Media Release

19 November 2004

$10 Million Investment Boost for Sandhurst Club

Sandhurst Club has set a $10 million investment agenda for 2005 which will see a new health club built in the Club Precinct and the commencement of the second golf course known as the Champions Course.

Sandhurst Clubhouse and the North Course

Mr Stephen Head, Managing Director of the Links Group said, "The Sandhurst Health Club, will include a 25-metre indoor heated pool, a gymnasium including machine and free weights, a cardio room, aerobics studio, spa, sauna and all the modern trappings of a first class fitness centre."

"Whilst many other development projects are slowing or going into a holding pattern at Sandhurst we are gearing up for major expenditure and development to add even more value and equity to the project for residents and the 600 plus golf members."

"The health club is expected to commence early in 2005, take around ten months to complete and will add significant value to Sandhurst Club."

"The design of the recreation centre has evolved very much to reflect and embrace the community focus of Sandhurst in general."

Mr Head said that we are looking at creating a high-end health club rather than the standard community recreation centre you'd find in most suburbs. "The approach to design has been from a holistic wellbeing and social perspective."

"Reflecting the style and context of the existing Clubhouse located next door, the 250 square metre (plus pool area) building will be user friendly, including disabled access, and strike a modern pose in terms of style."

"Its prominent positioning and high profile design will naturally draw people to it as a major focus of the residential community."

Experienced gymnasium operator, Corpfit, has been approached to fit-out and manage the facility, drawing on over eleven years' experience supplying unique professional health and fitness services.

Also beginning early in 2005 will be the construction of the second eighteen-hole Champions Course. The Champions Course will host players hitting down long avenues of tree-lined fairways which themselves will be more gently contoured than the North Course.

The Champions Course will honor Australia's golfing legends with individual holes assigned to one of 18 of Australia's greatest tournament golfers. Past favorites to make it on to the list include Norman von Nida, Kel Nagle, Bill Dunk and Peter Thomson. Modern champions like Greg Norman, Ian Baker-Finch, Wayne Grady and Craig Parry also made the cut.

A plaque near each tee will reflect the respective achievements of the player whose hole bears his name.

Turn point the golf course builder will commence earth works almost immediately on the course.

Routed to meander through the residential community, the Champions Course will offer extensive frontage to residential areas.

Champion golfer Wayne Grady was a recent visitor to the Sandhurst Club site, leading the Australasian PGA Tour Board on a familiarization which also covered the existing North Course and clubhouse.

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Ron Smith Links Group 0417 329 201