Geagte Old Boy
Dit is ons laaste nuusbrief vir 2016 en ʼn mens kan nie anders as om oor die afgelope jaar terug te kyk en te wonder wat die toekoms inhou nie.
Die 150-feesjaar het baie positiewe dinge opgelewer, maar ook ʼn teleurstelling of twee. Die hoogtepunt was sekerlik die uiters suksesvolle massa-reünie, waar meer as 530 gaste teenwoordig was. Old Boys en oud-onderwysers het van heinde en verre gekom om die geleentheid by te woon. Anders as voorheen is die dinee op ʼn Vrydagaand gehou en ons het besluit om so daarmee voort te gaan. Volgende jaar se datum sal binnekort bekend gemaak word.
We also started to play sport again against the school, a tradition which ended in the 90’s. This year 16 teams competed to be the Old Boys Touchies champion. This is a wonderful way to introduce scholars to the Old Boys Union and they were more than willing to play for food and a cooldrink! Next year, we aim to have more teams and to play on two fields. A number of sponsors also came on board, but more sponsors would be appreciated.
Another highlight was that Paul Roos has beaten Grey Bloem in the Old Boys golf and we could increase our domination over the 14 years that this competition has been played.
Life, being life, also brought a couple of disappointments in 2016. Our planned mountain biking event did not come off the ground and we had to cancel the Gauteng dinner, due to the fact that the municipal elections caused a change of date and that led to low numbers. We changed the Thursday evening dinner to a Friday night and we believe that next year we will have a good turnout. The loss to Grey PE in the Old Boys golf was a bit unexpected, but they are a great bunch of people and we will try and revenge this year’s setback in 2017.
The sales of the 150 festival wine also lags and we have a special offer of 20% discount on all bottles. This wine was made from cabernet sauvignon supplied by old boy winemakers and is an exceptional wine which can be kept for quite a while. At the time of writing this report, the Splendidior 150 was awarded a 4-star John Platter rating with the following comment: “Silky smooth body, a long life ahead. Splendid indeed!”
Met Kersfees net om die draai, wil ons komitee ook ʼn paar dinge in ons Kerskous sien vir 2017:
- ʼn Suksesvolle Old Boys-gholfdag (ons fondsinsamelinsiatief vir ons kantooruitgawes);
- ʼn Massa-reünie/dinee met minstens 300 mense, maar ʼn opkoms van 500 of meer sal uitstekend wees;
- Gauteng-dinee bygewoon deur minstens 60 old boys vooraf gegaan deur gholf;
- ʼn Groter “touchies”-toernooi, met meer borge en mag ʼn Old Boys-span wen!;
- Om as oorwinnaars in al drie Old Boys gholfwedstryde teen Grey PE, Boishaai en Grey Bloem uit te tree; en
- ʼn Goeie jaar vir ons alma mater in alle opsigte.
Dankie aan almal wat vanjaar in die komitee dien en gedien het en bereid was om onbaatsugtig hul tyd aan die OSU af te staan, aook Elza vir haar puik werk.
Jul komitee wens almal ʼn baie geseënde Kersfees en ʼn baie voorspoedige 2017 toe en indien jul weggaan van die huis, reis asseblief veilig. Laat die beste van 2016 die slegste van 2017 wees!
Gustav Potgieter
Voorsitter
gustav@aurumtrust.co.za
083 302 1525
