Eagles have a whale of a time at Umkomaas
Golfers learnt about the rich history of Umkomaas before playing their games.
Umkomaas, as we know it today, grew into a settlement when a harbour was built at the mouth of the uMkhomazi River in order to export sugar. That is according to Google anyway.
Before the establishment of the harbour, whales would enter the river mouth to calf and so the river became known as uMkhomazi which means ‘the place of cow whales’.
Having got to know their history, the Village Eagles visit Umkomaas Golf Course on many occasions and never fail to have a whale of a time. Our September game at Umkomaas was no exception.
Once again, our thanks must go to Umkomaas Golf Club for their hosting skills and for allowing us to use their golf course so that we can do what we so enjoy doing on the first Tuesday of the month.
Umkomaas is also one of the scuba diving capitals of the country as diving the Aliwal Shoal guarantees the sighting of sharks. Well, looking at the results it seems that the sharks left the water and made their way up the road to the golf course.
The sharks then proceeded to score 91 Stableford points and take home the first prize. Their names you ask? It was Les Vince, Frank Shaw, Bryony Rogers and Steve Stead. In their defence, they only got first prize on a count out from Jeremy Boyd, Robbie Bruce, Pippa Bruce and Cecil Smith.
Talking of Cecil Smith, what a comeback. After not playing golf for some time Cecil returned to take the best male trophy on 42 points. Best lady was Bryony Rogers who counted out Sue Boucher with both ladies scoring 40 points. Lost ball count went to Janet Boyd whose estimate of 41 was closest to the 42 balls that were lost.
We return to Selborne Golf Club on October 4 and look forward to yet another whale of a time.
THE BALD EAGLE
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