Aubergine Chronicle June 2022

JUNE’S MONTHLY WINNERS

C-DIV: KOBUS RADEMEYER, A-DIV: DAVID GOODEN, B-DIV:GREG CLACK
HANDICAP: An allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different

ability to do equally poorly on the same course

THE AUBERGINE CHRONICLE

JUNE 2022—Edition Professional Golf Gets a Shake Up

Regular Items Whatever your feelings might be about the new LIV pro tour
backed by Saudi millions, one this is sure, the world of profes-
 Captains Corner sional golf will be forever changed.
 The results
 All the Pics There are many different opinions, political and moral issues like
 Sponsors Pages humans rights amongst others.
 Rules and etiquette
Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel are both going to tee it up
Inside this issue: in the new tour. I for one will support them.

Seaboard Update Whilst the traditional monopolies don’t like what is happening, I
Who won what think that much like the IPL this new tour will create a different
Know your Nomad brand of golf and will ultimately create more opportunities for
golfers around the world.
Nationals Selection
Criteria Hopefully iconic matches like the Ryder Cup will continue with the
Tune Me Grief best golfers making the team and not political choices.
Our Local Sponsors
Our National Sponsors The Eastern Cape Nomads—Away Tours Update

The annual Seaboard trophy is on again after a Covid hiatus. The dates are confirmed as 5,6 and 7 August. For the new
Nomads, this is arguably the next best thing to going to a national tournament. The 5 Cape coastal teams are involved,
Western Cape, Southern Cape, Boland, Eastern Cape and Border.

The hosts are the Southern Cape and they have a choice of world class courses. This year the courses are Oubaai,
Kingswood and George Country Club. If your body and your wallet can manage this schedule; what a weekend of golf it
promises to be.

Winning this event, whilst vital, is closely followed by the great atmosphere and seeing old Nomadic buddies from the
other provinces. Watch out for the boys from the Boland. They have red wine in their veins and have been known to
wreck many a golfers day due to over indulgence the night before.

Unlike Nationals, entry to the event is on a first come, first served basis, so get those entry forms completed and
experience this fantastic weekend.

Regards, Rob Falkner

THE CAPTAINS CORNER

Greetings fellow Nomads,
Firstly I would like to congratulate Rob Falkner on producing a fine newsletter last month. Most enjoyable read with good content.
The response for other clubs was amazing. Keep it going Rob. If you as members feel you need to get involved in any way, please
contact Rob directly. If you don’t have his number, you can find it on the mobile Samson app.
What was initially a blustery day at Walmer GC turned out quite pleasant. My thanks to Gavin Cooper and the staff for a job well
done on the day. Course was set up well and greens were great. I had only positive feedback on the shotgun start. We will certainly
look at doing it again. Thanks also to Morne Heunis from Walmer GC for joining us on the day. My opponents were Kobus Delport and
Colin Broadley, who incidentally collected his first teddy in his Nomads career. Thanks guys, it was great fun.
Our next game scheduled for 17th July has been changed to 10th July at PEGC. This was unfortunate but we will be at Humewood in
September.
Thanks again to the Aubergine Machine ladies, Christell, Joanne, Kelsea and Leonie for your dedication to making our games run
smoothly. Much appreciated.
We are drawing closer to the cut off of games to be played prior to nationals selection criteria is implemented. Play your games
guys. Only 3 to go!!!!
Please be on the lookout for the entry form for Seaboard weekend in August. Looks like another cracker. Enter ASAP please.
A gentle reminder to not leave your GPKO games to the last minute. Get it done.
I remind you all of the reunion of past and current Nomads on Thursday 14th July at PEGC. Chris Edwards and Marin Nefdt are ar-
ranging a 9 hole tournament of old and current Nomads and socialising thereafter. Please enter via Christell van Biljon. Looks to
being a great event.
Wishing you all well until we meet again at PEGC.

Howard
Wishing you all well until we meet again.

Have you entered the 50th anniversary game yet? Have you told all of
your fellow Nomads from across SA?

THE CAPTAINS CORNER - Monthly game payment recon

The more observant of you will have noticed a new form to complete when arriving for the monthly
game. The idea is to try and speed up the process at the registration table. We have also introduced a
credit card machine, making it easier to add all the amounts together and make a single payment. This is
what the form looks like. Please get one as soon as you arrive and complete it before going to the regis-
tration desk. Our hardworking ladies will appreciate your help with this.

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WHO WON WHAT— Golfing gods for the month

THE RESULTS PAGES—GOLFING GODS AND TEDDYS

EASTERN CAPE NOMADS

MONTHLY PRIZE SHEET

DIVISIONAL W INNERS

DIV W inner Score Sponsor

A David Gooden 36 St Francis Links

B Gregory Clack 39 &

C Kobus Rademeyer 37 Calzone Ristorante

DIVISIONAL RUNNERS UP

DIV W inner Score Sponsor

A Jurgens van Onselen 35 Y onke Installations

B Tim Mason 38 Filtertech

C Larry Kozak 33 Barclays Insurance

BEST PLAYING FOURBALL

W inner Score Sponsor
Mike Duff 137 Stevie Nix
Johan Haremse
David Gooden
Andre W eitz

W ORST PLAYING FOURBALL - Altar Bunnies

W inner Score Sponsor
How ard Lipman 105 EC Nomads
Kobus Delport
Colin Broadly
Morne Heunis

BEST PLAYING PAIR

W inner Score Sponsor
Delport Tax
Johan Harmse 70
Andre W eitz

THE RESULTS PAGES—GOLFING GODS AND TEDDYS

RANDOM DRAW N FOURBALL

W inner Score Sponsor
Dennis Jones
Jason Aitken N/A Mike DuffSteam Controls
Kobus Rademeyer
Mike McKelvey

NEAREST IN TW O

W inner Sponsor
Robert Falkner Christelle Van Biljon

EAGLES NEST

W inner Sponsor
No W inner PDP Maintenance

BRING A GUEST

W inner Sponsor
Andre W eitz Amazing Hair design

NEAREST THE PIN

W inner Sponsor
Gregory Clack SAB
Jandre Lessing
David Koen
Jason Aitken

W HISKEY DRAW

W inner Sponsor
Larry kozak Glenbrynth
Des W hite
Sean McQuaide
Stuart McIver

John Nell

THE RESULTS PAGES—GOLFING GODS AND TEDDYS

W ORST PLAYING PAIR

W inner Score Sponsor
Stuart McIver 50 W almer W oods Driving range
Mike McKelvy

OVER 55's

W inner Score Sponsor
Tim Mason
38 Ian Macaulay

PAST CAPTAINS W INNER

W inner Score Sponsor
Greg Clack
39 How ard Lipman

MOST GOLF - TEDDY BEAR

W inner Score Sponsor
Colin Broadley
23 Protocol Protection Services

OVERALL W INNER - BEST GOLFER

W inner Score Sponsor
Greg Clack
39 Home Aw ay From Home

DRAW N FOURBALL

W inner Score Sponsor
Karl Rohroff 136 The Duck
Patrick Phillips
David Koen
Andre W eitz

LONGEST DRIVE

W inner Sponsor
Ivan John Du Preez David Gooden

THE RESULTS PAGES—GOLFING GODS AND TEDDYS

NEAREST IN THREE

W inner Sponsor
David Gooden Blooming Beauty Studio

W UNUNDA Sponsor
EC Nomads
W inner
David Koen Sponsor
Circle ofLife
SHORT HOLE AGGREGATE
Sponsor
W inner Points
Ian Gooden 48 EC Nomads

TW O CLUB Sponsor
Gridvolt
W inner
John Nell
Jandre Lessing
How ard Lipman
David Koen
Hannes Vlok
Sean McQuaide

CAPTAINS FOLLY

W inner

Hannes Vlok

GOLFING ADVICE: Always throw your clubs ahead of you. That way you don’t waste energy going back-
wards to collect them.

THE PAPPARAZZI PAGES—GOLFING GODS AND TEDDYS

Top: Altar Bunnies
Right: Maiden Fines for Dennis
Bottom: Maiden Silver Salver for Sean

THE PAPPARAZZI PAGES—GOLFING GODS AND TEDDYS

Over 55—Tim Mason 5 Years for Kobus and Justin
Past Captains—Greg Clack

THE PAPPARAZZI PAGES—GOLFING GODS AND TEDDYS

LAST PLACE: Maiden Teddy for Colin. Stuart has a
few worst playing pairs.

BEST PLAYING FOURBALL—David, Mike, Andre and Johan

THE PAPPARAZZI PAGES—GOLFING GODS AND TEDDYS

NEAREST THE PIN AND WHISKEY DRAW— TOP: Jandre, Jason, Greg, David
BOTTOM: Sean, Tappie, Larry, John and Stuart

KNOW YOUR NOMAD

In this month’s issue we catch up with Greg Clack. Greg has served Nomads in so many ways and for such a long time. He

is truly an example of what it means to be a Nomad. We are blessed to have him in the Eastern Cape.

If we went to happy hour, what would you order?
A round of Glenbrynth for everyone! - (What a man!)
Name three words that you describe you.
Gregarious, Thirsty, Hacker
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
Can’t talk about those here.
Flashback to when you were 10 years old. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A grown up……..
Your best round of golf, the score and the course.
77 at Blair Atholl
(Took cash off past National Chairman, Alan Orchard, and Darryl Harvey that day)
What High School did you attend?
Port Rex Technical High School in East London
Other than golf, what sports did you play at school?
Never played golf at school; rugby cricket
Pick a car, money is no object.
BMW iX - fully electric vehicle — Good luck getting to

work
What is your favourite restaurant?
Chingada’s Mexican Cantina
If you could be a character from a movie, who would you be?
Maverick in Top Gun

THE RULES AND REGULATIONS

The pandemic has had an influence across all spheres of life and Nomads was not spared. I thought we would include
some items to refresh those distant memories from before the Rona.

NEAREST THE PIN

If you have struck the sweetest of shots and end up with the opportunity of writing your name on the nearest the pin
board, then please can you place the nearest the pin marker behind the pin if it is in front of the pin. It would be terri-
ble if a fellow Nomad was denied a hole in one because the marker board impeded the ball on its way to hole. Ask your
marker to confirm the distance to the pin and measure it out behind the pin.

RELIEF FROM TREES AND BUSHES

We tend to take for granted a free drop from a small tree or bush. During a social game this would be fine as we
don’t want to damage the flora on our golf courses. During competition please make sure that you confirm that the
tree is staked. Your marker can confirm this with you and you won’t suffer the indignity of having a penalty for not
checking. If the tree is not staked, check the local rules on the back of the card before playing your shot.

PLAYING THE CORRECT BALL

Please make sure that you are playing the correct ball. We had an incident at the last game and it ended up being
embarrassing for one of the players. He insisted that the ball was his when in fact it turned out not to be so. Maybe
mark your ball with your initial instead of a line, as many of use a standard stencil and this can cause confusion.

The result was a very difficult finish to the round and the offended golfer did not stay for prize giving. Besides the
unhappiness at the situation this also affects the scoring and can cost you a prize.

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DADDY WAUGHBUCKS—OUR LOCAL SPONSOR’S PAGE

The list of our benefactors. Please support them in any way you can,. Refer your friends, family and work colleagues. In this way we contribute to their
business and enure the continued support of our sponsors.

SPONSOR YOUR NOMAD SPONSOR YOUR NOMAD

Yonke Installations Andre Weitz Protocol Protection Brendon McNeill
Services

Filtertech Gary Sampson Home Away From Dewald Strydom
Larry Kozak Home
Barclays Insurance Jurgens van Onselen Dennis Jones
Jurgens van Onselen PDP Maintenance David Gooden

David Gooden

St Francis Links Jeff Clause Christell van Biljon Christell van Biljon
Calzoni Pizzeria Wayne Pretorius
Amazing Hair Design Annetje le Roux
StevieNix Pub Steve Pritchard
EC Nomads EC Nomads - LOOKING FOR
The Duck Pub Bryan Mc Arthur SPONSOR

Bev Saffy Bev Saffy

EC Nomads EC Nomads - LOOKING FOR Amazing Hair Design Annetje le Roux
SPONSOR

Delport Tax Help Kobus Delport Glenbrynth Scotch Chris King
Whisky

Walmer Woods Driv- Gavin Rowe Travis Venter SAB
ing Range

Ian Macauly Ian Macauly Craig Scott Gridvolt - Energy and Solar
Solutions

Howard Lipman Howard Lipman Mike Duff Mike Duff Steam Controls

TUNE ME GRIEF—YOUR TURN TO ASK, WHINGE OR COMMENT

Things seem to be going very well under the new leadership of Howard, Brendon and Rob Rusteberg. There have
been no whinges or comments yet. Maybe its still early days and things will still heat up.
To fill the gap, I have researched golfing terms as there are many things that happen out on the course that can-
not be said in a single word, phrase or sentence. Therefore to assist with your game banter, we have listed a few
examples that you can use to accurately describe a shot or result whilst you are in the midst of your round. The
terms are sure to create great conversation at the 19th long after the anger and frustration has passed.

Tee Box
• An SAA—Failed to get off the ground
• A Zwelinzima Vavi—Great strike but a poor result
• A Zola Budd—Ugly to look at but a good runner
• Best Mates wife—Out of bounds
Approach Play
• A Yasser Arafat – Ugly and in the sand
• Gwede Mantashe — Too much spin
• A Beyonce—A bit chunky but still on the dance floor
Greenside
• An Adolf Hitler – Two shots in the bunker
• A Diego Maradona: A very nasty five footer
• An Elton John – Big bender that lips the rim
Miscellaneous
• A Ladyboy—Looks like an easy hole but all is not what it seems
• Red October—Under water and you wont find it
• Jennifer Aniston—You want to smash the life out of it
• A gynecologist's assistant— Just shaves the hole

THE BIG GUNS — OUR NATIONAL SPONSOR’S PAGE

ADVICE:
Don’t let bad shots get to you.

Don’t let yourself get angry
The true scramblers are thick skinned….
And they ALWAYS
Beat the whiners……..

Our Next monthly game is at PE Golf club on Sunday 10 July. A change of venue was necessary due to some inter-
national travel commitments by our captain and some of the committee.

Also, please consider the Past and Current Nomads day at PEGC on Thursday 14 July. I’m using Uber that day.
Christelle is waiting for your booking.

Lastly, get those Seaboard entries in. We have a bumper 2 months of great golf to look forward to.

See you all next month.