Good Day fellow anglers,

In the mad scramble to complete current business before rushing off to the coast or elsewhere for your well-deserved  holidays, there comes a time when you need to stop for a minute, collect your thoughts…… and take a breather! Preferably with a cold one in the hand?

Well, Wednesday next week is the time for you to force yourself to take that hard earned breather and what a better way to do it than with your friends at Nomads Club, talking about the upcoming holidays and the fish you’re going to catch, your recent fishing expeditions and successes, the new motors that Father Christmas is getting you, or just renew old acquaintances over an ice cold beer after a long day at work?

I realise that time is tight for all of us and that by Wednesday a lot of people would probably have already snuck away, but this is the time to regenerate your passion for angling, to spur yourself into trying new fishing methods and practices and to talk amongst one another!

So I urge each and every available Nomads member, old and new, current and past, to gather for the last time this year and show face at our club, even if it is just a quick in and out for a beer or hello. There will be some interesting discussions taking place should you wish to listen in, with lucky draw prizes and a snack/bite to eat. Being Christmas holidays, please bring along the family if you so wish, sometimes the better half also needs a break and the kids need to run off that excess energy on the lawns!

Full details of what is proposed for the evening will follow shortly and it is our intention to promote the Interclub at Guinjata with a Q & A session with the competition organisers from Guinjata SBC – Brett Padoa and Jan Hoffman. They will also talk about Moz in general, for those who are planning to visit Moz over Christmas!

Nomads members have elected a new committee to lead the way forward and although they are working hard at it, success cannot be achieved without your support and active participation within the club. So please show your support by joining us for a social chat in a relaxed atmosphere. Just what the doctor ordered!

Yours in Angling

Dave Martin (Gaffer Dog)
Chairman

PS. Our database may not be 100% up to date so I kindly ask that you forward this message to ANY and ALL Nomads members, past, future and current! Members of other clubs are more than welcome as accompanied guests. Thank You.

Tel: +2711 396 1800/1/2
Fax: +2711 396 1810

To: Dave Martin

I have tried a few times to contact you telephonically without success.

I have decided that I will now stand down from the Nomads committee. I have sat on the committee for a number of years and I feel that I have served my time.

I wish you and the new committee all success in the future.

Best regards.

Dave Brown
SA Rice Mills
Office: 011-976-4723
Mobile: 082-899-0111
Email: dave@saricemills.co.za
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Hi Dave,

For as long as I can remember you have been an active Nomads stalwart. Your dedication and unreserved service to the club and committee cannot be repaid by any means, except by us thanking you for giving up thousands of hours of your own time, for the good of Nomads Gamefish Club and the sport of angling. You have more than “served my time”, and for this we are exceptionally grateful.

On behalf of the committee members, past and present, and on behalf of all the Nomads members, past present and future, I sincerely thank you for your unparalleled service and wish you the best of luck going forward.

I look forward to enjoying a beer with you at our next get together. Until then we wish you and your family a blessed Christmas and a successful year ahead.

Yours Sincerely

Dave Martin
Chairman Nomads Gamefishing Club

2014 Rosebowl Questionnaire from the Nomads Chairman: Dave Martin

Good day fellow Nomads,

As you may all be aware of by now, there have been some changes to the committee following the recent AGM where Leon and Magriet stepped down.

Chairmanship was taken on by myself and hence this communication from me and not Leon.

Please note that the committee portfolios are still to be finalised and therefore this communication should not be seen as an ‘acceptance speech’ by myself and which shall follow in due course, however there is at least one urgent matter that needs to be addressed immediately, and this is Nomads’ participation at the 2014 Rosebowl, hosted by Guinjata SFC and to be held at Guinjata, Mozambique, 16 to 21 March 2014.

I have been approached by some active Nomads members expressing concern for their safety in Mozambique considering the recent upsurge in violence between Frelimo and Renamo.  I have attached an article from today’s news (11 Nov 2013) which I urge you to read in order to have some insight into the problem.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/foreigners-flee-mozambique-1.1604923#.UoCf1eISglQ

While our primary concern is for the safety of our members, we cannot disregard our obligation to SGDSAA and Guinjata Sportfishing Club for the upcoming Rosebowl challenge, a tournament that we pride ourselves for excelling in. With this in mind the committee needs to make an informed decision based on the Nomads members wishes of whether to raise concerns of safety and to relay these to SGDSAA, should these concerns be affecting proposed participation by Nomads members at the Rosebowl?

I would like to use this opportunity to gather feedback from  ALL MEMBERS by way of a few yes/no answers by as to whether you are willing to fish in Guinjata. Please note that your response herein is NOT a commitment for participation in any way whatsoever, but we need to have some sort of realistic indication. I realise that March is still some time away and that some of you will be going to Guinjata and other Mozambican destinations in December, but these comps are planned well in advance and we owe it to GSFC to raise any concerns sooner rather than later.

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Many Thanks for  your co-operation, and please feel free to add any other non-related issues or concerns that you may wish to express.

Yours Sincerely

Dave Martin
Chairman Nomads GFC
Tel: +27 11 396 1800/1/2