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The beautiful Clubhouse facility has Expansion plans and now carries various game species such
been extended and renovated over Silver Lakes was further expanded in 2001 as kudu, nyala, springbuck, impala, duiker
the years, as discussed in a previous with the incorporation of another 77 hectares. and sable.
issue. A restaurant was built and later This was phase three (Willow Acres extensions
enlarged and upgraded, together with 3 and 4), which incorporated a game reserve The game reserve also includes features
new halfway house and locker facilities, of 50ha and only 150 stands into the existing such as a large dam for fishing, a hiking
a shopping facility and a new caddy estate. The brainchild of this addition was once trail and several heritage sites which date
facility incorporated into the golf cart again Stefaans Lombard, who still lived on the back to the late Iron Age. The ring road is
storage bay. estate and still had the idea of living in a game a favourite for joggers and cyclists. Once a
reserve. year, the estate roads, together with this
In 1999, Ampros withdrew from ring road, come alive with athletes from
property development and sold the He and the developers of the second phase of all over the country who participate in the
second phase of Silver Lakes estate to the estate, Rian Booysen and Erhardt Burger, Race of Faith.
Rian Booysen and Erhardt Burger. This then commenced a process of getting the
phase consisted of about 320 stands. In support of the homeowners of the original The original estate, as you would have
the same year, the Clubhouse and golf estate to approve the incorporation of the surmised, comprised phase 1: the golf
course were sold to Piet Geyser. He sold game reserve as a third phase into the Silver course, Clubhouse and more than 880
the Clubhouse to Nick Valakelis in 2005. Lakes estate. stands to the south and west of the golf
In 2009, it was decided at an Annual course. There was only one gate – the gate
General Meeting that the homeowners The area incorporated was an old cattle in Silver Lakes Drive.
would buy both the golf course and farm. With a diligent reclamation programme
Clubhouse to secure the future of these initiated, combined with a winter feeding After the development of the second
valuable assets. programme, the nature area was developed phase of the estate, it was imperative that

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