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Cape Camera March 2024

Ivan, our man from Limerick (continued from p8)
'My favourite city in the world is Cape Town, where I have many friends'

I am the PRO of Limerick Camera Club, the
oldest camera club in Ireland, which re-
cently celebrated our 80th birthday.
We meet every Wednesday night from Sep-
tember to May, unfortunately, at the same
time as CTPS. Hopefully, I can become an
active CTPS participant after May.
In addition to holding monthly competi-
tions with external judges, we have train-
ing nights with experts in different fields.
We also travel around Ireland and have an
annual group visit abroad. Recent places
our club visited include Venice, Lisbon and
we'll shortly be going to Valencia. I abso-
lutely adored Venice as a photography
venue!
I have a long association with South Africa, Former Bulls player CJ Stander in full flight for Munster. After becoming
having worked there in the 1960s. After an Irish citizen he was selected to play for Ireland, before retiring in 2021.
completing a Bachelor of Commerce de-
gree, the opportunity arose to take a job
at a private diamond mine 100 miles from
Kimberley, before transferring to a division
of Anglo American in Jo’burg.
I headed a team of five who assayed the
tailing dumps and slime heaps at major De
Beers mines. Ultra fine diamonds suddenly
became important for use in drill bits, saws
and even dental equipment, whereas they
were previously washed away to waste. A
successful plant was set up at Premier Mine
as a result of our efforts.
After returning to Ireland I completed
an MBA. I held a number of positions at
Ireland’s leading nail Continued p10
Ireland and Munster player Simon Zebo scores a try.

Above: Ivan named this image'Main Street Venice'
Left: With former Springbok captain and Munster player Jean de Villiers.

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