What he meant was that each project starts with a concept, or a vision - the marriage of a location or an existing building with a new use, or uses, often with higher goals, such as sparking additional development in a given area or neighborhood, or bringing new life to dormant, sometimes historic properties. That was a very simple explanation for what is often a very complex process, especially with some of the projects he and his team at the OPAL Real Estate Group have taken on over the years, many of which have involved public-private partnerships and have taken years, if not decades, to become reality. So 2021 was celebrated as our 70th year on tour.An architect’s rendering of a proposed new courthouse, apartment complex, and marina for Springfield’s riverfront.Īs he talked about the many real-estate development projects he’s been involved with over the years and how they’ve come to the drawing board and then off it, Peter Picknelly said simply, “they develop … and then they happen.” 2020, our 70th year, was cancelled due to the Covid Pandemic. Inaugural challenge, and in 2010, 60 years of touring was celebrated. The year 2000 marked the 50 th anniversary of the The incumbent 12 tourers get first dibs for the following year.Įach year we are hosted by the Tennis Clubs of Strand, Kelvin Grove, Constantia, Pinelands and WPCC with the five matches starting each day at 2pm.
Retirement age, but a few have returned for a 2 nd and 3 rdįarewell tour. In during our 40’s because we looked like 50. One has to be 50 to be eligible, although a few of us have slipped
These matches are as keenly contested today as they were in Which side won an overall match, no mention was made of the result, and in post-matchĬelebration, the result was declared an “honourable draw”! Partners for every match, and the results were carefully posted. Of only two short sets with a tiebreaker at 5 all. Rules which were to become the hallmark of these matches. After several keenly contested matches, there emerged several unusual
This challenge evolved into a twice a year contest, home andĪway. Group in Cape Town, and challenged our chaps to a match. Immediately Brigadier Johnny Daniel said he was in a similar Made mention that these old chaps, all in their 60’s, played every week and how Socializing after a drink during the AGM of the SouthĪfrican Lawn Tennis Association in Johannesburg, our President Marchant Davies Lawn Tennis Club – Chester Turner, Bill Tough, Cecil Henderson, Edgar Williams During and just after the 2 nd World War, five oldįellows used to play together every Saturday afternoon at the Port Elizabeth
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