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Here
is some brief history on how the club started
The Club formerly known as the Windsor Park Club
was founded during wartime with the formation of a committee late
in 1940 and the recruitment of 123 members; 71 men and 52 ladies.
The Club was situated in the township of Windsor.
A company, Windsorpark Limited, was formed to assist in capital
development.
Mr. Piet Vosloo, the chairman of Windsorpark
Limited (for 34 years), had a vision of creating a large golf club
to cater for the community of Randburg and the northern suburbs
including Northcliff and Linden.
His vision became a reality when on behalf of
the company he purchased a piece of adjacent ground, north of the
Windsor Park course. The company then developed this piece of ground
into a second golf course, which today is known as the Randpark
course. This now necessitated the need for the company to provide
a sufficient, suitably positioned clubhouse facility to cater for
the two courses. The old clubhouse was situated just off Republic
Road, approximately where the new Bankorp Computer Centre is situated.
In order to finance this ambitious project, the
company arranged a loan with Sanlam and developed a township, with
all the surplus ground surrounding the course. With the assistance
of the many members who purchased shares in Randpark Club Limited,
and the support of major companies who took up large blocks of the
shares in the company, coupled with the sale of the stands, the
company was able to pay for all the capital development and repay
its loan to Sanlam.
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