2012 - NORTHERNS 45TH
ANNIVERSARY


The role that the
Nomads Golf Club plays in our
society  could best be described by quoting
from one of the opening paragraphs
in a brochure, written and issued to members by our Founder, Michael Florance,
nearly  50 years ago. He wrote 
"A long experience in and enjoyment of golf left me, in 1959,

with a deeply held feeling that there was  room in this game
for some kind of association or club for business and
professional men to
come together in a closely planned and integrated programme
of
golf, with all games interrelated and offering a continuing thread of

interest, and that out of this activity could arise some tangible benefit to

two  very proper causes: to the game of golf itself, and to those less
fortunate
than  ourselves." The symbolic  side  of that paragraph is worn
by all Nomads to this day, namely, our club
badge, a  bell crossed by a
golf club - through golf the remembrance of others.
Beginning in
Johannesburg with  the  Transvaal Nomads club in 1960, the movement gradually
spread to Natal,
Western  Cape, Northern Transvaal, Border, Southern Natal,
Southern Cape,
Boland, Lowveld  and Free State. Internationally there are
now 3 Nomads Clubs in
Zimbabwe and one  each in Botswana , New Zealand and
2 in Australia. Today there are close on three
thousand Nomads spread 
around our clubs, all committed to our ideals of
benefiting the game of
golf  and, in the process, raising millions for those
"less fortunate than
ourselves".

For those
who are not aware of it, Swaziland Nomads Golf Club was inaugurated in February 2012 as an international club.
 Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to change two dates in our playing
calendar for 2012 - please find our monthly playing calendar below for
the rest of 2012.
 
Nomads
Swaziland meetings are normally held on the 1st Thursday of the month, if
any of you are in the area over these dates or you want to put a group
together and make a long weekend of it, please do not hesitate in contacting me
to put you in the draw and assist with accommodation etc. 
 
Swaziland has 2 championship 18 hole golf courses - if the Nomads meeting is at Royal
Swazi, then a second game can be arranged at Nkonyeni or vica- versa.
Accommodation can be arranged at Royal Swazi Sun or Lugogo Sun at most
favourable rates.
 
Swaziland
is within easy reach of Guateng (3hrs) and offers a great breakaway destination
for the whole family.

View the "Calendar" to see the dates