Record field of 168 at KZN golf day Biggest field at PISA golf day, ever WITH a field of 168, the PISA KZN golf day at Royal Durban on 12 July was probably the biggest PISA golf day ever! The organisers were very dubious that the day would go ahead at all, as the July Handicap used the course for the ‘tent town’ the weekend before, and it had rained on the Thursday and Friday before the July. The course was damaged but the Royal Durban management made sure that the course was playable, well, almost. So the event went ahead in clear skies, fortunately, with the main sponsor for the day, Hosaf, having sponsored the stylishly designed golf shirts. Hosaf was represented by MD Peter White and two of his team, Tsepiso and Rani, who helped out with the organisation of the day. A big thank you to the Hosaf team. The oldest player was a 71-year-old (Garth Taylor) and the youngest was Kavishen Govender, just 12 – and the latter was among the winners! Every player who finished got a prize, and a new prize was introduced – donated by Sangio Pipes The GPS fourball – consisting of Donald Govender, Tony Paddayachee, Kevin Govender and Deva Govender – ran away with it and won the day with 111 points. Here we see them with Peter White (second from right) of Hosaf, the main sponsor, and the KZN floating trophy, a beautiful wood carving of a rhino … well done guys!
in memory of Gary Warren, who passed away whilst riding the Argus Cycle tour in March. That was for the best individual player of the day, who on this occasion was Chris Coetzee with 47 points. Sangio also sponsored the halfway house, making sure everyone was well fed. The first prize was won by GPS Plastics, whose Kevin Govender, Tony Paddayachee, Donald Govender and Deva Naidoo came in with 111 points. GPS has sponsored the KZN day on two previous occasions, so they perhaps deserved to take it this year – well done guys. The competition was an Alliance, with two scores to count on the par 4’s and 5’s and all four scores counting on the par 3’s. The Rhino Army was present as the beneficiary and raffled a prize of a week’s time share at one of the country’s top golf resorts, and the winner was Bruce Naidu of Skyland Masterbatch. That was just rewards as Skyland had in fact donated the 12 top prizes for the day. The organising committee decided to
Runners-up – Team Mercury were in good form and ended in second place. Conrad Pillay, Jaco van Rensberg and Hendrik van Rensberg were solid on the day; here we see them with Peter White. The fourth player was Clinton van Rensburg, not in the photo – and, no, the little chap did not play!
make the Rhino Amy the beneficiary for this day, and Rhino Army fundraiser Cara Ridl managed to raise quite a bit through the lucky draw competition – virtually everyone bought a ticket. All in all, it was a great day!
Lucky draw – Bruce Naidu of Skyland Masterbatch, which sponsored 12 team prizes, had a good day too, winning the Rhino Army lucky draw competition. Here we see him with Garth Taylor, organiser and oldest player on the day!
The President Plastics fourball were third on the day. Here we see Bobby Pillay of BNR, the Durban agent for President of Newcastle, with Dhevan Govender, Thaveshan Govender, Selvan Padayachee, Shiven Govender and 12-year-old Kavishen Govender
Rhino Army – The day was given additional meaning by the collection for the Rhino Army, and many of those present made donations. Rhino Army fundraiser Cara Ridl was able to get almost everyone to donate!
Global colloquium on recycling & waste management in Cape Town PETCO will host a delegation of the European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisation (EPRO) when they hold their first AGM on African soil in Cape Town on 20 November. To maximize the opportunity to learn from each other’s best practices about waste management, recycling, green economy and packaging initiatives, a global colloquium
with leaders in the recycling and waste management industries will take place the following day on 21 November. The colloquium, ‘Global partnerships for a sustainable recycling sector’, will see 15 international speakers paired with 15 local industry leaders sharing their views on the water management and recycling economy, trends, legislative tools,
technical innovation and more. PETCO invites all industry partners to attend the full-day conference at The Pavilion, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. • FOR MORE INFO, VISIT WWW.PETCO.CO.ZA/EPROCONFERENCE AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2013