RAMSGATE Lions’ Club invites everyone to join the big beach clean-up next month.
Following the success of the recent campaign to clean up the northern stretch of the beachfront the Lions will now tackle tidying up Ramsgate’s main beach.
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Save the date, Saturday, August 10. Litter- busters are asked to meet at the Blue Lagoon restaurant at 8am for an 8.30am start.
The clean-up will be followed by a bring and braai – take along some meat and liquid refreshments.
If you would like to know more about the clean-up phone Lion Charmaine at 076 5231922.
And remember if it is the last Friday of the month it is Braai and Brains time at the Ramsgate Lions’ Community Centre in Glenmarkie Road.
Take along your own meat and drinks – salads at R30 per person and soft drinks will be on sale. Get to the venue this Friday (26th) from 6pm. Braai fires will be supplied and the quiz (cost is R10 per entrant) starts after supper.
It is loads of fun and there are great prizes on offer for quiz whizzes.
For additional details phone Lion Jenny at 083 3098314.
Super show
There is a super supper theatre show on offer at Margate Retirement Village this month. `Some Enchanted Evening’ features acclaimed pianist/singer Evan Roberts and vocalists Samantha Landers and Anthony Downing as well as guest artist, cellist Nina Watson will be staged at the Azalea Hall this Saturday (27th). Doors open at 6pm and the curtain goes up at 7pm.
Pack a picnic supper, take along your drinks and glasses. Tickets, at R85 per person, are on sale from either the RAC or admin offices at the village or phone 039 3125000 for more information.
Artists to exhibit
`Art-by-the-Sea’ the South Coast’s longest established art club is once again holding its annual month-long exhibition of members’ work.
The art will go on show at Margate Art Museum from next Thursday, August, 1 when it will officially be opened at a cocktail party for invited guests from 5.30pm. The exhibition will be open to the public until the end of August. It is always well worth visiting this art display.
Many exceptional pieces will also be offered for sale.
Going bananas
Southcity in Ramsgate invites everyone to take part in the `Banana Bash’ which comprises a run, cycle and another run this Saturday, July 27.
If you would like to take part in this year’s event but need a sitter then read on.
There will be a special `Kidz Zone’ offering lots of different fun activities for the younger set and they will also get juice and biscuits during the morning.
For more information about the duathlon phone 039 3149470.
Gentle reminder
Residents are reminded that the Ramsgate Residents and Ratepayers Association (RRRA) meets formally at the Community Centre in Glenmarkie Road on the third Tuesday of each month at 4pm. Residents are always welcome to attend and take proposals to be considered by the committee. If anyone would like to know more about the RRRA contact the chairman, Grahame Cilliers at 076 2431910.
Good wishes
Celebrating birthdays this week are Myan Moodley, Abe Watkin, Bobby du Plooy, Willie Wichers, Phillip Couvaras and Denise Gray (24th), Tiffany Avern-Taplin and Jeri Mills (25th), Fox James, Erin Archer, Brad Luck, Liliane de Kok and Michael Korb (26th), Geoff Earnshaw, Michael Potts, Riaan Venter, Angus Peacock, Ryan Manson and Dalene Mortimer (27th), Jessica van Heerden, Skye Forsyth and Sue Caple (28th), Kevin Muirhead, Ilse Galloway, `BT’ King and Eloise Boshoff (29th) and Andrew Lewis and Mike Willemse (30th).
Happy wedding anniversary wishes go to Arthur and Lesley Reeves (24th) and it’s a ruby for Greta and Raoul Bosiers on the 28th.
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