THE GIANT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

The Giant Pumpkin Festival will take place in Heidelberg, WC, on the 24th & 25th March 2017. The festival will include the iconic giant pumpkin competition; youth focused activities throughout the day, a golf competition, a bowls competition, a giant pumpkin pie, camping, an ox braai and live local music on both evenings.

The Festival
The Festival will take place on the showgrounds just outside of the center of Heidelberg. The showgrounds are used for several events such as agricultural shows, dance evenings, oxbraais and other community events. There is adequate space for parking, tents, stalls, race village, a hall for dancing, kitchens and ablutions.
During the day there will be events for kids such as pumpkin carving, pumpkin tug – of – war, jumping castle, waterslide and much more. A campsite will be available at the showgrounds for the Friday and Saturday nights as well as luxury tented camping. The ox braai will start on Friday night to kick off the festival while we welcome the campers and register the racers.

The Pumpkin Competition
The heart of the Giant Pumpkin Festival is the weighing in of the Giant pumpkins – a favourite for the whole family. The competition brings the local farming community together and allows passionate growers from the region to demonstrate their skills.
Growers enter the competition by buying selected seeds and planting them in carefully prepared soil. Each grower has his/her own secret growing methods which sparks speculation and anticipation leading up to the event. The result is an exciting and tightly contested competition between growers from the region around Heidelberg and the whole of the Western Cape. The pumpkins are delivered to the festival on the day, offloaded by forklift and lined up for viewing on the festival grounds. When the pumpkin becomes too large, helping hands are all around to get the big boy to the competition!
The pumpkins are rated by weight and judged on various categories, including looks and color. In 2016, local Heidelberg Farmer Lourens van Deventer scooped up first prize for the largest pumpkin with a massive weight of 373kg at the Heidelberg Giant Pumpkin Festival and Mountain Bike Race.
In second place with a pumpkin 354.5kg was Theresa van Deventer, wife of Lourens van Deventer and in third place Ronèl Swart with 342.5 kg – proving that the art of growing a giant pumpkin is not just a man’s sport.
Adding drama to the event was the fact that last year’s champion Pinkie Swart from Heidelberg had to withdraw just days before the competition because of a rotten pumpkin.

The Giant Pumpkin Festival 2017 is going to be bigger and better. See you there!

PERSONALITY PROFILE – Berno Heinrich Grobbelaar

Naam en Van
Berno Heinrich Grobbelaar

U huidige beroep?
Ek is ‘n Health and Safety(veiligheid en gesondheid) praktiseerder/
raadgewer

Wat motiveer jou?
‘n Positiewe gesindheid

Noem een ding wat altyd jou belangstelling prikkel.
Geskiedenis

Wat is die domste ding wat jy nog gedoen het?
Om nie al my studies in ander velde klaar te gemaak het nie

As jy en persoon se werk vir ‘n week kon oorneem, wie s’n sou dit wees en hoekom?
Iemand wat baie hard werk en swaar kry sodat daai person vir ‘n week kan rus
Wat was jou mees verleë (embarrassing) oomblik/ondervinding/geleentheid nog?
Toe my hare verkeerd gesny was en my bles gewys het vir ‘n hele ruk lank

As jy ‘n miljoen rand sou wen, hoe sal jy dit spandeer?
Ek sal my skuld afbetaal en dan die res vas belê

Ek verlaat nooit my huis sonder ……
My sonbril nie

Wat is jou gunsteling gereg en restaurant ?
My gunsteling gereg is ‘n Platter for One by Ocean Basket

As jy een wens van ‘n “genie” kon kry, waarvoor sou jy wens ?
Om meer wense te kry

Deel ‘n paar interessante feite omtrent jouself.
Ek is ‘n pa van ‘n pragtige baba seuntjie en ‘n wonderlike vrou. Ek vang graag vis en gaan braai op die strand of hawe

Het jy ‘n boodskap vir die gemeenskap van die Hessequa-streek?
Moet nooit ophou grawe vir jou diamant nie, hy is dalk nader as wat jy dink

Wat is jou gunsteling tydverdryf of stokperdjie?
Om tyd saam my familie te spandeer of as hulle my kwaad maak video speletjies te speel of vis te vang

Kontakbesonderhede: Berno Grobbelaar
Tel: 076 313 1661  

YOGA, INNER PEACE

Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual discipline and is based on 3 500 years of collective knowledge. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit word “Yuj” which means to yoke or to unite, bring together or integrate.
Yoga is ageless. Through exercising our bodies, mind and breath we slowly experience the great and eternal secrets of our greatest potential.
Hatha Yoga emerged sometime around the 9th century and is a form of yoga that focuses on the body.
Yoga is of great benefit for one’s health, bringing energy to the body and mind. Through breathing exercises the flow of prana or the vital life force through the body is regulated. Yoga can enhance flexibility and suppleness of the body. The oldest person teaching yoga today is 98 years old and has been teaching yoga for 75 years!

There are different styles of Hatha Yoga namely:
Ananda Yoga, Anusara Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Integral Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Kali Ray Tri Yoga, Kripalu Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Sivananda Yoga, Svaroopa Yoga, Viniyoga, Jivamukti Yoga.
Yoga is for everybody and in the modern world there are many different styles of Yoga emerging. The postures in Yoga are known as Asanas.

These asanas are divided into different groups, being:
Sun salutations, Standing postures, Forward bends, Back bends, Twists, Arm balances, Core, Inverted postures, Seated neutral postures, Relaxing recovery postures.
Some of the benefits of yoga are:
Physical stability, balance, flexibility and strength.
The improvement of blood circulation and breathing.
It slows down the aging process.
It helps with high blood pressure, pain management, back pain and arthritis.
It helps to tone, stretch and strengthen the muscles.
It helps to regulate the metabolism.
Improved vitality.
Improved relaxation and concentration.
Better stress management.

There is something for everyone in Yoga.
(Marilyn – 076 304 4013 Riversdale)