being a barren wilderness to a bountiful provider. Living with three generations of Bushmen in the Kalahari for two months gave her a very different perspective of the desert and an appreciation of the value of an amazing peo-ple who have been forced to live under appalling circumstances. The Bushmen have a reciprocity with nature. “They are of the landscape and belong to the land,” said Patricia. “They constant-

ly observe the environment; they know how to read animal behaviour; they use the sand as their daily newspaper; they under-stand the medicinal and nutritious value of plants; they eat only when hungry; no food is ever wasted, and they always thank a plant when they take from it.”Patricia grew to love these people. She found them to be great actors, mimics and storytellers, and she came to understand their pain at being separated from the land. She was appalled to fi nd the human rights abuse and the situation of the last remain-ing Bushmen which has led them to drown their pain in alcohol. Dawid entrusted Pa-tricia with his secret which had been in the family for 100 years, and this she has shared in her latest book entitled What Da-wid Knew – A Journey with the Kruipers. Patricia has set up a trust for the Khoma-nis, and fi fty percent of the proceeds from her book go to the trust. “I have a Bush-man on my shoulder for the rest of my life,” she said.

PATRICIA AND THE BUSHMEN

Hundreds of balloons were released in celebration

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A DRAW was held at Fairways on Main on the 21st September. Mr Sheldon Everton, assisted by Nokwazi Zimu from Pick n Pay, Fairways on Main drew the winning tick-ets. The fi rst prize, sponsored by the Fern Hill Hotel of a weekend for two in the Pres-idential suite, was won by Mr Tyron Allen Chetty. Mr Chetty is an insurance salesman from Gauteng. Tyron and his wife to be, Ni-colette, will be getting married soon and we hope they will use their prize for their hon-eymoon. The other prizes went to: Viars-en Rajah and Daryll Naidoo who each won a carvery for two at Fernhill. Kay Makan vouchers went to Brian Sosibo, Viarsen Rajah, Rowen, Rukesh Choultee and Savy Ruthanum. A big thank you to our sponsors of the prizes Mr Gion Poltero, owner of the Fernhill Hotel and Mr Kay Makan from Kay Makan Electronics.The Chamber, in association with Ethembe-ni HIV/AIDS Ministries, would like to wish Mr Caps Senjeveraj and his team of volun-teers all the best in their voyage in serv-ing the community through the Umngeni Community Health Services. The Chamber would like to thank, most sincerely, all

those who assisted with this venture. The Umgeni Hospital Band provided music for the morning and this brightened the drizzly day. Thank you to Mrs Pillay and the Nurs-es from Shekani School of Nursing, South African Blood Transfusion Services, The Et-hembeni AIDS/HIV team and the Orthope-dic team from the Dept of Health, North-dale Hospital and to all the volunteers who supported the cause. The Howick and Mid-lands Chamber of Commerce and Industry is pleased that the launch of this project was successful and we are happy to hand over to Mr Caps Senjaveraj and his Team.

Community Health Services Centre hosts lucky draw

Mr Tyron Chetty and Nicolette – the winners of the weekend for two at Fernhill.

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The Annual General Meeting of the HMCCI will take place at St Lukes Church Hall (please note change of venue) on 16th October 2013 at 6:00 for 6:30pm. For further information, please contact the Secretary on 076 984 7989.There have been successful projects undertaken in the last year and excit-ing new ventures are currently being investigated, particularly economic and skills development. Members of the public are en-couraged to at-tend. It is only with the support of the Communi-ty that the Aims and Obectives of the Chamber can be realised and the Execu-tive Committee would be pleased to hear your views and ideas.

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SOME 60 members, husbands and guests enjoyed a Mad Hat-ter’s Tea Party, beginning mid morning with the most delicious cakes and savouries, tea or cof-fee. Everyone was invited to come in a suitably mad hat. Priz-es were awarded for the mad-dest hat and lots of raffl e prizes added to the fun.Ten tables of six were attrac-tively decorated by the commit-tee members with playing cards

and fl owers arranged in teapots. There was a competition to fi nd the dormouse, which was fi nally found asleep in a teapot. Where else!Each table had two minutes to commit to memory the items laid out on a tray with prizes for the winners.Renowned Quiz Master, Bob Sav-age had everyone attempting to recall those well known stories and ditties of their childhood as

he posed questions based on Al-ice in Wonderland and Nursery Rhymes. Yet more prizes were awarded to the winners. The fi nger buffet lunch accom-panied by wine, fruit punch or juice, was much enjoyed by all, with an amazing Mad Hatter’s Birthday Cake for dessert.Annual donations to various charities were presented to the Charity Representatives proving that the Nottingham Road W.I.

doesn’t only spend time hav-ing fun but also spends time helping others.This month we have been delighted to welcome four new members. We meet on the second Tuesday of ev-ery month at 9:30am in the Farmers’ Hall in Notting-ham Road. On October 8th we shall be meeting at Mi-

chaelhouse School where the Music Department will entertain us. This is such a very popular event that it has become an an-nual outing.New members are most wel-come. If you want further infor-mation please contact the Pres-ident, Mrs. Dee Tallents on 073 244 8221 or bigpond1@mweb.co.za

Nottingham Road Women’s Institute celebrates its 83rd birthday

This photo of yet another traffic jam on the N3 was taken by Peter Barendsen on Tuesday 1st October.

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PEOPLE on their way to work on Friday 4th October were a little puzzled to receive a box of popcorn by Hirsch’s Pietermaritzburg staff. It was a lovely sunny morning and the puz-zled travellers soon turned to happy travellers with boxes of popcorn to nibble on. Defi nite-ly a cure for those traffi c jams. The team of Hirsch’s staff was very enthusiastic about this feel good act and there were smiles all round.

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THE Lions River Heritage Soci-ety will be hosting a talk by local resident, Darryl David, on “Ka-roo Churches” on Sunday 13th October 2013.The event is scheduled for 10:00 for 10:30am tea, with the talk commencing at 11:00am.The venue will be the Lecture Room at Howick High School, with parking available in the staff parking area.The talk will be accompanied by an audio-visual presentation.In 2010, Darryl David and

Philippe Menache published 101 Country Churches of South Afri-ca.As mainstream publishers were sceptical about the subject’s popularity, the two went ahead on their own.To date, they have subsequent-ly sold out four editions, and last year produced a second volume, A Platteland Pilgrimage: 102 Country Churches of South Af-rica.A lecturer in the Afrikaans De-partment at the local campus,

Mr David is also a well known contributor to The Witness, and the founder of Booktown Rich-mond and the Midlands Literary Festival in Howick.For more information and to buy a copy of the books, contact Dar-ryl David at cowboys@sai.co.za or 081-391 8689. The books may be available at the talk.Non-members of the Society are very welcome and will be re-quired to pay R10.00 each.For enquiries please phone Rus-sell Barnes on 033-330 6000.

Howick talk on “Karoo Churches” by Darryl David

A VERY successful fi rst meeting of the newly formed Howick Hos-pice Bereavement Support Group was held recently. It was well at-tended and it was generally de-cided to hold all future meetings on the second Monday of every month. These will take place at

Howick Hospice House, 7 Mans-fi eld Road, at 10.00am.Please be aware that these meet-ings are open to everyone and are not only for the bereaved of Hospice patients.The next meeting will take place on Monday 14th October,

at 10.00am at Howick HospiceHouse, 7 Mansfi eld Road.For further enquiries please con-tact Ronnie Brooks on 033-3303943/072 416 7515 or Lynn Tay-lor on 033-239 5187/082  8510902.

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THE next meeting of the Hilton Garden Club will take place on Tuesday 15th October 2013 at “Pipkin Farm”, the home of Bri-an Horne who will talk to us on growing vegetables. Time is 9:30

for 10:00am. Directions:   Take the Dargle turn-off from the R103 – just be-fore Piggly Wiggly. Turn left at the ‘Hebron Haven’ sign. Pipkin Farm is signposted just before

the entrance to the Hebron Ha-ven Hotel. For more information contact the convenor Jenny Hoepfl on 033-343 4119.

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THE next Bingo/Coffee morning of the Midlands Seniors Club will be held at Fern Hill Hotel on Thursday 10th October at 9:30 for 10:00am. Come and enjoy the friendship, there is always a Lucky Draw; and stay for an enjoyable lunch, especially for Bingo.

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Saturday 12th October: Sim-ple Cooking for Kids from 11:00am to 12:00pm in Hirsch PMB Mini Kitchen. Booking essential. Contact Victoria Laubscher on 033-345 3221 or victoria@hirsch.co.zaSunday 13th October: Bird-Life KZN morning outing to Queen Elizabeth Park at 6:30am. Co-ordinator David Cramton on 082 771 7274.Sunday 13th October: Howick Falls Art and Craft Market at Goddard Park from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Come and do your shopping or just browse round all the stalls for that home-made item you have al-ways wanted. Visit the Falls, have a picnic and enjoy a day out in The Hub of the Mid-lands.Sunday 13th October: Curry’s Post Conservancy Walk from 9:00 to 11:00am. Explore a different part of this area each month. Contact Sar-ah Allen to book on 076 578 2941. R20 donation to Curry’s Post Conservancy.Tuesday 15th October: Bill Barnes Nature Reserve Walk, Nottingham Road, from 9:00

to 11:00am. Opportunity to visit this area not usually open to the public. Contact Warwick Fraser to book on 084 779 5375. R20 donation to Crane Conservation.Tuesday 15th October: Ad-justing to being a new Mum? Come to our free talk by Coun-selling Psychologist, Shannon Land. Time: 9:00am – Meet up Mums at Howick Community Church. For more information contact Ady on 082 385 7082.Wednesday 16th October: BirdLife KZN evening meet-ing at Umgeni Valley. Sonja Krueger on ‘Bearded Vultures – wilderness dependent.’Sunday 20th October: Wom-en in Business long walk from Notties to Corner Post in Ho-wick. A total of 37kms in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness. For more information go to www.womeninbusiness.org.zaHilton Masonic Lodge: Regu-lar Meeting at Azalea Road, Hilton, at 7:00pm. Visitors welcome. Contact the Sec-retary J. Forrest on 072 371 6301 or 033-343 2196

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JAMES David Picton24.01.1930 – 1.10.2013

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The Mortimer Toyota Mixed Fours Bowls Tournament held at the Mooi River Coun-try Club on Sunday, 29th September, got off to a chilly start. That applied only to the weather because the atmosphere on the greens was warm with friendly rivalry and chilly weather could not dampen the spir-its of the players.Twenty four teams from Wartburg, Pieter-

maritzburg, Howick and Estcourt joined the members of Mooi River Bowls Club for the tournament. After three games of twelve ends each the winners of the main prizes sponsored by Mortimer Toy-ota were Dave and Roni Bearpark, Squire Flint and Zelda Siebert from Lynnwood Park. Second place went to Paul and Di Pringle, Norman Cole and Glyn Evans from Mooi River. Dennis and Kathy Lariv-iere, Pat Fleet and Tony Ward from Ho-wick won third prize. Session prizes were pockets of potatoes sponsored by Ivan-hoe Farming.Mooi River Bowls Club has a tabs-in game every Saturday afternoon and so-cial bowls on Wednesday afternoons. Anyone interested in playing bowls (be-ginners and experienced bowlers) should contact Toni Hanrahan on 072 158 3364.

Mortimer Toyota Mixed Fours Bowls Tournament

Our Annual General Meeting 2013/14:The meeting was held on the 28th Sep-tember 2013 and we are pleased to an-nounce that our new elected President is Bernice Burden. We wish her and her new committee a successful year.Our thanks goes to the outgoing commit-tee headed by Dave Truscott for a year full of interesting bowls.Competitions:“Chicken Day” Tabs In competition spon-sored by Greendale Spar, will be held on Wednesday 6th October, 1:15 for 1:30. Whites.The Moffatt Optical all day competition will be held on the 20th October, any one wanting to put in a team is very wel-come, please phone Bernice Burden 033 2392251

Club DutiesRefreshments: 5th - 11th October - Colin BurdenTab Duties2nd - 8th October - Terry Elmer & Tim Waring9th - 15th October - Piet van Rensburg & Barbara BrookSocial BowlsEvery Wednesday and Saturday tabs in by 1:15pm. WhitesEvery Tuesday morning tabs in by 8:15am, casual dress. Visitors most welcome.Free coaching takes place on a regular basis. For any enquiries please contact:John Withers - 033 2395376, Graeme Cameron - 033 3303457, Hilary Williams - 033 3303992, Barry Bedworth - 033 2395445

UMGENI WATERFALL BOWLING CLUB

With the Summer months upon us, and the heat over the past week, it has been quiet around the “Greens”.FORTHCOMING COMPETITIONS:Friday 11th October: Halfway Toyota:” tabs-in-trips ” ( Dress Whites), tabs close 1.30p.m. (Playing Members are asked to please bring a plate of eats.) Visitors are most welcome.Friday 25th October: Scottish Leader: “tabs-in trips” (Dress Whites), tabs close 1.30p.m. Visitors welcome.Sunday 27th October: Hilton Quarry Spar/Specsavers Mixed Fours. An invitation is extended to our neigh-bours from Hilton to join us whilst their “Greens” are having the Spring treat-

ment. Our coaches are available every Monday, new bowlers always welcome. Please contact Allan Dakers, cell: 0784455417 or Dennis Lariviere, cell: 0832710100. Social Bowls:Tuesday morning tabs in before 8.15 a.m. (Dress casual). Thursday’s afternoon tabs in before 1.30 p.m. – ( Dress - casual.)Saturday social tabs in before 1.30 pm. ( Dress - Whites. ) We welcome visitors and new members. Ladies Tea duty (October): Barbara Fann & team. Tab Duty: 12th October: Peter Bailie.

HOWICK BOWLING CLUB

MEMBERS attending the social on Friday evening are reminded that proceedings will get underway round about 6:00pm. Please remember to bring a plate of sa-voury snacks to share.Last Saturday afternoon saw some excite-ment at the club. An initial report was re-ceived that the club house was on fi re! When Des Morrish arrived on the scene he saw that the fi re was actually con-fi ned to the verge of the N3 beyond the club boundary. A huge fi re engine was parked in the club grounds and the crew was busy damping down the smouldering remains of the veld grass along the fence. Neighbours had reacted in dedicated community spirit. One had promptly sum-moned the fi re-fi ghters and three young men, Daniel, David and Peter from the ad-joining townhouse complexes were using a garden hose to douse fl ames.Our sincere thanks to all for their concern and assistance. No damage was done to the club premises, but it may take some months for the reek of burnt grass to leave the club house.Janice Shipway has made use of the ren-ovation period to do some tidying up in the gardens, which are looking splendid. Thanks Janice.The other work is proceeding smooth-ly and we should be back in business on 14th October.The postponed Queen’s Cup competition will be played on 19th October. To get your name onto the entry list, call George Oldham (033-343 4345) or Derick Hull (033-343 2901).

Levelling and top dressing will begin this week.Response to the invitation to join our off-season social was intense and the forty available places were snapped up over-night. We cannot accommodate any more for this event.While you are idling away the hours and waiting to start playing again, you may like to test your knowledge of the game. Pull out the Laws of Bowls booklet and familiarise yourself with the measure-ments applicable to our game. Find an-swers to these questions: How far must a bowl travel to be a legal delivery? How long is a legal end, from the front edge of the mat to the mat-side of the jack? How wide must a rink be? These distances are important and it is incumbent on any se-rious bowler to know them.To those members who are visiting our neighbours during the closure, good bowling.

HILTON BOWING CLUB

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Thursday 3rd October was the Midlands Greensomes Nel Hean Memorial Trophy which was held at Howick Golf Club and organized by the Howick Lady Golfers.This was a fundraiser for WES-SA/Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve. We are glad to announce that we raised R2000. We would like to

thank Simone Raymond fordonating the Prizes and to Brigid Kippen and her committee for all their hard work.1st. J. Chimombe and P. Truter on 46 points; 2nd. Y. Otto and M. Todd on 42 points who counted out; 3rd. E. Millican and S. Bryan; ;4th. C. Walter and B. Antonic on 41 points;

Nearest the pin 1/10 M. Todd and 5/14 G. Griffi ths The raffl e was won by Stan Carruthers.Thursday 10th October is a Bonus Bogey. Duty Offi cer Denise Watling.Ladies please could you all attend to our AGM on Thursday 17th Oc-tober at 5:30pm.

Wednesday 2nd October 2013 - In-dividual stablefordWinner - K, Morris - 39 - PtsRunner up - Sue Hewitt - 37 PtsThird Place - S. De Gaspary - 35 Pts Saturday 5th October 2013Individual Stableford.Winner - J. White - 39 - PtsRunner Up - D. Ross - 37 Pts

Third Position - G. Keevil - 37 Pts. Competitions every Wednesday and Saturday - EVERYONE WEL-COME.Tuesday Special - 2 Green Fees in-cluding cart ONLY R300. Play Sakabula Golf Course. Expe-rience the Warm and Friendly Golf Club and the fabulous Golf Course.

The ONLY 18 hole Golf Course in the KZN Midlands - Come and see for Yourself. Bookings - Call 033 330 6751 or 033 330 2550 or www.sakabula.co.zaExcellent Membership rates and Playing rates that fi t your budget - call and ask for Gene.

Howick Ladies Golf

Sakabula Golf Club Results.

Five students from Howick were chosen to represent Natal in the International Championships which were held in Kempton Park on

the 3rd and 4th October. They were Bronwen Havard; Mike Pike; Ryan Van Wyk; Dillon Harwood; (not in picture Clifton School - Tyla Peens) and their Instructor: Andre Strydom. The club would

like to thank the following for helping get a hamper together to raf-fle: Honeydew Dairies, Melda Dairy, Far End Dairy, Pick & Pay CBD,

Delish Dish, Hair Zone, Merrivale

Butchery, Village Pharmacy, Green-

dale Spar and AA Gas Services, family and

friends.

Students represent Howick in Ju-Jitsu Championships

WEDNESDAY 2nd October 3 Ball Alliance Sponsored by Howick Pharmacy: 1st: P.Hodkin, R.Comrie, N. Beard 90pts; 2nd: D.Carr, P. Lees, D.Kitshoff 85pts; 3rd: T. Shaw, C.Bruden, T.Scheepers 84pts; 4th: P.Anders, B.Dixon, C.Goodenough 84pts; 5th: L.Keating, J.Viljoen, G.Wessels 82 pts; 2 Clubs: V.Wessels, G.Wessels; Nearest the Pin 1/10: V.Wessels; Nearest the Pin 5/14: V.Wessels.Friday 4 October Vultures VS The Rest Of The World Sponsored by Harvard House Investment Group:1st: B.Cook,   M Thomson 52 pts; 2nd: V.J.Ross,   J.Zondi 48 pts c/o; 3rd: S.Carruthers,   W.Carruthers 48 pts; 4th: C.Edwards,   A.Hem-pel 47pts c/o; 5th: P. Mitchell,   J.Blunt 47 pts; Nearest the Pin 1st:

S.Rowley; Nearest the Pin 10th: N.Pickering; Nearest the Pin 5th: D.Robinson; Nearest the Pin 14th: C.Burden; Winner: The Rest Of The World 11-5.Saturday 5th October Monthly Mug Sponsored by Parklane Spar:A Division - 1st: L.Keating Nett 71; 2nd D.Barclay Nett 74;   3rd: M. Ward Able Nett 79.B Division - 1st: K.Lucas Nett 69; 2nd: R.Brown Nett 70 c/o; 3rd: G.Wessels Nett 70.C Division - 1st: C.Melling Nett 65; 2nd: D.Carr Nett 68; 3rd: J.Little Nett 70 c/o.Alliance: C.Melling, M.Wilkinson, A.Gordan Nett 57; Nearest the Pin 1/10: K. Botha; Nearest the Pin 5/14: N.Mcnamara; 2 Clubs: G.Wessels,

A.Gordon, K.Botha; Jackpot: G.Wessels, C.Melling, K.Botha.Sunday 6th October Howick Open Sponsored by Dunlop Industrial:A Division1st Gross: M.Mitchell Gross 138; 2nd Gross: R.Coetzer Gross 146; 3rd Gross: M.Olivier Gross 150; Best AM Nett: M.Mitchell Nett 67; Best PM Nett: M.Mitchell Nett 71; Best Overall Nett: M.Mitchell 138.B Division1st Gross: N.McNamara Gross 164; 2nd Gross: A.Mitchell Gross 168; 3rd Gross: G.Bye Gross 174; Best AM Nett: M.De Matteis Nett 67; Best PM Nett: N.McNamara Nett 71; Best Overall Nett: M.De Matteis Nett 140.

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