July - September 2022
The M u tha i g a Country Club M agazi n e
Th e M u th ai g a Countr y Cl u b M ag azi ne
Front Cover Photo One of the beautiful scenic moments captured during the Gaucho Derby – 'the greatest test of horsemanship and wilderness skills on Earth.' (see more on Pages 14 & 15)
July - September 2022
C on t e nts page 1
Letter from the Chairman
page 2
Letter from the Secretary
page 3
Membership Matters
page 4
Roving Eye
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Balloting Report & Finance Reports
page 6
Wines & Messing
page 7
Events
page 8
Platinum Jubilee Derby Day
page 10
Forthcoming Events Diary
page 11
Muthaiga Sports Round-Up & Competition
page 14
The Gaucho Derby
page 16
Members’ Achievements
page 17
Re-Greening MCC
page 18
Heritage Collection
page 19
Bird Quiz
page 20
Opera & Ballet
page 21
Library Book Reviews
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page 22 Atlantic Rowing Challenge page 24
Hatches & Matches
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Obituaries
The Muthaiga Country Club Magazine is published by MCC for Members Editor: Yoyo Volak
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Magazine Production: Matthew Rudd, Mercy Wanyeri, Diana Waithaka, Eunice Mulwa, Yvonne Magambo, Erastus Kamau, Vincent Ford. Contributors: Edita Camm, Julia Lawrence, Peter Usher, Gail Paul, Steve Mills, Andrew Elwes, Sam Taylor, Toby Kendall. Design & Layout by Shelleys the Printers. Printed by Graphite Lounge.
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From the Chairman Members Welcome to the latest edition of this finest of publications. In this edition you will find a huge variety of articles from extreme feats of endurance by Members, to sporting triumphs, to conservation and re-greening projects, plus a host of events and news stories. I recently informed you of the appointment of the new Club Secretary, Mr Michael Flint. Michael comes with a wealth of experience in hospitality and particularly in Club management. He has worked in South America, UK, Mexico, Hong Kong and various venues in the US and the Caribbean, managing the Deer Creek Country and Gold Club in Florida and more recently the Albany Resort in the Bahamas. Michael will be joining us in November. We look forward to welcoming Michael and his wife Lilly to the Club. Life at the Club continues to hum along, we hosted 150 Members and their guests at the Ngong Racecourse in June, to coincide with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. We continue to offer Members support - 130 Covid booster doses were administered in July and at the time of writing we are assisting Members in the Expressway Registration and Installation exercise (see Page 9.) Functions continue to abound and I have hosted several myself. I don’t believe that you will find finer facilities for hosting functions anywhere. As ever thank you to the staff for all their hard work, under the excellent tutelage of interim Club Secretary David Muunga. In May I planted a sapling fever tree to replace its magnificent predecessor that grew next to the steam engines by the Chairman’s Lawn and that had to be felled for safety reasons (see Page 17). Having done that I am a little more comfortable quoting the words of the Nobel Peace laureate the late Prof Wangari Maathai who said that, “Until you dig a hole, until you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.” Stop talking, go and plant a tree. We continue to work hard on the many Club Committees, I am delighted to announce that the Main Committee has set up an HR Committee to oversee staff matters and welfare – such a critical component to the wellbeing of our staff and the Club as a whole. Thank you to all Committee members for their dedication, let us remember they are each giving up their time on a voluntary basis. For those of you that will be holidaying over the coming weeks, have a restful and invigorating time. For those younger Members who have battled their ways through studies and examinations and have come out the other end in one piece, enjoy yourselves and relax at the Club. For those voting or otherwise involved in the upcoming elections remember the words of the late Nelson Mandela; ‘may your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears’. My best wishes to you and your families,
Philip Coulson, Chairman, Muthaiga Country Club www.mcc.co.ke
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From the Secretary
Dear Members As I write this, I complete three months in my role as Acting Club Secretary, an honour that I treasure dearly. I am very grateful to Members, the Committee, and staff for their support. The team has been working hard with some good progress made in several areas. We launched a new PINKS’ menu in June, with significantly reduced prices on some selected popular dishes and this has been received well by Members. The Club Dining Room menu has also continued receiving good reviews from Members with increased usage, particularly in the evenings. On the events front, we have seen great support from Members with increased demand for both Private and Club events. The Annual Kenya Derby and the St. Leger Race Day (celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee) at the Ngong Racecourse were a tremendous success and this year’s Mothers’ and Fathers’ Day celebrations at PINKS proved very popular, with Members enjoying the Chef’s special buffet lunches. We continue collaborating with various institutions to bring essential Government services to the Club for the convenience of Members. We recently organised a fourth Covid vaccination drive at the Club with over 130 doses given. The Club, in partnership with the National Transport & Safety Authority (NTSA), will also be facilitating Members with registration at the Club, for Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) service, needed for a non-stop cashless access to the Nairobi Expressway. This Electronic Toll Collection service will allow use of toll points, therefore offering an express road service that saves time, with no stopping at the toll booths. We are delighted about the regular positive feedback from Members regarding the warmth and excellent service from our staff. Our people are the Club’s greatest asset, and we are continuously looking for ways to improve performance and staff welfare. We are at present conducting an independent Employee Satisfaction survey, among other HR consultancy work aimed at improving efficiency, teamwork, and sense of belonging. Thank you for your constinued and always useful feedback, that is necessary to keep us focused on raising the standards across the Club.
David Muunga David Muunga Acting Club Secretary
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MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP AE T MM AT T R ST E R S With the winding down of a communications committee, this page is devoted to being more of an opinion page, where prevailing moods and sentiments of Members on current Club issues, expressed in comments and mails, are echoed. As always, we want to know what’s on your mind, and will always welcome your feedback.
ing down of a communications committee, this page is devoted to being more BUSINESS BIRD QUIZ MONKEY page, where prevailing moods and sentiments of Members on current Club I have enjoyed your glossy magazine for about six I need windows to be open at night, but I do not need to sed in comments echoed. Asnicer always, onby a monkey on my dressing table early in the years now –and the mails, printed are version is much thanwe want to know what’s be woken the electric version, by the way – and wanted to nd will always welcome your feedback. morning, eating the nuts from the mini-Bar. congratulate you in particular on the excellent bird quizzes. I don’t know Mr Usher but please convey to him our immense admiration and gratitude – his puzzles are interesting and fun and his pictures are invariably brilliant. It is a quarterly treat to R E C E NTLY, A DE C ISION WAS M AD E TO O test … birding skills and to unpick Mr O F F Efriends R BR E AK and FAST family ON LY ATon P INtheir KS… Usher’s special sense of humour. Breakfast at Pinks only is a mistake. Do away with Long may he continue to be the best bit of your the chafing dishes and cook to order as it used M O RE GEN ERALLY brilliant magazine. SS to be. TP
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Appalled by people’s behaviour at Pinks, and disappointed to have to have breakfast there… I am an overseas Member and come to the Club for the Club, not to come to an average hotel. FP
MUTHAIGA TOWN HOTEL
Your German sausage has not seen Germany and the saurecraut [sic] was not cooked. It tasted ok as I was very hungry. PE
Something needs to be done. I suggest askaris need catapults. CJ
POOLING DISCONTENT
Why a yucky yucky pool? And so cold! HJ [Ed: this view was expressed, less succinctly, by many.]
is it that I am a young, up-country Member and I Why come to there are never any ice-creams
DECISION WAS MADE TO O forprefer in the fridge? Also, never any low-fat milk. RH Nairobi quite often. would While I agree with the economicI reasons having to stay at the PEACE AND RIOT only onebut venue for breakfast, I dorooms not agreeare with usually fully booked. … AS T ONLY AT PINKS… Club find that the Not the place it used to be. WR
Kindly bring the garden space back to normal. the argument that economy alone justifies What disturbs me inisthe that areinnot booked by dispensing with breakfast old they restaurant a We like a place of quiet to read and reflect. If child-free environment. RS There are threethis thingsiswrong with Pinks: Members but by overseas visitors, I am told. I’monlysure people want to conduct business then there is a only is a mistake. Do away with 1. Service. 2. Service. 3. Service. DN very goodtables fornot the Club’s line but it is very irritating No waiters, laid, multiplebottom trips required, Business Centre and Pinks. and cook order as M ORE no to logic to layout, foodit in used chafing cold, to use this that some Members are dishes allowed Club asGENERALLY a tourist We want peace – and clarity about the rules! PS table not cleared as food finished, coffee destination disgusting.AB for their clients. I don’t know what it says in the Rules but I would be very surprised if this is allowed and I Your German sausage has not seen Germany hope the Committee will take action against people who are BUT the IT WASN ’T ALL B AD… DO e’s behaviour at Pinks, and anddenying the saurecraut [sic] was not cooked. It MEMBERS MATTER? profiting from their Membership, but also fully paid up You used to have a section in the magazine Thank you to the team for a wonderful Red ave to have breakfast there… I am Members a chance to stay at their Club. tasted HHDdinner… ok as I was veryevening hungry. PE Room It made for a special and devoted to comments and letters from
ber and come to the Club for the a great meal. DB Members, which gave the impression that the e to an average hotel. FProoms were taken by non-Members who were The whole Club’s Club cared about what Members think and Why is that e www.mcc.co.ke loaded into a bus next day while others stayed onitfor the there whole are never 3any ice-creams feel. Now, not so much. The comments book inSB the fridge? Also, never doesn’t any low-fat milk.more RH than acknowledge receipt and the weekend. Who is inviting these people in? do anything the economic reasons for having magazine puts events under Membership Matters, which isn’t r breakfast, I do not agree with Not the place it used to be.quite WRthe same. I wish you’d bring back the letters page. CBD economy alone justifies [Ed: Noted. We welcome all letters, congratulatory or otherwise, reakfast in the old restaurant in a and are assured the Committee constantly reviews comments and nment. RS feedback.] There are only three things wrong with Pinks: 1. Service. 2. Service. 3. Service. DN not laid, multiple trips required, food in chafing dishes cold, Staff Fire Fighting Training s food finished, coffee April– June 2017 Muthaiga Country Club
Kenya vs USA Ladies Polo
MCC staff underwent fire fighting training as part of an on-going exercise to ensure safety for Members and MCC Manyatta Polo Club in Gilgil recently hosted a Polo staff. Staff Members from across all departments were trained BUT aITteam WASN’T ALL Bin AD… International pitting the Kenya Ladies against from how to contain and deal with different sorts of fire and Florida, USA. extinguishers. The American visitors put up a fierce challenge but the final score was 7– 4 to the Kenya Ladies team. They are pictured here with their hard-won trophy. From left – MCC Members Megan Griffiths, Aisha Gross, Tiva Gross and Izzy Parsons.
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Thank you to the team for a wonderful Red Room dinner… It made for a special evening and a great meal. DB April– June 2017 Muthaiga Country Club
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roving eye
Roving Eye
anyone to form an opinion – and who are the Welsh?” Answers on a postcard, please. Meanwhile our most recent of Club Secs has been Eyed up in the gym, hard at work on his pecs, beach-buffed, cap backwards, 75 reps, 15 circuits, 2 times a day, 7 days a week, just 12 weeks (that’s 84 days) since stepping aside, our most muscled of Secs in the whole history of the Club.
Eye is back, wide open, keeping a gimlet one on Club Secs, as Eye does. Rupert, our antepenultimate, has sloughed off Qatari dust for the urban confines of 127 Piccadilly. Eye expects he’ll fit right in, not least for his height and bearing. Too big for the nags, what kind of foot soldier might he be mistaken for at the Chav ‘n’ Guards Club? “The Grenadiers are Officers but not Gentlemen, the Coldstream are Gentlemen but not Officers, the Scots are neither; the Irish haven’t been around long enough for
Seriously, Eye believes that cometh the hour, so came Christian, and few could have shepherded the Club through the pandemic with as much highly komboocha-ed enthusiasm and vigour, or with so many modern Teutonic idiosyncrasies. As Club Secs come and go, who or what comes next? An East Coast hotelier, Eye hears. Can he – for he it is – be all things to all men, women, staff, tribes, ages and colours? Eye says good luck with that!
ICT Systems Developments & Enhancements SMS Notifications
Automated online payments postings
An SMS notification alert to Members when they utilise the Club’s facilities and when they make payments via MPESA was introduced last year, which we think is a useful tool for informing Members what is happening in their Club account. To receive these timely alerts, kindly ensure the Club has your latest working mobile number.
We have started automating and integrating online payments made via our Website or App to have them posted directly into the Club’s Jonas Management System. This will ensure payments go directly to Members’ accounts without posting manually. The team hopes to complete this enhancement by July.
If you have given out your mobile number and are NOT receiving these alerts, kindly dial *100#, go to My Subscriptions, proceed to promotional SMS, then go to Activate by Sender Name, which is MuthaigaCC. This will ensure your mobile line is not blocked from receiving the Club’s SMS notifications.
Automated MPESA payments postings The Club has completed automating and integrating MPESA payments with the Jonas Management system. This will ensure Members payments done via MPESA are posted directly into their accounts automatically.
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The above two enhancements will ensure Members’ accounts are up-to-date with timely information, increased accuracy, time saving and reduced human error. Members are asked to enter their full Membership Numbers as they appear on their cards, for the above to work seamlessly.
E-Mail addresses One of the major challenges the Club has been experiencing in using email as a form of communication is ‘bounced back’ messages. These mainly occur due to outdated email addresses in the Club database. Members are kindly asked to send their latest working address to: secretary@mcc.co.ke
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balloting committee
Dear Members, Greetings. I’m happy to report that despite the pandemic and the subsequent socio-economic challenges the demand for Membership has remained. We have had many candidates in their 70s and 80s (middle age in today’s world) applying, which is a great testament to the 360 offering and attraction of our great Club. A polite reminder that the waiting time for meeting the Balloting Committee for Full Town Membership is between 16 - 18 months. Thank you again to those keeping an eagle eye on candidates being proposed on both the notice board and Club online magazine. This is a great help to us at Balloting, as you will
appreciate our physical/virtual interviews are like speed dating as mostly all candidates are on their best behaviour. While we make effort to keep ‘raising the bar’ with our due diligence, not only at the time of application, pre-interview, during interview and while candidates are on probation, we cannot achieve this without your assistance. Thank you and wishing you and your families a sunny summer holidays! Best wishes,
Kush Bhardwaj Chairman Balloting Committee
finance
Dear Members Our financial year comes to an end in June, and I take this opportunity to thank you, for your contribution to a significant recovery, following the effects of the Covid pandemic. I am happy to report that the Club’s recovery from the impact of the pandemic has progressed steadily. Club usage improved significantly during the year, particularly in the areas of accommodation and private events. Usage of the Dining rooms has, however, remained below expectation, with covers just slightly over 80 per cent of preCovid levels. The majority of our Members still do not use the Club on a regular basis and we therefore continue appealing to all Members, now more than ever, to please come and enjoy your Club. Our focus this financial year has been to deliver great value to Members in terms of pricing, quality, and service. In this regard
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you may have noticed that we have reduced food and beverage prices on some items and generally held prices constant, despite rising costs being driven by the prevailing adverse global economic environment. We continue automating our payment processes for improved efficiency and Members accounts are now being updated on a real-time basis, with MPesa and card payments. This has, however, been possible only when Members provide their Membership account numbers in full. I therefore remind Members to always provide their Membership Account numbers in full, when making payments. In the meantime, I thank you again for your support of the Club.
Daniel Ndonye
Daniel Ndonye Chairman Finance & Strategy Committee
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wines & mes sing
The BeGin Bar!
"The Gin and Tonic has saved more Englishmen's lives, and minds, than all doctors in the Empire'' Sir Winston Churchill
Muthaiga Country Club has launched Kenya’s first, one-of-a-kind, Pop-up Gin Bar in the Garden Room
KWV
Wine Pairing Dinner Members who attended the Wine Pairing Dinner hosted by KWV Wine Maker Izele Van Blerk, were treated to a delectable fivecourse dinner with a selection of sumptuous wines carefully chosen to complement each one.
The beGin Bar! Gin has always been the legendary spirit of choice for discerning Muthaiga Club Members throughout all the years of the Club's existence, and we are happy to introduce an impressive selection of over 40 different varieties of Gin, sourced from around the world. We have also stocked a wide range of local and international tonics to create that perfect G & T. Or perhaps you prefer a Gin Martini? Or challenge our resident Mixologist, Mwanapili, to prepare a cocktail to suit your mood? Mwanapili has also created her own spectacular gin infusions using herbs and botanicals from the Club’s very own organic gardens. Executive Chef Macharia has also created an exciting tapas-style menu of snacks to compliment your drinks. The beGin Bar is open every Tuesday to Saturday from 4.30pm onwards and on Sundays between 12noon and 9pm in the Garden Room. So let your experience beGin!
Gin & Tea Friday 15th July
From left - KWV Brand Development Manager Sarah Mwikali, MCC Resident Sommelier Vincent Mutuku, KWV Wine Maker Izele Van Blerk, and Surene Scheepers of KWV. Izele is a wine industry opinion shaper and winemaker of the flagship KWV brand ‘The Mentors.’ With a B.Sc degree in Viticulture and Oenology from the Stellenbosch University, and having passed the rigorous Michael Fridjhon Wine Judging Academy with distinction, Izele was a wonderful host for the evening working alongside Executive Chef Macharia, to create a perfectly paired gourmet banquet.
6 – 8pm @ The beGin Bar Did you know that Gin & Tea work beautifully together as the botanicals in gin compliment the aroma and flavours of tea? Members and friends are warmly invited to an informal evening of Gin & Tea infused cocktails, specially curated by MCC Member Tehmeena Manji of the Muthaiga Tea Company. Experience different tea-infused Gin cocktail/ mocktails and learn about how Tea and Gin pair perfectly together.
Welcome to a Tea and Gin evening at the MCC Gin Bar!
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events
Rising Tennis Star Angela Okutoyi comes to MCC Young Kenyan tennis star Angela Okutoyi treated MCC Members to a smashing demonstration of what Grand Slam level tennis looks like courtside! The Exhibition Match was held in support of Angela as she prepared for the 2022 Grand Slam Tournaments, representing Kenya. Angela reached the 3rd round of the recent Australian Junior Championships and was eligible to compete in the French Open and Wimbledon. She was only the second Kenyan woman to ever qualify for a Grand Slam in history and the first Kenyan to reach the third round in a Grand Slam Tournament. Since her Exhibition Match at MCC, Angela Okutoyi has made sporting history by not only reaching Round 2 on the famous clay courts of Roland Garros in Paris, but then becoming the first Kenyan to win a Grand Slam title when she teamed up with Dutch doubles partner Rose Marie Nijkamp, to win the Junior Tennis doubles title on the legendary grass courts of Wimbledon. Angela is now eligible to compete in the forthcoming U.S. Junior Championships later this year. We wish her the very best as she continues to make Kenyan sporting history.
A UNIQUE KENYAN SAFARI BY ARTIST PETER BLACKWELL
Kenyan-born artist Peter Blackwell took Members on ‘A Unique Kenyan Safari’ with his exhibition of superb wildlife paintings. Peter has been intrigued by Africa’s environment and its exceptional diversity all his life and through his beautiful artwork he strives to bring the many aspects of Africa to life through his personal interpretations of the natural world. His latest original works flaunt a myriad of ideas and images that create “A Unique Kenyan Safari.” www.mcc.co.ke
“Perfect Imperfections” Painting & Pottery Exhibition by Naz Perver Weich
Artist and potter Naz Perver Weich gave a stunning exhibition of her recent works. Inspired by the influence of Cubists such as Picasso and Cezanne, Naz works on the destruction and reconstitution of form to create multiple angles and lines which collide to craft intriguing and beautiful, one-off pieces which form ‘Perfect Imperfections.’ July - September 2022 Muthaiga Country Club
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derby day
Kenya Derby Day at
Ngong Racecourse 2022 This famous horse race, named after the Derby run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England, was named after the 12th Earl of Derby, who inaugurated the race in 1780. This flat race run over four furlongs (2.4km) is exclusively for three-year-olds and is considered the crown jewel of horse racing. Fittingly, this year was the 100th Derby held at Ngong Racecourse, and coincided with Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. To commemorate this historic occasion the Jockey Club of Kenya and MCC hosted a wonderful day at the races where over 150 Members, their families and guests enjoyed the unrivaled hospitality of the Club Catering and Housekeeping teams, a moment in racing history, excellent sport and, for some, a profitable afternoon at the Bookies!
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events
BookEnds Tash Mitambo (star of the TV series in Higher Learning) and Joseph Babu Wairimu (lead role in the film Nairobi Half Life) gave a wonderful live performance of the stage play Book Ends at MCC. Brilliantly interpreted by Joseph and Tash (pictured here) playing the parts of two elderly friends reliving stories from their past, this heartwarming drama tackled the impact on the elderly when they are forced to spend their last days with strangers.
Nairobi Expressway Not so much an event, but more a service for Members. With the new Nairobi Expressway now operational, the Club in collaboration with the National Transport & Safety Authority (NTSA) will be facilitating registration for the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) service, needed for a nonstop, cashless access to the Nairobi Expressway. This Electronic Toll Collection service will allow use of toll points, thereby offering an express road service that saves you time, with no need to stop at the Toll Booths. The exercise will be done in two steps: 1.
Vehicle pre-registration
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Installation of On-Board Units (OBU)
Members who wish to sign up for the service are requested to share the information below with the Club, to allow for vehicle pre-registration by the Nairobi Expressway team.
Charges for the service: Option 1 Service Fee: Ksh 1,000/- (One-time fee) Minimum top up points: Ksh 2,000/Option 2 Promotional offer of Ksh 5,000/- for top up points with the service fee waived If interested, kindly send an email to Eway@mcc.co.ke sharing the above information with us and your preferred payment option. The Club will pay the fee on your behalf and charge your Membership account. *Please Note – the deadline for submission of the preregistration information is Friday 15th July 2022.
Once pre-registration is complete, the Club will communicate the date/s when Members will be required to bring their vehicles to the Club to be fitted with the OBU devices. With prior registration, the OBU device installation will take approximately three minutes per vehicle. Members will need to provide the following information for vehicle pre-registration: •
Copy of ID/Passport
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Copy of the vehicle’s logbook
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Email address
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Mobile phone number
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forthcoming events
Chairman’s Outreach Luncheon Karen
Saturday 24th September 2022 Lunch from 12.30pm
The Chairman cordially invites you to this years’ Outreach Luncheon, which will be held in Karen. This is an occasion for Members who find it difficult to cross town to use the Club regularly, to reacquaint themselves with the legendary hospitality of Muthaiga Club. MCC Member Eunice Kiereini has very generously offered to host this year’s event in her beautiful garden and the Chairman looks forward to seeing as many of our Karen-residing Members as possible. As the first Outreach Event since before Covid, this promises to be a hugely popular event and, although the Chairman is seeking to attract as many Members as possible, priority will be given to those from Karen and its environs. Strict RSVP Email: events@mcc.co.ke for enquiries and booking.
Kids’ Summer Sports Camp G & Tea Tasting – with Muthaiga Tea Company Film Night – “To Walk with Lions” Sports Quiz Night Vol. II– Presented by Sports Committee Fishbowls – Young Members Committee Wine & Cheese Fair Speaker’s Evening Heritage Committee – presented by Jan Frans van der Eerden Club Night – Happy Hour (50% off all drinks)
11 – 15 July, Tennis Courts, 9am – 12noon. 15 July, Gin Bar, 6 – 8pm. 21 July, Ballroom, 6pm. 22 July, Ballroom, 6.30pm. 23 July, Ballroom, 5pm onwards. 24 July, Centenary Lawn, 11.30am onwards. 29 July, Ballroom, 6pm. 29 July, Popsy Bar, 5 – 7pm.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Film Night – “Modigliani” Speaker’s Evening – presented by Rhodia Mann Squash - Social Mix-In Speaker’s Evening Heritage Committee – presented by Steve Mills Tennis – MCC “US Open” Tournament Herring Cup Ball Bowls – Club Pairs Tennis – Herring Cup Tournament Chairman’s Outreach Luncheon Tennis – “Les Grands Poissons” 55+ Mixed Doubles Bowls – Poppy Bowls Live Concert - “The History of Music” Club Night – Happy Hour (50% off all drinks)
1 September, Ballroom, 6pm. 3 September, Ballroom, 6pm. 7 September, Squash Courts, 4.30pm onwards. 10 September, Ballroom, 6pm. 11 September, Tennis Courts, 9am. 17 September, Ballroom, 7pm onwards. 17 & 18 September, Bowling Greens, 9am. 17 & 18 September, Tennis Courts, 9am. 24 September, Karen, from 12.30pm. 25 September, Tennis Courts, 9am. 25 September, Bowling Greens, 9am. 27 September, Ballroom, 6pm. 30 September, Popsy Bar, 5 – 7pm.
OCTOBER 2022
(Due to the uncertainty surrounding the forthcoming elections we have no events booked in August at the time of going to print)
Young Members’ Ball Squash - Social Mix-In MCC vs MGC Dinner Speaker’s Evening Heritage Committee – presented by Judy Aldrick Club Night – Happy Hour (50% off all drinks)
1 October, Tennis Courts, 7pm onwards. 5 October , Squash Courts, 4.30pm onwards. 22 October, Ballroom, 7pm onwards. 25 October, Ballroom, 6pm. . 28 October, Popsy Bar, 5 – 7pm.
Squash Social Mix-in Snooker Coaching
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Dates and times of events were correct at the time of going to press. They may change post printing so please check with the Events Office when making your bookings.
JULY 2022
Fo r t h c o m i ng E v e n t s D i a r y
every Wednesday at the Squash Courts from 4.30pm every Friday and Saturday in the Snooker Room, from 2 – 6pm
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squash The Squash section at Muthaiga has had a busy couple of months and the numbers of new players joining our monthly Social Mix-ins are a sign of a growing group of players who are keen to take up the sport. I encourage more Members to join us on the first Wednesday of every month for our Social Mix-ins. In May we hosted the Wadi Degla Club - a new club which has opened on the Kiambu road - for our first ever fixture with them. Among the visitors’ team were two enthusiastic junior players and although we won 7-1 it was nice seeing youngsters playing competitive matches, something we definitely want to encourage with several clubs around Nairobi.
Squash Captain Kunal Bid kindly donated the trophies for this tournament and if any Member would like to sponsor a future tournament, please get in touch with him. As well as our monthly Social Mix-ins, we shall also be holding the British Rules Tournament, which is likely to be held around the end of July or early August. Please keep an eye out for the dates. Kunal Bid Squash Captain
At the end of May we held our annual Handicap Tournament. Twelve players entered and each player was allocated a handicap based on their ability. This tournament gives players of differing abilities an equal chance to compete. After the group stages, the tournament was split into the main Cup, Plate and Bowl tournaments, which ended in three extremely competitive finals. In the Bowl (handicaps in brackets) Job Muriuki (4) beat Fabian Collis (2) 3-2
Competitors from Muthaiga Handicap Tournament. From left - Joseph Kariuki, Rajeev Gandhi, Job Muriuki, Kunal Bid, Kavan Shah, Spence Dry, Christina Andersen & Fabian Collis.
In the Plate Spence Dry (2) beat Christina Andersen (2) 3-2 And in the Handicap Cup Kunal Bid (0) beat Kavan Shah (1) 3-2
Right: Handicap Winners. From left - Job Muriuki (Bowl winner), Kunal Bid (Cup Winner) & Spence Dry (Plate Winner.)
Above: Wadi Degla vs Muthaiga Country Club Teams
COMPETITION Answer to our April – June 2022 Competition QUESTION: What is the original name of this street and where is it? And what is it called today?
Question: This was once an
important building in Nairobi – what was it?
Prize: The first correct entry that we
receive will win dinner for two with a bottle of House Wine in either Pinks or the Club Dining Room. Please send your answers to communications@mcc.co.ke
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ANSWER: Moi Avenue (formerly known as First Station Road and later Government Road) now situated within the Central Business District of Nairobi. It is one of the oldest roads in the city and is intersected by Kenyatta Avenue, City Hall Way and Haile Selassie Avenue, running west to east. This photo was taken sometime in the late 1920s. WINNER: Noor Adamali.
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bow ls Muthaiga Bowler Defends National Ladies Singles Title
Farewell to Former Captain, John Porter
Muthaiga bowler, Essie Walker triumphed at the Kenya Bowls National Singles held over the Labour Day weekend at Ruiru Sports Club, to retain her title as Kenya Ladies Champion, which she won in November 2021.
Long-time bowler and former Captain of the Section, John Porter, has retired and moved to Italy. The Bowls Section organised a Spoon competition to mark his departure. Fourteen players participated in one Trips and two Pairs matches and John was delighted that his team won the Trips. Captain Harvey Herr presented John with an engraved mug to remind him of his time with MCC Bowls.
The Ladies’ Competition had nine players split into two pools. In the semi-finals, Essie beat Eunice Mbugua to set up an exciting final against Grace Njuguna. The final score was 21-11. Essie, who is MCC’s Bowls Vice-Captain, will be representing Kenya at the 2022 World Bowls Ladies Singles Championship in New Zealand in November this year. She is pictured here receiving the National Singles Trophy from Kenya Bowls Chairman, Musembi Mumo.
Club Trips The Annual Club Trips, generously sponsored by Maria Cunningham, was held over two days. Four teams were selected by random draw and competed in a Round Robin competition. At the end of the weekend, point differences were not large, reflecting the high level of competition demonastrated by MCC’s bowlers, but Oliver Fowler (Skip), Yolanda Andersen (Lead) and Gerry Cunningham (Second) emerged victorious. They are pictured here (from left) with Harvey Herr (Bowls Captain) and Maria Cunnigham (Sponsor).
Former Bowls Captain John Porter
And finally… It is a great sadness to us all to have lost a friend and stalwart member of the Bowling section in Jean Osbourne Watson, who died in May. She had been involved in MCC Bowls since 1993 when the greens were first laid. She previously served as Captain in Limuru, played for Kenya in the Commonwealth Games, manned the Markers’ Hut for many of the African States Tournaments and accompanied the Paraplegic Bowling Team to the Atlanta Paralympic Games in 1996. She is deeply missed by all.
Jean with her husband Willie Watson
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tennis This has certainly been a very exciting quarter involving two emphatic victories over Karen Club and the wonderful Exhibition Match with Angela Okutoyi, Kenya’s top female tennis player, displaying her advanced tennis skills. Angela has since become a national sporting legend, by being the first Kenyan to win a Grand Slam - no less on the legendary grass courts of Wimbledon - and is now eligible to compete at the US Open with her junior doubles partner Rose Marie Nijkamp. (See Page 7). We managed to raise a considerable amount of money at our Entry Gate, which will help towards Angela’s expenses when she is on tour. Muthaiga Club wishes her every success as she continues to make Kenyan sporting history.
Our last event of this quarter was our own “Roland Garros” mixed doubles tournament. Sixteen players signed up for this annual team event. The format involved two Pools with two pairs in each Pool, representing various cities in France. After a most enjoyable and fun ‘Team’ competition, Bordeaux emerged as the outright winners but by only two games.
The Mens and Ladies Doubles session involved a number of our best ladies and a handful of men. This was, essentially, a pre-practice session for the MCC vs. Karen Ladies Challenge. The Muthaiga team travelled across to Karen Club by bus, organised by the Club, with Tennis Captain John Goodwin as the official escort. The final result was quite unexpected as Muthaiga managed to beat Karen by 14 matches to four. A terrific achievement - Well done our ladies!
MCC Ladies – Emphatic Winners of the MCC vs. Karen Ladies Challenge. Then, once again, MCC Tennis players, headed back to Karen Club to compete in the annual “Wilson Cup” (for the first time in three years, due to Covid). As with the previous fixture, another unexpected result was achieved. Our six pairs managed to emerge as the overall winners with 28 astonishing sets to six. This was an outstanding result considering Muthaiga has not won the Trophy since 2016. As a Member of MCC for 26 years, I have never known such a strong and formidable set of players, on hand. Very many congratulations to our Team!
Winners of the Roland Garros Mixed Doubles Tournament - Team Bordeaux. From left- Alex Lemhberg & Rupert Mclellan and Tamara Krautkramer & Armaan Moledina. John Goodwin Tennis Captain
FORTHCOMING TOURNAMENTS SUNDAY 10 JULY MCC’s “Wimbledon” Mixed Doubles SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER MCC’s “U.S. Open” Mixed Doubles SATURDAY 17 & 18 SEPTEMBER The “Herring Cup” Team Event SUNDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER “Les Grands Poissons” 55+ Mixed Doubles
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GAUCHO DE In March 2022, co-founder of ForRangers Sam Taylor, along with MCC Members Charlotte Outram and Simon Kenyon, headed to Patagonia to race in the Gaucho Derby, also known as ‘the greatest test of horsemanship and wilderness skills on Earth.’ The Gaucho Derby is a ten-day, 500km multihorse adventure race across the wild, remote and rugged Patagonian landscape. Broken into 40km distances, this epic race is a test of endurance as much as horsemanship pushes the riders to the limit of their navigational skills, ability to handle the wilderness and physical resilience.Camping out at night in the freezing Pategonian highlands, in the saddle for ten hours a day, the winner is the first person to cross the line. This incredible riding adventure across the wilds of Patagonia with Sam, Charlotte and Simon and friends they met along the way, as they raise funds for ForRangers is depicted here through stunning photos and exerpts from Sam’s blog. If you would like to read more visit https://www.forrangers. com/blog The Derby covered 500km of ruggedly beautiful landscapes ranging from wide-open windswept grasslands, treacherous sheer scree slopes, dark disorientating woodland, forbidding rock bogs and exquisite montane lakes the colour of ice. The climate in March was cold, sometimes with a dazzling winter sun, but sometimes misty and windy.
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But we heard there had been an accident and the mood was different now - the spirit of adventure was temporarily lost. The condors now seemed less majestic and more forbidding. Day 5 was a big push up the notorious “Plateau of Death” - an area so barren and bleak that even lichen is reluctant to live there. It is essentially thousands of acres of rock bogs, with the occasional patch of dry scree on the high ground.
Charlotte Outram, Simon Kenyon & Sam Taylor riding ForRangers. The team raised over $60,000 to support life and health insurance, emergency rations and welfare support to over 2000 rangers across Africa. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to be felt. Rangers have seen jobs lost, resources slashed, and livelihoods destroyed. All the while, they remain steadfast in protecting what is left of our wilderness. Please support them.
The descent was grim and we painfully made our way towards the bottom of the mountain, where a tree line had come into view below the mist. By Day 7 all the horses, were spent. Getting one to take the lead was an exhausting process. We dragged our now thoroughly finished horses into the Estancia, a beautiful cottage nestled beneath a grove of pear trees. We had done it - 80km on horses that had about 20km in the tank at best. As we approached the Finish Line the flags were flying, there was cheering and smiling, and an enormous sense of satisfaction came over me. We had done it! We had really done it! This was the most incredible adventure and I hope it also shows that everything is impossible until it’s done - and that is an ideal held by the rangers who face the seemingly impossible task of saving our wilderness - and is one of the cornerstones of ForRangers’ values.
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Rhino-Shaped Forest That Can be Seen from the Sky The rhino-shaped forest lies on the flight path to Europe and, as it matures, will be visible from the air – a striking Memo to the world reminding us of the fragility of our planet and the wildlife that inhabits it, and the urgent need to protect it. Forest-covered land in Kenya has decreased from approximately ten per cent to six per cent over the last decade, and Kenya has received much adverse global attention for this. Deforestation results in land becoming degraded, leading to a critically negative impact on the eco-system. This affects not only plant and animal life but also the wellbeing of human communities who rely on the fertility of the land for their own prosperity. In response, MCC Member Jochen Zeitz, co-founded The Long Run, a membership organisation of nature-based tourism businesses, which collectively conserve over 23-million acres of biodiversity, improving the lives of 750,000 people around the world. Jochen also founded the ZEITZ foundation, which supports a number of sustainable projects in Kenya. In 2020, the ZEITZ foundation launched a reforestation project to help preserve the eco-systems and enrich the biodiversity in areas that had become degraded as a result of deforestation. The ZEITZ foundation set aside wildlife exclusion zones for growing new forest cover over several areas on Segera Conservancy, a 50,000 acre wildlife habitat in Laikipia, with the aim of planting two 16
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million tree seedlings over the next ten years. To create awareness of this most critical aspect of loss of biodiversity through climate change, an area covering 150 hectares was mapped out on Segera Conservancy in the shape of a giant rhino, inside which 147,712 tree seedlings have been planted to create a spectacular rhino-shaped forest. Using Google maps, the forest was created by superimposing the outline of a rhino over the selected area, and then it was mapped out on the ground using GPS coordinates. With the involvement of local communities, the Rhino-shaped forest was planted with six species of Acacia, selected by fellow MCC Member Charlie Dyer, for their suitability to the area and hardiness to the local environment and climate. Planting started in 2020, and although the project has been hampered by the drought in 2021 and 2022 – poignantly caused almost certainly, by climate change – the project is still on-going. As well as the Rhino-shaped forest, over 321,000 trees have been planted to date, creating jobs and awareness of the need to increase our forest-cover among the neighbouring communities.
Photos by Brian Siambi
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fish bowl games night
“THE TRUE MEANING OF LIFE IS TO PLANT TREES, UNDER WHOSE SHADE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO SIT.” Nelson Henderson MCC staff, led by Chairman Philip Coulson (pictured below), undertook a tree planting initiative to re-green the Club grounds. Eighteen trees were planted in total, which included over ten different species of indigenous and ornamental trees. The initiative was prompted after one of the oldest trees in the garden had to be felled last year for safety reasons. Staff from across the departments took part in the planting exercise, which Members will be able to enjoy in generations to come.
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COINS AND RELATED HISTORIC EVENTS In 1895, the British Government took on the responsibility of formally documenting Kenyan history from that time on. Here, through MCC Member Paul Chemn’goren’s magnificent collection of Kenyan coins, the Heritage Committee celebrates some moments of history shared with MCC Members during the 70 years of British rule.
1885
David Livingstone becomes first European to see Victoria Falls and on the same expedition becomes the first European to cross the width of Africa.
1919
David Livingstone
MCC Committee now in its sixth year since opening, approves the purchase of an Ox drawn lawn mower. Kenya gave white women the vote. The Florin was the currency of the British colonies and protectorates of East Africa between 1920 and 1921. It replaced the East African Rupee and in 1921 the Rupee was replaced by the East African shilling when British East Africa became known as the Colony of Kenya.
1922
MCC Member, Denys Finch Hatton, became a Member of the Food & Wine Committee and hired a Chef from Paris for the Club.
Denys Finch-Hatton
1924
First playing of the illustrious Herring Cup Tennis tournament and a now a famous MCC annual sporting event.
1925
MCC approves plans to build a new ballroom and Muthaiga Golf Club begins to run as a separate entity from MCC The Herring Cup
1933
MCC room rates, Shs 10/50 for a Single room and Shs 14/50 for a double . Quartley Subs , Shs 30/- .
MCC circa 1925
1936
Beryl Markham makes her East to West Atlantic solo flight of 21 hours and 25 minutes, crash landing in a bog in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Beryl Markham's Vega Gull in Nova Scotia.
Forthcoming events presented by the The Heritage Committee Friday 29 July 2022 - “Built Beauty - 20th Century Architecture in Kenya” by Jan Frans van der Eerden. Saturday 10 September 2022 – “A Blended Lecture on the History of Kenya & Muthaiga Country Club” by Steve Mills. Tuesday 25 October 2022 - “13th to the 16th Century - the Golden Age of the Swahili Coast” by Judy Aldrick. 18
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bird quiz
Bird Quiz Another teaser that requires lateral thinking! Identify the birds of course and determine the connection between them. Finally - What bird might be included in the blank space? A few clues might help. I have already placed the birds in order (lowest to highest - and that is another clue) Any one of about 50 birds could occupy the blank space. A certain Muthaiga activity has an association of sorts. Have fun!
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edita’s ballet and opera programme Having had to cancel Film Night in June for health reasons, I will start the new quarter by re-scheduling the magnificent film “Oscar Wilde”.
“Oscar Wilde” – Feature Film This biographical film based on the life of one of the most intelligent, witty, controversial characters in British history, leaves me grasping for words to do it justice – so I have left this task to the critics… The Los Angeles Times wrote – “This deeply moving Wilde is likely to remain the definitive screen treatment of Oscar Wilde for years to come ... the roles require a baring of souls, and Fry and Law are triumphant ...” The New York Times wrote, “Playing the large dandyish writer with obvious gusto, Stephen Fry looks uncannily like Wilde and presents an edgy mixture of superciliousness and vulnerability.” The San Francisco Examiner said the film “benefits from its lush period costumes and settings but gains even more from an accomplished cast of British film and stage actors. Stephen Fry slips right under the skin of the title character and presents a multidimensional portrait of a complex man.”
“Oscar Wilde” will be screened in the Ballroom on Thursday 4th August at 6pm.
“MODIGLIANI” - Feature Film “Modigliani is the true story of an extraordinary Italian artist who lived in Montparnasse, Paris at turn of the 20th century, in the crazy era of the impressionist artists, in the world that shaped Picasso, Vlamink, Utrillo and Cezanne. The Italian painter Modigliani developed a style all of his own. Today his graceful portraits and lush nudes at once evoke his name, but during his brief tumultuous life, few apart from his fellow artists, were aware of his astonishing talent. Modigliani had to struggle against poverty and chronic ill health, eventually dying of tuberculosis and excesses of drink at the age of 35. The film follows his relationship with Jeanne Hébuterne who loved him so much, she could not live without him, and because of that made inhuman sacrifices. It is a story of creativity and destruction, of art and love.
“MODIGLIANI” will be screened in the Ballroom on Thursday 1st September at 6pm.
Live Concert - “THE HISTORY OF MUSIC” with Soprano Mariah Gichu and Tenor David Mwangi.
For this date I am planning a live concert with the brilliant soprano Mariah Gichu who performed in the concert “DISCOVERIES”. This time, she will be partnered by David Mwangi, the extraordinarily talented tenor, who sang in “THE BEST OF GHETTO CLASSICS.” Since then he has been undergoing extensive musical training and I cannot wait to hear him in his new repertoire. My idea of an original kind of concert would be “THE HISTORY OF MUSIC” - from Baroque to Rock”, but it is still early days to make firm promises. However, Mariah and David will be performing something nice Live in the Ballroom on Tuesday 27th September at 6pm.
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book reviews I AM A GIRL FROM AFRICA A MEMOIR by Elizabeth Nyamayro
This book could not be described as the inevitable “unputdownable” but nonetheless, it is a very interesting read. We meet Elizabeth first at the age of eight living in a Zimbabwe village, which is devastated by drought and famine. Inspired be a United Nations Aid worker who helps her, Elizabeth dedicates herself to giving back to her community, her continent, and the world. In the decades that have followed, Elizabeth has been instrumental in creating change and uplifting the lives of others: by fighting global inequalities, advancing social justice for vulnerable communities, and challenging the status quo to accelerate women’s rights around the world. She has served as a senior advisor at the United Nations, where she launched HeForShe, one of the world’s largest global solidarity movements for gender equality. In “I Am a Girl from Africa”, Elizabeth charts this “journey of perseverance” from her small village in Zimbabwe to London; New York; and beyond, always grounded by the African concept of ubuntu—“I am because we are”—taught to her by her beloved grandmother. This is not an easy read as she tends to become very long winded, but it is a worthwhile and inspiring one, illustrating how the young girl’s determination took her where she wanted to go despite the incredible odds and the ensuing difficulties she experienced in order to reach her destination.
THESE DAYS by Lucy Caldwell
Somehow one does not connect Belfast with World War II German air raids, but nonetheless, they suffered like many others as Lucy Caldwell describes vividly. April 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it will be destroyed from above. Many won’t make it through, and no one who does will remain unchanged. The air raid was all part of Hiltler’s policy to demoralise Britain through imposing suffering on civilians, London, Coventry and the Clydebank raid of Glasgow being other classic examples. “These Days” follows the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of devastating bomb attacks during the Belfast Blitz, when air raid shelters received direct hits as did the hospital. Families became split up and children lost. The description of dwellings with their fronts blown off exposing their interiors like giant dolls’ houses is so true. I can well recollect seeing exactly this when Greenock was bombed. From the train one could see entire life-styles exposed, sometimes with pictures still hanging on the walls. I shall never forget always looking out for one little teapot, which remained faithfully on its own shelf, in a bomb-blast kitchen, quite untouched.
BOOK LAUNCH “Labour Law & Industrial Relations in Kenya” by Judge Nzioki wa Makau MCC Member Judge Nzioki wa Makau, author of the recently published book, “Labour Law & Industrial Relations in Kenya” recently gave a talk at the Club about his book. Written in simple, reader-friendly language, “Labour Law & Industrial Relations in Kenya” offers a comprehensive overview of the current labour laws, as well as the historical perspectives of labour relations and employment law in Kenya, with references to noteworthy case studies. “Labour Law & Industrial Relations in Kenya” addresses all major areas of labour relations and employment law in sufficient detail to enable readers to attain a broad grasp of the law. This is a must-have reference book for anyone wrangling with Kenya’s labour laws. Judge Nzioki wa Makau, is pictured here at his book launch.
“These Days” also recalls to mind the unfailing bravery of the ARP wardens and the Police and how they dealt with finding and extracting those who remained alive in bombed buildings, helping both lost children and frantic parents. “These Days” is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves.Simply told and entirely free of morbidity or sentimentality, this book is nothing short of brilliant. Readers can only look forward to more novels from Lucy Caldwell, already a Fellow of the Royal Society o Literature. www.mcc.co.ke
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The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
Team Peninsula aboard the Dirty Oar from left - Sam Morris, MCC Member Toby Kendall and Will Drew. Three men in a boat called the ‘Dirty Oar’ recently rowed across the Atlantic Ocean to raise money for charity. MCC Member Toby Kendall, and his crew mates Sam Morris and Will Drew, formed Team Peninsula, that took part in the premier event in ocean rowing - the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
What made you want to row across the Atlantic?
The trio rowed more than 3000 miles west across the Atlantic from San Sebastian in the Canary Islands, to Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua, in the Caribbean. Over 38 days and 15 minutes and more than 1.5 million oar strokes, Team Peninsula raised over £50,000 for charity.
How did you train for the race?
As well as an extraordinary feat of endurance rowing across the Atlantic, the team was highlighting the alarming impact of plastic marine pollution on our oceans. Here Toby tells of their sea-faring adventures.
As a former soldier in the British Army I enjoy adventure sports and wanted to try something out of my comfort zone. Having never rowed before and my greatest fear being swimming in unplumbed depths, rowing across the Atlantic Ocean seemed the ultimate challenge. At its deepest the Atlantic Ocean is 8.5km deep. Training started from scratch. We had a 5-day training course rowing as a complete team as Sam lived abroad during the pandemic, followed by various technical courses for ocean rowing. The rest of our training was in the gym with weights and rowing machines for 12 months, but this challenge is more about mental robustness and less about rowing technique. The ocean-going rowboat has a cabin at both ends, with three rowing seats. Tom, Will and I took turns rowing in two-man shifts of two hours on and one hour off during the day and solo for two hours on and four hours off through the night.
What was the hardest part? The hardest part was at the beginning, getting into a routine, making the most of our one hour off, getting enough sleep, eating properly and keeping up maintenance of the boat. Blisters are par for the course and ‘claw hand’ made it agony trying to close my hands after waking up - it’s a sort of repetitive-strain condition, but you row through it and after a while it settles down – until the next shift. And of course, we all got sore bums and suffered from sleep deprivation. Our food was a bit unappetising after a while - we lived off army style expeditionary rations – highenergy, boil-in-the-bag food, supplemented with chocolate and Haribos! I have never eaten so much in my life, but I still lost 14kg in six weeks, we were burning 7,000 calories a day.
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members’ achievements How did the weather affect your progress? Most of the time the weather was warm and sunny, but we had the occasional squall. Surprisingly, we found bad weather and big seas were easier. In the midAtlantic we were rowing in 40-foot waves and although it was very intimidating we never felt at risk. Ironically, the worst days were when it should have been wonderful – days when the sea was like a pond and there was no wind or currents. We expected to make rapid headway but in fact it got really hot and our progress was painfully slow and morale dipped badly. In big water and with helpful Trade winds in the right direction we made much faster progress.
How did it feel to arrive in Antigua after six weeks at sea? When we first hit landfall it was hilarious taking our first steps on terra firma, it was like we were very, very drunk. We had an amazing reception at Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua, with family and friends there to meet us. It was fantastic to celebrate with the other crews and to realise our achievement – not just for charity, but for ourselves personally. It was a beautiful moment seeing how sport goes far beyond just the race. We came eighth overall and second in the Trios Class.
What was the most memorable part of the race? The best part for me was being so far away. The isolation, the peace and quiet in mid-Ocean was magical. It made me realise how small we are and yet what a hugely negative impact we have on the planet. My best memory is of rowing one night through a sea of phosphorescence. As the boat cut through the water, it lit up the sea with this magical, brilliant light. It was an enchanted evening. We saw some amazing marine life – sharks followed us for six hours one day, which was mildly unnerving, and on other occasions we were surrounded by a pod of whales. Dolphins and turtles also regularly kept us company swimming along side and under the boat.
I realised I had had the greatest privilege to be in a tiny boat, in the middle of the mighty Atlantic Ocean, and to see it in all its truly awesome, beautiful, natural magnificence. Returning to Kenya and walking along one of our glorious beaches, I realised how important our efforts are in trying to protect the oceans and what we are trying to achieve in Kenya.
Although we had the latest technology to guide us, it was fascinating learning to read the water, the stars and the sun to navigate. When we saw sea birds for the first time after three weeks mid-ocean we knew we were approaching land. It felt good to be so integral to nature.
How did you fill the time? I did get a bit bored on occasion, especially at night, but we listened to music and audio books and I did enjoy the chance to let my mind wander for prolonged periods, which never happens back in the real world. We swam occasionally but mainly to do maintenance on the boat, but my greatest fear in life is swimming in deep water.
Team Peninsula with MCC Member Toby Kendall and crew mates Sam Morris and Will Drew, raised over £50,000 for Ocean Generation and Azraq – two charities fighting against plastic pollution, which they felt were relevant to the sport.
Toby will be giving a fund-raising talk about his epic ocean odyssey at the Club (date to be confirmed). www.mcc.co.ke
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Henry Rudd & Louise Irwin Orlando Louis Taupo Saio Born on 15th December 2020 in Nairobi. To Henrietta fo re (née Meggy) and Ivo Saio of Karen. First grandchild to Dr Mauro Saio of Karen and Lisa Saio of Lavington, and fifth grandchild to Robert Meggy and Diana Penn of Guernsey, UK.
Hector Nicholas Peter Carr Born on 4th March 2022 in Wandsworth, England. To Cara (née Prettejohn) and Henry Carr currently of London (but moving to Kenya imminently.) Second grandchild to Giles and Ali Prettejohn of Kihoto Farm, Laikipia, and first grandchild to Richard and Alison Carr of Oxfordshire, England.
Henry Rudd, second son of Matthew and Rowena Rudd of Nairobi, married Louise Irwin, only daughter of Gabriel and Liz Irwin of London. The wedding was held on the 15th February 2022, in Abu Dhabi.
Anthony Everard & Shannon Burke Anthony Everard, eldest son of Christopher and Catherine Everard of Nairobi but now Timau and Vipingo Ridge, er of married Shannon Burke, daughter of Lisa Burke and the late Michael Burke, of Plum Island, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA. A blessing of the marriage was held on 19th February 2022, at Vipingo Ridge, Kilifi County, Kenya.
All newly-weds who send in their wedding photo for publication will be offered a romantic dinner for two with a bottle of House wine, either at Pinks or in the Club Dining Room. Send your photos and details to secretariat@mcc.co.ke and please send high-resolution images.
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Charles Mugane Njonjo EGH In January 2022 at the grand old age of 101 years and eleven months, Muthaiga Country Club and Kenya lost an individual who had lived a most remarkable life, and lived it to the full. Up until very recently (and when he was well into his nineties) Charles would often be seen driving himself to the Club, usually for a good lunch with his many, many friends, and of course resplendent, at all times, in his signature chalk-striped suit. Noone ever had quite the panache or the sartorial eloquence, or indeed elegance, of Charles. Charles’ father was a colonial era Senior Chief. He was sent to school at Alliance High School and from there he went to King’s College Budo in Uganda where he met and developed a very close friendship with the then Kabaka of Buganda. He went on to study at Adams College, Durban and Fort Hare University, Grahamstown. Arriving in England in the early 1950s came as an unexpected shock. It was more unwelcoming and racist than South Africa. Still struggling with post War poverty, life for black students was not easy. Stories of racist landladies and painful discrimination were part of the challenges Charles faced on his way to University College Exeter to study Public Administration, despite his desire to study Law. From Exeter he moved to London and began a protracted struggle with the Colonial Office and the Council for Legal Education, who were reluctant to provide further funding for him to study Law. Undaunted, he found enough money to pay his rent or, as he used to say, ‘enjoy a good meal’ with his friend Seretse Khama who was to become the Founding President of Botswana. His friendship with Seretse was one of the great joys of his student years, culminating in Charles being Seretse’s Best Man at his marriage to Ruth Williams. (One of his many godsons who attended his 100th birthday celebration was the former President of Botswana, Lieutenant General Dr. Seretse Khama Ian Khama, son of Seretse and Ruth, who were the subject of the film ‘A United Kingdom,’ about the controversy, on all sides, surrounding their interracial marriage. Charles, as their Best Man, was portrayed in the film by Ugandan actor, Arnold Oceng.) Charles was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1952 and was a pupil in the Chambers of Lord Elwyn Jones, who was a Nuremberg War Trials prosecutor and a Labour Party MP. Charles returned to Kenya in 1955. Once more he was faced with obstruction and racial prejudice. There was no ‘appropriate’ vacancy for a ‘Native’ Barrister. He was eventually posted to Mombasa in 1957 as Assistant Registrar General and Deputy Official Receiver. In 1963 he became the Republic of Kenya’s first Attorney-General and, until his death, was the last surviving member of the first post-Independence Cabinet. Post-Independence Charles was not a supporter of the East African community and at that time was known to have many public spats with the late Julius Nyerere, founding President of Tanzania, famously responding to Nyerere’s vituperative comment www.mcc.co.ke
January 1920 - January 2022 that Kenya’s brand of capitalism was nothing more than ‘dog eat dog’ with a wry observation that at least it was ‘better than a man eat nothing society’. Charles continued in the office of A-G until 1979 at which time he was elected as the MP of the Kikuyu Constituency. He returned to the Cabinet of President Moi as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. In 1983 he resigned from Government in the wake of allegations that he was involved in the abortive attempted coup of August 1982. He faced a lengthy Presidential Commission of Enquiry chaired by the then Chief Justice, Cecil MiIler; He received a Presidential pardon and, although he forged a new and enduring friendship with the late President Moi, he decided to remove himself from political life from that time. Charles was a great philanthropist and was a long serving trustee of the Thomas Barnado’s Children Home. In 1998 President Moi invited Charles to chair the Bomb Disaster Fund set up in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that year in Nairobi. He was also Chairman of the East Africa Wildlife Society and was proud of being part of the preservation of Kenya’s water towers as a trustee of the Rhino Ark Charitable Trust. He also chaired the Board of Trustees of the Kenya Wildlife Service and celebrated his 100th birthday in 2020 by visiting the Great Lakes region to view the gorillas. Charles had a deep love of the arts and culture generally and had a particular soft spot for the Nairobi Chamber Choir, led by the irrepressible Ken Wakia. Charles accompanied the Choir to Windsor, west of London, where they performed before Queen Elizabeth II at her Diamond Jubilee celebrations, after which Charles and Margaret were invited to stay at Buckingham Palace as guests of the Queen and Prince Philip. Family was everything to Charles, he married Margaret Bryson in 1972 and they were blessed with three children, Wairimu – ‘Nimu’ – Mary Wambui and Josiah David and grandchildren abound. Charles was a warm, magnanimous, congenial man, with a wonderful sense of humour. He was deeply compassionate, loving and generous in the extreme. He had time for everyone - prince and pauper, regardless of colour or creed. He embodied the soul of Muthaiga Country Club and we shall miss him very much indeed. Charles was a Member of the Club for 52 years. Rest in Peace Charles Mugane Njonjo EGH.
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Donna Hurt Donna was born and raised in Bowie Texas, only child of Don and Odell Lawrence. After High School she moved to Fort Worth to get a secretarial job. She worked at music venues and ran the pool table sections where bands and talent, such as Jim Morrison, used to play. In the late 1970s Donna launched her acting career; she played a role in the musical Hair and landed a small part in the daytime soap General Hospital. It was during this time she met the love of her life, the actor John Hurt. Donna’s marriage to John was the happiest time of her life. They settled in London, and Donna would regale her friends with stories of her parties with Queen, Eric Clapton and other stars of show business. When John proposed to Donna, they headed to Freddie Mercury’s home to celebrate, but he was, apparently, not best pleased at them stealing his limelight with their engagement news. John and Donna married in 1984, after which Donna accompanied John on all his film shoots. They fell in love with East Africa when John was filming White Mischief on location. They
Nigel Ralph Pavitt Nigel Pavitt was a bold and constant traveler who was to be found in the far-flung reaches of the globe or the African bush more often than at home. Not long after his 80th birthday, he was hauled up the sheer face of an Ethiopian amba on a rope to photograph the 10th Century church, Debre Damo. On that and subsequent trips he documented 66 churches and monasteries for ‘Ethiopia: The Living Churches of an Ancient Kingdom.’ This weighty tome of more than 800 photos was the capstone of a postretirement photographic career that produced a vast library of images and another five coffee-table books documenting Kenya’s early explorers and settlers and the pastoralists of the Rift Valley. Nigel was born and raised in Wimbledon and Surrey. He was entirely self-taught in photography, a passion kindled at Sherborne School in Dorset where he experimented with pinhole cameras. Yearning for adventure after graduation, he enlisted with the British Army, joined the 5th Battalion of the KAR and went to Kenya in 1955 at the age of 18. In 1956 he signed up with the KAR as a regular army officer. He was put in charge of a fort on the northwest shore of Lake Turkana for six months and then made Adjutant at Lanet and then Nanyuki. After independence in 1963 he joined 5KR (Kenya Rifles). When he was 28, he was appointed an MBE for his tours of duty in northeast Kenya during the Shifta Emergency. He was an excellent leader who showed such
bought a piece of land at the foot of Mount Kenya, and built a beautiful five-bedroom house together, named Wingu Kenda. Sadly, the marriage did not last, but Donna cherished the memories of her wild and wonderful life with John. Donna remained in Nanyuki moving to Mukima Ridge in her later life. She was a wild card. She was the life and soul of any gathering and she loved to tell her story. She was a stalwart member of the North Kenya Polo Club, a very talented cook, and was passionate about animals. She loved to host parties, was the loudest in the room and was a force to reckon with. She channelled her boundless love of life into numerous projects, her most recent was volunteering at the Palliative Care Thrift Shop in Nanyuki. She told everyone how much she enjoyed giving her time to something so worthwhile. Donna wasn’t frightened of anything and would fight for what she believed was right. She was a safe haven for those she loved dearly, and she cherished the company of those closest to her. Donna was a Member of Muthaiga Club for 21 years. Although she had no immediate family in Kenya, she had her Kenya ‘family’, who will all miss her deeply. At an appropriate time, a memorial service will be held for Donna in her beloved garden on Mukima Ridge.
July 1936 - April 2022 concern for his men that the Nandi and Turkana both made him an honorary elder. Nigel’s links to the military through friendship and philanthropy remained strong. He was a trustee of the Kenyan branch of the British Legion, a charity that looks after those who served in the King’s African Rifles. Nigel was at the forefront of revitalising the Askari Appeal that has improved the lives of hundreds of old soldiers and their widows. On leaving the army in 1967 he became a Kenyan citizen and joined Kenya Wine Agencies Ltd. He retired at 55 and went into partnership in an ostrich farm and growing roses for export. He sat on the board of Gertrude’s Garden Children’s Hospital and was Chair of the Mara Conservancy. In 1993 he was awarded the Order of the Grand Warrior of Kenya for his services rendered to the country. Nigel was a Member of MCC for 51 years. Mary Anne Fitzgerald
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Eamon Mullan Eamon Mullan was born to Irish parents and raised in England. His first calling was as a footballer, playing for Blackpool Football Club in the Premier League. However, he was suspended for three months after breaking the boarding house curfew rules! The football industry’s loss was the culinary world’s gain. In 1967, he started an apprenticeship at the Welcombe Hotel in Stratford Upon Avon. He entered his first cooking competition at the age of 17, where he won two gold medals and one silver. At the age of 18, he met his wife Lesley with whom he was married for 47 years. At the young age of 19, he won the Midlands Junior Chef Competition and entered the Chef of the Year Competition at Hotelympia in London, where he came third. Eamon worked in many establishments around the world, from the Negresco Hotel in France, Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland, FrankfurterHof in Germany, the Round Hill Hotel in Jamaica, the Bangkok Oriental, Raffles in Singapore and the Ritz in London, to name a few. When he and Lesley settled in Nairobi in 1975, it was the start of a new era for the Kenyan hospitality industry, when Eamon singlehandedly put Kenya on the culinary map. Eamon started as Sous Chef at the New Stanley Hotel Grill Room before setting up the famous Bacchus Club and taking on the Executive Chef role at the Norfolk Hotel. During these years Eamon was Group Executive Chef in charge of numerous lodges and hotels including the Sindbad Hotel in Malindi, Nyali Beach in Mombasa, Keekorok Lodge in the Masaii Mara, Treetops Lodge in Nyeri, Samburu Lodge and the Coral Strand Hotel in the Seychelles. His final position was as Consultant Culinaire at the Fairview Hotel.
Christopher Brian Hasluck Shaw Christopher was the oldest of three children to Mike and Diana Shaw of Meiga Estate. Chris went to Kenton College in Nairobi and then Bradfield College in UK where he excelled in both sports and academia. When he finished school he enroled at Exeter University, to read engineering. He always remembered Exeter as one of the best periods of his life. It was the place where his engineering mind was ignited. Chris then went on to Sandhurst, where he passed out as a Lieutenant. He joined the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, where he slotted in immediately, with many remembering him for his huge smile and infectious laugh. Chris was part of the Cyclops Squadron, and was recognised as a competent officer who had a relaxed social grace with anyone of any rank. Deciding army life was not for him in the long term, Chris went on to join Barclays Bank in London, and it was during this time he met his wife Janie. They were married in 1987 at Great Windsor Chapel. Chris and Janie moved back to Nairobi in 1991, where Chris took up a job at KPMG, but he was never a ‘one job man’ and in the years that followed, he was a tea farmer, well known flower farm consultant, property developer and eccentric landlord. He even tried his hand at Somali pirate hostage negotiation and rescue. Chris had two great passions in life - tennis and sailing. He was a fiercely competitive sailor, and participated in numerous www.mcc.co.ke
January 1951 - February 2022 During the 1980s, Eamon’s restaurant, the Ibis Grill, at the Norfolk Hotel was voted third out of the top ten restaurants worldwide by the readers of Condé Naste magazine. Eamon cooked for many famous people in his time, but he was particularly proud when he was invited to cook for HM Queen Elizabeth II, during her visit to Kenya in 1983. In his 55 years in the culinary industry Eamon transformed taste buds, changed lives and was a breath of fresh air to all the kitchens he worked in. Eamon loved cooking but his passion was training and mentoring youngsters, especially young Kenyans, sharing his knowledge and giving them a chance in life. The ‘Mullan’s Boys’, as they like to call themselves, are working around the globe. Muthaiga Club’s Executive Chef Joseph Macharia and Pastry Chef Vincent Ombete, were both trained by him. Eamon is survived by his wife Lesley, daughters Georgia and Ciera, and his grand-daughter Amélie. He was a Member of Muthaiga for 40 years and will be truly missed by his many friends and fellow Members but also in the MCC kitchens where he was a frequent visitor as guest Chef or consultant.
December 1959 - March 2022 national and one Fireball World Championship. As for tennis, he wouldn’t miss a week at Limuru, Karen or Muthaiga Tennis Clubs if he could help it. In his later years, Chris became a huge advocate for protecting the environment and looked after his mother Diana’s forest on the farm with unwavering passion. Just like his beloved terriers, when he sunk his teeth into a challenge, he wouldn’t let go. He was a community man and was always ready to help anyone at any time no matter the circumstance. He built a thriving and wonderful community up at Togi Farm, full of tenants who brought a lot of joy and laughter to his life. Chris will be fondly remembered by all who knew him for his enthusiasm, his lust for life, his mettle, his fun and his loyal friendship. He is survived by his four children Amy, Rachel, Antonia and Jonathan and siblings Nigel and Tessa (McLellan). He was a Member of MCC for 41 years
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April 1934 - March 2022
Hugh Anthony Valentine ‘Tony’ Valentine was the second of three sons to Cecil and Sheena Valentine, who lived in Muthaiga, almost opposite Muthaiga Country Club. He and his older brother Peter (his younger brother Ian was born in 1942) used to ride their bicycles around the MCC playing fields that eventually turned into the golf course. In the years leading up to WWII Tony’s father spent much of his time with the Kenya African Rifles, setting up the initial Kenya Regiment, so was regularly away from home. He had just formed his fledgling Commodity Brokerage Company and Tony’s mother and Colin Davis had to run the Coffee and Tea side of the Brokerage Company, as best as they could, throughout the war years. Tony started school at St Christopher’s, which was located in Nanyuki but then moved during the war to the Kinangkop. These were challenging years and there was a time during 1941 school holidays when Cecil was at war and Sheena was in South Africa for medical reasons. The two boys cycled every day to the train station in Nairobi (some distance on a bike through the forested tracks and valleys) to see if either of their parents had arrived on the train from Mombasa. In 1942, Tony was awarded a Certificate of Gallantry for saving another pupil from drowning in the Kariti River - that was Shirley Douglas Dufresne (née Allen). By 1945 Tony was sent to St Mary’s Secondary School for a couple of years and then Lancing College in UK in 1947. The mode of transport then was a three-week voyage by ship, through Suez and the Mediterranean. He spent much of the ensuing school and college holidays in England but once flew out in a flying boat via the Nile to Naivasha. At school Tony excelled in athletics and rugby and was made Head of his Junior School and Head of House. In 1948, Cecil and Sheena moved to Limuru where Tony lived until late 2021. In 1952 Tony returned to Kenya to join the Kenya Regiment and was eventually posted as a District Officer KG, in the Fort
Hall area. Around this time, Cecil was relieved as Commanding Officer of the Regiment and began to expand his Brokerage Business into Tanzania and Uganda, brokering tea, coffee and sisal auctions in Mombasa, Nairobi, Kampala and Moshi. In 1956, Tony joined the family business and began to take part in all aspects of the East African operation, particularly the coffee auctions, which he continued to manage until Kenya Coffee Auctions was dissolved in 2004. This constituted nearly 50 years of exemplary service to the Kenya Coffee Industry. In 1956 Tony met his wife Sue, who was then working at the military HQ as Personal Assistant to the Chief of Staff, and they were married in June 1958 in Limuru Church. Throughout his active life he was a keen sportsman, playing rugby for Ruiru Club in the 1950s and Squash at Limuru and Muthaiga. He held a single figure handicap in golf. The coast held a special place in his heart and he spent many holidays with his brothers at Malindi, and later on with family at Watamu, where he owned a beach house. He was also very keen on safaris and I recall many an extended camping trip around Kenya and Tanzania with equally intrepid family friends. He loved his game bird ‘for-the-pot’ shooting safaris into the dry country and he especially enjoyed the many bush walks that went with them. The Club was very dear to Tony's heart and, like his father before him, he served it with great distinction and dedication. He was elected to become a Member of the Club in 1954 at the age of 20. He joined the Main Committee in 1969, serving as Vice Chairman of Committees from 1974 to 1979, Chairman of Committees from 1979 to 1989, Vice Chairman of the Club from 1989 to 1997 and Chairman of the Club from 1997 to 2003. He also served on the House & Finance Committee for seventeen years. Tony was an even-handed, hard-working Committee member, a hugely respected and a much-liked Chairman and a consummate gentleman at all times. Tony is survived by his son Philip and family, and his late daughter Penny's family. His wife Sue passed away in 2017. Tony was a Member of MCC for just under 68 years. Philip Valentine
DEATHS
The Club regrets to announce the deaths of the following Members JOSÉ FREITAS CARVALHO on 5 February 2022
PEGETHA PEARSON on 30 May 2022
JEAN WATSON on 3 May 2022
JOHN HENRY ARTHUR on 2 June 2022
DONNA HURT on 11 May 2022
KEVIN TUCKER on 8 June 2022
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candidates being considered for membership CANDIDATES BEING CONSIDERED FOR MEMBERSHIP 1ST MAY TO 30TH JUNE 2022
CANDIDATES BEING CONSIDERED FOR MEMBERSHIP 1ST JUNE TO 31ST JULY 2022
Proposer
Candidate
Category
Proposer
Candidate
Category
Jane Chemng’orem
Jebet Chemng’orem
Full Town
Cyrus Njiru
Mark Maessick
Short Term
- Elizabeth Maessick
Short Term
- Angelica Maessick
Junior Family Short Term
- Juliana Maessick
Junior Family Short Term
Alnashir Visram Louise Roy
Alissa Visram
Full Town
Lennart Hientz
Short Term
- Adjoa Agblo-Hientz
Short Term
- Yaelle Hientz
Under 7
Mala Gidoomal
Henna Shah
Full (18-29) Resident
Geoffrey Luseno
Full Town
Mala Gidoomal
Sonia Shah
Full (18-29) Resident
- Jennifer Luseno
Full Town
William R. Pearson
Nikita Chandaria
Full (18-29) Resident
- Jerome Luseno
Junior Full Town
Chandan J. Gidoomal
Shaheen Lilani
Full Town
Karen Gikunda
Cecil Luseno
Full (18-29) Resident
- Shellina Lilani
Full Town
Mohit Sahni
Shiv Shah
Full Town
Waweru Mathenge
Full Town
- Kunali Shah
Full Town
- Wendy Waweru
Full Town
Michael Ouya
Kamau Maruvu
Full (18-29) Resident
Derek Waruhiu
Mathenge Waweru
Full (18-29) Resident
Farid Mohamed
Aleem Karmali
Full Town
Derek Waruhiu
Kanyua Waweru
Full (18-29) Resident
- Nabila Khanbhai
Full Town
Derek Waruhiu
Wangui Waweru
Full (18-29) Resident
Niels Rosenkrantz
Full Town
James G. Mathenge
Wanja Mwangi
Full (18-29) Resident
- Jhaleh Rosenkrantz
Full Town
Pauline Vauhgan
James Kahuha
Full Town
- Dorcas Kariuki
Full Town
Karen Gikunda
Sejal Patel
Derek Waruhiu
SWEEPSTAKES MAY 2022 Prize
Member Name
Amount
1st
Peter James K. Mwangi
62,617/-
2nd
Anthony Gathigi
31,308/-
3rd
Charles Harris Bryant
17,890/-
4th
Ian Mark Barrah
17,890/-
5th
Douglas G. Morey
13,417/-
6th
Robert Dewar
8,945/-
7th
Helen Sarah Kampf
8,945/-
8th
Valter V. Donati
8,945/-
9th
Rose Wanjiru Kinuthia
8,945/-
Answers to Bird Quiz on Page 19 Red-faced Crombec - 1 Yellow Wagtail - 2 Green Pigeon - 3 Brown Snake Eagle - 4 Greater Blue-eared Starling - 5 Pink-backed Pelican - 6 Black Cuckoo-Shrike (f) - 7
SWEEPSTAKES JUNE 2022 Prize
Member Name
Amount
1st
Njoroge Ngigi
62,700/-
2nd
Jane Waitherero Mwai
31,350/-
3rd
Nicholas Michaelides
17,914/-
4th
Eugene Muriu Ngumi
17,914/-
5th
Douglas G. Morey
13,345/-
6th
Dinesh Kapila
8,957/-
7th
Robert N. Ngugi
8,957/-
8th
Kristopher Kinyanjui
8,957/-
9th
Anne Da Gama-Rose
8,957/-
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For more information and contact details of reciprocating Clubs please contact the Secretary’s office. MCC reciprocates with 114 Clubs in 24 countries around the world. The Reciprocity Committee invests a great UK AUSTRALIA City IRELAND deal of time ensuring that these Clubs are worthy of our association and Members are encouraged to submit Adelaide Club Adelaide Army & Navy Club London Kildare Street and University Club Dublin brief reports if they visit or stay at any one of them. These reports will be published for the benefit and interest Athenaeum Club Melbourne Buck’s Club London The Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club Dublin Australian Club Melbourne Melbourne of other Members who may be planning to travel overseas. Cardiff & County Club Cardiff Commonwealth Club Canberra Carlton Club London ITALY For more information the Secretary’s office. Melbourne Club Melbourne and contact details of reciprocating Clubs please contact Farmer’s Club London Queensland Club Brisbane Royal Automobile Club of Australia Sydney AUSTRAL IA Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Melbourne Adelaide Club Adelaide Tattersall’s Club Brisbane AthenaeumClub Club Melbourne Tasmanian Hobart Australian Club Melbourne Melbourne Union, University & Schools Commonwealth Canberra Club of Sydney Club Sydney Melbourne Melbourne Weld Club Club Perth Melbourne Savage Club Melbourne Naval Military and Airforce AUSTRIA of South Australia Adelaide St. Johanns Club Club of Australia Vienna Royal Automobile Sydney Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Melbourne BOLIVIA Tattersall’s Club Brisbane Circulo de La Union La Paz Tasmanian Club Hobart Union, University & Schools Club Sydney BELGIUM United Service Club Brisbane Weld Club Club Chateau Sainte-Anne Brussels Perth International Western Australian Club Perth CANADA AUSTRIA Forest & Stream Club Quebec St. Johanns Club Vienna Granite Club Toronto Mount Royal Club Montreal B OLIVIA Rideau Club Ottawa Circulo de La Union La Paz Royal Canadian Military Institute Toronto Saint James’s Club of Montreal Montreal B ELGIUM The Hamilton Club Hamilton International Club Chateau Sainte-Anne Brussels The National Club Toronto The Club Calgary CANRanchmen’s ADA Union Club of British Columbia Victoria Cypress Club Medicine Hat University Club of Toronto Toronto Granite Club Toronto Vancouver Club Vancouver The Hamilton Club Hamilton The National Club Toronto CARIBBEAN The Ranchmen’s Club Calgary West Indies Yacht Club Caribbean Terminal City Club Vancouver Union Club of British Columbia Victoria CHILE University Club of Montreal Montreal University of Toronto Toronto Club De LaClub Union Santiago Vancouver Club Vancouver FRANCE CH ILE Cercle de l’Union Interalliee Paris ClubTravellers De La Union Santiago The Club Paris F RANCE GERMANY Cercle de l’Union Interalliee Anglo-German Club E.V The Travellers Club Union International Club GERMANY HONG KONG Anglo-German Club E.V The Hong Kong ClubClub Union International
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