Reply on Behalf of the 41ers

Dear fellow Tablers, I was given the great honour to do the reply on behalf of the 41ers, at first you think this is a piece of cake, but when you sit and think of all your years in table and what you as a person achieved, the reality hits you, this is the end, this is goodbye.

I’m a Proud past Algoa 108 member, and I will continue to support them where needed, I’m fortunate enough today to be able to account to you the Absolute Impactfulchange that round table has had on me and all past members alike.

I am humbled by the realization of how small we actually are in the bigger picture of things. How truly honoured we were to have been placed in this position, to have received the Rondel from the giants before us, to have been able to wear it with pride on our chest and now to be able to pass it on to the next generation of tablers.

I must admit, i’m jealous of those staying behind, because today for the first time the words Adopt, Adapt and Improve Hurts!!, I realize that I’m the end product of those words, the organisation that taught me and so many other gentlemen to be a better person, not just in table but also in our family, and in our communities.

As a past tabler we stand here today as complete as round table would have wanted us to be, we can only hope that we applied our organisation motto with some degree of success towards our fellow table brothers, our communities, our home, our family and ourselves as individual’s.

Forgetting Round table would be absolutely impossible, joining for community service and end up staying for fellowship has never been truer, never forget your brothers that stood side by side doing handouts with the local community. In my mind, our limited years together we have seen more, lived more, been more and served more than most other men would have in their lifetime.

No number of words would ever be enough to describe the level of appreciation that we have for this organisation, thank you to each and every person that played a part in our table journey, it’s not the end of our path together, just a slightly quieter one going forward, but we will always be there to assist where we can.

We would like to thank our beautiful families for enjoying this journey with us, you are amazing, and we loved you very much.

We Thank you Round Table

Paul Ferreira, Round Table Algoa 108, Outgoing 41er 2023