Rare sighting

From Pat

Herewith a pic of a very rare bird . I was lucky to catch it unawares .  I
am sure the members will be delighted to see it on the blog and will be on
the lookout for more appearances.

Our New Members

Dear Members
I hope everyone is aware of, or has actually seen our New Members, the family Dikkop.
Pat has taken upon himself to ensure they are at home.
He posted these pictures to me of the ramp he constructed to help the twins get over the court perimeter  wall. 
Great stuff Pat.

Ladies Champs

The Picture of the Ladies Champs was inadvertently excluded from the last posting. 

Wendy and Glynis share a moment with Gus

The Annual Club Dinner and Prize Giving

The Club Dinner held at the Mykonos restaurant in Sea Point on Sunday the 20th, was a resounding success. Fantastic food and wine and a great atmosphere.
41 one people attended and Luigi, who was unable to come due to work commitments, suprised us by dropping in for drinks. Also attending were Ingrid and Cheryl.
Roger was a gallant M.C, although talking in a noisy restaurant is not easy, and  he  introduced  the winners of the Championships.
After the main course, Roger presented special category prizes.  "The penguin" went to the best dressed lady of the evening. Other prizes  presented, were "the never say die horse" to Gus and the "voodoo doll" to Gavin.
 The Chairman presented 4 special prizes, a bottle of wine each to Roger and Neville for extra work done for the Club, organizing the Box League and dealing with the Council over rates.

 

A box of chocolates were presented to 'Old Friends', Cheryl Ingrid and Ralph

The gracious organisers of the Dinner

Club Champ

Vets' Doubles Champs

Guillermo and Sally

Maestro

A Raffle was held for a signed Roger Federer cap and was won By Helen Hall.

Winner of the RF cap.

Table 3 

Table 2

Winner of the "best dressed penguin" prize

Winner of the 'Voodoo doll' prize

The M.C with the Winner of the 'Never say Die Horse" prize

Fred and guests

Annual Club Dinner

The annual Club Dinner will be held tomorrow, Sunday the 20th at Mykanos Restaurant in Seapoint. 7.30pm.
Prizes will be presented to the Club Champions of 2013, plus other surprise prizes.

The Main Prizes are as follows :

Mens Singles:   Tobie Mynhardt.
Mens Open Doubles:   Shiraz Cerfontein and Mike Wolffe
Ladies Sigles:   Glynis Gillot
Ladies Doubles:   Glynis Gillot and Wendy Fredman
Vets Singles:    Mike Wolffe
Mens Vets Doubles:   Charl Dreyer and Nick Fredman
Mixed Doubles:   Anita Prendegast and Russel Dor

The La Perla Cup:    Russel Dor.

Any member who still wants to come is still able to turn up on the night and pay at the door
and join in the celebration of a unique Club

Spring

Dear Members

Spring is almost here. The Club held a bring and Braai and social tennis on Heritage day.
There was a good turn out and the weather was superb, lots of tennis was played and a great braai followed.

The August Box League results were posted and a new Box will start for Sept- Nov.

Top of Box 1 was Tobie
Top of Box 2 was  Charl
Top of Box 3 was  Carol

Hopefully swallows will be returning soon and injuries will abate, allowing more participants.

The Maintainance Committee  has put new drainage on court 1,  which was subject to constant water
running across the court.

Finally please note the Club Dinner is likely to be on Oct 20th which is a Sunday.

Regards

Nick

Pictures of the New Moon and Venus

Roger Trythall has posted these pictures of the New Moon and Venus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5DPqgE5pqA&feature=youtu.be

Box League has begun in earnest I believe Gus and Mike Wolffe had victories.

I am playing with some friends from Austria early mornings before it gets too humid, dodging mosquitoes.

Nearest tennis court is 25 k away.

Nick