6th June 2008, All Pages — Edition 199

HERALDHERALDNumber 199 • Friday 6th June 2008

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Household sewerage flows freely into theUmgeni River at Howick from the pump sta-tion below York Road on a regular basis.

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“Previously — as far back as two yearsago when I reported it to Umgeni Water —it wasn’t handling it at peak hours but now

Sewerage flows foully

into Umgeni River at Howickit’s even worse with the extra demand fromthe new developments,” resident Rob Mac-kellar told The Herald.

“Then with the power outages, the pumpsof course switch off too but they don’t comeon again automatically.

“So during outages the sewerage flows di-rectly into the river.

“If the operator doesn’t call on the pump

station — and he doesn’t necessarily everyday — then it doesn’t restart.”

He pointed out that 28 babies had re-cently died in the Eastern Cape as a resultof water contamination.

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he Demarcation Board’s decision not

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The belief was that the best combination

would be to include the area bordering from

the Durban Metro Durban of Mhlabathini

(i.e. the Camperdown area) all the way up

to Nottingham Road (i.e. uMngeni).

Both the Pietermaritzburg and uMngeni

chambers of commerce felt that these mu-

nicipalities should have been included as they

are a natural conduit of business, transport

and the movement of people.

Questioning this, uMngeni councillor Tim

Lindsay-White said that there had been a

strong expectation from uMngeni that the

boundaries would be extended — “so are we

to expect this at a later date?

“Why would the ratepayers from World’s

View to Nottingham Road in uMngeni con-

sider motivating to be part of the Msundusi

proposed metro when there’s no real cer-

tainty of how they would be treated once

the decision would have on the municipali-ties left out.

If Msundusi Metro now will receive threetimes as much national funding as before,what effect is that going to have on the sur-rounding dormitories that remain — creat-ing extra jobs, extra taxes, etc. and thusgreater attraction to Msundusi, but not toneihbouring municipalities

“The question of money coming up hereis an important one as it is said that 80% ofuMngeni’s local economy is spent inPietermaritzburg, so all of the taxes that arebeing raised don’t come back here.

“The local Chamber and the ratepayers’associations wanted to be part of it so theycould realise some of that investment.”

Finally, he said: “It would have made

For the people of the Midlands the

current Eskom power outages are

something that interrupts their daily

lives.

But for businesses it is more than just a

minor nuisance.

“We shut down totally,” said Giovanni

Fardella of Giovision in Howick, who re-

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But once the power is off the work stops

because the business can do nothing with-

out it.”

Howick Pharmacy is experiencing a simi-

lar situation.

Without power the business does not func-

tion effectively, and the partners have been

investigating obtaining a generator.

“An uninterrupted back-up power genera-

tor for two tills and the mainframe would

cost R30 000,” said Paul Hodkin.

What was most annoying was when busi-

nesses were given no notification of when

the power would be out and when they did,

Eskom did not always do what it says.

Mr Hodkin’s solution was that they

should turn the power off at night between9 pm and 6 am, although that would defeatEskom’s point.

“It is bad planning on their behalf,” hesaid.

KFC in Howick is a popular place to buyfood, and equally cannot function withoutpower.

To put in a generator to be able to run thebusiness adequately would cost aboutR300 000.

Manager Ashley Richardson said thatEskom’s service centres should be more“jacked up”, and alert the community aboutimpending load shedding.

A petrol station is another entity that hasno hope of continuing to run if there is nopower.Because it does not have back-uppower it comes to a halt.

“Judging by Eskom’s current situation,”said dealer principal of Halfway Toyota Theovon Mollendorff, summing it all up, “it willbe years until everything returns to normal.”

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they’re part of it — i.e. would they besidelined and see the money go elsewhere?

“Yet the main ratepayers associations likeHowick, Hilton and Nottingham Road metto discuss the issue and made individual de-cisions that they wished to be included.

“Such an amalgamation would have re-quired the standardisation of voting wards,with uMngeni ward sizes likely to have dou-bled from 3 000 to 6 000 voters — as is cur-rent in Pietermaritzburg, meaning that 50%of uMngeni councillors would not have founda position for themselves in the next elec-tions.

“Hence the likelihood of resistance fromthose councillors that may have lost theirseats, and management that would not havebeen employed in the new Metro.”

He said that minor technical changes areproposed to the boundaries, which is in con-flict with the Demarcation Board’s statementthat it was leaving the boundaries intact.

“Is this a political decision to protect theuMgungundlovu District Council?”

More importantly, he asked what effect

ban, which had sent a technicianto take water samples from theriver.

These had shown conclusivelythe presence of raw seweragewith high E.coli counts.

The Herald spoke to ZakheGumede, acting executive man-ager: operations, for theUmgungundlovu District Coun-cil, who said that the pump sta-tion was overloaded as it hadonly been designed to be con-nected to a few buildings like theGreendale Shopping Centre.Most dwellings in the area oper-ated on their own septic tank.

The pump station was checkedseveral times a day, he said.

On his way home he wouldcall in at the sewage works to

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give instructionsto schedule anadditional dailyvisit.

He disagreedthat the problemhad existed fortwo years, sayingthat it was caus-ed by Eskom’sload-shedding.

Sewerage flows most foully

Above and left: Walkers along the banks of UmgeniRiver have noticed that sewerage is flowing straightinto the river from this pump station at the bottom ofYork Road in Howick.

Metro decision raises many questions for uMngenisense to utilise the resources of uMngeni.

“We have plenty of land to develop, par-ticularly for industry and commerce, whichis in short supply in Pietermaritzburg, andthe natural corridor of the N3.

“In addition, it would have been an idealopportunity to control the water resourcesfrom the headwaters of Midmar Dam to thelower reaches below Albert Falls Dam, withthe enormous development opportunitiesthey represent, which have been squanderedby uMngeni.”

Furthermore, an important considerationwas that with the broader rates base, the ex-pectation was that the rate randage foruMngeni ratepayers — a sore issue at present— would have dropped.

When Eskom fails

business . . . By Amy Jordaan

T

Page 3 — 6th June 2008The Midlands Herald

Can the

1987

floods

happen

again?Recently — following the 20th anniversary of the 1987 floods

in the Midlands in September and the high rainfall patterns in thefirst half of summer — The Herald examined the question of whetherthis disaster could recur, particular the situation of having an uncon-trolled flow of water over Midmar Dam, as happened then.

Since the dam wall was raised by 3,5 metres just a few years ago, thereare those that now consider that this will forever prevent it.

A civil engineer specialising in water toldThe Herald that the answer is that it solelydepends on how much water is in the dam atthe time and the (totally unpredictable)

amount of rainfall to hit the area.So the floods can occur again.Howick is an unusual town in that

it rather queerly finds itself perchedjust downstream from a massive dam andabove a spectacular waterfall.

The current position regarding develop-ment along or near a riverbank sees the De-partment of Water Affairs and Forestry chargingthe local municipality with the responsibility ofoverseeing that it adheres to the 100-year floodline.(Until not long ago it was the 50-year level).

When the disaster hit Howick, the most affected ar-eas were the low-lying industrial area in Campbell Roadthat today include Howick Test Centre and Mahindra,KwaMevana (the soccer field was flooded), and several houses

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in Moonwalk Road.These properties should be just as vul-

nerable if the water comes down again.

* For the effects of this on

Howick at the time, view our feature

with pictures on pages 4 and 5 over-

leaf.

Above left: The 1987 flooding of Howick — IanJohnson and policeman Wayne Lotter in theformer’s rubber duck rescue two Impendle BusService employees (in centre of boat) after theUmgeni River burst its banks, trapping them onthe premises, in the industrial area of ExchangeLane. Monty’s Hydraulic Services in thebackground is now the Howick Test Centre.

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These meetings are open to the public, who are welcometo attend, and all take place in Council Chambers at themunicipal premises at 5 Dicks Street, Howick.

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“Normal business and community lifenearly came to a standstill on Tuesday whenUmgeni River broke its banks and startedflooding low-lying areas in the early hoursof the morning.

“Approximately 30 houses in the lowerparts of Howick bordering on the Umgeniwere flooded out and had to be evacuated.Most of these houses were in the white grouparea with 12 houses in KwaMevana havingto be evacuated.

“The occupants of the houses inKwaMevana and 20 families from HowickSouth have been given temporary shelter atMidlands Hospital, the total amount beingjust over 200 at time of going to press.

“The whole of Jupiter and Moonwalkroads had to be evacuated plus parts ofOakleigh Drive.

The 1987 floods — so

what did happen 20 years ago?

The front-page story of the editor, GarthSutherland, of the town’s Weekly Herald,

in its 30th September 1987 edition.

According to editions of the local news-paper of the time, The Weekly Herald,widespread rains fell over the Midlandsarea from Saturday 26th to Wednesday30th September.

“So far no deaths or injuries have beenreported and the Borough’s Civil Defenceorganisation have done a marvellous pieceof work in keeping essential services oper-ating almost normally.

“Some of the cables stretching across theUmgeni which supply Howick with electric-ity were broken at various times but thanksto the Borough staff’s sterling efforts mostresidents were only without electricity for ashort period on Tuesday morning.

“All of the residents from these areas have

been given temporary shelter by friends, rela-tives or neighbours.

“Water pipes across the Umgeni were alsobroken and at the time of going to press itwas still necessary for residents to take pre-cautions with drinking water — purifyingby boiling, etc.

“At this stage residents can be thankfulthat there has been no loss of life and al-though damage by floodwater has been fairlyextensive let us not relax our vigilance asmore rain has been forecast for the week-end.

“It was a weary Mr Strydom, the TownClerk, who told me on Tuesday night thathe had nothing but praise for the commu-nity and colleagues for the marvellous wayeveryone has rallied around to handle thisdisaster.”

“Flood!”

Above: KwaMevana’s soccer field — here seen under water during the height ofUmgeni River — was severely eroded during the 1987 floods, in this picture fromThe Weekly Herald of September 30th 1987.

This 20-year-on look at the 1987 floods was being prepared by Herald editor Russell Barnes for publication on its anniversary last September, when he contracted aserious skin disease and suspended all future editions of the newspaper. He is now on his way to recovery, and for your interest still presents this look at those events.

On Monday 28th traffic authorities re-ceived reports of flooding of dams and riv-ers in the Boston area.

At about 3 o’clock that afternoon theUmgeni River started to rise above the nor-mal dam overflow level, and Howick’s CivilDefence thereafter maintained constant com-munications with the superin-tendent at the dam wall.

The Borough of Howick, asit was then called, convened ameeting at 8:30 pm to carry outan appraisal of the situation,attended by town clerk GerardStrydom, its “chief of civil de-fence”, chief traffic officer IanStuart, borough engineer andassistant head: civil KenHobson, assistant town clerk GGarside, and senior traffic of-ficer Johnny Oosthuizen.

They took measurements ofthe rise in the river and paid afinal visit to the Midmar su-perintendent at 10:30 am, after which MrStrydom informed the South African Policeand the mayor of the threatening situation.

At this time the rise in the river had al-ways been gradual but by 10:45 am it con-tinued at an alarming rate of over 30 cm per30 minutes.

Umgeni River bursts its banks

The flooding continued to worsen and theUmgeni burst its banks, threatening housesalong the riverbank and the lower industrialarea.

The river reached its highest peak in theearly hours of Tuesday afternoon and main-tained that level until Tuesday evening.Thereafter it began to subsidise.

Extent of flooding and

details of affected areas

Midmar Dam: At the peak of the floodMidmar Dam was in extent over 130% fullwith water calculated as flowing over the wallat a rate in excess of 1 000 kl per second.

Howick: The N3 bridge across the Umgeniwas closed to traffic, which was then divertedthrough the town. At the town’s bridge, theriver was flowing at 4-5 metres above itsnormal level whilst further upstream 3-4metre rises were measured.

Two houses in Moonwalk Road wereflooded, one to second-storey level and theother to ground-floor window level, andthree houses in Jupiter Road to window level.

In KwaMevana, the waters reached underwindow height in two houses, the tennis

court was washed away and the soccer fieldwas severely eroded.

In Howick West seven wattle-and-daubhouses were damaged, and in Howick Southa number of houses were made uninhabit-able as a result of run-off storm water over-flowing into the buildings.The hiking trail and the natural vegetationthat had been newly created along the riverbelow the residential area were also de-stroyed.

Howick industrial areaThe lower industrial area in Exchange

Lane, Power Lane and Campbell Road sawvarious buildings flooded, including theBorough’s electrical workshop, its stores and

other workshops, Trentyre, the Lions RiverFarmer’s Exchange (now Afgri), Monty’sHydraulics and the Impendle Bus Company(now Mahindra Howick).

Despite the evacuation of the propertieslisted above, loss or serious damage was suf-

fered to heavy equipment, tools, office equip-ment, and vehicles and stores.

One of the more dramatic elements of thedisaster was the washing downstream andover the Falls of one of Impendle Bus Com-pany’s buses. According to stories it hasnever been found.Services: Three overhead mains cables werelost and related cables damaged, and vari-ous other power lines suffered temporarydamage.

Power to the town was maintained miracu-lously through a single lineacross the Umgeni bridge!

The sewer main betweenthe SPCA’s premises inCampbell Road and ImpendleBus Services (now Mahindra)was washed away. The sewagepump station adjacent the riverwas unable to cope with theflood and stormwater enteringthe system, and sewerage be-gan flowing directly into theriver.

Numerous septic tanks —mostly in Howick West —overflowed.

There were water losses.The 6-inch main pipe across the Umgeni wasswept away, which meant that Merrivale/Heights and the lower end of Howick Westand Greenfields were without water.

Umgeni Water’s pump station adjacent theriver was flooded and for a while Howickwas left without a supply.Roads: Throughout the town roads sufferedvarying degrees of damage, compounded bythe fact that the Natal Provincial Departmenthad closed the N3 freeway and rerouted traf-fic through Howick.

As the supports to the Umgeni bridge wereunder a raging torrent of water, it was notpossible to ascertain damage to the bridgeand officials were extremely concerned asto the stability of the structure at the heightof the flood.Telephones: In many parts of the town, tel-ephones were disrupted, including those ofthe Civil Defence.The Weekly Herald, 4th November 1987

The 1987 floods hit the Midlands hard

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“David (Taffy) Walters and his wifeMichelle and their two children aged6 and 9 years have had to move in withtheir neighbours, the Christians, be-cause of the devastating damage doneto their home, the ‘Old Mill’, by thefloods.”

“Caversham Mill

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The Weekly Herald, Wednesday 21st

October 1987


Below: A crowd of people looks on at the floodwaters that spilled over into theindustrial area, today occupied by Mahindra (at right) and Afgri (at left).

Below: A closer look at today’s Mahindra property, then occupied by theImpendle Bus Company, whose buses are mostly under water here. One buswas washed over the Falls — and it has never been found, to date.

Far left: The two-storeyedthatch cottach in MoonwalkRoad was flooded to the top ofthe first floor.Left: The Moonwalk Roadsignpost peers out — but onlyjust ! — from the waters.Below left and right: The twopictures below, if joined at thetelegraph pole, show apanorama of the flood thatincludes the Midmar Dam walland houses in Jupiter andColumbia roads.Bottom left: Mills Falls (behindtrees at left) disappears underthe deluge of Umgeni River.Bottom right: Residents ofupper Oakleigh Driver might beforgiven for thinking that theyreally did have a waterfront !

All thephotographs ofthe effect of the

September 1987floods on the pagebelow were takenby editor Russell

Barnes’ latebrother, Graham

(pictured at right).

The Howick Museum has a display of articles and photographs of the “1987Floods”. The display is up from May to September. Natural disasters arestudied as part of the Gr. 7 Geography curriculum, and local schools areencouraged to use the display at the museum as an additional resource.

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Family RestaurantOur dining experience at Harry Jack’s

Family Restaurant in Howick started off withCatalina and me thinking that the cold fronthad spoilt our chances of sitting on the at-tractive outside deck.

Not so. Management had booked us a ta-ble right next to the fireplace, pulled theshutters down and brought up an additionalgas heater to ensure that we were cosy forour visit.

Elsewhere, the restaurant was busy thatevening, providing a pleasant, convivial at-mosphere.

Catalina and I started off by ordering alarge house salad (R23-00).

For her starter, she followed this withbaked mushrooms (R25-00) — grilled blackmushrooms with stir-fried fresh vegetablestopped with melted mozzarella cheese andbaked — while I favoured the chicken liversperi-peri (R25-00), which were sautéedchicken livers with a peri-peri sauce, andserved with toast.

The service was attentive, and the man-ager for the evening friendly and helpful.

Catalina’s legendary ability among thewines soon had a 2005 Zonnebloem Merlot(R75-00) plonked on our table.

She was perfectly right: it was smooth andeasy drinking, and complemented well themain dishes we were about to order.

Catalina’s 250g fillet steak (R68-00),chargrilled to order, with mash and aMadagascan peppercorn sauce, she pro-nounced tender and tasty.

Likewise, my succulent gammon steak —served with pineapple and fried egg, andcreamy mashed potato (R45-00).

For dessert, Catalina enjoyed a smallchocolate milkshake at R7-00 and I had ahomemade creamy chocolate mousse (R17-00).

Our evening was memorable — warm andcosy, with a wonderful exchange of conver-sation and hours to enjoy it all.

Owners Sean and Rebecca tastefully re-stored a century-old house and almost twoyears on, have settled into a winning for-mula. Telephone Harry Jack’s at 033-330 5036. Russell Barnes

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Below: Regular Harry Jack’s customers in the form of the Wakefields Estate Agents family — Theresa Wil-liams, Delene van der Westhuizen, Steven Willaiams, Juzzy van der Westhuizen, Helen Wakeford (daughterof the owners of Harry Jack’s), Luke van Rooyen, Harry Jack’s chef Happy Zwane and Lara Williams.

The Lions River Heritage So-ciety (LRHS) honoured Mrs NooDorning on Heritage Day lastyear for her contribution towardsthe preservation of Midlands her-itage.

Members of the Societygathered at the Howick Museumto honour the occasion.

In particular they expressedtheir gratitude to her for her deepinvolvement and dedication inmaintaining our heritage.

The members were proud to

present her with a well-earnedreward, namely a framed pictureof early Howick.

LHRS president Alf Lincolnsaid to The Herald afterwards:“Mrs Dorning has such a deep

Above: Alf Lincoln, president of the Lions River Heritage Society (LRHS), Mrs Noo Dorning, Moira Crookes (chairman, LHRS) and guestspeaker on myths and facts about King uShaka, Dr Tony Cubbin, at the Howick Museum on Heritage Day last year. Mr Lincoln is holdingthe society’s floating trophy, an aerial photograph of Howick presented in recognition of her contribution.

knowledge and she’s been verydedicated to the cause of heritageover many years.”

Mrs Dorning is also the au-thor of a book on the historicalproperties of the Midlands,Chimnays in the Clouds, firstpublished in 1997 and which shehas recently revised and re-printed in a fuller edition.

At the time of the first launchshe said: “I hope that it makespeople aware of the heritage inthe area, and of just how fragileit is, particularly in the countryareas of KwaZulu-Natal”.* The editor regrets that this ar-

ticle and photograph, dated Sep-

tember 2007, were unable to be

published earlier due to illness.

Scholarship Surname First Name School

Major Open McDonald Michael Ruzawi SchoolMinor Open Schram Nicholas Highbury Prep. SchoolOpen Exhibition Holzbach Sebastian Cordwalles Prep. SchoolOpen Exhibition Potter Matthew St Peter’s Prep. SchoolMajor Trust Clowes Steven Underberg SchoolMinor Trust Mgoduso Lonwabo Montrose Primary SchoolClosed Morkel Justin Clifton Prep Sch., Nott. RdClosed Joubert Matthew The Ridge SchoolExhibition De Beer Darren Waterkloof House Prep.Sch.Exhibition Thompson Ryan Pridwin Preparatory SchoolExhibition Wolfson Adrian Highbury Preparatory Sch.Sports Bird Cameron Highbury Preparatory Sch.Sports Oldfield Gregory Highbury Preparatory Sch.Sports Exhibition Bouwer Michael Westville Sen. Primary Sch.Sports Exhibition Stevens Luke Westville Sen. Primary Sch.

Michaelhouse School’sscholarships for 2009

Michaelhouse provides a range of merit-based scholarships for students of outstand-ing academic, musical and sporting ability.Awards are made to boys enteringMichaelhouse in Grade 8 and are valid forthe five year duration of their career atMichaelhouse.

The Academic Scholarship examinationis written by invitation, at Michaelhouse,and awards are hence based upon the candi-dates’ performance in the Scholarship ex-amination.

Sports Scholarship awards are based uponthe submission of a curriculum vitae andperformance at an afternoon of sport at theSchool.

The Music Scholarship awards are basedupon the submission of a satisfactory cur-riculum vitae and an audition with an exter-nal adjudicator.

Michaelhouse takes great pleasure in an-nouncing the following Scholarship Awardsfor 2009:

A Festival of Fairy

Tales will be produced atThe Hilton CollegeTheatre by the pupils ofthe Ros NicholsonSchool of Ballet on Fri-day 13th June at 6 pm andSaturday 14 th June at2 pm and 6 pm. Pro-ceeds will go to theHowick SPCA.

Tickets at R40 foradults and R25 for chil-dren are available at thedoor.

Below: Pupils of the Ros Nicholson School of Ballet in “The UglyDuckling” in A Festival of Fairy Tales.

A Festival of Fairy Tales ballet

Local heritage award

presented to a

worthy recipient

The Midlands Herald Page 7 — 6th June 2008

Brookdale Health Hydro celebrated its15th anniversary last year and many recentadditions and upgrades are testimony to theendurance of the quality health and lifestyleexperiences on offer.

Bordered by forest and farmland with ameandering stream running through theproperty, the Brookdale estate consists of themain Health Hydro with accommodation andtreatment facilities, and a separate Day Spa.

This is popular amongst guests who arepressed for time or are simply looking toescape for the day.

The potential of a special placeIn 1989, Tony and Wendy Somers-Cox

purchased an old farm and immediately re-

Brookdale Health

Hydro — leader in Health

and Wellbeing

alized the potential of this special place.The estate was developed intensively over

a period of 18 months and opened in 1992as Brookdale Health Hydro.

Through the years, the facilities have con-stantly been upgraded unobtrusively to en-sure that Brookdale remains a leader in itsfield of health and wellbeing.

Through passion and commitment,Brookdale has grown from twelve rooms to23 rooms ranging from Standard rooms toExecutive Suites.

Garden courtyards border the guest suitesand the whole environment is conducive torelaxation and tranquillity.

A limit of 34 guests and an unusually high

B Bl l la ack e

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Over 50 years of uncompromisingcommitment to quality,affordable luxury and durability

A L L C O T T O NA L L C O T T O N

ratio of qualifiedstaff to guests ensurethe personal atten-tion and exclusivitythat has become ahallmark.

Today, Brookdaleis considered one ofthe premier healthdestinations inSouth Africa, havingwon numerousawards and acco-lades over the years— including theGuinot PrestigiousSalon Award, HealthSpa Guide Spa of theYear, Les NouvellesDestinations Spa Fi-nalist, GetawayReaders’ ChoiceAward for best Spadestination in SA(2007).

Above: Tony and Wendy Somers-Cox — founders ofBrookdale Health Hydro.

Right: Roomslead onto a

magnificentcentral courtyard

at BrookdaleHealth Hydro.


Email: [email protected]

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A garden labyrinth has been planted and is currentlybeing treated with tender-loving care to establish it asa place of meditation and rest for the future.

At Brookdale, deep relaxation is at the core of de-stressing and qualified therapists present a range of pam-

pering treatments focused on restorationand rejuvenation.

Only reputable products from es-tablished brands are used in treat-

ments, which range from Swed-ish massages, facials, reflex-

ology and relation tech-niques to the signatureheavenly twin mas-sage, which is under-

taken by two consultantsmassaging opposite sides

of the body in synchronicity.Brookdale recently

launched its own stunning cof-fee-table book, written by re-

spected radio personality and author,M o n i c a Fairall, packed with useful tips,healthy lifestyle information and mouthwatering reci-pes.

The book, appropriately titled Heavenly and Healthy

— The Brookdale Experience, is available by onlineorder via their website, from the Hydro at NottinghamRoad, or from Big Sky Marketing in Durban (telephone031- 266 9653).

Guests are encouraged to set realistic goals towardsmaintaining a healthier lifestyle once they plunge backinto the pressures of every day living.

Facilities are geared towardsguests’ relaxation and healing

The crisp KZN Midlands winters have long been anattraction to visitors, but now even ifit’s snowing outside you can es-cape into your own warmworld at the indoor wet areaof Brookdale.

Swim leisurely in a heatednatural-look pool surroundedby a sandstone terrace, loungeon the glassed deck while gaz-ing over peaceful farmland andforest, or lose yourself in a bookin the sunny conservatory.

The wet area also includes a jacuzzi,sauna and steam rooms and a health bar.

In addition, the hydro also offers a mosaicsteam room, sauna, hydrotherapy baths and a fullyequipped gym.

It’s a place where you can retreat from the world,relax the spirit and refresh the soul.

The Studio at Brookdale offers a quietly spectacularplace to relax your mind and tone your body with Pilates,Yoga and Guided Relaxation classes.

An expansive wraparound deck with sweeping viewsoffers space to unwind after a class, or simply soak upthe sun while enjoying birdsong, fresh air and the natu-ral stillness.

Above: Tony and Wendy Somers-Cox with the 2007 team of Brookdale consultants.

A typical healthyday at Brookdale

A typical day atBrookdale Hydrobegins with a walkthrough the forestand farmlands, fol-lowed by a healthybreakfast.

The unique andrealistic Nutri-fitProgramme hasbeen scientificallydeveloped to incor-porate good diet,moderate exerciseand stress manage-ment.

Three delicious,balanced meals areserved daily andfasting is not en-couraged.

While the mealsare low fat, they are

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Daily informa-tive talks on stressrelief and coping,nutrition, exerciseand supplementa-tion are fitted inbetween activitiesand treatments.

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“Democracy is the worst form of government.Except all the others that have been tried” — Sir Winston Churchill

CouncilComment

Cllr Tim Lindsay-White

A country can have one of the best constitutions in the world with some of

the finest supporting legislation, but if it is not consistently applied through

the tiers of government allowing for full public participation at grass roots

level it will still be denied democracy. Our closest experience of govern-

ment is invariably the local council where we are most likely to have

personal contact with our elected representatives, so it is disappointing to

consistently battle with the growing tendency of the administration to ig-

nore legislation and policies that emphasise the need for meaningful pub-

lic participation and effective communication — the corner stone of de-

mocracy.

Towards the end of the last council term a building, later termed a

“recycle centre”, was erected at the edge of our precious heritage site

valley, in the prime heart of the CBD, without public consultation and in

contravention of legislation. Early in the current council term, unsightly

urban billboards sprouted up at the entrances to Howick and Hilton, de-

stroying the village atmosphere, disregarding hundreds of petitioners. Fol-

lowing a petition of over 1 100 concerned residents to be appraised of the

plan and reasons to unceremoniously fell the town’s trees, altering its

leafy appearance for posterity, Municipal Manager Dumsiani Vilikazi once

more refused to address the people at a public meeting. With the aliena-

tion of the only green public space in the CBD to be used by a pub and

restaurant for parking, the concern of members of the public to erosion of

the “sense of place” of the town centre was ignored. Then again when

requested to consult the public before closing the caravan park, the Mu-

nicipal Manager dismissed it as undesirable.

Last year municipal manager Vilakazi closed the Oversight Committee

meeting into the annual report not only to the general public but equally

against councillor observers, in defiance of the Municipal Finance Man-

agement Act and the Constitution itself. This year, just two years into the

current five year term, a disturbing culture of out-put based, rather than

out-come based, meetings had clearly set in. The outcome of a recent

facilitation meeting by the uMngeni Chamber of Commerce and Industry

together with a service-provider on the issue of the Howick Falls Master

Plan emphasised the need for the restoration of meaningful public partici-

pation and effective communication but barely weeks later the municipal-

ity refused to go back to the people for submissions when they arbitrarily

raised property rates by 7,5% instead of the previous 6,2% they had pre-

viously advertised for comment. Then came the debacle of denying Ward

Committees a direct conduit to council as legislated!

It is little wonder, therefore, that when the Demarcation Board adver-

tised for comment on the proposed Msundusi Metro, ratepayer associa-

tions from World’s View to Nottingham Road motivated to be included.

When asked why they would take this step, not knowing for certain if

things would actually be better, the response was to escape the non-par-

ticipatory management of municipal manager Vilakazi (considered by some

down the hill in Msundusi to be their greatest weapon in driving uMngeni

into the arms of the Metro!!!).

Tim writes in his personal capacity

You can contact him on 083 379 8051

The Democratic Alliance (DA) andInkhata Freedom Party (IFP) lockedhorns with the African NationalCouncil (ANC) in the uMngenicouncil over the freedom of the wardcommittees to report to council, andto be reported back to by counciland not be diverted by the munici-pality.

The issue arose after CllrLindsay-White called for the wardcommittee needs to be a standingitem on the council’s agenda, hav-ing pointed out on several occasionsthat not once had the ward commit-tees been represented in council norreported back to by council as re-quired by legislation and the mu-nicipality’s own policy. “Councilhas simply not been carrying out itsmandate with the people,” he said.“The majority of ward committeesare non-functional, whilst the fewthat have been regularly meetingsince July 2006 when establishedhave received no reply to any of thematters raised in respect of theirwards.”

“What is particularly worryingto the residents of uMngeni is theway the ANC caucus consistentlyallows the municipal manager todictate to them, dismissing the con-stitutional imperative to preserve theseparation of powers between ad-ministrative and political bodies,and thus having the effect of themunicipal manager dictating to thepeople he is there to serve.”

“Ward committees are not struc-

the council reach the ward commit-tees”. The speaker’s office would bethe best to co-ordinate this require-ment, but this recommen-dation bythe DA and IFP was dismissed bythe ANC.

The municipal manager has fur-ther sought to dictate what could andcould not be discussed by the wardcommittees ! It was resolved that “thediscussions during meetings shouldbe based on the needs of each wardand must be developmental in its

nature”. However, section 74(a) ofthe Structures Act clearly states that“a ward committee may make recom-mendations on any matter affectingits ward”, which would include mu-nicipal operational issues that areconstantly receiving com-plaints thatare not being answered.

It was further resolved that “a sys-tem be instituted in order to have away of assessing the nature of dis-cussions that take place and the na-ture of intervention that council canapply in dealing with the matters”.

Such a Draconian measure wouldbe an infringement of the Bill ofRights enshrined in the Constitu-tion !

With Ward Committees beingforced to report directly to the mu-nicipal manager and not to the mayor(as chair of the executive) or to thespeaker (as chair of the Council), theposition is far from satisfactory andneeds to be addressed as a matter ofurgency.Tim Lindsay-White

Mayor’s houseis “tool of trade” —uMngeni’s attorneys But auditor-general says money

should be recovered from him

Commenting recently on the uMngeni Mu-nicipality’s annual financial statements, theauditor-general has said that the provision of ahouse, electricity and water for the mayor,Edward Dladla, contested by the DemocraticAlliance and Inkatha Freedom Party council-lors, did not fall within the framework of thePublic Office Bearers’ Act.

Thus, if occupied at no cost to the mayor, itwould result in a transgression of the Munici-pal Finance Act and constitute irregular ex-penditure. He indicated that the market-relatedvalue of this benefit should therefore be recov-ered from the mayor.

Attorneys acting on behalf of the munici-pality, however, contended that the mayor’shouse, and the perks that go with it, were notremuneration but a “tool of trade”, similar tothat of a car for a travelling salesman, withoutwhich he could not do his job.

A SARS consultant supported the auditor-general’s interpretation that the house was con-sidered a perk that should be classified as re-muneration. Democratic Alliance councillorPam Passmoor called the municipality’s legalinterpretation “disturbing in that, if not con-tested, it could literally open the door for 283other municipal mayors to claim their houseexpenses !”

uMngeni ward committees muzzled

The “big sleep-over” at the FernHill Hotel on theweekend of 14th and15th June last year,where 200 delegatesto a youth summitwere accommodat-

“Big sleepover” cost R332 000

tures of the administration; on thecontrary they are overseers of theadministration. They are legislatedcommittees of council, chaired bycouncillors, are obliged to report tocouncil, and council is obliged toreport to them. The object of a ward

committee is to enhance participa-tory democracy in local governmentstructures (Structures Act section72(3)). The primary function of award committee is to be a formalcommunication channel between theward community and the council andits political structures. Neverthelessthe municipal manager, supported bythe ANC caucus, is trying to forcethe ward committees to report tohim, with him alone deciding what,if anything, is relayed to councildespite section 74(a) of the LocalGovernment Municipal StructuresAct, 117 of 1998, clearly stipulat-ing that recommendations be made“to the ward councillor, or throughthe ward councillor to the local coun-cil/executive committee”.

Furthermore, the Policy for theEstablishment of Ward Committeesfor uMngeni Municipality requiresthat “the recommendations from theward committees reach the council,and ensure that resolutions made by

ed for the duration despite living in ornear Howick, has cost the ratepayerR332 000.

The total cost worked out at R1 661per delegate. More than R170 000 wasspent on banners, gifts and advertising(although the function was by invitationonly). It was also needlessly advertisedtwice in The Witness and in The Mercury

at an estimated cost of about R2 400 peradvertisement.

For the event, uMngeni Municipalitybooked out the entire hotel of 27 roomsfor municipal officials from uMngeni and144 places at Midmar Dam for the youth.

At Exco on 27th September 2007, CllrPam Passmoor queried whether Councilhad ever approved the expenditure, as itwas never presented to Council.

An item on its agenda for 1st June gavethe background of the event and issuedinvitations to all councillors to attend.Minutes of the meeting merely state thatthe staging of the summit was “noted”.

Municipal manager Dumisane Vilakazireplied that the figures had been presentedwith Council’s budget for 2007/2008, andspeaker Surya Pillay added that the mayor,Edward Dladla, had taken the money andput it towards the youth. She was referring

to a meeting on Wednesday 3rd May 2006where Cllr Dladla had consented to areduction of R100 00 from an allocationof R500 000 for the purchase of a mayoralvehicle, to allow the extra money to beutilised for community welfare.

““What is particularlyworrying . . . is the way theANC caucus consistently

allows the municipalmanager to dictate.”

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Cawood Accounting Solutions CC haverelocated to our new premises upstairs at 3AMare Street, formerly Thabo’s Antiquesbuilding.

Cawood Accounting Solutions CC havebeen in Howick for 10 years this year.

We started as a very small bookkeepingservice, offering only a bookkeeping serv-ice; however, over the last 10 years we have

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Tax season is looming again. Please feelfree to come in and have a chat with us andsee how we can be of assistance to you as anindividual tax payer or for your companyrequirements.

Above: Bi;ly and Carol Cawood pose at left with the large staff of Cawood Accounting Solutions CC, which has grown steadily over the 10 years of business.

Above: An exciting move — comfortable, centrally-situated premises in Howick for Cawood AccountingSolutions CC, upstairs in the old Thabo’s Antiquesbuilding.

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Le Miel Cosmetics, 3A Mare Street, Howick. Tel. 033-330 8388/9

Cawood Accounting Solutions CC3A Mare Street, Howick. Tel 033-330 8116.

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Outstanding photographer’s encounters with the Drakensberg

Brenda George’s first epic novel, Falling

Leaves and Mountain Ashes, was seven yearsin the writing and researched from 1981.

In 1982, Brenda had two very powerfulrealistic dreams, one week apart. The firstgave her her main characters, and the sec-ond her story.

The day after the second dream, shestarted writing.

It is a forty-year saga of life and love onthe dreaded Claw Mountain in the Blue RidgeMountains of Virginia, America, amidst thelawless Buchanan clan headed by the de-praved patriarch, Obediah Buchanan.

18-year-old Mary Harley elopes withhandsome Zachary Thomas, the eldest sonof the wild and dangerous “Buckos”, andfinds herself caught up in a web of brutalityand violence, including a vicious, senseless

22 years ago, in 1985, a first novel by anunknown South African author was pub-lished in America, the British Common-wealth and several foreign countries.

A Man Cannot Cry, the twenty-years-in-the-writing saga, became an internationalbestseller widely compared to The Thorn

Birds and Gone with the Wind.It received rave reviews worldwide. In

America The Washington Post called it “awonderful book” and it was a PEOPLEMagazine Top Ten Book of the Year, whilein Britain it was voted “a bookseller’s mostpromising title”.

Its moving and unforgettable story ap-pealed to both sexes, young and old, andover the years Mrs Keverne has receivedscores of sequel-begging letters from inter-national fans who expressed the hope thatshe would take less time to put out her nextepic.

Unlike Margaret Mitchell, she has finallyproduced another work.

But her second 20-year stint has causedher long-suffering family and friends towonder if her painstaking pace is a worldrecord!

Readers who loved her first novel will beequally enthralled with the trilogy, which,like its predecessor, is largely set on a mis-sion station in Africa.

It is also solid mainstream fiction featur-ing adventure, suspense, mystery and astrong central love story with the additionaldimension of a ground-breaking spiritual

Gloria Keverne has brought out her long-

awaited second novel to follow her inter-

national bestseller, A Man Cannot Cry,

while sister Brenda George has released

her first novel, Falling Leaves and Moun-tain Ashes — the first in a five-book se-

ries.

Below: From left to right, international bestselling author, Gloria Keverne with her author sister and free-lance editor and literary agent, Brenda George, at the launch at the Maritzburg Golf Club late last year of thelatter’s first published novel, Falling Leaves and Mountain Ashes, and Musa E. Zulu, motivational speakerand author — who launched his own book The Language of Me in 2004.

Gloria Keverne

The Divine

Dawning

Local sisters publish novels simultaneously

Brenda George

Falling Leaves and

Mountain Ashes

dimension.Originally written as a single book, the

trilogy was split into three when it was foundto be way too large to be contained in a sin-gle book.

The three books in the Josiah’s KingdomTrilogy are titled: The Divine Dawning, The

Sacred Dream and The Holy Purification.The first has just been released; the sec-

ond and third will follow at successive in-tervals.

* The Divine Dawning published byChrysalis Dreams can be bought at Adams& Co. in Durban or in Pietermaritzburg atShuter and Shooter, or ordered through Ex-clusive Books.

The publisher or author can be contactedat [email protected]. Or tel-ephone 033-343 1625.

feud with the neighbouring Galtrey clan.But Mary is determined to improve the

lives of her primitive moonshine-imbibingin-laws, and constantly comes up againstthe evil Eli, the meanest Bucko of them all.

Years later, Eli suffers a traumatic “darknight of the soul” and a heinous childhoodsecret is revealed.

Starting in 1899, and set against the back-ground of the isolated wilderness of the BlueRidge Mountains of Virginia, BrendaGeorge weaves an elaborate tapestry of rich,compelling characters, and a passionatestory of love, courage, violence, heartacheand humour.

Annette Handley-Chandler, ex-literaryagent, Hollywood screenplay agent, EmmyAward winning producer and writer, said:“Brenda’s writing is lyrical and visual — amovie in the making! Don’t miss this com-

pelling, page-turning read!”Brenda was a semi-finalist last year in the

annual USA Hidden River Arts Awards withher book.

She was the only non-American namedamong the winners from many thousands ofentrants from all over the world.

* Brenda George grew up in NorthernRhodesia/Zambia and now lives inPietermaritzburg.

She has been a freelance editor, a literaryagent, a convenor of novel-writing work-shops and a novel-writer of longstanding.

She edited the international best-seller, AMan Cannot Cry, and the recently-released

Divine Dawning, both of which were writ-ten by her sister, Gloria Keverne.

* Falling Leaves and Mountain Ashes is pub-lished by Sherando Sun Publications.

Professional photographer John Hone thinks that theDrakensberg is a treasure but I surmise rather that it’sJohn Hone that’s our treasure.

For this native of Durban has just compiled a mag-nificent coffee table book called Encounters with the

Dragon of his photographs taken over the years whilehiking and camping in these mountains.

As an example of his wellknown work, there can-not be too many Natalians that won’t recognisethe photograph at far right, which was taken fromthe skies above Durban on 12th July 1988.

Mr Hone took three attempts to get it rightfinally while a heavy covering of snow lay onthe ‘Berg (the burning of fire-breaks usuallymars the skies) — and bear in mind that eachtime he had had to charter an aircraft.

To date, he has sold over 50 000 largecopies of the picture.

If you have bought or just looked at postcards of the‘Berg, the chance is also that he took most of them,reproduced by his publishing business, Art Publishers,in Mayville.

Mr Hone brings the same sense of perfectionism tohis book, Encounters with the Dragon, and concurrentlydemonstrates that he is one of the finest landscape pho-tographers we have in the country.

Drakensberg’s origins and its early settlers

The book is illustrated by the photographer’s beauti-ful pictures, all in full colour except for older pictures.Here is a master photographer who is prepared to getout of his sleeping bag to catch a sunrise at dawn’sfreezing weather — in all seasons — to travel to the

samesetting on several different occa-sions until he has captured thatperfect shot, or who risks slowinga hike in order to record the expe-rience faithfully.

The chapters set out to tell about

The legendary, pioneering climbers of yore

Particularly enthralling is the account of the “legendary” climberswho set their sights on scaling peaks never before climbed, from BrianGodbold who started in the 1920s to those of the 1950s.

One of these latter, Martin Winter, who still resides on his farm nearWinterton,like his climbing mates surmounted major peaks in justveldskoens or takkies as no fancy climbing shoes were then available,and with minimal protection gear.

“Four or five pitons and a hard rope was all we had,” he recalls today.Page upon page of John Hone’s spectacular photographs

But the real attraction of Encounters with the Dragon is its magnificentarray of full-colour photographs — page after page of mountain peaks andclefts, hills and valleys, rivers, clouds, sunrises and sunsets, oddities ofcamping life, its colourful characters, and mountains, mountains, moun-tains. It is truly a priceless addition to ‘Berg literature — a real treasure.

the geological origins of the Drakensberg, the oldestidentified inhabitants the Bushmen, the settling of thearea by whites and the Zulu in the 1800s, his own earlyexperiences, the tragedy of climbers that have lost theirlives, the many colourful characters and the ‘Berg itself— its nature, beauty, and the unpredictable weather thatcautions one to give it the utmost respect.

Above: John Hone.

Right:Art

Publishersto date has

sold over50 000

largecopies of

this picturethat John

Hone tookfrom

Durban on12th July

1988.

Above left: The front cover — camping in snow on a level terrace on the TrojanWall.

By Russell Barnes

* Encounters with the Dragon is available at most Midlands book stores.


the gate — but saw her chances of the titlefade when a small mistake near the finishmeant she slipped a place.

Competitors assembled their bikes fromthe pieces that they had brought in, whilethe rain conspired to render the track unus-able.

On a special indoors track built overnight,the 49-year-old raced for the first time inher own age group and not against twenty-somethings.

“The outdoors track there was beautiful,”she said, adding that it was drizzling whenshe had arrived earlier in Vancouver for thepre-worlds event.

“I came third in the 19-and-over class ona special indoors track built overnight, asthe rain conspired to render the outdoor trackunusable.”

Back home and later in the year, Sharlenewon the “Ladies’ BMX Rider of the Year”award at the Standard Bank Cyclist of theYear 2007 awards held at The Emperor’sPalace in Johannesburg in November.

She received a cheque for R500 “and a

See overleaf:• Craig Paul in Scotland

and Italy; and• Sharlene McGilvray inFrance, Brazil, Canada

and China

Continued from page 20

humungous bunch of flowers; itwas like carrying a smallchild !”

For the second year runningshe also earned her KZN col-ours and has been re-selected forthe SA squad attending the 2008World Championships.

In May she will be leavingfor Tauyuan, near Beijing.

She will still have to pay herown travelling expenses, but forthe first time in ten years shewill be competing with fullsponsorship from RobCunnington of Cycles Africa —kit and an Intense BMX bikewith Sinz components —andproduct sponsored by USN.

All her South African raceentry fees and licence fees arefully paid.

“They obviously saw howpassionate I was about BMX so

I got lucky !” she laughs, andthen says enthusiastically: ”I’malso writing an all-South AfricanBMX book aimed at JuniorSchool kids.

“It’s going to be 32 pages ofSA BMX news — where to go,how to start, who’s who, etc.

“Shuter and Shooter are go-ing to publish it and all the roy-alties will go back into the de-velopment of BMX, so that’ssomething I’m really looking for-ward to doing.”

Sharlene teaches spinning atthe Midlands Health and FitnessCentre in Howick on Tuesdaysand Thursdays and trains at Vir-gin Active in Pietermaritz-burg.

And finally, with all the abovecredentials, not surprisingly shewill be featured in Femina’s Julyissue.

Look out for it !

Local cyclists making their mark

internationally

Right: The winners of the women’s 45+category at last year’s BMX World

Champs in Canada — from left, 1st,Liesbeth van der Jagt (NED); 2nd,Sharlene McGilvray (South Africa);

3rd, Ellen Kuiper (Canada); 4th, JoniSiebenlist (USA); 5th, Kathryn

Bostrom (USA); and 7th and partlycut off, Kittie Weston-Knauer (USA).

Dale Morphew of Howickhas been chosen to representSouth Africa at the Eighth Ca-noe Polo World Champio-shipsin Edmonton in Canada from20th to 27th July. Six of theseven team members are fromKwaZulu-Natal.

Dale has been playing forNatal A since 2004, havingbeen selected for the U21 sidein 2001 while a Grade 10 pu-pil at Weston.

. . . and Dale’s

travelling to CanadaRussell Barnes

The game of canoe polo isplayed in an area of 23 metres by35 metres on pools, dams andeven — as he discovered on anoverseas trip in 2005 — on ca-nals in Belgium.

Each side has five players andthree substitutes.

According to the rules, eachhalf lasts 10 minutes, with just atwo-minute break in between.

The world championships areheld every second year, and thiswill be Dale’s first trip.

Below: Dale Morphew — travelling to Canada in July for the Eighth Canoe PoloWorld Championships. In this file photograph taken last year he is holding hisNatal colours for canoe polo and gold medal for Natal’s winning efforts at the 2007SA Champs.

Fundraising golf day at

Gowrie to aid Nottingham

Road Tourism

Polo season beginsWhat is the Midlands without its century-

old tradition of playing polo on its beautifulfields ?

And remember, all tournaments welcomevisitors, and have excellent catering, freeentrance and the promise of lovely days inthe sunny winter countryside at a lovelyvenue.

Up at the Karkloof Club

The Karkloof Club’s polo section will behosting three major tournaments this win-ter.

First up from 13th to 15th June is theKarkloof Polo Classic, the most popular tour-nament of its kind in the country. Two weekslater, from 27th – 29th June, there will be theSAPA tournament, a new event from theSouth African Polo Association.

Then a fortnight later — from 11th to 13th

July — the South African Championshipswill be playing for the century-old BeresfordCup (circa 1890).

A special feature of these three top tour-naments is that the senior section is rated at15 goals — the best level in South Africa atpresent.

“The winning performer over the threematches will be awarded the Triple Crown,which is a new feature,” said Mike Benson.

“It’s as good polo as you’ll get here.”Across at the Lions River Polo Club

The Lions River Club was a bustle of ac-

tivity last weekend, with a Seniors Tour-nament of five polo teams of the over-50splaying on Friday and Sunday, accordingclub vice-captain, Julia Rees.

On Saturday the Natal Horse Fair washeld in aid of the Horse Care Unit, whichis a “horse version” of the SPCA.

The fair featured displays of varioushorse breeds, and sports such aspolocrosse, show-jumping and dressage,as well as talks by various horse expertson horse communication, caring forhorses’ eyes, a farrier speaks, etc.

From 20th to 22nd June the club’s an-nual tournament takes place with 12 teamsdoing battle. A cocktail party will be heldon Friday night.

On 2nd and 3rd August the club will behosting a 4x2 tournament — a smaller,local event that aims to encourage youngerplayers and beginners, playing with themore experienced players.

Then up at Mooi River

Early birds Mooi River have alreadyhad their annual Mooi River Polo Tour-nament, which was held from 9th to 11th

May, club captain Clive Cole said.For the remainder of the season the

team will now be busy playing varioustournaments in the area, but will be host-ing a season-end mini tournament in Sep-tember.

The new Gowrie Golf Course atNottingham Road is holding a fundraising“Golf Day” in aid of Nottingham RoadTourism on Friday 13th June.

The competition format will costR280-00 per golfer and consist of a four-ball alliance, with two scores to count.

There will be prizes for longest driveand closest to the pin.

Halfway Toyota, Howick, are sponsor-ing prizes for the winners of the BetterballStableford competition, run in conjunctionwith the 4-ball alliance competition.

Teeing off will be from 11h am atseven-minute intervals.

Please supply names of four balls.Gowrie has 10 caddies. Players should

let management know should they requireany further caddies.

Tea/coffee and biscuits will be servedat 10 am.

Halfway house will be a choicebetween pie, gravy and gravy or quicheand salad, while dinner will consist ofbeef stroganoff, salad and rolls.

Dinner for partners will cost R65-00per head, numbers to be confirm beforethe time for catering purposes.

The registration table will open at10 am, where golfers will be given theirscorecards, local rules and info on thecourse.

Prize-giving and dinner will be hostedat the Clubhouse after the golf day.

The club is also appealing to busi-nesses to sponsor a hole @ R500-00 perhole.

This is an opportunity to showcaseyour business, promoting it by means ofbanners, promotional gift packs and/ormaking your “hole” the most fun andwacky of the day.

Branding/banners need to be at theGowrie Golf Course by Thursday 12th

June.Please contact René at Nottingham

Road Tourism ASAP to reserve your 4-balland/or sponsorship for this prestigiousevent. Telephone or fax 033-266 6308, ore-mail: [email protected]

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Two local cyclists have much to

look forward in 2008 to. For

each year, Sharlene McGilvray

and Craig Paul, both of

Howick, compete in the an-

nual World Championships as

well as starring in the

numerous local races. Varsity

College graduate Amy Jordaan

caught up with them.

Right: Craig Paul ofHowick in action at theoffroad mountainbiking

World Championships inScotland last year. Craig

was further honouredwhen the picture was

used for promotion in theSA mountainbiker

magazine.

Local cyclists

making

their mark

internationally

Craig Paul of Howick competed in theoffroad mountain biking World Champion-ships in the foothills of Ben Nevis in Scot-land last September.

He was among a group of 19 South Afri-cans racing in the under-23 age group.

Back in South Africa, and now 23, he iscurrently third in the elite men’s category(age 23 to 29) in the local championship.

He finished second last year in the U23category.

In Scotland at the World Champs, com-petitors were required to complete the 7.8kmcircuit five times.

The first lap started with multiple crashesbut Craig managed to recover later on.

The lap began with a track width ofaround 10m, narrowing down to five metresfurther on before further decreasing to a sin-gle-lane track less than one metre wide.

“This causes the competitors to bottle upand meant that there was a large amount ofwaiting, running and walking, while wait-ing for the bottleneck to clear,” he explained.

“In an international event the competi-tors are all so evenly matched that the bot-tleneck obviously gives some an advantage.”

The answer would be for Craig to com-pete overseas more — from the small spon-sorship available to South African cyclistshe manages only to attend the World Cham-pionships — and thus obtain an internationalseeding.

Continued on page 15

Hence — those starting lower down in thefield getting caught at the bottlenecks.

From the second lap onwards everythingsettles down to racing per se, he said.

In 2006 Craig finished 73rd in New Zea-land and in Scotland in 2007 improved tofinish 58th overall. Burry Stander from theKwaZulu-Natal South Coast finished a stag-gering 6th overall in the event.

“I was a lot more satisfied this year com-pared to last year,” Craig said, noting thatthe experience is helping.

The 2008 World Championship will beheld in Italy in June, and as a reserve Craigwill only go in the event of injury.

SharleneMcGilvray in France,

Brazil, Canadaand China

Craig Paul in Scotland and perhaps Italy

Sharlene McGilvray is looking forwardto competing in her fourth BMX WorldChampionships this year, in China.

In Canada last July she was placed sec-ond in her class.

Riding a Crusader (a BMX bike with 24-inch wheels), she managed a “hole shot” —the vital achievement of being first out of

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