ESDA PRIZEGIVING 2023 – Beach Braai Party - Saturday 2 December

What a fantastic ending to a tough but awesome year for The Blue Machine Family. Thank you to each one of our family members who worked hard this year with some achieving amazing results, we are proud of every single member of our family and wish to thank you all for your unyielding loyalty and determination to make ESDA the most fun and kick ass Associations around. Thank you to the ESDA Committee for your hard work behind the scenes to keep this bus of crazies well-oiled and wheels tightly secured and rolling through the rough patches, up hills and the fun downhills. We showed such phenomenal growth in our membership and it in itself its testament to the winning recipe we currently have. Thank you to Joan Rohbeck and the entire team of our home ground, Dinwiddie Sport Club for all your hard work in setting up our venue on Saturday night and for making our delicious food. We received so many compliments, not only on the décor but on the food. You honestly have outdone yourselves and exceeded everyone’s expectations. Thank you to our PRO Delian Bennett and Secretary Jen Bennett for your help with bringing the Beach Braai to life. Thank you to our Tournament Director, Rajesh Ramnund, for being our awesome MC for a second year running. We have to make special mention of our Association Sponsor for a second year running as well, Emperor's Palace for all you do for our members. The night was not all about fun, but acknowledging the achievements of our family members, so without further ado, here are all the awards received on Saturday night: 180’s 1 for 2023: Mike Baas Hearn Sally J'arlette-joy Angela Dries Posthumus Bradley Gertenbach Jakes Jnr Leon du Plessis Wade Gertenbach – Junior Hannes Harmse Nakita de Lange – Junior Rudolf Jansen van Rensburg Maryna Badenhorst Cheyenne Ness Lukas DreyerDreyer Thea Joubert Grant WepenerGrant Wepener Darren Marais Jakes Snr 5 Total: Bradley Gertenbach Chipoyera Tinashe Maryna Badenhorst Jacques Botha 10 Total: Chipoyera Tinashe Vaughn Brendon SmithSmith Pie Badenhorst Walther Harris 25 Total: Chipoyera Tinashe Julian Kevin Ness 50 Total: Rajesh Ramnund 75 Total: Jan Putter 200 Total: Hugo Deysel 171’s: 1 for 2023: Vincent Van Wyk Lynette Kruger Sally J'arlette-joy Mike Baas Hearn Cheyenne Ness 5 Total: Vincent Van Wyk 10 Total: Rajesh Ramnund Thursday Night League Awards: Men – Most Points: 3rd – Boom Ferreira 2nd – Julian Kevin Ness 1st – Attie Botha Ladies – Most Points: 3rd – Thea Joubert 2nd – Maryna Badenhorst 1st – Moira Cronje Juniors – Most Points: 3rd - Wade Gertenbach 2nd – Dwayne De Witt 1st – Nakita de Lange 1st Time Winners – Gauteng – Currie Cup: Doubles: 3rd Place – Jonathan Naidu/ Johan Kruger Gauteng Champs: Double Winners: Leon du Plessis/Rajesh Ramnund Divisional Singles: Juniors: Runner up – Tyler Posthumus Winner - Wade Gertenbach Ladies: Runner up - Delian Bennett Winner – Maryna Badenhorst B – Division Men: Runner Up - Tienie Marais Winner – Walther Harris A – Division Men: Runner up – Alfred Ungerer Winner – Wayne Ellis Mixed Doubles: Runners up – Grant Wepener/Darren Marais Winners – Rajesh Ramnund/Nakita de Lange Mixed Trebles: Runner up – Carlos Rego/Sally J'arlette-joy/Brandon Thompson Winners – Julian Kevin Ness/Nakita de Lange/Leon du Plessis Drawn Trebles: Runners up – Chipoyera Tinashe/Thea Joubert/Maryna Badenhorst Winners – Wayne Ellis/Walther Harris/Moira Cronje August Singles: C Division: Runners up – Hannes Harmse Winner – Brandon Thompson B Division: Runners up – Darren Marais Winner – Moira Cronje A Division: Runners up – Jason Crook Winner – Hugo Deysel Certificates: Most Improved Junior – Wade Gertenbach Sponsor Appreciation Award Certificate: Magma Security Services TA Plant Hire Ford3PL MF Engineering Barrick Management Sandwich Baron Nationals Shirts Sponsors Award Certificates: National NDT Consolidated Trucking Logistics Sponsor Appreciation Award – Emperors Palace Committee Service Award Certificates: Boom Ferreira – President Delian Bennett – Interim Vice & PRO Jen Bennett – Secretary Rajesh Ramnund – Tournament Director Petro Saunders – Financial Director Thea Joubert – Development Director Appreciation Award – Dinwiddie Sports Club Fun Award Certificates: Shorty Meloti Award – Pie Badenhorst for being the shortest family member; Long Tom Award – Grant Wepener for being the tallest family member; Walking Disaster – Thea Joubert for being the most accident prone family member; Pom Pom Award – Alfred Ungerer for the biggest supporter in the family; Ninja Ballerina Award – Walther Harris for his antics behind the oche; Kindergarten Award – Grant Wepener for being the biggest child at heart; Mieliepap Award – Sally J'arlette-joy for the founder of the Nationals Ladies Team Winning Cry; and stirrer of the Year Award – Attie Botha for getting into the biggest trouble this year. Well done each and every family member and thank you each and every one who attended the prizegiving. It was a blast and a really successful and fun way to end off a year of a lot of darts thrown. Here’s to 2024 and the continuous growth of The Blue Machine Family