The 450 Club

It is a requirement of Nomads Membership that a Nomad commits himself to play a minimum of 6 Monthly Meetings per year. To some that may seem onerous but to others anything less than the full quota of 12 Monthly Meetings per year is a minor tragedy in their lives.

Upon reaching certain milestones these Nomads are recognised by having their plain Name bar replaced by one with a disc indicating the figure reached. Initially these events are recognised in lots of 100 games but as time passes the figure reduces to every 50 games.

We have Nomads who have played over 500 games consecutively since becoming a Member of an already established Club; we also have Members who have played every Monthly Meeting since becoming Founder Members of their respective Clubs; we have several Members who have played every monthly meeting since becoming Members and we even have one Member who has played over 550 games during his Nomadic career.

Consider then the magnitude of the achievement of becoming a Member of the illustrious 450 Club where, to join, the qualification is to have teed up at 450 Monthly Meetings. Taking into consideration that one may only obtain one game credit per month towards the total this means having played the minimum equivalent of one Nomads game per month for almost 38 years.
No allowance is made for all those other multitude of games played in Gary Player Knockout Competitions, Away Tours, Club Anniversaries, Nationals in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana etc.

Our sincere congratulations go to the following stalwart Nomads who have contributed to the success of our organisation over the years and for whom the game of golf has brought pleasure, camaraderie and life-long friendships:-

The FIRST -  DOUG MILNE
   ex Gauteng & Natal now Member of Southern Natal
  
HARRY SERRURIER - (Founder Member of Transvaal Nomads
                              then EASTERN CAPE Nomad)

then followed by
BOBBY MELVILLE - GAUTENG

            KEN BLAKE - GAUTENG
      Ken has the singular distinction of having completed this feat by playing in 450 consecutive monthly meetings since his induction into Nomads.

DOUGIE HIRKHAM - WESTERN PROVINCE

ALEC SAUNDERS - GAUTENG

JOHN WINTON - NATAL

MICK SUGDEN - NATAL

EDDIE ZURCHER - WESTERN PROVINCE

CLIVE HOLMES - SOUTHERN NATAL
 

The background colour to the numerical part of their Name Bar is DARK BROWN

Several others are rapidly approaching this milestone and their names will be recorded in the sequence in which they are received. We wish for them the health and strength to achieve their goals:-
(the list will be continuously  updated as it grows)

Congratulations to all on a wonderful Nomadic achievement !