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THE WEDNESDAY HACK

Sometime during 2004 Edward Silberbauer (Ed) noticed Pieter De Waal (now sadly deceased) hacking on the verges of Betty’s Bay roads in a random fashion. Ed suggested to Pieter that he would like to join Pieter and formalise the time. And so the Wednesday hack was born. The original members were soon joined by Tom Dreyer and then John Whitehead. Various other people from both Betty’s Bay and Pringle Bay came and went over the years - and the present group consists of about 13 members. Some members are swallows and are only present at…
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THE BATTLE OF BETTY’S BAY: HACK REPORT 645

-Frik Potgieter, Convenor Another well attended hack on a beautiful day and a remarkable start to 2017! Ex convener Malcolm Pollard used to call this a 'bring a friend hack' - the reason for that will become apparent when you read the list of attendees below. We are really making an impact on the verges of Porter Drive and the end is in sight! Di Knott provided the sandwiches and Merran Silberbauer the tea. Thank you ladies! Also thank you to Penguin Place for again donating the bread for aforesaid sandwiches. Those attending were: Malcolm's…
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2016 CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

-Merrilee Berrisford BotSoc SA has attractive certificates for branches to acknowledge the contribution of people in the community, mostly members but also businesses which have given especial support. Here in Kogelberg Branch, an example is Penguin Place which under several owners has every month supplied loaves of bread for the Hack sandwiches. In December, after the last committee meeting of the year, a small gathering enjoyed drinks and snacks in the garden (thanks to Natalie and Jeannie and their business, Solutions Connect Africa, for giving us a good supply of wine; committee members did the…
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