O die donkie, O die donkie….. is n wonderlike ding!

I was tending to matters of a work nature on Tuesday morning, when I was alluded to the fact that my weekly scheduled Pool League was postponed due to players that could not play. Just as I was confirming the new arrangements Wouter Dreyer the PRO council member from Potchefstroom 47 messages me and asked if I would like to join the council members from Potchefstroom 47, Andries Du Plessis and Divan Kotze along with Wouter himself to go on a raid to Boksburg 17. By being a pipeliner at table I was very keen on going on this raid.

So off we went, leaving Potch at around 17:00 and having a great time. We got to the Boksburg 17 table and joined them with their raid meeting. The guys from Boksburg 17 put on a hell of a meeting and with all the tables represented it was great fun. We learnt a lot from the other tables and got great new ideas for fundraising. The fellowship amongst the tables and guys was insane.

Afterwards the guys went around sharing good times, pins and coins, having drinks and talking shop. The raiding started surprisingly early with the blokes from Middleburg starting during business, but we waited to the end of the meeting. Now here's where I started my journey ….

Boksburg 17 has a tradition where there is a trophy presented every month to a member called “The dom d@@s of The Month” , it is a Donkey …

When I sneaked into the club's room I saw the aforementioned Donkey in the Trophy case, the clubhouse convener, conveniently the holder of the trophy lost it in the trophy case? But I grabbed the donkey and stashed it in the car.

That night when I was dropped off, I grabbed the donkey out of the car. The adventures of the donkey and I started the next morning, being a supposedly busy guy, the donkey went to work with me.

Stop number one, JB Marks Local Municipality Council chamber, the Donkey and I posed for a photo, there were upon many of my colleagues that had questions and comments, the guys were interested in what the story was behind the Donkey. The interest in the donkey and Round Table was quite inspiring.

Stop number two was NTT Volkswagen Potchefstroom where I introduced the Donkey to Ruan Beukes, a friend of table. The next stop was the Round Table Potchefstroom 47 clubhouse, The Flagship, we stopped for a quick selfie and then moved on home. The last few stops were at my pool club Bert's Pub And Gril and later that night the NWPA pool venue in Klerksdorp.

My adventures to Boksburg 17 and around Potchefstroom was a great example of the fellowship, spirit and youthfulness. It was eye opening and even more inspiring for me as an individual that what we as table do and represent in our country.

Hannes Lourens Potchefstroom 47, Pipeliner