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Cadiz Steenberg Golf Classic: Pre-event photoshoot

WUCT is delighted that Cadiz Asset Management has chosen to support WUCT once again as a benficiary of their annual Charity Golf Classic. In preparation for the event, two of the Emmanuel Educare learners (Sky-Li Harmse and Nwabisa Gcwabe) took part in a pre-event publicity photo-shoot at the golf estate.

The event, sponsored by Cadiz Asset Management, runs from October 30 to November 5, and is hosted at the premier Steenberg Golf Estate, Cape Town. The golf course, rated by respected periodical Compleat Golfer as among the top three golfing experiences in South Africa, boasts a host of illustrious members, including rugby heroes Francois Pienaar, Morne du Plessis and HO de Villiers.

The Cadiz Steenberg Classic has grown since 2000 from a one day tournament into a week-long, community upliftment event with a host of competitions that cater for a wide range of categories, culminating in the main championship on the final day. This is followed by a gala event and prize giving.

The CEO of Cadiz Asset Management, Frank Cadiz, said the funds raised will be donated to beneficiaries in the broader Steenberg community, viz: SARDA which provides disabled children with therapy through horse riding, TEARS, an animal rescue society, the Westlake Community Centre, the Steenberg Clinic and Caddy Programme and the Haemophilia Foundation.

“The Cadiz Steenberg Classic is an important social responsibility event which gives back to the community, impacting positively on the lives of people within the area in which we live and where we play golf,” said Cadiz. “If all of us do more by giving back, we’ll all be in a much better place.”

Steenberg’s Director of Golf, Ian Kennedy, said the event was unique: “All participants will be treated to one of the best golfing experiences available while at the same time they will all be giving something back to the community. And operationally, this event is run at the highest golfing standards possible.”

Launch of the pre-school playground

The article below appeared in the Constatiaberg Bulletin dated 29 September 2011. It gives some background information about the new pre-school playground which was officially launched on 20 September 2011.

Westlake necklaces popular in Switzerland

We received some fan mail from Switzerland regarding the necklaces that are made here at Westlake. To quote from the letter: “Here are two pics of three of our Webster University Geneva students wearing your beads. They are about to become all the rage here.

Please show the ladies how their wonderful work has been received in Switzerland.

The coloured beads are really sought after and I would like to look with you for a way to order another 40 of these.They are all gone and I still have lots of the browns, blues and greens. Unfortunately I do not have anyone coming over at the moment from Cape Town.

Do you have a way of mailing them to me at Webster Geneva if the cost is not too great? See address below. We don’t need anything other than snail mail so as to save costs. Alternatively if someone is coming to Switzerland we could try and make this work.

….I would like perhaps to sell the next batch at our first Webster Geneva Counseling Conference on 19th, 20th and 21st October if possible”.

Jump Math team need volunteers!

Dorothy Raine and her JUMPMATH team have moved over to the new Westlake Primary School and tutor children from Grades 4 and 5 on Wednesday afternoons between 3 and 4 pm.

More volunteers would be much appreciated! Don’t think you have to be a Maths wizard or even a teacher to get involved. Dorothy will guide and give all the instructions you need to help with this really important outreach to the children.

Contact Dorothy at her email address.

Pictured below: Students and volunteers at the new Westlake Primary School.

Maryland Literacy Centre treats the ABET Group

On Sunday 4th September members of the ABET (Adult Basic Education & Training) group were treated to a tea party organized by Maryland Literacy Centre at the St John Bosco RC Church hall in Lansdowne.

It was a splendid affair with delicious sandwiches, cakes, tea and coffee, and prizes for each table.

A good time was had by all.

Many thanks to the Maryland Literacy Centre!

Sergey Stevens at SA Greek-Roman Championship

The photo below shows Sergey Stevens at SA Greek-Roman Championship held on the 08 April 2011 in Bellville.
Sergey obtained fifth position.
He was the first wrestler from Westlake Community to attend the Championship and had the honour of leading the Western Province team into the Arena.
He is currently the Development Trainer of Westlake club and has represented Western Province on several occations and attended a National Trainers camp on the 19-21 August 2011.
He has obtained two Gold medals(Presidents and Cadet Division) as well as Bronze in the Junior Division at the Western Province Championship held on the 03 September 2011 in Wynberg Military Sports Centre.
He and five other wrestlers from the Westlake Community namely Clifford Maarman,Nolan Gericke,Ceejay Winterbach, Ziyanda Adams and Sindiswe Ndamane have been chosen for the Western Province Team to attend the SA Regional Championship on 23/24 September 2011.

Elephant Ear Badges for IFAW

A recent amazing community project, which gave work to up to 20 women in Westlake, involved the creation of 23 000 elephant ear badges. This is to create awareness about the illegal ivory trade with the goal to eliminate it. Read more about it on the IFAW website.

Learn to Earn, an NGO in Khayelitsha, asked us to help them (along with 11 other organisations in Cape Town) with this project as they were requested to produce 100 000 badges for IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare).

The badges were sent all over the world.

Launch of new Westlake Primary School

Westlake Primary held its grand opening ceremony on Friday August 26, 2011. The Principal of the new Primary School is Landie Diamond, with whom the Emmanuel Educare has close ties as most of the Grade R children at Emmanuel will progress to Grade 1 at Westlake Primary less than a kilometre away.

Two news reports regarding the launch are included below. Click on the links to read the full story.

Constantiaberg Bulletin Report

People’s Post Report

Women’s Day in Westlake

The Westlake Women in Action, who are part of the Westlake Community Foundation, celebrated Woman’s Day on the 18th August, when 160 beautifully dressed Westlake women walked down a red carpet decorated with rose petals, into the community centre hall where they were pampered. They had their nails done and had shoulder massages. The Avon ladies demonstrated their products, and there was a table for breast cancer awareness. The Councillor (Denis Joseph) introduced the guest speaker, Naomi Claasen from CCFM Radio Station. She encouraged the women with the message ‘don’t judge her, you are not in her shoes’. Westlake’s own Pavarotti, Glenville September entertained the women with his amazing voice. The women were served a 3-course meal donated by Alan’s Car Hire, who provided the chicken, and Gourmet Junction, the malva pudding and custard desserts. This was such a special treat for our women of Westlake, everyone had an amazing time! They are still talking about it.

WUCT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Westlake United Church Trust Annual General Meeting Celebration was held on Monday 25 July 2011 at 6.00pm  in the Westlake Community Centre Hall.

Principal of the pre-school, Eleanor Lawrence was the master of ceremonies for the event, and after her opening welcome Rev David Gray led the opening prayer. This was follwed by a very moving singing of the National Anthem, after which James McGregor, Chairman of the Trust, delivered his report for the 2010 financial year. In his speech he stressed the importance of education – a theme expanded on by the guest speaker, Landie Diamond. Ms Diamond is the Principal of the new Westlake Primary School, and she spoke on the importance of Foundation Phase education, particularly in Early Childhood Development Centres.

Ms. Diamond’s talk was preceeded by two songs by the Sopimelela Gospel Choir which was enthusiastically received by the audience. So too was the Ballroom Dancing demonstration by Junide’s Ballroom and Latin Dancers.

Tembekazi Siyo, from the crafts project delivered her testimony which was followed by two songs by the Home Based Care Department. Now there’s a team with great spirit! Well done to you all.

After the closing prayer and thanks everyone gathered for tea and snacks. It was a thoroughly enjoyable event and many compliments were received.

Some photographs from the evening are included below.

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