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The Youth brigade, L-R: Robyn Button, Jennifer O'neill, Belinda Winchmann and Jessica Yeats. Pic: Karen Edwards.

The invitation read “Burg2berg is ready to roll, and we would love you join us for a few days of cycling in our magical Midlands and Drakensberg. Departing on Saturday 29th September from Rosetta, and returning home on Tuesday 2nd October, this is a family

ride! There will be no timing chips & no cut off times. It is “fun” ride with the aim of doing back-to-back cycling and enjoying the route and the views, at a cost that will not break the bank! Nobody is profiting from this ride.” And that is exactly what it turned out to be, ex-cept for one thing – there was huge profit in this ride – not money, but spirit of community, family, and adventure. Mitch and Cornelia Puler, owners of The Quarry Gym in Hilton Kzn, spurred on by conversations between enthusiastic participants in their spinning classes, took up the challenge and produced a 4-day event, unique in the overflowing Mtb calendar in Kzn. Cornelia Puler is “spirit of adventure” personified – she teaches ballet, takes the Pi-lates classes, runs the spinning program, is a mean cyclist herself, brings up 3 children, and together with Mitch look after the physical well-being of many Hilton residents.

A 7:30 am start (latecomers were threatened with bike washing duty) in the parking of Rosetta Electrical, Rosetta Kzn, saw 30 cyclists gather with family, back up vehicles and organisers in tow. Karen Edwards, well known Mid-lands photographer who always manages to be in the right place at the right time, caught the adventurous mob setting off.

Four days later a tightly knit band of cyclists, ranging in age from 8 to 72, and experience from zero to hero, had conquered some lung-deflating hills, single tracked uphill, through herds of cattle, with babies in tow, dodged rural dogs anxious to sniff a cleat or two, witnessed the splendour of the Drakensberg from atop tufted hills that were not in any cycle plans, experienced the passion and expertise of local mtb legend Ian Don-Wauchope who guided nov-ices down rutted and rocky single track never before attempted by many in the group.

With comfortable accommodation at White Mountain Lodge on the first night, and 2 nights at Mountain Splendour in the magnifi-cent Cathkin Peak area, evenings were warm, and Puler hospitality knew no bounds with all catering, and logistics done by the extend-ed family (Mum, Dad, Brother, sister-in-law and daughter).

If ever there was an event that showed that the spirit of com-munity and family is alive and well, it has to be this one. Cornelia whispered that “yes – we will do it again. I’ll just give my family time to recover first before discussing it!” She hasn’t given them much time though and the 2013 date is set for the final weekend in September. Contact Cornelia on 082 9644 620.

The invitation read “Burg2berg is ready to roll, and we would love you join us for a few days of cycling in our magical Midlands and Drakensberg. Departing on Saturday 29th September from Rosetta, and returning home on Tuesday 2nd October, this is a family

ride! There will be no timing chips & no cut off times. It is “fun” ride with the aim of doing back-to-back cycling and enjoying the route and the views, at a cost that will not break the bank! Nobody is profiting from this ride.” And that is exactly what it turned out to be, ex-cept for one thing – there was huge profit in this ride – not money, but spirit of community, family, and adventure. Mitch and Cornelia Puler, owners of The Quarry Gym in Hilton Kzn, spurred on by conversations between enthusiastic participants in their spinning classes, took up the challenge and produced a 4-day event, unique in the overflowing Mtb calendar in Kzn. Cornelia Puler is “spirit of adventure” personified – she teaches ballet, takes the Pi-lates classes, runs the spinning program, is a mean cyclist herself, brings up 3 children, and together with Mitch look after the physical well-being of many Hilton residents.

A 7:30 am start (latecomers were threatened with bike washing duty) in the parking of Rosetta Electrical, Rosetta Kzn, saw 30 cyclists gather with family, back up vehicles and organisers in tow. Karen Edwards, well known Mid-lands photographer who always manages to be in the right place at the right time, caught the adventurous mob setting off.

Four days later a tightly knit band of cyclists, ranging in age from 8 to 72, and experience from zero to hero, had conquered some lung-deflating hills, single tracked uphill, through herds of cattle, with babies in tow, dodged rural dogs anxious to sniff a cleat or two, witnessed the splendour of the Drakensberg from atop tufted hills that were not in any cycle plans, experienced the passion and expertise of local mtb legend Ian Don-Wauchope who guided nov-ices down rutted and rocky single track never before attempted by many in the group.

With comfortable accommodation at White Mountain Lodge on the first night, and 2 nights at Mountain Splendour in the magnifi-cent Cathkin Peak area, evenings were warm, and Puler hospitality knew no bounds with all catering, and logistics done by the extend-ed family (Mum, Dad, Brother, sister-in-law and daughter).

If ever there was an event that showed that the spirit of com-munity and family is alive and well, it has to be this one. Cornelia whispered that “yes – we will do it again. I’ll just give my family time to recover first before discussing it!” She hasn’t given them much time though and the 2013 date is set for the final weekend in September. Contact Cornelia on 082 9644 620.

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Seen here receiving their first prize are from left: Paula Heuff (Project Manager TWC), Merrill King (Group Exec Chef), Laura Morton (Project Manager Treverton) and Raymond Hodgskin ( Sales & Marketing Manager).

“LOCAL CATERING COMPANY GRABS GOLD”

Riding for Horses, the Equine Out-reach Programme initiated by Lloyd Gillespie and Isabel Wolf

has launched its latest fundraising initiative – a beautiful series of pho-tographs in a 2013 calendar. The pic-tures were taken by a professional photographer from Capetown (Tracy Robertson photography), who visited them at their project in the Eastern Cape and kindly donated her time to their cause.

To create awareness of their organization and their inititatives, Lloyd and Isabel are conducting talks on their previous awareness campaign around South Africa against a devastating equine disease, African Horse Sickness. This campaign is a personal journey with life changing experiences for both of them , and they like to share it with others. At the end of the month they will be holding a talk at Dr. Ian Player´s Dream Centre in the Karkloof, who has been assisting them with his great wisdom and a lifetime of experiences and knowledge on Rhino conservation.

“RIDING FOR HORSES” 2013 CALENDAR.

Please contact Isabel and Lloyd on isabel@ridingforhorses.co.za or 076 577 1936 should you wish to support their organization with the purchase of a calendar, or if you are interested in hosting them for a talk. An ebook on their incredible 7411km journey around South Africa will be available very soon. Their website www.ridingforhorses.co.za is very informative and keeps one up to date on the progress.

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Capitol Caterers entered the “Team of 4” Unilever Chef of the Year competition and bagged first place against six other

teams from around the country. The team consisted of Merrill King (Group Executive Chef), Paula Heuff (Project Manager, The Wykham Collegiate), Laura Morton (Project Manager, Treverton Schools) and Raymond Hodgskin ( Sales & Marketing Manager)

The format for the competition is firstly to advance through the regional finals by submitting photographs of a three course meal using Unilever products in new and innovative ways. Out of 30 submissions 6 teams were chosen, namely: Sun International (2 teams), Fedics, Wits Jubilee, Royal Mnandi and Capitol Caterers.

The finals took place at the University of Johannesburg – Southern Sun Center of Culinary Excellence where each team was given a mystery basket and three hours to present a three course meal for six.

The food was judged by a panel of esteemed judges, including Pete Goffe-Wood (Master Chef SA Judge), James Khoza (Executive Chef, Sandton Convention Centre) and Stephen Billingham (President, South African Chefs Association) to name a few.

Team Leader Merrill King quotes “We entered last year and came 2nd, so this time we were really aiming for the top spot! The competition is a fantastic opportunity for team building and the practises and training sessions before the competition really extended our capabilities as chefs.

We were thrown a curveball in that our mystery basket ingredients were exactly the same as last year,

so during our training sessions we didn’t even think to use those ingredients again, but it certainly made us think on our feet and I guess that is what this competition is all about!”

Out of the compulsory items of a Pork fillet, a Chicken, 12 Prawns, Calamari tubes, chocolate mousse and a few other Unilever products they presented the following menu:

Spiced Prawn Dhal with caramalised beetroot calamari and riata.

Roasted pork fillet filled with a chicken, butternut and macadamia farce

with polenta Gnocchi and wilted greens.Iced chocolate mousse with ganache topping served with macerated rum berries and sugared

lavosch Points are also awarded for your table decor

and service and so the team opted for something new and interesting by filling a vase with jelly beans and topping them with yellow flowers as the centrepiece and a colourful tablecloth –the feminine theme continued with the wines by using Miss Molly Sparkling Wine, Sophie la Blanc and la Rouge and Vondeling’s Sweet Carolyn to accompany the meal.

“Unilever has been holding this prestigious Chef of the Year event since the early 1970’s and has been very instrumental in allowing South African Chefs from all levels of the catering industry to have a platform to showcase their talents. So winning this award is all the more rewarding for us as a Catering Company who is always striving for excellence”, say’s King.

An appropriate reward for Capitol Caterers, who also celebrate their 20th year of service excellence this year!

The Official School Page

Pupils of Laddsworth Primary School in Hilton did their bit for the Duct (Duzi-Umgeni Conservation Trust clean-up recently. Pupils divided into groups of senior primary pupils supervising junior primary pupils. They were given plastic gloves to pick up rubbish and garbage bags in which to collect it. In total, the learners collected about 250 bags of rubbish. Pictured here are, from left to right: Carl Brann, Sibonisiwe Radebe, Ngazo Jali, Isa-belle Joubert, Tamryn Edwards and Anna Hobden.

russEll HigH visual arts Honours

laddsWortH PuPils do tHEir bit in duct clEan-uP

calling all cHoristErs!

The Pietermaritzburg Children’s Choir is celebrating 25 years of existence in 2013 and is therefore looking forward to welcoming boys and girls between the ages 8 – 14 years who love singing and would like to join the choir.This regional choir, founded in 1988 draws its choir members from many different backgrounds from the greater Pietermaritzburg area and thus its diversity is representative of our city and our country. As a non-profit organisation it is run by its current conductor, Jo-han Grobler, and choir co-ordinator, Mark White, assist-ed by a parent committee chaired by Jaco Dippenaar. The choir meets with its vibrant and energetic conduc-tor every Friday afternoon and works towards growing in expertise and skill. The choir’s repertoire represents a variety of western, traditional and contemporary songs which the children delight in singing. Over and above singing together, members of the choir also enjoy form-ing friendships, and being part of a team of likeminded young people. Other valuable attributes such as self-discipline, commitment, and responsibility are fostered and encouraged in choir members. For auditions contact Mark White on cell: 083 625 0312 or e-mail him at co-ordinator@pmbcc.co.za.

Russell High visual arts student, Candice Kidson was recently awarded her honours blazer for her outstanding contribution to visual arts. This highly talented student has won many art awards and competitions during her years at Russell High. Candice intends pursuing a career in the creative field and is seen photographed alongside one of three wildlife headdresses that she created. The Russell matric art is currently on display in the school’s library.

Cream Scones and Cucumber Sandwiches for Prep’s Grade 1During Term 3, when learning about children of the world Treverton Prep’s Grade 1s theme was England. The culmination of the lessons came when they held a traditional English Garden Party. They all dressed ap-propriately, in “elegant” dresses and hats and the boys wearing formal clothes. It was not only the fashion pa-rade that was impressive; there was also the delicious tea, with cream scones and cucumber sandwiches. Rose Laatz is the Grade 1 teacher.

crEam sconEs and cucumbEr sandWicHEs

More success for Treverton Prep’s crick-et star Grade 7 Learn-er Justin Caldecott has just scored another success in cricket. He was chosen as a member of the U13A Inland Cricket team for 2012, who will par-ticipate in a tourna-ment in Bloemfontein from 19 to 22 October and in December, the team will take part in the CSA National U13 Week in Stellenbosch. The announcement was made after the recent Inland Primary Schools Festival at the end of the school holidays. Justin represented the Midlands Tuskers team. Justin’s consistent and impressive cricket has over the last two years, earned him a place in the Northern Districts U12 team and the Northern Districts U13 team, respectively in 2011 and 2012. Justin is also an accomplished Tennis Player.

The Official School Page

TWC BRIDES AND BRAINS

TREVERTON PREP’S TOP CRICKETER

Pre-primary assistant at The Wykeham Collegiate, Miss Sharon Zuma recently got married. The Grade RR girls, known as ‘Poppets’ came to school as brides in order to celebrate this special occasion. Babalwa Fanayo, Zoë Harper and Topeka Koning

The Wykeham Collegiate held their Grade 12 Prize-Giving in September and the Dux and Runner-up to Dux were announced. Pic , left to right are Susan Tasker (Lady Principal), Danielle Mitchell (Dux 2012) and Jenna Viney (TWC Old Girl : Class of 2000) who was Guest of Honour at the Prize Giving.

Grace College held their first Inter-house art competition this year, with very creative pieces be-ing produced by our pupils. Kelly Wishart won first place with her portrait of John Lennon, James Mc-Fadzean’s portrait of Jimi Hendrix earned him second place and Megan Tych-sen came third with her painting of Mini Mouse. Well done to the winners. We look forward to seeing amazing works be produced in future. Pictured: Kelly Wis-hart with her win-ning portrait of John Lennon.

INTER-HOUSE ART WINNER

On Wednesday 26th September Hilton College held their annual Speech Day. The Guest Speaker was Karabo Mokoape who is an entrepreneur, former journalist and businessman. Karabo is also a former Head of School (2001) of Hilton College.Pic ( Front L-R) : Karabo Mokoape (Guest Speaker), Chris de Beer (Head of School 2012), Michael Salga-do ( Head of School 2013), Gavin Thomson (Head-master), Simon Purdon (Deputy Head of school 2013), Tim Fainsinger (Deputy Head of school 2012), Yann LeClezio (Chairman of the Board)

Hilton collEgE: sPEEcH day

The winning Team Coffeeberry Momsen of Paul Lancast-er, Warren Price, Con Malherbe and Hilton Frost reach the finish of the inaugural Homeward Bound Challenge. (pic Brad Morgan Gameplan media)

Pietermaritzburg - Competitors in the first ever Home-ward Bound Challenge gave the mountain biking event, held on Saturday, a unanimous thumbs-up de-

spite the stiff test it posed: 228 kilometres in one-day, from Mount Splendour in the Drakensberg to Cascades in Pietermaritzburg.

The competitors set off at 02:00 and the first finish-ers, Team Coffeeberry Momsen, made it to Cascades in nine hours, 58 minutes and 48 seconds, arriving just before midday. The last team in, the ironically named Team Follow me, made up exclusively of members of the Parker-Dennison family, arrived in the dark at 20:30. “The route was absolutely spectacular, such beautiful scenery,” said Con Malherbe, a sponsor and member of the winning team. “We were in the dark until Wagendrift Dam when the sun started coming up, and the image of the sun on the dam as we went around the side of the dam was absolutely awesome. All the birds were waking up and singing.” The big question, naturally, about such an event, is why do it? “It’s something different,” Malherbe explained. “It’s the end of the season, all the serious racing is over. It’s a new concept and the challenge of this, 228 kilometres, as we found out today, 228 kilometres is a long, long way.”

THUMBS UP FOR NEW ULTRA-DISTANCE ONE DAY MTB RACE

Warren Price, also a member of the Coffeeberry Momsen team, said it was new territory for him. His previous longest race had been 135 kilometres. “It was a nice mix of single track and open roads, but this last bit was tough,” he reckoned. Mark Adam, of the second placed Team X10siv, described the race as “unbelievable.” He added: “[Route designer] Nick Floros outdid himself. [There’s] just so little tar. It’s exactly what you want.” What was the best part of the course ac-cording to Adam? “The finish,” he laughed. Completing the top three was Team Eco-Green. There was an extremely close finish in the mixed catego-ry with Team Colombia finishing just 44 seconds ahead of Team Clueless Idiots. Third place went to Team Krawls. The event was the pet project of Nick Floros, the designer of the Cascades cross country course for next year’s UCI Moun-tain Bike and Trials World Championship. It was something he had long dreamed about and he looked after it like a new baby, going with barely five hours sleep over the course of two days in his efforts to ensure matters ran smoothly. Floros admitted that he had been concerned about how the riders would be able to navigate a section of sin-gle track in the dark before the first checkpoint, but that turned out to be a highlight for the competitors. “When the guys got there, they were raving about that section,” Floros said. “It was just an awesome morn-ing and the weather turned out better than the fore-cast had predicted. If it had been slightly overcast, as had been predicted, I don’t think the guys would have seen the views of Berg and of the Natal Midlands, those dairy farms, and also of the Karkloof Valley.” His goal before the race had been to challenge teams to see how far they could ride in a day. Some teams entered, know-ing they would not finish, but they nonetheless set person-al bests. Amazingly, 86 percent of teams finished the race. Recalling some teary-eyed finishers, Floros said: “It actu-ally meant something. They’ve got to the end. The hard-ships endured throughout the day have been overcome.” He added: “The team dynamics play a big part in how the guys feel after the event. If you’re riding in a team and you’re riding within yourselves and the guys are joking around and there’s lots of banter, you’re going to finish in high spirits. Standing in the dark, waiting for the last team to come in, Floros assessed how the first-time event had run, say-ing: “As a machine, as a mechanism, everything seemed

to have worked and it’s nice to be at this end of the day, looking back and thinking that things went right.” He admitted: “The last 15 Ks, 80 percent of the guys said it’s really difficult, so it’s certainly something I’ll look at changing for next year, but I think, in an event like this, the guys don’t realise what they’ve achieved until the next day.” The last placed Team Follow M, despite spending over 18 hours in the saddle, were full of smiles after com-pleting the epic one-dayer. They had experienced a few problems, not being familiar with using a GPS device for navigation, but simply laughed and said they would need more practice. “It’s something we’re going to talk about for a long time,” said Carly Parker-Dennison. More information can be found at http://www.homewardboundchallenge.co.za/

Local Registered Trainer and Assessor Shân Cade was approached by a promi-nent Indian businessman Ashish Babaria of Alpha Interbiz Pvt Ltd, to run her

highly acclaimed CLIP system workshops in India. So what is different to Shân’s training that cannot be sourced directly in India? Formulated through over 30 years of work experience, most often in highly

pressurised multi international companies, in environments where a simple mis-take can cost the company hundreds of thousands of Rands, Shan devised a unique methodology - the CLIP system to ensure seamless business activities – at all levels of any organisation.

The CLIP system is an acronym for Check Lists for Improved Productivity and focuses on managing risk, cost, and continuity of service, being consistent with one’s workflow and simultaneously ensuring excellent service. These are daily challenges faced not only by employees and South African businesses, but are universal problems applicable to all operations and businesses.

The CLIP SYSTEM can be used by businesses to awaken their employees to what continuity of service and sustainable business really means, and how they can maintain this by coordinating their jobs effectively using checklists as a control tool. It also ensures succession planning is in place, which solves the time con-suming process of having to train and mentor new staff.

Says Shan `I am very excited about my trip to India. I will be running exclu-sive workshops for large organizations, retail workshops for the private sector as well as for students and small businesses in both Ahmedabad and Mumbai. I feel privileged to have been approached by Alpha Interbiz, highly renowned for their business offerings’. After months of preparation, Shan departs for India on 6th October 2012.

It just goes to show, that South African’s are always ahead of the game!Contact Shan Cade on Shan@shancade.co.za for enquiries about local work-

shops on the CLIP System, Presentations to workforces / labour on sustainable business or mentorship.

LOCAL BUSINESS WOMAN TAKES THE CLIP SYSTEM TO INDIA

Recently, a large group of people gathered at Newscafe at King Shaka Airport for a unique rhino unveiling

event, to support 2 local sports celebrities, Pat Lambie and Shaun Pollock, as they pledged their commitment to the fight against rhino poaching.

Pat and Shaun were the first two celebrities to raise their hands to become involved in the Durban leg of the Wildlands’ Rhino Parade, an innovative fundraising campaign based on the internationally renowned Cow Parade concept. The initiative seeks to raise funding for the war on rhino poaching by getting South African Ambassadors to adopt and help design a ¾ life size black rhino sculpture, which is then auctioned at a high profile Gala Dinner, set to be held on the 29th of November at Durban City Hall.

The Rhino Parade concept caught the attention of avid wildlife fan and International rugby player, Pat Lambie. “I have grown up visiting Nature Reserves around the country and my family and I have always been passionate about the conservation of wildlife,” says Lambie. Pat is fairly soft spoken off the field, but very outspoken about the rhino poaching crisis we are currently faced with. “The butchering of rhino for their horn is something that makes me very angry and sad. It is a selfish and senseless act, especially considering that it’s based on a misconception that the horn has medicinal advantages,” he says.

Shaun Pollock is a retired South African cricketer said to be one of the best bowling all-rounders in the world. He is the leading wicket taker among South Africans, taking over 400 test wickets and scoring over 3,700 test runs in his 108 Test matches. Having travelled the world, Shaun still stands by the fact that there truly is no place like home. “It is fantastic to be part of something that is trying to protect our country’s heritage, and what makes us unique – our wildlife,” says Pollock. “I hope that my children’s children will be able to see a real live rhino and for this reason saw the need to get involved with the Rhino Parade. I have been blessed with success in my life, but now I am focused on making my life significant.”

rHino ParadE takEs off at king sHaka intErnational airPort

The 2.5m long and 1.8m high rhino sculpture that is used to tell each celebrity’s individual story is made from a water-based resin, originated by Peter Hall, and then cast following a mould-making process by Kim Goodwin of the hugely respected Goodwin Foundry in Lidgetton.

DUT (Durban University of Technology) enthusiastically agreed to support the Rhino Parade by tasking their third year Graphic Design students to turn the blank rhino sculptures into true works of art, which they did above and beyond.

Vahenee Heeramun & Dean Irving are the bright young minds behind the Shaun Pollock rhino, in all its green and gold, patriotic beauty. Pat Lambie’s rhino, incorporating his passion for the environment and rugby, was the brain child of Bradley Bhramadu, with one element inspired by Justine Barry. The students got to meet and interact with some of the celebrities, and this formed part of the artistic process that ultimately inspired their designs, which the students also implemented.

The Durban Rhino Parade includes 4 celebrity rhino, with the first 2 having been adopted by Shaun and Pat and the second two by legendary musician Ray Phiri and Olympic Gold Medalist Chad le Clos. These rhino will ultimately help fund the below mentioned conservation initiatives, with a vision to curb the poaching statistics.

Supporting the establishment of a network of NGO’s working together to stop the poaching (Project Rhino KZN www.projectrhinokzn.org)

Project Rhino Tracker – Piloting innovative GSM based tracking technology.

Project Rhino Aerial Support – Complimentary helicopter surveillance.

Project Rhino Investigation & Prosecution Support“We are honoured to be a part of this campaign as part

of our Corporate Social Investment and assist by hosting these beautiful rhino artworks,” explains Communications and Brand Manager at ACSA, Colin Naidoo. “The rhino poaching crisis is directly linked to the tourism and travel industry and is therefore obviously a concern for us, however I believe this is EVERY South African’s problem – we need to all value and protect our heritage, and hope that through this parade we can inspire people to do just that. We are very confident that by having the rhinos displayed at King Shaka International Airport we will be reaching out

Pat Lambie proudly standing next to his rhino reflect-ing his passion for the environment, wildlife, rugby and outdoors. Photographer : Emma Gatland

Local Registered Trainer and Assessor Shân Cade was approached by a promi-nent Indian businessman Ashish Babaria of Alpha Interbiz Pvt Ltd, to run her

highly acclaimed CLIP system workshops in India. So what is different to Shân’s training that cannot be sourced directly in India? Formulated through over 30 years of work experience, most often in highly

pressurised multi international companies, in environments where a simple mis-take can cost the company hundreds of thousands of Rands, Shan devised a unique methodology - the CLIP system to ensure seamless business activities – at all levels of any organisation.

The CLIP system is an acronym for Check Lists for Improved Productivity and focuses on managing risk, cost, and continuity of service, being consistent with one’s workflow and simultaneously ensuring excellent service. These are daily challenges faced not only by employees and South African businesses, but are universal problems applicable to all operations and businesses.

The CLIP SYSTEM can be used by businesses to awaken their employees to what continuity of service and sustainable business really means, and how they can maintain this by coordinating their jobs effectively using checklists as a control tool. It also ensures succession planning is in place, which solves the time con-suming process of having to train and mentor new staff.

Says Shan `I am very excited about my trip to India. I will be running exclu-sive workshops for large organizations, retail workshops for the private sector as well as for students and small businesses in both Ahmedabad and Mumbai. I feel privileged to have been approached by Alpha Interbiz, highly renowned for their business offerings’. After months of preparation, Shan departs for India on 6th October 2012.

It just goes to show, that South African’s are always ahead of the game!Contact Shan Cade on Shan@shancade.co.za for enquiries about local work-

shops on the CLIP System, Presentations to workforces / labour on sustainable business or mentorship.

LOCAL BUSINESS WOMAN TAKES THE CLIP SYSTEM TO INDIA

The 2012 N3TC Photographic Competition has really discovered some incredible talent this year, with just over 200 submissions presented to the judging panel last week. The judging panel of talented and experienced photographers had great difficulty deciding on this year’s winners. The Overall Winner of the 2012 N3TC Photographic Competition is Jolene Swart from Paulpietersburg. Jolene walks away with the R4000 cash prize for her Wildlife, Fauna and Flora Category entry entitled ‘Thirsty Birds’. The judges felt that her entry showed incredible skill and brings the experience that Jolene obviously enjoyed to life for those viewing her photograph.The N3TC Photographic Competition aims to promote the genuine beauty and magnificence of the diverse scenery, rich culture, heritage, natural fauna and flora and interesting people that can be found along the N3 Toll Route and its surrounds. At the same time, N3TC hopes to encourage young, amateur and aspiring photographers to pursue their passion for photography and showcase their talent through this competition.N3TC was pleased to see that a number of entrants this year hadn’t entered in previous years, but many of the regular entrants didn’t let the judging panel down either. It was certainly one of the best selections of entries in the history of the competition.“The N3TC Photographic Competition has become a part of the corporate thread of N3TC and it is delightful to see an interest in photography growing amongst those aspiring photographers living in the towns along the N3 Toll Route as well as those using the N3 for leisure or business purposes. The judging panel had some tough choices to make this year but we feel that they have uncovered some of the most deserving talent in the history of our competition,” said Con Roux, Commercial Manager of N3 Toll Concession (N3TC).

The N3TC Photographic Competition focuses on six categories, namely: Landscape; Travel and Tourism; Sport, Culture and Recreation; Wildlife, Fauna and Flora; People and Scholar. All photographs have to be taken in the vicinity of the N3 Toll Route between Heidelberg in Gauteng and Cedara in KwaZulu Natal and the surrounds.N3TC is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 N3TC Photographic Competition:Category: LandscapeWinner : Francois Van Jaarsveld from HeidelbergPhoto Caption : Sunrise at HeidelbergRunner- up : Amanda van Blerk from ClarensPhoto Caption : An Eastern Free State SunriseMerit : Bennie Du Plooy from Monument ParkPhoto Caption : Drakensberg SilhouetteMerit : Susan Van Zuilekom from Mooi RiverPhoto Caption : Colourful CanopyMerit : Stephen Pryke from HiltonPhoto Caption : Autumn in the KarkloofCategory: Wildlife, Fauna and FloraWinner : Pieter Kotzee from HeidelbergPhoto Caption : KingfisherRunner-up : Tyrone Winfield from GautengPhoto Caption : The CalfCategory: Travel and TourismWinner : Stephen Pryke from HiltonPhoto Caption : A view of the Eastern ButtressRunner-up : Shaun Graham from SecundaPhoto Caption : Clarens HorsesMerit : Dirk van Zuilekom from Mooi River

WINNERS 2012 N3TC PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITIONPhoto Caption : Wintery Mountain PassCategory: Sport Culture and RecreationWinner : Susan Van Zuilekom from Mooi RiverPhoto Caption : Race Horse YearlingsRunner-up : Toni Le Roux from CascadesPhoto Caption : Fly FishingMerit : Dirk Mostert from CrestaPhoto Caption : Smallest ChurchMerit : Ethan John AbersonPhoto Caption : AmadloziCategory: PeopleWinner : Susan Van Zuilekom from Mooi RiverPhoto Caption : Going HomeRunner-up : Travis Hesom, Front Row Photography from Mooi RiverPhoto Caption : Faithful ShepherdCategory: ScholarWinner : Jemma Van Wyk from BryanstonPhoto Caption : Pink Sky ReflectionRunner-up : Jemma Van Wyk from BryanstonPhoto Caption : Sheltered LambThis year the judging panel included Nikki Phillips, a Gold Fuji Award winner with a degree in Fine Art; and Jonathan O’ Connell who has over 13 years of experience in commercial and digital photography as well as in video production. All winning photographs can be viewed on www.n3tc.co.za.The 2013 N3TC Photographic Competition will close on 31 August 2013, so make sure that you always have your camera nearby, just in case you get that opportunity to capture the perfect winning ‘shot’.

Susan van Zuilekom’s “Going Home”.and Racehorse, Yearlings

Dear EditorThe Howick Mountain Bike Club values the

“privilege of access” granted by SAPPI and other landowners in the surrounding land around Howick. The club currently runs a membership of over 300 cyclists and is currently one of the largest active mtb clubs in the province. The HMBC manages a trail network which allows local and visiting cyclists, through the correct indemnity access system, to legally access the forests, whilst protecting the interests and concerns of the landowners. SAPPI, in return, have been supportive of the club’s efforts in developing recreational cycling trails.

“We take pride in our trail network and are constantly reminded, by visitors and locals, about how fortunate we are to enjoy such beautiful surroundings”, says Ken Pascoe - Chairman of HMBC. The club, in partnership with SAPPI, provides legal access into the surrounding plantations.

Two weeks ago, a local panel-beater dumped rubbish in the forests, and after being politely asked to remove his rubbish, did nothing! The Club approached SAPPI, as the illegal dumping and trespassing took place on their land, who have got involved as per the attached press release and action.

“This is the sort of thing that we, the community need to work together with to stamp out – we cannot have such individuals spoiling our environment by their lack of ethics and bad morals!,” concludes Ken, warning that the local mtb community will continue monitoring and reporting irresponsible behavior where-ever! For HMBC - Paul Rencken

WARNING : LITTERING IN THE SURROUNDING FOREST

Enthusiastic young paddlers can share in the excitement of this great sport by entering The

Unlimited Ozzie Gladwin, which is considered the premier one-day canoeing race on the South African calendar.

The Ozzie Gladwin Guppy race is a special event aimed specifically at the youth and will set the scene for the start of the main event at Bon Accorde at Albert Falls on Sunday, 11 November. Paddlers between the ages of four and twelve years old are welcome to enter.

The route on the dam is approximately 2,5km long. Racing starts at 08h00 and will consist of round the buoys racing with some of the senior canoeists on hand for safety purposes.

The Guppy series encourages children to get involved in canoeing by making it fun. More than 50 young paddlers took to the water last year and every guppy was rewarded with a little something for their efforts!

The Unlimited Ozzie Gladwin is South Africa’s biggest one-day canoeing race and an explosive way to kick off the unique KwaZulu-Natal summer river racing season, which will culminate in the thrilling climax of the Africa’s greatest canoe marathon, The Unlimited Dusi in February 2013.

The Ozzie Gladwin sports a unique format as it offers competitors a 26km race that includes four kilometres of flat-out racing across Albert Falls dam, then a testing one kilometre portage around the dam wall, followed by a 21km river section on the Upper Umgeni with the Albert Falls Weir and The Cascades, before the end-run of four kilometres of testing rapids into the finish at Crafcor Farm.

Be part of the action at The Unlimited Ozzie Gladwin 2012!

For more information or to enter, visit www.theunlimitedozziegladwin.co.za

Paddling Fun For Youngsters In Ozzie Gladwin