Sunflower Fund Donation

Dear SEC Members

In memory of long-time SEC member and Immediate-Past Chairman, Peter Andrew Kenyon, who passed away on 3 December 2016, our Club will be supporting the Sunflower Fund. We have decided to sponsor up to five club members who wishes to join the bone marrow registry and save future lives. It costs R2000 to join the registry, and there are some stringent requirements. Please read the information in the link if you are interested.
http://www.sunflowerfund.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-Donor-Information.pdf 

If you would like to take up this life-saving opportunity sponsored by SEC, please confirm with our Treasurer Vanja Ingold at vjingold@ingold.co.za. The procedure is to check with Vanja if you are one of the first five, then go ahead and do the necessary and SEC will refund you the cost of R2000. Please note that this invitation is open to all SEC members, your family and friends.

Regards

John Dickie

CHAIRMAN

Cave Rescue Practise 18 February

Hello everyone,

For those interested, there will be a cave rescue practise this Saturday.

The plan for this practise session will be to initiate a mock callout for a missing caver, organise the gathering of people and equipment at the cave and then search for the missing caver and rescue him.

So the cave location will not be made known until Saturday morning. At around 7:30 one of the SEC committee members will receive a call with the information and a callout will be initiated.

If you are interested in joining this session, please let me know!

Regards,

Steven

083 212 0817

sjtucker135@gmail.com

Nico's II - 12 February

Hello everyone,

I'm planning a trip to Nico's II on Sunday the 12th of February.

Definitely a members only trip as the cave is described as very sporty!

Expect everything from ladders, to long muddy pitches to fun little crawls. 

The cave has a number of possibilities for new discoveries that I want to go check out.

Meet at Oak Tree Garage at 08:30. High ground clearance is required to get to the cave, so we can leave some vehicles at Oak Tree and drive together from there.

The trip is expected to be a long one, so unfortunately no braai afterwards.

Let me know if you are joining us.

Steven
083 212 0817
sjtucker135@gmail.com

Wonderfontein 8 January

Hello everyone,

To kick off the year we will do a trip to Wonderfontein on the 8th of January.

New cavers are welcome to join, as long as you can swim!

Meet at 09:00 at the Caltex garage on the R500 as you enter Carletonville from the Northern side. 26°20'17.78"S & 27°23'18.03"E

If this is you first time caving, have a look at http://www.sec-caving.co.za/p/new-cavers.html

Let John Dickie know if you are joining the trip and if you need any gear - 073 985 8068

Dear SEC Members

In memory of long-time SEC member and Immediate-Past Chairman, Peter Andrew Kenyon, who passed away on 3 December 2016, our Club will be supporting the Sunflower Fund.  We have decided to sponsor any club member who wishes to join the bone marrow registry and save future lives.  It costs R2000 to join the registry, and there are some stringent requirements.  Please read the information in the link below if you are interested.

http://www.sunflowerfund.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-Donor-Information.pdf

If you would like to take up this life-saving opportunity sponsored by SEC, please contact me.  We will be sponsoring up to 5 people.

Regards

John Dickie

CHAIRMAN

Armageddon Cave - 10 December

Hi everyone,

John is organising a trip to Armageddon on Saturday the 10th of December.

SRT members only.

9:00 at the cave.

Please RSVP with John, 073 985 8068.

Also let him know if you need any gear.

Enjoy.

SEC Meet-list for 2017

A trip is done once a month on the second Sunday of the month. Extra trips are then done on an Ad-Hoc Basis and a few long-weekend trips to other provinces are also organized throughout the year.
There will also be rescue practises every second month. 

• 10 December – Armageddon’s mudwall – John Dickie
• 8 January  - Wonderfontein - John Dickie
• 12 February - Nico's II - Steven Tucker
• 18-21 March - Serunecjar and others in the area - Karin Human
• 14-17 April - Chaos & Crystal Caves - John Dickie & Steven Tucker
• 14 May - River Passage Cave - Steven Tucker
• 11 June - Groblers I - Steven Tucker
• 9 July - Abe Bailey Nature Reserve - Sharron Reynolds
• 9-13 August - Sudwala area - Sharron Reynolds
• 10 September - U Cave (Showerdome) - Selena Dickie
• 8 October - Apocalypse - John Dickie

Please note: These are proposed dates – please see Facebook and/or Yahoo groups for final destinations or contact the meet leader closer to the time. Caving trips additional to those above will also be notified via these avenues.

Contact the Meet leader to arrange to join a trip or find out more info on a trip. See the contact us page for contact details.