(On the 17^th August 2007 the Dinokeng Big 5 Game Reserve invited guests to participate in their annual golf day at Zwartkop Country Club. The day was full of fun, surprises and prizes on this beautifully maintained golf course between Pretoria/Tshwane and Johannesburg)

Well our annual day on the greens has come and gone but not without fanfare, fun and fantastic support from our stakeholders. One thing is for sure is that all those who came to play golf on the beautiful sunny spring day had themselves a fantastic time. The LOA received a bag full of compliments from everyone who was there.

The prizes were outstanding thanks to the support we received from all our lodges and product owners in the DB5 area. Many of the golfers who have seen many such days raved about the prizes that were taken home. With the charismatic Dale Hayes warming the crowd up by doing his awesome tricks with a golf club, including hitting a golf ball over 200m with a hose pipe that had a club head attached to the end, and then leading the auction of more prizes and finally rounding off matters with his special brand of hummer and showmanship, a really great day was had by all.

In the process the LOA raised over R42 000 from the event, we successfully put our brand out to a specialized targeted audience and hosted a number of our DB5 co-sponsors such as the Gauteng Travel Authority (who sponsored and played in the event) and Dinokeng Blue IQ projects. In all it was a great event which did our fledging game reserve proud. This will be an annual event and we look forward to seeing everyone at the event next year round about the same time.

The DB5 Game Reserve is a non profit organisation (section 21 company) which was raising money to assist in the start up of this Blue IQ initiated game reserve project. We aim to reclaim over 100 000 ha of farm and plot lands which will be returned to its natural state of 150 years ago. The game reserve will create jobs and socio economic upliftment for the whole area.

(ps. Dale Heyes is screechingly funny; even the non-golfers loved it!!)