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Catering
Cycle Club
Frauentreffen (Women's circle)
Golf
Jassen
Rifle Club
Swiss Huusmusig - Choir
Tennis Club
Ski
Catering
| Head of section | |
| Name | Martin Dannecker |
| Tel Home | |
| Cell phone | +27 (0)79 710 5179 |
| martin.d79@hotmail.com | |
| catering@swissclub.co.za | |
Cycle Club
| Head of section | |
| Name | Hans Herren |
| Tel Home | +27 (0)21 558 9041 |
| Cell phone | |
| hans@new.co.za | |
Frauentreffen (Women's circle)
| Head of section | |
| Name | Therese Dennler |
| Tel Home | |
| Cell phone | +27 (0)82 775 5849 |
| thdennler@gmail.com | |
Golf
| Head of section | |
| Name | Alois Koch |
| Tel Work | +27 (0)21 409 1250 |
| Cell phone | +27 (0)83 326 6658 |
| alois@virtualcolour.co.za | |
Jassen
| Head of section | |
| Name | Heinz Mettler |
| Tel Home | +27 (0)21 761 5766 |
| Cell phone | |
| Mettswiss@bucknet.co.za | |
Every last Thursday of the month we play Jassen at the club house in Green Point
Rifle Club
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The last event of the year takes place at the Simon vd Stel Range near Atlantis, followed by a ‘Braai’. Bring own meat and bread, drinks available from the Club-house on the range AFTER the shoot.
DIRECTIONS TO THE ATLANTIS SHOOTING RANGE
From Table View via the R27 (West Coast Road)
• From Table View, follow the R27 north, past Melkbosstrand, past the turnoff to Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. (WP0)
• Proceed on the R27 for a further 5.5 km to the Atlantis turnoff. (WP1)
• Turn right towards Atlantis. After 2.5 km you will see the turnoff to the military shooting range to the right. The road is clearly signposted. (WP2)
• Turn right and proceed 2.7 km to the clubhouse complex (end of tarred road).
Park in front of Club House and proceed to the range behind the club house
Register with Fridolin
Do NOT unpack your firearms until authorized to do so by the day range officer.
See you at the range!
Unfortunately our closing dinner was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
The trip to Natal was a success. In spite of the expected rain and mist the weather turned out fine, and Paul Schweizer was the Schuetzenkoenig and individual winner, while we came second after SRC Johannesburg but beat the host Natal in the Team Shoot.
A good turn-out at the Piggy Shoot, with excellent results both in the individual scores as well as for the tail shoot, where the proverbial width of a .... hair decided the outcome! There were 6 results from 58/60 down to 55/60, the best a junior who had only ever shot a rifle once before.
Wir schiessen auf der Klawer-range der suedafrikanischen Marine oberhalb Simonstown ab der Red Hill Strasse Richtung Signal School und dem ‘Just Nuisance’ Grab.
(We use the navy range at Klawer off the Red Hill road towards the signal school and Just Nuisance’s grave)
Shooting dates 2012
Swiss Rifle Club Cape Town |
Shooting |
2nd date if |
Start Time |
Location |
Annual Program |
Jan 28 |
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11:00 |
Klawer Range |
Feldschiessen (Vor) & Annual Program |
Feb 04 |
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12:00 |
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FELDSCHIESSEN for all Swiss |
Feb 18 |
Mar 03 |
10:00 |
“ “ |
Feldschiessen (Nach) & Annual Program |
Mar 10 |
To Mar 17 |
12:00 |
“ “ |
Annual Program |
Mar 17 |
Apr 14 |
12:00 |
“ “ |
FAMILY DAY – PIGGY SHOOT .22 Rifle |
Apr 21 |
May 05 |
10:00 |
“ “ |
Navy Festival |
Apr 1 – 3 |
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Annual Program |
May 19 |
Jun 02 |
12:00 |
“ “ |
Navy – SRC org. Navy |
May 26 |
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10:00 |
“ “ |
Open Day – Rifle Large & Small [.22] (No Program) |
June 23 |
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12:00 |
“ “ |
Annual Program + Day Program |
July 21 |
Aug 04 |
11:00 |
vd Stel Atlantis |
Annual Program + Day Program |
Aug 18 |
Sep 01 |
12:00 |
Klawer Range |
Day Programs only |
Sep 15 |
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12:00 |
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Open Day Handgun, Shotgun, Black Powder |
Oct 06 |
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12:00 |
“ “ HG Range |
SRC – Navy org. SRC |
Oct 20 |
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10:00 |
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Finalise Annual Programs |
Nov 17 |
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12:00 |
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Year-end Shoot |
Dec 08 |
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11:00 |
vd Stel Atlantis |
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A G M |
Mar 20 |
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Prize-giving |
Apr 20 |
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Year-end Dinner |
Dec 07 |
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Swiss Rifle Club wins competition
At the Federal Shooting Festival at Aarau on Saturday July 3 the Swiss Rifle Club Cape Town won the Club competition for Swiss rifle clubs abroad (i.e. registered outside Switzerland). Twenty-one clubs from 11 countries took part. We had three competitors in the top six individual results!
Short history of the rifle club
The Swiss Rifle Club Cape Town was founded in 1949 when some 27 Swiss took part in a Fernschiessen they heard of on the Swiss Shortwave Radio, this was offered by the Swiss National Shooting Federation and they were supported by a South African Police Sergeant Major and to start were given some SA Army issued .303 Rifles. Soon thereafter application was made to the relevant Military Department in Switzerland which was approved and middle of 1950 the first rifles together with ammunition arrived in Cape Town and the first shoot with their new Karabiner Rifles was held on 23. Dec. 1950. Ever since then the club carried on with the sport of shooting and has until now a perfect safety record and is proud of its accident free performance.
Our club is an affiliated member to the Swiss National Sport Shooting Federation and is as such also sponsored by it. Our second and most important sponsor is the Swiss Military which supplies us with rifles, ammunition and all things needed for the sport.
The Club has at present some 45 members and shoots at the SA Navy range (Klawer) in Simonstown. Our program consists of some 23 shooting dates per year which includes all the major Swiss Programs, i.e. Feldschiessen, Obligatorisch, Sektions Meisterschaft, Einzelwettschiessen and our own locally sponsored programs.
The club aims to actively promote the sport of shooting in all its facets with the available material and in doing so keep an age old and much loved Swiss Tradition alive.
H. Mettler
Swiss Huusmusig - Choir
| Head of section | |
| Name | Ernst Tobler |
| Tel Home | +27 (0)21 531 5779 |
| Cell phone | +27 (0)83 508 7906 |
| etdesign@iburst.co.za | |
The Swiss Choir has been in existence for 27 Years.
As we stopped practices and "Performances" a couple of years ago, the
Huusmusig took over the active part and is going from strength to strengh.
The Twins have joined us for voice support and Heinz is also again part of
us with his "Bassgiige".
We encourage all past Choir members to become Passive members of the
Huusmusig, as we want to keep in contact with all our "Kamerade"
Tennis Club
| Head of section | |
| Name | Jürgen Aiff |
| Tel Home | |
| Cell phone | +27 (0)82 566 1615 |
| Jurgen.Aiff@nashua-communications.com | |
Ski
This is not (yet?) an actual section of the Swiss Club but it's quite interesting to know that there is actually skiing in the Western Cape. Many thanks to Capestorm for letting us use text and pictures from their events newsletter.
Snow Skiing in the Western Cape – Fact or Fiction?
Come and see for yourself! For many decades Capetonians had heard vague rumours about a winter sports ‘resort’ in the mountains of the Western Cape. Was this merely a myth? Fact or fiction? Here (in a nutshell) is the history behind the Ski Club of South Africa.
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In 1928 a couple of ‘Kaapenaars’ returned to South Africa, having learned to ski in Switzerland. The Ski Club of South Africa was subsequently formed, in Cape Town, in 1930 and skiing in South Africa first commenced on Fonteintjiesberg (Hex River mountains). Due to Fonteintjiesberg being declared a water catchment area for Worcester, the Club subsequently re-located it’s activities to Matroosberg in 1936. For many decades the only available accommodation on the mountain was in ‘The Cave’ (directly below the position of the current ‘Top Hut’). The original ‘Base Hut’, built in 1949, was destroyed by fire in 1992 (and a new “base Hut’ built in 1993). The current ‘Top Hut’ (the main Ski Club accommodation on Matroosberg) was completed in 1955 and the current ‘Peak Hut’ was built in the early 1990's. Besides a separate ‘Ski Equipment Hut’, the Ski Club also has 2 permanently positioned, petrol-powered Ski Lifts (“schlep-lift” type) plus 2 portable Ski Lifts (that can be moved to any part of the mountain, i.e. wherever the best snow might lie!).
All facilities on Matroosberg (i.e. huts, toilets, ski lift motors and pylons, etc) have been carried up the mountain on the Members' backs (long before the existing 4x4 road was built), and have been built and are still constantly maintained by the Members. The Club could not exist without their ongoing hard work and commitment. Membership enquiries are always welcomed.
Quo vadis? The 77-year old Ski Club of South Africa (a club and not a ‘resort’) is a dynamic and active entity that exists around one magical element – snow !!! And the current weather patterns indicate that 2007 has all the makings of a good snow year for the mountains of the Western Cape.
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