Letter from the Chairman

From the Chairman

Members

Welcome to the latest edition of this finest of publications.

In this edition you will find a huge variety of articles from extreme feats of endurance by Members, to sporting triumphs, to conservation and re-greening projects, plus a host of events and news stories.

I recently informed you of the appointment of the new Club Secretary, Mr Michael Flint. Michael comes with a wealth of experience in hospitality and particularly in Club management. He has worked in South America, UK, Mexico, Hong Kong and various venues in the US and the Caribbean, managing the Deer Creek Country and Gold Club in Florida and more recently the Albany Resort in the Bahamas. Michael will be joining us in November. We look forward to welcoming Michael and his wife Lilly to the Club.

Life at the Club continues to hum along, we hosted 150 Members and their guests at the Ngong Racecourse in June, to coincide with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

We continue to offer Members support - 130 Covid booster doses were administered in July and at the time of writing we are assisting Members in the Expressway Registration and Installation exercise (see Page 9.)

Functions continue to abound and I have hosted several myself. I don’t believe that you will find finer facilities for hosting functions anywhere. As ever thank you to the staff for all their hard work, under the excellent tutelage of interim Club Secretary David Muunga.

In May I planted a sapling fever tree to replace its magnificent predecessor that grew next to the steam engines by the Chairman’s Lawn and that had to be felled for safety reasons (see Page 17). Having done that I am a little more comfortable quoting the words of the Nobel Peace laureate the late Prof Wangari Maathai who said that, “Until you dig a hole, until you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.” Stop talking, go and plant a tree.

We continue to work hard on the many Club Committees, I am delighted to announce that the Main Committee has set up an HR Committee to oversee staff matters and welfare – such a critical component to the wellbeing of our staff and the Club as a whole.

Thank you to all Committee members for their dedication, let us remember they are each giving up their time on a voluntary basis.

For those of you that will be holidaying over the coming weeks, have a restful and invigorating time. For those younger Members who have battled their ways through studies and examinations and have come out the other end in one piece, enjoy yourselves and relax at the Club.

For those voting or otherwise involved in the upcoming elections remember the words of the late Nelson Mandela; ‘may your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears’.

My best wishes to you and your families,

Philip Coulson, Chairman, Muthaiga Country Club