GEORGE NEWS - A soil-turning for a new community centre/clubhouse facility of more that R50m at Kingswood Golf Estate took place on Monday 4 March, with George Mayor Leon van Wyk leading the ceremony.
Jonathan Wits-Hewinson, chairperson of the subcommittee of the homeowners association that is responsible for the project, said in his welcoming words that the reasons why this such a special and significant occasion for Kingswood are manifold and multifaceted.
He said homewoners have been eagerly anticipating having a proper community centre and clubhouse at Kingswood for some 17 years, and now it is becoming a reality. It will be a facility to be enjoyed by all homeowners, golfers and non-golfers.
The completion of the facility will enable Kingswood to take great strides in its goal to become the preferred secure, family-friendly residential golf estate in the Garden Route.
"Without this facility, that strategic goal was a mere ambition hoped to be achieved at some time in the future," he said.
A proper facility for golf patrons will significantly enhance the golfing experience at Kingswood and will enable the estate to take its proper place as a full member of the golfing attraction in the Garden Route, which is a world-class golfing destination. "We will no longer be the poor cousin in the neighourhood."
Witts-Hewinson said the upliftment of the golfing experience at Kinsgwood will also enhance the atttractiveness of George itself as part of the golfing experience on the Garden Route.
Van Wyk said the new facility is a wonderful gain to the excisting facilities and that Kingswood is a key feature in George.
After the ceremony, Willem Jacobs, CEO of Kingswood, told George Herald that construction will begin this month (March).
It is planned to be finished in June 2025 and officially taken into use in August 2025. The total cost of the project is R50,5m.
At the moment the club has 840 members and the public will still be able to play on the course.
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