Margate Moves: Special moments for proud grandparents
Southbroomites feature in this week's news.
The hot summer has made for some wonderful flying weather.
Connor James of Southbroom, now armed with his commercial pilot’s licence, is working as an instructor at 43 Air School in Port Alfred.
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He was back home recently and took a number of folk for flights in a Cherokee 180, over the Margate area and down to the Wild Coast and back.
One of those to enjoy the experience was his grandfather Peter B Munday, who has recently moved into Margate Retirement Village.
He’s flown before on numerous occasions but never with Connor as pilot, so it was a special trip.
On a sad note, Colin and Dawn Steyn have relocated to Johannesburg, while Gordon and Pat Moody will be emigrating to Brisbane, Australia soon.
The Legends, comprising Richard Bridgeford, Des Erasmus and Deon de Beer will playing at the Fishermen’s Net in Southbroom on Friday, February 7.
There was a superb turnout for the Ramsgate Lions ‘Beetle Drive’ evening at the community hall in Ramsgate last Friday night.
By all accounts it seems a great time was had by all.
Kudos to the Lions, most of whom were up and about the next day, assisting with free blood sugar tests at Hibiscus Mall in Margate.
Meanwhile, Clyde Westoby has arrived at Kearsney College in Botha’s Hill, joining his older brother Dylan, who is now in grade 11.
They are the sons of James and Sarah of Ballito and grandsons of Tony and Sue Westoby of Southbroom.
Tony, generally better known for his fishing prowess, is now the current Southern Natal Nomads golf captain.
At the time of going to print, Tony was playing golf with the Nomads national chairman at Scottburgh.
Clyde was among the 2020 intake of new boys who started a day before the others and by now would have ‘enjoyed’ a week of orientation.
James attended Glenwood High in Durban in his day, so there’s bound to be some friendly banter at some point.
Dylan, meanwhile, has become a third generation Westoby to become a registered skipper.
He wrote his skipper’s ticket three days after his 16th birthday last year.
No doubt, Clyde will join that list in the future.
He should settle in at school soon enough, even if he is slightly further away from the ocean than he would like to be.
But you can’t keep the Westobys far from water and he has already been chosen for his age group water polo team.
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