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The Third Reel by Afrikaans novelist S.J. Naudé tells the story of a South African protagonist who tries to escape from both his fatherland and the different political and social histories associated with it. With London as new home, he strikes up a relationship with a lover who is preoccupied with his own personal and national (German) history in a markedly different way. As the narrative unfolds, their particular engagements with the patterns of meaning that all histories presuppose relate thematically to Benjamin’s angelus novus , a central motif in the novel. Naudé’s novel can therefore be read with reference to Benjamin’s respective notions of history as empty time and as messianic time. Naudé’s position as Afrikaans writer, who writes in a marginal language located between the local and the global, is of consequence for the ways in which history is engaged with thematically in the novel.

Ladies champ singles: 1.30pm Amelia v Alison (Christine). Friday Popeye Plate 3pm: W smit v L Croeser (T de Wit). Quarter Finals of Popeye Competition on Sunday July 25 at 9am. Semifinals and Final on Sunday, August 1: P Burger v D van der Post (C Bornman Snr); [J Naude] v P Steyn (B Human); E Hamman v E Esterhuyse (R de Wet); A du Preez v J van Reenen (C Bornman Jnr). Popeye Lunch on Sunday August 1 at R60pp. Book with Amelia 083 554 2003. Guests welcome. For more info, call Comp Sec Men: T de Wit at 012 333 7945 or 082 357 7404; e-mail tysdewit@mweb.co.za. Ladies: E Best 012 428 2939/082 459 5015; e-mail eileenb@armscor.co.za.

Quarter Finals of Popeye Competitions on Sunday July 24 at 9am. P Burger v D van der Post (C Bornman Snr); M Rossi v P STeyn ([J Naude]); [F Hamman] v E Esterhuyse (R De Wet); A Du Preez v j van Reenen (C Bornman Jnr). Saturday, 9am. Mixed trips: R Bench, M Coetzee, D Lansdell v G Malan, D Uys, E Malan; J Els, K Ackron, D Marais v B du Preez, J Szikra, K de Vlamingh. Tabs in 1.30pm. Mixed trips: winner Bench/Malan v L du Rand, C Nell, D Wessels; Winner Els/Du Preez v B Muuren, B Jones, B de Bruyn.

Matchplay, first round: Kim Williams bt Mareli Joubert 2 and 1, Nicole Carlse bt Nobuhle Dlamini 4 and 3, Lauren Bekker bt Kirsten Campbell 4 and 3, Lumien Orton bt Pam Hayward 5 and 4; Lara Weinstein bt Bertine Strauss 3 and 2, Tanica van As bt Nicole Becker 7 and 5, Michelle Leigh bt Emma-Jo de Bruyn 4 and 2, Connie Chen bt Yushira Budhram 6 and 5, Bonita Bredenhann bt Biance Barnard 5 and 4, Eugenie Clack bt Nicole Garcia 2 and 1, Alana van Greuning bt Claudia Redinger 3 and 1, Tiffany Avern-Taplin bt Gilly Tebbutt 4 and 3, Johmari Logtenberg bt Maggi du Toit 6 and 5, Yvette du Plessis bt Sandra Winter 6 and 4, Marne Roos bt Kelly Erasmus 8 and 6, Henriette Frylinck bt Talia Nel 6 and 4. Second round: 12-Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) bt Catalina Castano (Col) 6-2 4-6 6-4, 2-Jelena Jankovic (Srb) bt Edina Gallovits (Rou) 2-6 6-4 6-3, 7-Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Rossana de los Rios (Par) 6-2 6-0, 4-Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-3 7-5, 1-Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 6-4 6-1, Christina McHale (Usa) bt 3-Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 2-6 2-2 retired, Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) bt [Michaella Krajicek] ([Ned]) 6-3 2-6 6-2, 16-[Patty Schnyder] ([Sui]) bt Michelle Larcher de Brito (Por) 6-3 6-1, 14-Vera Dushevina (Rus) bt Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) 6-2 6-2, 8-Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 6-4 2-0 retired. Singles, second round: 1-Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 6-2 6-3, 12-Tommy Robredo (Esp) bt Viktor Troicki (Srb) 6-4 6-3, 9-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 6-3 6-4, 11-David Ferrer (Esp) bt Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 6-3 6-2, 13-Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat) 6-1 6-4, 2-Rafael Nadal (Esp) bt Thiemo de Bakker (Ned) 6-1 6-0, Philip Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt 3-Andy Murray (Gbr) 6-2 6-1, 8-Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-3 7-6 (7-3), Michael Berrer (Ger) bt 14-Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-4 6-4, Philip Petzschner (Ger) bt 15-Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2, Alberto Montanes (Esp) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 6-0, David Nalbandian (Arg) bt 7-Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5).

Matchplay, first round: Kim Williams bt Mareli Joubert 2 and 1, Nicole Carlse bt Nobuhle Dlamini 4 and 3, Lauren Bekker bt Kirsten Campbell 4 and 3, Lumien Orton bt Pam Hayward 5 and 4; Lara Weinstein bt Bertine Strauss 3 and 2, Tanica van As bt Nicole Becker 7 and 5, Michelle Leigh bt Emma-Jo de Bruyn 4 and 2, Connie Chen bt Yushira Budhram 6 and 5, Bonita Bredenhann bt Biance Barnard 5 and 4, Eugenie Clack bt Nicole Garcia 2 and 1, Alana van Greuning bt Claudia Redinger 3 and 1, Tiffany Avern-Taplin bt Gilly Tebbutt 4 and 3, Johmari Logtenberg bt Maggi du Toit 6 and 5, Yvette du Plessis bt Sandra Winter 6 and 4, Marne Roos bt Kelly Erasmus 8 and 6, Henriette Frylinck bt Talia Nel 6 and 4. Second round: 12-Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) bt Catalina Castano (Col) 6-2 4-6 6-4, 2-Jelena Jankovic (Srb) bt Edina Gallovits (Rou) 2-6 6-4 6-3, 7-Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Rossana de los Rios (Par) 6-2 6-0, 4-Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-3 7-5, 1-Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 6-4 6-1, Christina McHale (Usa) bt 3-Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 2-6 2-2 retired, Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) bt [Michaella Krajicek] ([Ned]) 6-3 2-6 6-2, 16-[Patty Schnyder] ([Sui]) bt Michelle Larcher de Brito (Por) 6-3 6-1, 14-Vera Dushevina (Rus) bt Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) 6-2 6-2, 8-Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 6-4 2-0 retired. Singles, second round: 1-Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 6-2 6-3, 12-Tommy Robredo (Esp) bt Viktor Troicki (Srb) 6-4 6-3, 9-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 6-3 6-4, 11-David Ferrer (Esp) bt Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 6-3 6-2, 13-Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat) 6-1 6-4, 2-Rafael Nadal (Esp) bt Thiemo de Bakker (Ned) 6-1 6-0, Philip Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt 3-Andy Murray (Gbr) 6-2 6-1, 8-Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-3 7-6 (7-3), Michael Berrer (Ger) bt 14-Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-4 6-4, Philip Petzschner (Ger) bt 15-Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2, Alberto Montanes (Esp) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 6-0, David Nalbandian (Arg) bt 7-Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5).

Team 2: B1: Michiel Kruger (Willie Schoeman) SFS; Wendy Brymer (Glynn Gailey) WP; B2 Dr Garret Slattery (Denis Laidley) WP; Dianne du Plessis (Desmond du Plessis) SFS; B3 Flippie Walker(Duimpie Janse van Vuuren) Sables; May Homer (Paul Homer) JBA; B4 Abe Crouse (Cathy Jennings) WP; Salome Morries (Anita van Zyl) Sables; B6 Semifinals and final of Friday Popeye Plate on Sunday August 1 at 9am: T de Wit v L Croeser (J Wentzel); [W Smit] v J Visage (J Rothman). Quarterfinals of Popeye competition on Sunday July 25 at 9am. Semi-finals and final on Sunday August 1: P Burger v D van der Post (C Bornman Snr); [J Naude] v P Steyn (B Human); [F Hamman] v E Esterhuyse (R de Wet); A du Preez v J van Reenen (C Bornman Jnr). Popeye Lunch on Sunday August 1 at R60 pp. Book with Amelia 083 554 2003. Guests welcome. For more info, call Tys de Wit at 012 333 7945 or 082 3577 404. Beginners Tournament at Zwartkop Country Club. The following beginners to report at 8.30am at Zwartkop CC. W Steyn (Pta N), S Payze (PHSOB), b Glenn (PCC), K Minnaar (Innesdale), B Penz (VK), M van Greunen (ZK), [S Attwood] (C/O), P Fourie (ZK), K Walker (Irene), R Graham (Innesdale), A Marais (CP), R anderson (Cen), F Steyn )(ZK), W van der Waals (ZK), A Stander (Pta N) and R du Plessis (CP).