Domani mercoledì 25 novembre ospitiamo l’Interclub del Gruppo La Secchia Rapita sul tema del Lavorotaract. Relatore della serata il Dott. Michele Taraschi, Direttore delle risorse umane del Gruppo System S.p.A.
Ritrovo ore 20.30 presso Agriturismo Cantoni, strada Montanara 161, Modena.

PROMOTING INTER-CLUB MEETINGS
An inter-club meeting is a meeting or activity staged by two or more Kiwanis family clubs including K-Kids, Builders Club, Key Club, Circle K Club, Kiwanis and Aktion Club. The definition of an inter-club was expanded from simply attending another Kiwanis club meeting to include attending the projects, activities and social events of another K-Family club. The broadened definition promotes more opportunities for fellowship, education and encourages greater interaction between Kiwanis clubs and our Service Leadership Programs.

Inter-clubbing is a means of supporting Kiwanis’ fifth Object, which is, “To provide through this club, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build a better community.”

A wider scope of Kiwanis involvement can be achieved by arranging visits between clubs in the same town, division, and district, as well as inter-district get-togethers.

The expanded definition of an inter-club minimizes the monotonous routine of simply going to another meeting and allows clubs to interact socially, apart from the regularly scheduled meetings, in community fundraisers, service projects and social programs.
Careful planning at division council meetings and advance notification of projects and activities will lead to more inter-clubbing by more members.

An interclub is recorded by the Secretary on the monthly report when 4 members of our club attend another club’s function. So, it is important to let them know who attends. Each member will also receive a makeup credit for any missed meeting that they may have attended.

Promotion ideas: Sign-up sheet, email, Facebook, Twitter, calendar. Also, the best way is talking it up at meetings.

NOTE: Always give the other club enough notice to make sure they have enough reservations at their meeting location.

Saturday evening saw the 2009 Interclub event take place at the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch.

Helderberg took the club honours by a narrow margin. The club scores were as follows.

The winning print was “Holding Hands” by Mark Chipps of Creative Camera Club.

And the winning projected image was “It’s a Big World Out There” by Marthinus Retief of Helderberg Photographic Society.

Marthinus’ image pipped Mark’s by one point to take overall honours.

The Golden Apple award for the highest scoring photographer went to Max Leipold of Hermanus Photographic Society.

A spreadsheet listing the detailed scores has been sent to each of the participating clubs.

Ricordatevi di prenotare quanto prima contattando Giorgio.

WESTERN CAPE INTERCLUB 2009 : JUDGES

Helderberg Photographic Society is honoured to have gained the services of the following Judges, who will judge at Interclub 2009 in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch on Saturday 31^st October.

David Rogers

David Rogers loves Africa! He spent 9 years with Getaway as assistant editor, and during this time wrote over 100 features including 20 cover stories for which he won several awards.  He has started his own business and has photographed more than 150 lodges for a series called Safari in Style. As well as being called on by commercial clients such as Land Rover USA, Samara Lodges, and many more, David also offers workshops in various parts of the country.  He lives with his wife and two young sons, in Cape Town.

Clients include Steenberg Hotel, Garonga Safari Camp, Jacis Safari Camp, Wolwedans, Onguma, and many other top camps and hotels.

Preview Classic Safari Camps of Africa at http://www.davidrogers.co.za/docs/publishing.html
Join a Digital Photographic Safari on http://www.davidrogers.co.za/docs/workshops.htm
Journey through some exquisite lodges at http://www.davidrogers.co.za/docs/lodges.html
He is the author of the following recent titles: Southern Africa in Style (Africa Geographic 2004); Zambia in Style (Africa Geographic, 2005); East Africa in Style (Africa Geographic, 2006); Living Landscapes of Southern Africa (Struik, 2006); Indian Ocean Islands in Style (Africa Geographic, 2007); South Africa in Style (Africa Geographic, 2007); Classic Safari Camps of Africa (Hornbill Press, 2008); Winelands in Style (Africa Geographic, 2009).

Paddy Bouma

Paddy Bouma studied Fine Art at the University of Cape Town (BA 1967) and Lithography at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, (1968-69). She is an internationally published writer and illustrator, and recently illustrated the official picture book version of Nelson Mandela’s Long Road to Freedom for Macmillan Children’s Books (UK). Until recently she taught illustration and printmaking at the University of Stellenbosch.

She lives with her husband, Raymond, in Stellenbosch.

Diane Skinner

Diane Skinner started photography at an early age, learning from her father.  She is widely traveled, and from her home in Quebec, Canada, she has ventured across the Americas, Europe, Africa and beyond. She counts among her favourite places to visit

the dunes of Namibia, and the volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands. She holds an APSSA from the PSSA and is a member of the Canadian Association for Photographic Art. Whilst in South Africa this month, she lectured at the PSSA Congress held in Hermanus.

Vi comunico che la serata con la visita del RD è stata spostata al 12 Novembre sempre alla stessa ora mentre l’interclub del gruppo Secchia Rapita a Carpi è rimandato a data da destinarsi.

Come vi sarete accorti il sito ha una nuova veste grafica e un forum…

Siamo solo all’inizio e c’è ancora molto da lavorare!!! Siete tutti invitati a  segnalare possibili miglioramenti, consigli, idee o commentando questo articolo, o nel forum o utilizzando l’indirizzo internet info@interclubdesenzano.it

Grazie a tutti!!!!

The annual Western Cape Interclub Photographic Competition will be taking place on Saturday 31st October, 2009, from 6pm, at the Endler Hall, Conservatoire, University of Stellenbosch in Stellenbosch.  Photographic clubs from the region will be displaying their best prints and digital images during the course of the evening.  Drinks and snacks will be served between 6pm and 7.30pm, when the digital show starts in the auditorium.  Tickets are R50 per person (drinks and snacks included), and can be booked via e-mail from nettie28@iafrica.com.  You are very welcome to attend!

So there has been some concern among the crew about how we placed in the Lake Erie Interclub overalls.   It is true that last year we placed 27th out of 65 boats in overalls for the 5-race series, while this year we finished 39th of 56.   First of all, you can’t really compare one year to the next — different winds, seas, competition, etc.  But let’s look at another metric.

Let’s look at some (surely not all) of the boats we DID correct over in the fleet in various races (not counting the boats in our own fleet).

Race 1 (Erie Triangle — light and dying air): Pressure Vessel (Borsaw), Messenger (Beneteau 40), Quixotic (J-120), Dreamer (Alden Ketch 55)

Race 2 (Erie-to-Dover — light to moderate, building toward the end): Masego (Beneteau 36.7), Ritual (J-35), Raven (Schock 35), Damn Yankee (Judel-Vrolijk 43), Poison Ivy (J-34), Magic (J-35), Team Rush (Hobie 33), Lanada II (Beneteau 36.7)

Race 3 (Dover Triangle — strong and gusty winds): Poison Ivy (J-34), Strider (Scorpio 35), Lanada II (Beneteau 36.7), Plumb Bob (Beneteau 36.7), Amazing Grace IV (Beneteau 36.7)

Race 4 (Erie-to-Colborne — moderate, building to heavy air): Hot Pursuit (Andrews 30), Lake Shark (J-160 SD)

Race 5 (Colborne-to-Abino — extremely light air): Aries (Borsaw), Taller Cotton (Cal 33), Pressure Vessel (Borsaw), Nyanza (Hinckley SW42), Dreamer (Alden Ketch 55)

When you look at it that way, it looks pretty good, I think.  Those are good boats and good sailors.

Here’s a two-minute video of the fleet approaching the channel and Red Herring sailing in the channel at the start of the Erie-Dover Race.   Thanks to Rick “Barney” Barner for the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81DF431haPM

Overall Results:  4th in E Fleet (out of 12), 39th in full fleet (out of 56)

First, thanks and credit for a good series go to our intrepid crew:  Judy Tucci (foredeck, alternate spinnaker trimmer), Ken McCurdy (main trimmer, spinnaker trimmer), Kim Yamma (jib trimmer, alternate main trimmer, alternate driver), Don Behm (jib trimmer, spinnaker halyard and tack, utility player).  Everybody worked together through five days of racing, and five nights in various ports.

Race 1:  Erie Triangle.  6th in E Fleet, 42nd Overall.

We started in about 8-10 knots of breeze with some residual chop from the night before.  The first leg went OK.  Shortly after rounding the weather mark we deployed the chute and the wind died.  The lake flattened and the race turned into a “shake n bake.”  We struggled to get to the next mark.  The mark was sitting in a hole and almost everyone had trouble rounding, including us.  It took a long time, but we rounded a little better than some.  Then a little bit of a breeze came up and we were able to finish on a downwind run with the chute.  It was a long hot day.

Race 2:  Erie to Dover.  6th in E Fleet.  26th Overall.

The race started in the Erie bay with the normal, but weak, offshore.  We had our best start of this race — ever.  10 seconds before the start we were on a reach about 12 seconds from the line.  We popped the chute with 10 seconds to go and were at the line sailing fast at the start.  Because the winds were light we were able to carry the chute all the way into and through the channel at 60 degrees.  We were the fourth boat to the channel behind Andicapp, Venture and Strider.  In the channel we passed Strider (something we would not do many times during the series) and we were the 3rd boat out of the channel on the way to Dover.  This is our best start EVER!  After that we gybed downwind on the long leg to Long Point in moderate winds.  We gave away a few positions on that leg, then we rounded the point.  The wind picked up as it frequently does in Long Point Bay and we tacked downwind the final 15 miles to Dover.  By the end of the leg the wind had piped up to 15-25 but we were able to hold the chute til the finish.  Overall, not a bad race.  We rafted off a tug just south of the yacht club for the night.

Race 3:  Dover Triangle.  5th in Fleet.  35th overall.

It’s pretty typical to see strong winds for this race.  We started the race in 10-20 knot winds.  We held our own as well as we could in the long upwind leg in breezy conditions and 2-4 footers.  We stayed along the shore, tacking to stay inland as much as possible.  This is the same route that all the locals took, so we felt fairly confident that it was the place to be on the course.  By the time we got to the weather mark the winds were 15-25.  Most boats stayed with white sails on the 2nd leg and so did we.  On this leg we caught up with and passed Habenero.  That moved us into 5th.  About halfway through the leg we met up with a freighter.  Several boats crossed in front of it, but it didn’t look to me like we were going to cross it, so we decided to duck it.  As we got closer we noticed something odd:  it had an anchor chain!  Because of the wind and the waves breaking on the bow it had looked like it was moving from the distance.  We ducked an anchored freighter!  Boy did we feel stupid (we heard afterwards that maybe four or five others also ducked it).  Well, safety first (and it didn’t hurt us too badly to duck).  After rounding the final mark we stuck with white sails, though we probably should have reefed the main and threw up the chute.  We were able to keep our time on the boats behind us, and ended 5th.  That night we rafted off Venture (who was rafted off our old tug).

Race 4:  Dover to Colborne.  6th in E Fleet.  41st Overall.

Some days the bear gets you…  And this was one hairy, mean bear!  First, this was not your typical Colborne race.  Normally there is no wind at the start and we end up motoring 10 or 15 miles before we finally start the race.  This time there was wind at the start with the prospect of the wind building through the race all the way to the finish — and that’s exactly what happened.  The race started badly for us and got worse.  Right before the start, a couple boats next to us tangled and there was much shouting.  I got distracted watching them, and we went over the line before the start.  We were called and we dipped back below the line and restarted.  Then we proceeded to pop the chute and tack downwind.  The wind was dead down, so we started giving away positions.  After about an hour we decided to follow some of the smarter boats in to shore.   This is frequently a winning move on this race, and since we were following smart boats (Graffiti, Lake Shark, Powderhound, etc) we thought it was a good percentage.  Well, the winds went VERY light toward shore, and even though the water was flatter, our speed dropped from 6’s and 7’s to 4’s and 5’s.  By the time we came back out to the rhumb line we were pretty much at the back of the fleet.  Combine that with some bad gybes (we wrapped the chute on the forestay at least three or four times) and we had some tough going.  Then the winds built to 15-25 and waves built to 4-6 footers.  We had some trouble carrying the chute, but were able to carry it until one very big round-up about a mile and a half from the gybing gate.  We got the chute down, and even struggled with our gybes under white sails all the way to the finish (and even after the finish on the way into Sugarloaf marina).  Overall, it’s a race we’d rather forget.  That night we ate at the San Marcos Restaurant in Port Colborne and had a nice walk along the Welland Canal afterward.

Race 5:  Port Colborne to Point Abino.  3rd in Fleet.  32nd Overall.

No wind at the start, so we motored almost all the way to Abino before starting.  Markset set a triangle course.  The first leg was a 3-mile upwind leg.  The winds were a light 3-6 knots and there was at least 2-feet of chop left from yesterday, so it was a long upwind leg.  We had a decent start and we did our best to sail the compass and stay on the favored tacks.  At one point we crossed tacks with Strider (they were on starboard, so we crossed right behind their stern), but they had about two minutes on us by the time we got to the weather mark.  We rounded and popped the chute.  We sailed to get under control, then gybed.  During the gybe the chute wrapped and tore right in the middle, but in those light winds (still just 3-5 knots) we just sailed on.  We sailed the hottest angles we could and gybed downwind.  The course was shortened so the second leg turned into the final leg, a 5-mile downwind run.   We crossed the line third in our fleet, but we were not able to correct over the other two boats (Strider and Knot So Fast), so ended third — but that won us our first Interclub flag in a long time.  All-in-all, a good day, despite the tear in the chute.

OVERALL: Well, thanks Venture and Andicapp not sailing the last two races we were actually in the hunt for third in the fleet overall.  We needed a 3rd on the last race to tie, and we needed a 2nd to have third to ourselves.  Well, we got our 3rd in the race and that tied us with Oud @ Sea with 26 points.  Their best finish was a 2nd and ours was 3rd, so the tie breaker went to them.  Still, we had a good series.   We learned a lot, we sailed fast (in the Dover triangle the speedo said our max speed was 10.2), no was hurt, and the boat held up well.

DELIVERY: Dave Hyland picked up Judy, so we had four going home.  We took a shower at the Buffalo Yacht Club summer station, then we left for home at about 6:30PM.  We motor-sailed the whole way home with Otto (the auto-tiller) driving.  We had a couple issues with a Crazy Otto or two, but the trip home was fast.  We arrived in bay by 5:30AM.

Full results here:  http://www.erieinterclub.com/results/default.shtml

Resultados de la interclub del día 26 de junio del 2009

VELADA INTERCLUBS DÍA 26 DE JUNIO DE 2009

EN GIMNASIO CHUTE BOXE

  (3 asaltos de 3 minutos)  

 Peso welter   Ivan Grynyuk (C.B. Chute Boxe)    vence por puntos a Dani Albarracin (C.B. Sedaví)

   Peso welter   Victor Belenguer (C.B. Sedaví) hace combate nulo con Cristian Olivas (C.B. San Cristobal)  

 Peso Medio   Javier Ruiz (C.B. Chute Boxe)   pierde por inferioridad en el tercer asalto frente a Cris Dean (C.B. Monteolivete)

  Peso Welter   Cristian Amado (C.B. Chute Boxe) vence por lesión en el segundo asalto a Federico Bufoni (C.B. San Cristobal)  

 Peso Welter   David Soler (C.B. Sueca) vence por abandono en el segundo asalto a Leo Melo (C.B. San Cristobal)  

 Peso Pesado   Vasyl Dzhul (C.B. Chute Boxe) hace combate nulo frente a Mauricio Dolimpio (C.B. San Cristobal)  

 Peso Semipesado   Tarek Baroul (C.B. Chute Boxe) y Teodor Emilov (C.B. Sueca) No contest (sin resultado)  

 Al finalizar el combate entre Victor Belenguer y Cristian Olivas, el entrenador del C.B. Sedaví y actual entrenador de la Selección Valenciana de Boxeo, D. Francisco Tamarit, abandonó el local donde se celebraba la competición junto a los boxeadores que tenían que pelear en los combates programados a continuación (Dani Chulvi, Dani Cuevas, Juan Alberto, Ángel Lozano y Andri Kulia) como protesta por los veredicitos que se dieron en su contra.

felicitar desde aqui el gran trabajo del club boxeo chute boxe y animar a que sigan haciendo este tipo de eventos.

valenciaboxing

Results:  6th in Fleet.  42nd overall.

Long, hot course with light and fluky winds and residual chop.

I’ll do an overall recap when we get back.

El viernes por la tarde hay una velada interclub en el gimnasio Chute Boxe, a partir de las 18 horas, el pesaje sera a las 17 horas. Habran peleas de todos los niveles de categoria amateur, tanto boxeo olimpico 3 x 3 con casco, como boxeo clásico 5 x 2 sin casco y la inscripcion esta abierta hasta la hora del pesaje, para inscribirse o para mas informacion llamar al gimnasio organizador. Tf: 96 3851843 o pasarse por el mismo: C/ Literato Gabriel Miró, num 51 Bajo. Para participar será obligatorio la licencia obligatoria de boxeador amateur.

José Ramón López (C.B. Vital Force) VS Ivan Grynyuk (C.B. Chute Boxe)

x VS Miguel Ángel Prada (C.B. Chute Boxe)

Vasyl Dhzul (C.B. Chute Boxe) VS Daniel Chulvi (C.B. Sedaví)

Victor Belenguer (C.B. Sedaví) VS Cristian Olivas (C.B. San Cristobal)

Toni Díaz (C.B San Cristóbal) VS Cristian Amado (C.B. Chute Boxe)

José Mª Stampa (C.B. Chute Boxe) VS Cris Dain (C.B. Monteolivete)

Pablo Balaguer (C.B. Chute Boxe) VS Dani Cuevas (C.B. Sedaví)

Tarek (C.B. Chute Boxe) VS Dani Albarrazin (C.B. Sedaví)

x VS Florin Coman (C.B Vital Force)

Francisco Panatta (C.B. Chute Boxe) VS Leo Melo (C. B. San Cristobal

Javier Alcover (C.B. Chute Boxe) VS Juan Alberto (C.B. Sedaví)

Fernando Luz (C.B. Chute Boxe) VS Andri Kulia (C.B. Sedaví)

Federico Bufoni ( C.B. San Cristobal) VS Gustavo Aparisi (C.B. Sedaví)

Mauricio Dolimpio (C. B. San Cristobal) VS Ángel Lozano (C.B. Sedaví)

Enrique (C.B San Cristóbal) VS Teodor Emilov (C.B Sueca)

Interclub season for this year already done. My team (Men 4 of Flanders Nippon Golf) competed in division 7. We became champions this year and play in division 6 next year.

First match against Spiegelven Golf was played at Domain Du Bercuit.  I won my match with 5 up and 4 holes to go. As team we won 3 matches to 2.

Second match we played against Waregem golf at Pierpont.  This match was won with 3 matches to 2 again. Last match was given away on first playoff hole when third match was won.

Final was played at Steenhoven golfclub against Andenne. The team won 5 matches to 0 and we were the champions of our division.

Our team and caddies

De vraag die ik het vaakst uit de mond van mijn nichtje hoor, is of ik zondag naar oma en opa ga. Het antwoord dat zij het vaakst uit mijn mond hoort? “Zondag niet, ik moet interclub spelen”. De nationale interclubs, een rode draad door het leven van de schaker. Elk jaar tussen oktober en maart ieders meest geliefde excuus om aan zondagse familieverplichtingen te ontkomen, om het gras door één van de kinderen te laten maaien, om een namiddagje uit de verstikkende klauwen van vrouwlief te ontsnappen…

De democratie lijkt herboren

Om een interclubmatch te spelen, heb je nodig: één lokaal; vier, zes of acht schaakspelen en klokken; en twee maal zo veel schaakspelers. En dat is het zo wat. Echter, anno 2009 is het internet niet meer weg te denken uit het dagelijkse leven van de gemiddelde Belg, en zo is het ook met het dagelijkse leven van de gemiddelde schaker. Interclub beperkt zich niet langer tot de schaak- en analysetafel, wanneer men thuis komt, keuvelt men rustig voort over het spel waar het hart van vol is.

Getuige daarvan de pagina’s lange discussies in reactie op schaakfabriekartikels. Waar vorig jaar fel gediscussieerd werd over competitievervalsing van bepaalde individuele clubs, laaiden de gemoederen dit jaar hoog op over de algemene competitievervalsing die de december- en januarironden teweeg brengen. Goede en minder goede ideeën werden geopperd, er werd goed naar elkaar geluisterd en er werd minder goed naar elkaar geluisterd. Er werd constructief gediscussieerd en er werd af en toe ook destructief gediscussieerd. De democratie lijkt herboren, met het internet als doopmeter.

Niet enkel de internetdiscussies liepen hoog op tijdens het interclubseizoen 2008-2009, ook de spanning deed dat. Waar vorig jaar Bredene verscheidene reeksen domineerde, stelde de kustclub zich dit jaar tevreden met de titel van degradatiekampioen. De echte titelstrijd liet de uittredende landskampioen over aan meer aan elkaar gewaagde clubs. In eerste klasse werd het duel tussen de twee titelkandidaten, een Oostkantonse derby, zelfs uitgesteld tot de allerlaatste ronde – kan men zich een puurder competitieslot voorstellen?

Derde klasse B kende een dramatische wending in diezelfde ronde elf, toen de Zottegemse jeugd zich verslikte in een op papier heel haalbare kaart en daardoor de al koud gezette Kidibull aan zich zag voorbijgaan. Een gelijkaardig scenario overkwam de mannen van Leuven Centraal in 4B, en wellicht zullen er die zondagavond 22 maart 2009 ook in andere ploegen teleurgestelde traantjes gevloeid zijn. Gelukkig gaan onverwachtse traantjes in de ene club steeds gepaard met verbaasde joligheid in een andere club, want zoals het spreekwoord ons al jaren leert, is de één zijn dood, de ander zijn brood.

11 ronden lang was de Belgische schaakwereld in de ban van de grootste ploegencompetitie van het land. Een half dozijn ronden pijnigden we onze dierbare hersentjes in ons favoriete schaaklokaal, de andere helft van het jaar transpireerden we in het hol van de vijand. Glorieuze overwinningen werden uitbundig gevierd en vernederende nederlagen nauwlettend verzwegen. Meteen na thuiskomst werden uitslagen in Facebookstatussen met de wereld gedeeld; het ondergrondse netwerk deed vaak sneller zijn werk dan de officiële kanalen. Zondag rustdag? De zevende dag schiep God het schaakspel. En God zag dat het goed was.

Matchpunten?

Helaas, inmiddels heeft april zich opgedrongen, met haar interclubloze zondagen, net nu de lente de grasmaaier wat vaker boven doet komen. Gelukkig kunnen we al dromen, al vooruitkijken naar oktober en het nieuwe seizoen. We hebben in elk geval genoeg stof om over te piekeren, want er werd ons een hele resem nieuwe reglementen opgedrongen. Met op kop natuurlijk het overschakelen van bordpunten op matchpunten, een beslissing die conservatieve en minder conservatieve spelers meteen op hun paard doet kruipen. Een rangschikking gebaseerd op matchpunten brengt heel ander spel met zich mee dan een klassement op bordpunten. Inderdaad, het maakt van het hele gebeuren veel meer een ploegencompetitie, maar zitten wij schakers – allemaal in zekere mate toch een beetje egocentrische eenzaten – daar echt op te wachten?

O ja, zeker, het nieuwe systeem kan spannende vechtpartijen opleveren, die zo omstreeks 20u voor één van beide ploegen dramatisch eindigen ergens op anderhalf uur rijden van huis, met een auto vol veertigers die ’s anderendaags weer op hun werk moeten zijn en dus staan te popelen om huiswaarts te keren om daar vrouwlief in hun armen te sluiten en met een zucht toe te geven dat één namiddag in de veertien dagen toch wel langer duurt dan ze hadden verwacht. Twee van de drie wachtenden vullen hun namiddag met het achtste pintje/de derde Duvel sinds het einde van hun partij om iets na vieren en kunnen er inmiddels de lol wel van inzien, maar Bob bijt zijn nagels stuk en denkt aan de kilometers die hij nog voor de boeg heeft, aan zijn kindjes die hij graag nog een nachtzoentje had willen geven, en probeert zijn teleurstelling te verdringen door aan zijn kameraden te denken, die op het clubfeest in mei de champagne misschien wel rijkelijk zullen kunnen laten vloeien door dat extra halve punt waar nummer vier zo verbeten om zit te strijden.

Die nummer vier voelt de druk op zijn schouders, hij wéét dat zijn makkers misnoegd zijn om de tijd die kruipt en hoewel hij even goed als hen beseft dat zijn stelling meer dan remisewaardig is, hoewel hij maar al te blij zou zijn met die paar elopuntjes die een gelijkspel hem zou opleveren, vecht hij door tot de allerlaatste seconde. Wat kan hij anders doen, want ook hij proeft de champagne reeds in zijn mond?

Of de voorstanders van matchpunten de tegenstanders gelijk zullen moeten geven, of dat de tegenstanders zullen moeten toegeven dat de voorstanders ergens wel een punt hadden, dat zullen we volgend jaar wel zien. Maar de wedergeboorte van de democratie? Alle hekelpunten die tijdens de internetdiscussies aan bod zijn gekomen, blijven onveranderd, de kalender is amper aangepast, maar het puntensysteem waar nog niemand zijn bedenkingen over had geuit, moest er wél aan geloven. De doopmeter heeft de kinderkamer al klaargemaakt, nu de ouders nog…

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C’était le dernier Interclub à la maison. Le résultat final est plutôt sévère – genre Waterloo à la française – et il ne reflète pas du tout les belles perfs de nos badders, bien plus que méritants, puisque pratiquement chaque fois opposés à mieux classés qu’eux.

Pour commencer dans le désordre mais pour montrer sans doute celle qui aurait été la plus belle, c’est Thomas dans son simple qui a presque failli prendre un set à Grégoire Dumont -B2 avec un rageant mais fort prometteur 21-18 dans le second set.

Ensuite le match de Julien face à Christophe Perrad -B1 perdu avec un f***ing 21-17 dans le 3ème set et celui de Jérome qui perd 23-21 son premier set avant que son adversaire, Robin Henquinet -B1, ne siffle malheureusement la fin de la récré.

Pareil dans les simples dames avec le 21-19, 25-23 de Florence face à Stéphanie Charneux -B1 et les 3 sets de Cécile face à Corinne Delignere -C1 (qui a gagné sa place en B2 le wk précédant au Tournoi de Bastogne en remportant ses 3 finales et qui rejoue en semaine en Interclub directement après, son dos ne lui dit pas merci, nous non plus mais qd mm bravo pour ses résultats) puis encore juste avant le double dames et le double messieurs perdus respectivement avec 4 et 1 point(s) seulement de différence sur le total des sets !!

Pour finir on en remet une couche one-more-time, je suis sûr que vous aimez ca maintenant ;-], avec les 2 doubles mixtes, celui de Florence et Julien où ils perdent leur second set 23-25 après avoir gagner le premier et celui de Cécile et Jean-Pierre perdu également en 3 sets !!!

Ce qui fait qu’en gros et en particulier, tous les matchs auraient pu prendre une tournure méchamment plus à notre avantage avec pas grand chose.

Mais après tous ces volants smashés, Esneux a qd mm réussit à retrouver le sourire au zinc par la technique du “passe-moi une blanche rosée avant que les bastognards ne rappliquent de la douche”, simple mais efficace.

Bon pour la revanche à la cafet’ y a pas de pics, pour l’Interclub y en a quelques unes.

Et encore une fois félicitations à la très sympathique équipe de Bastogne réussissant une fort belle saison d’Interclubs et bonne chance à eux en deuxième division. (Ils peuvent y aller tranquille, y’aura pas Bruges au pgm)

What do golfers love to do besides play golf? Well, ask those who attended the 62^nd PAL INTERCLUB TOURNAMENT in Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines and you might need 10 pages to make up a list.

First of all the PAL INTERCLUB is Philippine’s National Team Golf Championship featuring the nation’s top amateur golfers from many local clubs.  Several years ago, international teams were invited to participate. During the last week of February, 2009, more than 5000 golfers, companions, escorts, (ahem!) and alternate players crowded the city of Davao, known for its durian, pomelo, and other fruits. Rancho Palos Verdes and Apo Golf and Country Club were kept busy and on their toes from dusk to dawn to accommodate this fabulous tournament.

The city of Vancouver is well represented at the INTERCLUB Tournament. EZPAR GOLF YVR is one of them. It is no secret that avid golfers in the city wanting to get the most out of the season belong to more than one club. Miles Nerona, Rey Fortaleza, and Ed Morcilla are among the many who play with several clubs in BC. Chang Lim and Hee Jeaw Chang, regulars with the Thursday Birdie Hunters group bolstered EZPAR’s entries in the Seniors Division this year. (Note: there is no such team as EZPAR BREAKERS. For some reason the tournament schedule confused the EZPAR golfers and the PAR Breakers when the 2^nd day tournament schedule was faxed to the hotels listing the EZPAR Breakers. Hence, thereinafter, EZPAR GOLF VANCOUVER was christened EZPAR GOLF YVR.)

Being their first visit to the nation, our two friends who were originally from Indonesia were quick to note similarities and differences between the two countries (Philippines and Indonesia). This brings us to the answers to the original question: what golfers love to do!

They love to wander around and experience the country and its cultural idiosyncrasies, amenities, and social life. “The workers are so dedicated to their jobs; they really like to please customers!” exclaimed Hee Jeaw who appreciated his many encounters with local merchants. Indeed Filipino hospitality and dedication to duty were aglow everywhere we went.

At Royal Mandaya Hotel where the team stayed, Joy Nidea-Vargas and Ella and their staff made sure the team received top notch services. Flor and Giselle were gracious and attentive at the restaurant. There was nightly entertainment at the Lounge with singers and pianist hardly ever resting throughout the evening (unlike with labor/unionized entertainers in Vancouver who make sure they took their 15 minute break every 15 minutes!).

At the Interclub, Bheng, Tina, and Janice were ohhhh-soooo-busyyyy throughout the 2-week affair to the delight of Atty. Domeng Duerme and Buddy Ressureccion whose work and dedication to the Interclub have been major contributions to its success.

Breakfast at Royal Mandaya was just delightful. The buffet selection is revamped daily. Both Chang’s enjoyed the “danggit” – the crispy fish delight, boneless bangus, the daily serving of veggies, and of course the tropical fruits’ table. Nanay Bebeng served up a long buffet table with great selection of native dishes and dessert that hardly breaks the budget.  We missed Jack’s Ridge this time around but everyone who comes to visit Davao city has this on their itinerary.

Well, international teams are probably light years away from competing with the likes of Canlubang, Luisita, Wack-Wack, or even the newcomer TCC (The Country Club). The Sugar Barons’ total scoring point of 551 for the Men’s Championship 72 holes translates to “impossibility” for any international team anywhere to replicate.

Those of us from La-La lands come to have fun. Minimizing “pick-ups” more than scoring points is our objective. In the Senior Division, it means preventing a triple bogie on any hole. Rey David, Oscar Trinidad, and Paul Galon, know too well what that feels like.

The clean up team of Lim, Chang, Taguiam, & Mendoza for EZPAR scored the most points for the club. Disqualification of Trinidad for improper scoring pulled down the club from 7^th position on the 1^st day to….oh, who cares!

…..whatabout……ENTERTAINMENT?

Well….”eat your heart out” – those of you who did not make it this time. No need to elaborate here except perhaps to use the word….”pampered heavenly”. There is only one advice to those of you who wish to de-stress, forget the blues, and get re-invigorated: BOOK EARLY for Cagayan de Oro for the last two week in February, 2010!

Just ask Jimmy Mallari of Las Vegas or Miles Nerona of Vancouver….they will tell you why!

GO AHEAD AND COMMENT BELOW!

Gli amici di Reggio Emilia scrivono un post sulla domenica mattina che abbiamo passato insieme a Maranello (MO).

Grazie della bella idea e dell’organizzazione!

rotaractiani di Reggio Emilia, Modena, Parma, Mirandola, Massa e Carrara, Fiesole

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Four judges (or one outside judge), scoring on a scale of 1 – 10, will judge – with a final maximum being 30 – the lowest score is discarded.  When a judge has to score his/her own entry, he/she awards his/her image the lowest score (1).  Images scoring 22 or higher receive applause, and are eligible for selection into the annual Interclub competition.  Members whose prints and/or slides have been selected, are requested to retain their work until submission in October every year.  The Western Cape Interclub Competition takes place at the end of October and is hosted, in turn, by one of the photographic societies in the area.

Committee: I should like to thank the members of the HPS Committee for their continued commitment and input.

Bernard Seymour-Hall, our Treasurer, will be Vice Chair in 2009, which means that he will be our new Chairman in 2010. Irmel Dunaiski organizes the Audio-visual Section, and Paddy Howes is the Secretary and handles all the Outings. Steve Crane is our Computer and Digital expert, while Michele has been handling slide entries and tea, Marisa has been organizing print entries and JJ van Heerden has been our Technical Expert, as well as being the sponsor of our prizes from Picture Works, Stellenboch.

I am pleased to announce that Eric Palmer has agreed to serve on the committee – he is well known for his Photoshop expertise and teaching abilities, and brings young blood, as well as young ideas, to the Club.

I would also like to mention that Eric has won the Getaway Gallery’s First Prize for 2008 with his image of ‘Simonsberg’ … Congratulations, Eric!

Matters Financial: Bernard reports that we have a healthy balance in our account – this will be needed in the case of eventual upgrading of our equipment and for use when next we have to host Interclub.

Subscriptions for 2009 will remain the same as in 2008 ie. R220 per person with a discount of R20 if paid before 1^st April; R110 per person who are country members or students, with a discount of R10 if paid before 1^st April. Bank details can be found elsewhere on this site.

Tea and biscuits will be a minimum donation of R4,00 from next year.

Jannie, our car guard, is paid by us, and is reliable and helpful. Thanks to Paddy for organizing a Christmas hamper for him.

Outings: This year we enjoyed a number of successful outings, including one to Skurweberg (60kms from Sutherland) in winter. Paddy has quite a few ideas up her sleeve, including a weekend stay in Matjiesfontein. Other outings being planned are a visit to a wine farm, Gansbaai, McGregor and Camps Bay. Outings are a wonderful way of getting out to do photography in the safety of a group, as well as getting to know other members of the club.

Audio-Visual: Our AV department, steered by Irmel, has been active this year. As well as making our own presentations, we were asked to make an AV using 35 or so of Paddy’s scanned slides of the Richterveld, set to music of our own choice. The results were amazing in their diversity. 2009’s ‘set subject’ will be ‘Living from the Sea’.

Competitions: The list of competition subjects can be found elsewhere on this site. Our January subject ‘Silhouette’ will be judged by a lecturer from the Stellenbosch Academy.

Evaluations: A new twist will be introduced to the evaluation evenings next year. Hermanus Photographic Society has accepted our invitation to visit us on 11^th February, when we will hold a combined Evaluation Evening. Please note this date in your diary. We wait to hear from Tafelberg of their decision to join us too.

Slides: From next year slides are to be entered together with digital images under ‘projected images’. Bring your slides to Steve on the Wednesday evening so that he can add them to his list, and then show them on the slide projector, as normal.

Digital: Getting your digital images in to Steve by Tuesday 6pm is very important. Please follow the guidelines as set out elsewhere on this site.

Talks: It is not always easy to find speakers who are willing to travel all the way out to Somerset West – we do the best we can. Suffice to say that we hope to organize talks on ‘Judging’, ‘Calibration’ etc.

Prizes: Vouchers will be handed out to First Prize winners only. JJ has offered to sponsor vouchers for those who win First Prize in the four sections: Prints – Set Subject and Open; and Projected Images – Set Subject and Open. His business, Picture Works, is not a franchise – we appreciate his generosity. At the end of the year, a ‘Best Image of the Year’ will be selected (via the blogsite) and the winner will receive a print developed on canvas.

Interclub: Members recently discussed how Interclub could be improved. Our recommendations have been set out in a document which has been forwarded to all those clubs participating in Interclub. We do not yet know who will host Interclub next year. A new PSSA director still has to be appointed (Neil Swart has re-located to Gauteng), and when this happens we hope to be able to report to a facilitator who can evaluate and decide on a few new and improved guidelines for Interclub.

The R500 voucher received by HPS for coming joint second in Interclub 2008, was used to buy ‘lenspens’ for the 6 photographers who did well in Interclub – Andre(28 out of 30); Michele, Eric, Nicole, Ernst and Emma (all 27).

Blogsite: Instead of having a monthly newsletter, we are going to start a blog with WordPress.com, which is going to become our ‘ongoing’ newsletter. You will be able to click into it regularly, and will find all the information usually found in the newsletter, on the blog. Bear in mind that we also have a Flick site – http://www.flickr.com/groups/helderbergphoto to which all members may belong … Steve is the administrator and will ‘invite’ you if you indicate that you would like to take part … please join up – I seem to be the only one using it at the moment!

If you have your own flickr-site, or if you have a blog-site, or even a web-address, please let Steve know so that he can insert it as a ‘link’ on our blog.

Honorary Membership: It gives me great pleasure to announce that Nicole Palmer is being made an Honorary Member this evening. She is a past chairman of this club, and is well known for her teaching abilities, and presentation of popular workshops in Namibia and Stellenbosch. Congratulations, Nicole!

Innanzi tutto voglio rimarcare l’accoglienza che Stefano Bottacchi, Presidente del Club ospitante, ha riservato ai rotariani in visita per questo Interclub. 

Un’organizzazione impeccabile della serata ha fatto fluire tutte le fasi dell’incontro. Ad un aperitivo ricco di ogni ben di Dio è seguita una cena che sembrava un banchetto nuziale. Due primi, arrostino e per finire una torta con disegnato la ruota del Rotary annunciata dall’inno rotariano.

Tema della serata è stato “Il Primo Ecogrill”, progetto fortemente innovativo che coniuga in modo esemplare innovazione e tutela ambientale, esposto dall’arch. Egidio Ceppi e l’ing. Egidio Miti consulenti dell’Autogrill.

Il progetto si prefigge di realizzare, in un ambiente agricolo e rurale che va rispettato, un edificio che coniughi l’aspetto ecologico e quello economico. Per questo hanno usato il termine ECOSOFIA quale filosofia che vede il lato bello cioè coerente con la situazione ambientale sposarsi con quello di sostenibilità economica.

Per raggiungere questo obiettivo bisogna azzerare le certezze a cui siamo abituati per studiare cose completamente nuove.

Se si parla di “risparmio energetico” questo deve realizzarsi sia in fase di costruzione che di funzionamento che di dismissione. Sono stati adottati materiali altamente isolanti e a basso impatto ambientale come la terra che coprirà i fianchi e il tetto del’edificio mascherandone la struttura e il polistirolo che è un materiale molto versatile e a basso costo.

Il progetto prevede l’uso della geotermia per sfruttare la temperatura costante intorno ai 15 gradi che c’è in profondità. 15 gradi sono più delle temperature esterne invernali per cui serve per migliorare il riscaldamento nei mesi invernali e sono meno delle temperature estive per cui serve come raffrescamento in estate. In fase di progettazione sono state eliminate le barriere architettoniche per i disabili. Non si parla più di “abbattere” le barriere. Cioè di eliminare quelle esistenti, si tratta non crearne per nulla.

Varie domande al termine della serata tra cui da segnalare quella dei costi rispetto ad edifici tradizionali. Purtroppo c’è un maggior costo intorno al 5% che si giustifica dal fatto che si tratta di un prototipo.

Cesare Parazzi