I cannot believe that another month has gone and that a third of the year is over. Time seems to fly as one gets older! I am spending Easter Weekend in Port Owen with friends from the 4x4 Offroad Adventure Club and although the intention was to spend the weekend relaxing and fishing the wind is gusting 25 knots and so I decided to get Club News for April done. I have the family chilling and I am sipping red wine and listening to Dire Straits. March has turned out to be another busy month for the Offroad Adventure Club and Philip's trip to the Namaqua Trail left on Thursday and Russell's trip to the Richtersveld leaves in two weeks time. We have finalized the 4x4 driver training venue and the email will be sent out shortly. This course is ideal for all members who have not attended a course previously and it is also a great opportunity for the wives/partners to attend a course as you never know when your other half may have to get you and the family out of the doggy do. We are planning to present club news in a new format soon and are busy working on some ideas at the moment. The idea is to present the news on a DVD and include some footage from previous trips and this obviously requires members filming the outings on digital tape for inclusion in the DVD. We are excited about this and once again it will be a first in South Africa. I would also like to comment about the torches that you/we ordered. We have ordered R8000 worth of torches and they should be here any day now. Your money is 100% safe and we will refund you immediately should you wish to cancel your order ... BUT I have spoken to Andy and he confirms that they should be here any day. We have tied up more sponsors for Offroad Adventure Club events and our next meeting will be great. March Midweek Madness was fantastic and once again the weather played ball. As the sun began to set the evening breeze dropped and the "sand pit" at Karsten and Daria's farm was wonderful. Looking east the orange sunset lit up the Stellenbosch mountains and soon the flames from the braai fires danced around. The evening was warm and when I left at 10pm it was still pleasant and had it not been a working day on Thursday I would have been tempted to lurk a lot longer. Please keep an eye on the website for updates and trip reports. Hope the month is a good one for you. If you have any questions please email me. New members Welcome to Andrew and Kathryn, Immo and Michelle, Heinrich and Hester, Byron and Alex and Aviv we hope you will get involved and enjoy your adventures with us Club Meeting Training This is going to be a year with lots of training offered and we have already completed the Tyre Repair Course and First Aid Course. Committee guides who have a valid First Aid certificate will be able to use a club First Aid kits if they do not have their own equipment and on that note we have just updated the kits again and now have medical equipment worth R9500. Website Sponsors All our website advertisers are long standing members or friends of the club, have been active members and have excellent reputations. They are afforded exclusive adverting in their specific line/range/product. Please support them. Club Members We would really like to see you becoming active in the club. There are so many opportunities to progress, explore and learn Regards Greg Members Page Come on members....send your details and a family photo to Russell for inclusion on the members page. Russell also adds everyone to the birthday list, so send these as well. russdewet@icon.co.za