Hi there Pirates Members and Friends

What a great Golf Day we had on Friday at Parkview – the weather was great and the support of our fantastic members was so good.  It went off very well.

Pirates Rugby also had a good day on the field last Saturday by beating Raiders so all in all it was a great weekend for the Rats.

KARAOKE TIME – WELL DONE HOCKEY LADIES it is sold out !!!

Hope you have a fabulous fun evening

PIRATES RUGBY NEWS

The Rugby Club is playing a very big game this weekend against Roodepoort in Roodepoort.  This is a huge game for our Club so we look forward to some real good support for the Boys in Roodepoort.

The results from last weekend vs Raiders were:

1st won 33 – 26

2nds won 37 – 15

3rds won 42 – 13

U21’s lost 29 – 7

U19’s won 30 – 0

Good luck for this Saturday boys we look forward to some great results.

GREAT SUPER 15 GAMES ON TV THIS SATURDAY

Come down the Karaoke will be in the Main Bar but the Old Bones will be open with a great atmosphere and nice warm fire

Super Rugby

Saturday

Southern Kings vs Cheetahs in PE – Kick off at 15h00

Stormers vs Reds in Cape Town – Kick off at 17h05

Sharks vs Bulls in Durban – Kick off at 19h10

Good Luck to Comrades Runners for the last week of training. Comrades is next Sunday 2nd June so it is the last week of tapering training for the runners. Keep warm don’t get sick and next week we will let everyone know who is on the starting line.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THE LAPTOP DRAW

The laptop Draw was very well supported by some fantastic loyal members and then by the Golfers on Friday.  Glynis Mauldon did a fantastic job by selling EVERYONE at Parkview a ticket for this draw which was greatly appreciated.  The laptop was won by Rod Faulconbridge.  Well done Rod a very deserving winner as Rod is always so supportive of Pirates.  Thanks again to Max Holding for the donation of the laptop.  Your support of Pirates is greatly appreciated.

PIRATES CLUB GOLF DAY

I would like to thank our Sponsors of Holes for the Golf Day on Friday – by sponsoring a hole you really made a difference to our profits, which we will tell you next week, as we are waiting for our bill from Parkview.

Platinum Sponsorship – of R5 000.00

Glasfit – Barry Miller

SA Breweries – Wade O’Connor

Gold Sponsorship – of R3 000.00

Colony Arms – Owen Murphy

Point of Purchase – Craig Driver

Silver Sponsorship – of R1 000.00

Style Resources – Lloyde Hanson

Here are some photos of two of our 4 Balls preparing to clean up the field

Gold Day 4 ball

Gold Day 4 ball

PIRATES LADIES HOCKEY ARE PLAYING ON SATURDAY

Pirates ladies continue their great Season with a draw 1 -1  against Crusaders last weekend.  Their next game is on Saturday 25th May at 15h45 against Wanderers at Wanderers.

Please get there to support them as this is a huge game for the Ladies

PIRATES BAR SPECIALS AND PRODUCTS

The Club is once again stocking German Crafters Beer in a 1 litre bottle – R48.00 for 1 litre of beer.  Come down and try it

BUY 2 REDD’S ciders for just R20.00

Drostyhof Extra Light Wine is available behind the bar – try it out

Buy a Heineken and get a scratch card and stand a chance to win some really good prizes

NEXT CLUB DRAW – FRIDAY 7th JUNE – R2000.00 to be won

CLUB ACTIVITIES AND NEWS

  1. Pirates vs Roodepoort at Roodepoort – Saturday 25th May
  2. Club Draw – Friday 7th June R2000.00 to be won
  3. We are having a Ladies Lunch so please diarise the date NOW – Saturday 12th October 2012

A very clever crossword

SNOOZE ALARMS
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS ! NO MORE
Z’S

Till next week keep safe and warm