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Crowning glory at last for Royal Port Alfred golfers

The Royal Port Alfred Golf Club team broke a seven-year trophy drought after winning the Five Royals Golf Tournament at their home course over the weekend. The tournament which has been played for 39-years bringing five Royal Golf Clubs…

Locals make their mark at Kowie Toyota Golf Day

The Kowie Toyota Royal Port Alfred Golf Club Open Championship was played on Saturday December 16 at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club. MARK CARRELS took the pictures

PARTY TIME: Democratic Alliance leadership (from left) Ndlambe caucus leader Sikumbuzo Venene, Constituency Leader Kevin Mileham and provincial caucus leader Nqaba Bhanga at a stakeholder engagement session at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club recently. Issues facing Ndlambe residents as well the country at large were discussed. Picture: TK MTIKI

DA big guns speak to Ndlambe stakeholders

The Democratic Alliance (DA) provincial and local leadership hosted a stakeholder engagement session at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club recently. The DA Ndlambe caucus leader, PR councillor Sikhumbuzo ‘Skura’ Venene dwelled on the DA’s…

MOST POINTS: KGB Golf statistician Andy Stembridge, left, and club captain Mark Warren, right, hand the Order of Merit trophy to Dave Curran Picture: JON HOUZET

Lots of mirth at KGB annual prize giving

There was lots of laughter and good-natured ribbing at the annual KGB Golf lunch at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club (RPAGC) recently. The golfing section, which even has members overseas, keep a meticulous record of all statistics,…

A SINCERE THANKS TO ALL: Debra Harris of the Port Alfred Soup Kitchen was in an effusive mood when thanking the participants in the successful Build It Golf Day, held at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club on Saturday. She said was delighted that the day had gone so well and gave a special word of thanks to Build It and all the other sponsors who had ensured the poor and hungry received food Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Hole in one for the Port Alfred Soup Kitchen

Build It managing director and franchise holder Andre Swanepoel sponsored the Port Alfred Soup Kitchen Golf Day at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club on Saturday September 25, and the event was an unmitigated success. Golfers from all around…

AVID GOLFERS: Bongani Nkohla and Sivuyile Makile would like disadvantaged youth to take up golf as they did in order to better their lives

Golf, not just a sport but a means toward a better life

Makana Tourism’s first-ever Golf Tournament, The Makana Sunshine two-day Golf Classic, is set to provide a launching pad for other aspirational caddies and golfers, raising funds for The Belmont Caddie Academy and the Royal Port Alfred’s…

DUMPING THEIR RUBBISH: Discarding unwanted refuse is becoming a trend in Ndlambe and must be stopped if we are to attract visitors to our area

Creating a new refuse dump?

After reading our front-page story in this week’s Talk of the Town (Outrage over mess left), a reader sent this picture of rubbish that has been dumped against the fence of the Royal Port Alfred Golf Course saying that this was totally…

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Free on the golf greens

The buck on the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club course have even freer movement than usual during lockdown, with no golfers to disturb their grazing. Talk of the Town came across this herd of springbok on the edge of the course on Saltvlei…

‘Treat people like people’ says differently-abled speaker

The Royal Port Alfred Golf Club hosted a fundraising event for Healing Horses on Monday evening to raise awareness and funds for its work in improving the lives of differently-abled people, old and young. The RPAGC car park was full as…

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Flags raised for start of annual Royals Tournament

The Royals Tournament at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club (RPAGC) started on Friday with the captains of the five Royals clubs – Royal Cape, Royal Johannesburg, Royal Durban, Royal Harare and RPAGC – raising their club flags, while piper…

COMMUNITY CARE: Sunshine Coast Hospice was pleased to host a cancer awareness talk American MD Steve Kennedy, second from right, during the recent Hospice Week. With him, from left, are Hospice board chairman Terry Harris, Hospice director Trish Gillies and Hospice administrator Angela Hibbert Picture: JON HOUZET

An informative cancer awareness talk

In what was a first for Sunshine Coast Hospice, they hosted a cancer awareness talk by American MD Steve Kennedy at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club during the recent Hospice Week. Kennedy said there were more than 200 kinds of cancer. In…

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Wringing out the bids at Saafa golf day auction

Rob Knowles of Talk of the Town played auctioneer at the end of the SA Air Force Association Golf Day at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club on Saturday. Among the items auctioned were vouchers to stay at the Royal St Andrew’s Hotel and a…

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A festive year-end party for KGB golf

The KGB section of the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club held their annual prize giving lunch at the club last Friday. It was a festive affair, with many laughs shared over the long list of fines issued to members for various infractions – the…

OLDER BUT NOT FINISHED: The Royal Port Alfred Golf Club’s oldest four-ball covey in 2018 with a combined age of 335, from left, Albert Whitfield, Lionel Timm, Dale Wisener and Stan Weyer. These gentlemen still play a very good game off respectable handicaps

1820s golfers celebrate 50 years

ERNEST ALLEN The 1820 Golfers Group held their annual lunch at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club (RPAGC) on Monday November 19. The event was special because 50 years earlier, in 1968, the idea of a group of older golfers was born. The…

The winners of the NSRI Golf Day relaxed over drinks and snacks after a serious day’s sport. From left are former Transvaal eighth man, Andries Small, with Marie Horne who did not play and husband Harold Horne, Wollie Wolmarans and Rocky Rowe Picture: ROB KNOWLES

NSRI Golf Day winners

Congratulations to the winners of the NSRI Golf Day, Andries Small, Harold Horne, Wollie Wolmarans and Rocky Rowe, which was held at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club recently. The event is an annual fundraiser for the NSRI andattracts…