TuksClub 60+ donates and selects a new committee

Alumni who belong to TuksClub 60+ joined forces to donate to the Tuks Scholarship Fund. Members of this special club graduated before most of the recipients of the Tuks Scholarship Fund were born, and still retain a special bond with their alma mater.

The group donated R6 000 to the fund that aims to provide scholarships for deserving students whose only impediment to pursuing a tertiary education is a lack of finance.

The TuksClub 60+ AGN took place in the UP Conference Centre on 12 February and was attended by 54 alumni. The newly elected 2015 committee consists of Mr Louis Cloete, Ms Elise Pretorius, Mr Bert Badenhorst (who all served on the 2014 committee) and two new members, Dr André Breedt and Mr Gert Potgieter.

 Food and Wine Guild

The Alumni Food and Wine Guild presented their Valentine Wine-tasting and Food Pairing event on 13 February. Eighty alumni attended the event and tasted wines from Wandsbeck Winery in the Pretoria Country Club’s Grand Lounge. Alumnus Johan Muller handled the tasting and Prof Roelf Sandenbergh delivered a message highlighting the direction in which the University is heading as well as the importance for alumni to contribute to and be actively involved with their alma mater.

Dr DC Jacobs of the Alumni Relations Office making a toast with Prof Abraham (right) and Mrs Evelyn Addo-Bediako.

Caption: Wandsbeck Wines sponsored the wine-tasting.

TuksAlumni Caravan Club has great touring plans for 2015

The Alumni Caravan Club invites all alumni who have a caravan or tent and who love nature to join their convivial caravan club. Experience the joy of breaking away for a weekend and relaxing with fellow alumni while enjoying nature. Saturday evening’s socialising takes place around a braai fire.

The club is approaching its 30th year of existence and welcomes new members. They camp ten times annually at selected camping sites within a radius of not more than 150 km from Pretoria and Johannesburg. The programme for the next couple of months is given below:

• 20‒22 February at Arendsnes in the Beestekraal area near Brits
• 13‒15 March at Bosfontein in the vicinity of Little Kariba
• 17‒19 April at Kokoriba in the Beestekraal area
• 22‒24 May at Bass Lake in the Roodeplaat Dam area
• 19‒21 June at BushBuck in the Beestekraal area

If you are interested, feel free to contact one of the committee members:

• Bert Badenhorst – Chairperson – [email protected] / 082 773 5601/012 259 0219
• Zaaiman Stander – Vice-chairperson – [email protected] /012 807 3816/0827708539
• Elise Robbertse – Secretary – [email protected]  /012 803 9572/ 0722338883
• Edgar Elliot – Camp commandant ‒ 082 781 9324

The Caravan Club Committee 2015

Golf Club championships draw many alumni golfers

Altogether 102 alumni and members of the Alumni Golf Club attended the annual golf championships and the Annual General Meeting of the TuksAlumni Golf Club on Saturday, 28 February 2015 at the Pretoria Country Club.

The captain of the TuksAlumni Golf Club, Mr Anthonie Botha, handed a donation of R5 000 in aid of the Tuks Scholarship Fund to Dr DC Jacobs, acting manager of the Alumni Relations Office. Dr Jacobs thanked the club and its members for its all-important active support of their alma mater and the students who will one day follow in their footsteps.

The winners of the different golf day divisions were:

• Division – Best Gross: Edrich Jansen
• Division – Best Nett: Wim Fourie
• Division – Individual Stableford: Ian van der Merwe
• Division – Individual Stableford: Marcel Theron
• Division (Ladies) – Individual Stableford: Elmarie Liebenberg

Christine Hare, Vice-captain of the Alumni Golf Club, Anthonie Botha, Captain of the Alumni Golf Club and Edrich Jansen.

Anthonie Botha, Christine Hare and Ian van der Merwe

Elmarie Liebenberg (winner of the ladies division) with Christine Hare and Anthonie Botha