In this letter:

Chairman’s Report

From the General Manager

Golf Course Report

Golf Operations

Fauna and Flora

Water Status

Waterberg MTB Encounter

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Elements Private Golf Reserve Newsletter June 2018

I would like to once again thank all

the Owners who attended the AGM

in June, and to welcome Thomas

Robbertse to the Board. Thomas has

taken over the property portfolio

from Thys, who is now taking a well

deserved break.

We were presented with a hotel

concept at the AGM which was very

well received, with a number of

suggestions which the developers are

incorporating in their design. We

have agreed that the developer can

continue with a due diligence process

to confirm their estimated costs and,

all things being good, we will then

proceed to an MOU stage.

The idea behind the hotel is that the

rooms will be supplied with a bar

fridge but will have no catering

facilities, so that they do not

compete with the Lodges which will

soon be developed on our Reserve. All

meals will be served by our

clubhouse, which will obviously be a

financial windfall for the catering

budget.

Winter is well and truly upon us, but

our fairways are ignoring it and are

still in great condition, thanks to the

efforts of our greenkeepers and golf

management team and the water that

we are pouring onto the fairways.

News of the condition of our course

is spreading and our weekends are

still well attended, even in the heart

of winter.

The 9th is now surrounded by water,

and the dam level slowly inches

upwards as we continue to pump

water into it. It appears that there

is no leak and all it needed was some

water.

Finally, a big thank you to Chris

Elfick, Norman Kok, Conradt Meyer,

Gerhart Meyer, Gerrit Eloff, Jan

Labuschagne and Wayne Hinsch who,

despite having served on the Board

last year, (and in some cases for 2

and 3 years), agreed to provide their

valuable time in Managing our

Reserve for another year. I think the

vote of confidence that the Owners

have in their abilities was

demonstrated by the low attendance

at the AGM which we all decided to

take as a positive sign…..

Chairman’s Report

Winter has set in good and proper.

We have experienced several

mornings with severe frost. Good

news is that the course is holding up

well, as predicted, and the fairways

are still as green as can be

expected. It’s hard to believe that

the winter solstice has already

passed and spring is on its’ way.

Two significant events took place

during the month: The Liberty

Waterberg Mountain Bike race was

hosted and the Annual General

Meeting of the Body Corporate was

also held, both with only positive

feedback.

Following the meeting a

presentation was made on a

proposed hotel development on the

Hotel stand behind the Clubhouse.

If this proceeds, it will represent a

huge step forward for Elements,

and both parties will work closely

together in an attempt to make it

happen.

From the General Manager

There have been no changes to the

course since the last report in the

May newsletter. It remains in great

condition and is fun to play,

especially now that there is a little

more run on the fairways.

The greenkeeping staff members are

focusing on attention to detail as

usual during the slow growing winter

months.

Three of the wild grass beds near

the 18th green complex have been

cleared out and prepared for

planting new wild grasses and some

small trees, which will be done in the

spring. We have wild grasses hiding

the beautiful rock walls behind two

of the tees on the first hole and on

the practice putting green which will

be removed to expose the rock

features.

This will also be completed in the

spring. All the damage to the rock

work between the cart barn and the

driving range together with the 11th

hole is going to be repaired.

The 9th/18th dam continues to fill

steadily and is now 71cm deep. It is

filling at a rate of 1.0 million liters in

20 days. At this rate it will take

almost one year to reach capacity

without any inflow from rain.

Perhaps early rain will be kind to us

and fill the dam overnight!!!

Golf Course Report

Rounds of golf played once again were

on target, with 778 rounds played

against our budget of 800. Rounds

played year to date are 3,290 against

budget forecast of 3,300. Green fee

revenue is 9% below budget and this

is the result of the mix of players. On

the positive side, more rounds are

being played by members and member

guests than forecast. Golf cart

revenue per round is spot on budget

forecast.

Merchandise sales have continued

strongly and are currently 11% ahead

of budget.

The months of July and August are

typically the lowest of the year and

then rounds pick up again from

September onwards. Elements has

the perfect climate to play winter

golf, so don’t be put off by the cold

weather. Come and enjoy a relaxed

round or two in these perfect

windless winter conditions. We know

you will enjoy every moment.

Golf Operations

Member36%

Member Jnr2%

Member Guest35%

Member Guest Jnr

13%

Group 8-3614%

TOTAL

James Kingston, former South African Open

Champion and current player on the Senior

Tour, with Gavin Hart, Chairman of the Board.

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During the last month it was

definitely clear that winter is upon

us, with regular morning frost on the

course, windy days and cold nights.

Crested Francolins, Helmeted Guinea

Fowl and Natal Spurfowl are regular

visitors on the golf course, as well as

a resident mob of Banded Mongoose.

There were regular sightings of a

Lizard Buzzard around the 8th, 9th

and 18th holes; he seems to have

claimed his territory for the coming

breeding season.

Other bird sightings during the

month included Bronze Mannikin,

Cape White-Eye, Black-headed

Oriole and Lilac-breasted Roller.

A few exceptional sightings around

the estate were of an African Civet

These nocturnal animals are most

active about an hour or so after dark

when they search for insects, mice,

reptiles, frogs, and birds, and they

will, on occasion, even scavenge and

eat fruit.

Fauna and Flora

Borehole 18 has been equipped

with a 7.5kW pump capable of

delivering 9,000 litres per hour.

The tee piece has been fitted and

the pipe line linked into the

pipeline from the 8th borehole to

the 9th dam. A meter has also

been fitted. The borehole is

currently pumping successfully

into the 9th/18th dam.

During the month the 9th

borehole, which is the strongest

on the property, gave trouble.

The hole delivers 250,000 liters

per day and it is critical that it

works continuously. The pump was

pulled and fortunately the fault

was a minor one. This has been

repaired and the pump has been

reinstalled. It is functioning well

again.

Borehole 16 is also faulty and will

be pulled immediately, now that

work on 9 has been completed.

All the equipment required for

Waterberg has been ordered and

paid for. This includes the

upgraded transformer from

Eskom which has a lead time of

three months. The installation of

the changes to this pump station

will be scheduled to take place in

advance of the delivery of the

transformer.

All the equipment for the

Newburg installation has been

paid for and ordered. The longest

lead time is on the reservoir

which has to be manufactured,

and this is 4 to 5 weeks from

date of order. The installation

contractor has been reserved

from 9th July to equip the

borehole, which will take

approximately one week.

In the meanwhile the trench,

which is 50 cm deep, is almost

60% complete. As soon as the

pipes are delivered they will be

installed, which will coincide with

equipping the borehole. Once the

piping has been completed the

cable will be delivered and laid in

the trench, and the trench will be

closed immediately. Current

target is to have this borehole

operational by the end of July.

The borehole serving the hide

dam is doing well and the dam is

filling by up to 1.5 cm per day.

With the reeds having been

removed, the dam is currently

looking good and attracting game.

Water Status

The Waterberg MTB Encounter

hosted on the 8th, 9th and 10th June

was once again a huge success. 190

entrants enjoyed the track,

entertainment and facilities at

Elements. We again partnered with

Sondela, who provided the food

service while we provided the

facilities, accommodation and bar

service.

Food service was available to 200

participants at the dinner on both

Friday and Saturday nights. Official

feedback from both ASG, the

organisers, and through social media

was 100% positive.

We have made our services and

facilities available for the same event

again next year.

Waterberg MTB Encounter

Important Dates

01 November 2018

27 & 28 April 2019

SAGES Cansa Day

Club Championships 2019

The new Slope and Course rating

system will go live on Monday, 3rd

September. Every club has the

responsibility to communicate these

changes to all members during

August.

Salient points in the new process are:

Handicaps as we know them

will disappear.

Players will have a Handicap

Index based at their home

club.

Every time another course is

played, players will be

required to swipe their card,

choose a tee colour to play

off, and the system will issue

the player with a Course

Handicap for that round.

All references to gender have

been removed from the

system.

All tees will be known by only

their colour.

Standard colours are yellow,

white, blue and red.

On courses that have 4 sets

of tees such as Elements,

SAGA has rated all four sets.

Players will be able to choose

whatever set of tees they

want to play off and their

Course Handicap will be

provided accordingly.

On courses that have 4 sets

of tees such as Elements,

Women’s Golf has rated the

front two sets of tees for

lady players.

The stroke index theory has

been completely revised. In

the past it was based on the

most difficult hole, which was

stroked as 1, and the easiest

hole as 18.

The revised theory is that

par 5 holes will have the

lowest strokes, followed by

par 4 holes, and par 3 holes

will have the highest

strokes.

Odd numbers are allocated to

strokes on the front 9 holes

and even numbers on the back

9.

Strokes will in future be

evenly spread throughout the

course and grouped into

clusters of 3 holes.

Each set of three holes on

the first 9 holes should total

as close to 27 as possible and

each set of 3 holes on the

back 9 holes should total as

close to 30 as possible.

Our proposed new strokes

have been agreed to by SAGA

and will be reflected on the

new score card.

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