Clements Retreat

 Famous Guests

All of our guests are famous. Here are some of the more recent visitors and their stories:

Stewart and his team from the Ulysses Motorcycle Club in Queenstown chose Clements for their base on their 2011 Christmas tour. Stewarts family owned the farm on Moloneys Eye (the source of the Magalies River) over 100 years ago. From the left are Kenny, Anton, Stewart, Okkie, Nossie and Weaz the Springbok fisherman.

Carine brought overworked doctor husband Gert to Clements for a well earned rest. Being a physiotherapist she soothed all his aching muscles!!

Evashni decided that Clements Retreat would make the perfect venue for the bachelor party of her future sister in law Aneshrie.  The happy girls are Elandree, Nisha, Aneshrie, Evashni and Anthea. 

What happens when you mix a PhD in fracture mechanics, a lawyer, a software Director from a major bank, two occupational therapists, another PhD in air  quality, a railway engineer and a lively young son together in the magic of Clements Retreat? You get a lot of fun and laughter. Nicola, Michael, Beverley, Josef, Kristy, Lauren, Ed and Dave made up this interesting group.

Doctor Tina accompanied Andre and Charles to Clements. They came for the annual corporate mountain bike race at van Gaalen's.

    

Mechanical engineer Luke brought IT practitioner Michelle to Clements to propose to her down at the river. Both love the outdoors and she said Yes!!!

      

Granny Fay came all the way from Durban to go hot air ballooning with daughter Pat.            

SuperGranny Mavis brought the scatterlings of Africa for a family reunion at Clements Retreat. Keith brought son Christopher all the way from Sydney, Australia to unite with  sister Carrol and cousins Gary and Shannon from Zambia. Those are genuine New Zealand rugby jerseys.

     

Graphic artist Eben brought the love of his life travel consultant Anel to Clements to propose down at the river. She said Yes!! We wish them all the happiness in their future together

Famous fashion designers from Johannesburg Patricia, Portia, Patricia and Matsha came to Clements for a fun weekend.

Leon Schuster is hard at work making a new movie. Famous Producer and Director Gray Hofmeyr (famed for Isidingo, Mama Jack and many others) based himself at Clements Retreat while shooting the movie locally. Keeping him company were his lovely wife Maria and costume design expert Gillian. Gillian sprained her ankle on set, not at Clements!!!

The camera and sound crew for the above movie were also based at Clements to keep them fresh. Pictured are Tom, Dirk, Brendan and Trevor.

Frans brought his favourite girl Riekie for a horse riding weekend at Clements. 

Supergranny Corrie was treated to a stay at Clements Retreat by son,  financial manager guru Braam and his lovely wife Karin, herself a high powered human resources professional.

Retired police Colonel Suzette brought entrepreneur husband Craig to Clements to celebrate Craig's birthday with family and friends. Seen in the picture are Craig, Mark, Ishaara, Amanda, Kenny (also a birthday boy), Suzette, Zanielle, Nadia , Kayla, Dean and Martin.

      After weeks of preparation and planning Thabi brought his true love Faith to Clements to pop the big question. Luckily for him she said Yes!! We wish them both lots of happiness in their future together.

              

   Taking a long weekend break at Clements are the lovely Ilze with Jayden, Caitlyn, Tamaryn and man mountain Warren.

               

                   Occupational therapist for children Andrea brought sugar farmer Andrew all the way from Ixopo to enjoy a weekend break at Clements.

                      

           Woman in engineering Tiny brought her favourite man Aubrey to Clements to celebrate his 30th birthday. Judging from his smile it is one he will always remember.

Mom Kay brought PhD husband Julian and clever son Ethan to Clements for a weekend break. They hail from the beautiful Kommetjie in the Cape.

                               

Zane brought sixth year homeopath Chantell from Pretoria to enjoy the wide open spaces and tranquillity of Clements.

                              

                               The magic of Clements Retreat continues. Fire control project manager Gavin brought his sweetie Lora to Clements to propose marriage to her.  Happily she said yes!! On Sunday they visited  Saddle Creek for horse riding and Shelter Rock for mountain climbing. We wish them all the best in their future life together. 

Mom Louise is the Master of Song. She brought pilot adventurer husband Nap, son James and daughter Engela to Clements. James is a sound and lighting engineer and Engela is a second year Fine Arts student.

We always get interesting people at Clements. Anet is a busy homemaker from van Zyl's Rus who brought hard working cattle and sheep farmer husband Frans, son Japie and Salomi to Clements. Salomi is a Speech Therapist and she and  Japie attended a local MacGuire programme to cure stuttering.

                 

Joelle hails from the Cape and needed mountains to restore her karma. She chose Clements in the Magaliesberge to bring Ross for the weekend. He's an expert in composites.

                 

Philipp is a helicopter pilot flying for Netstar, the anti-hijacking vehicle recovery service. He brought Eeva to Clements for a quiet break in the West Wing

                 

Amazing people are always arriving to stay at Clements Retreat. Lorrie and Rob are senior captains flying for SAA. They brought lovely wife Avis,  Dion, Caromien, Nico and Hayden to visit Clements. All the boys are SAA pilots. They arrived in magnificent old aeroplanes for a Fly In at Bald Eagles Aviation in Hekpoort. The Valley was treated to a marvellous display of flying and the stirring sound of old radial engines.

           

Adriaan and Erika brought their team all the way from Lydenburg for the Easter holidays. Hein and his Dad went bow hunting while Mom chilled out with Annemie, Doy and Francois.

Clements Retreat was honoured to host the wedding party of Joha-Mari (aka The Night Owl) and Greg. They brought along their close friends Stacey-Lee and Neil for a weekend long wedding reception. Others arrived later to fill the farm.

  Greg, Joh, Stacey, Neil

Christoff  was the Man of the Match in the under 11 schools rugby final held at Bekker Skole which his team won . Proud dad FC and Oupa FC used Clements as a base for the tournament. Sister Jana  and Mom Corne' enjoyed the birdlife, the dinosaurs footprints and the ostriches.

Nico came all the way from a copper mine in Chile to spend time with hot Italian fiance' Michela in the peace and quiet of Clements.

 

Nadine brought rugby player Andre to Clements for a weekend break.

After a 2 year stint in England Nicola brought Shane to Clements to enjoy the sunshine

West Rand family and friends came together at Clements Retreat for an overdue reunion. Pictured are Debbie, Caroline, Kevin, Hilda, Ivan, Audrey, Edward, Carol, Anthony, Hazel, Trudy,  Dean and Jimmy.

Birthday boy George was spoilt by his lovely wife Magda with a weekend at Clements. The family travelled from as far as Saldanha Bay to join in the celebration. Pictured from top left are: Ralie and Nick, George,Marelna, Magda and Henk. Front: Armand, Ryno, and newlyweds Tiaan and Maritza.

Presley and Tebogo, two tired communications experts came to Clements for a good rest with their daughter Aganang.

 

A very kind and generous Granny called Robin sent daughter Juliet and son in law Rohan to Clements for a well earned break. Daughters Neve and Shea had fun feeding the ostriches and swimming in the river with Dad. They also enjoyed a pony ride at Saddle Creek. Juliet is a business owner and Rohan is script writing the soon to be launched MTN series The Wild.

 

Clements hosted a royal birthday recently. Special needs teacher Queen Geraldene celebrated her birthday in the West Wing with fiance' Leslie, a systems technician. We wish them all the best for their wedding in June for 450 guests. 

Lisa brought Mom Chrissie to Clements with partner Liezel and her folks Flip and Thea for a Valentine's special. The girls are award winners at creating DVD's for any purpose. Flip is the man to contact for your garden equipment repairs in Centurion.

Financial market recruitment ace Candice brought IT fundi Jeremy to Clements for Valentine's.

Simon and Amanda (center) travelled all the way from Knysna for a wedding at Askari.  Completing the team are Vernon and Claudia, baby girl Jaime, Lisa and Colin with daughter Emily and son Jared.

Celebrating New Year at Clements are senior banker Mary and her clever kids Walter, Lerato and Katleho.

 

The Chabant clan from Durban were rounded up by gran Lesley and grandad Ken to chill out at Clements for the festive season. Pictured from the left are Gavin, Ken, Lesley, Rebecca, June, Hayley and Jenny . Rebecca named the calf born on the 24th of December Christmas Gift.

Daniela from Botswana brought son Aaron, daughter Luna and friend Claudia with son Fynn all the way from freezing Dusseldorf, Germany to enjoy Christmas at Clements.

Robert and Bianca chose Clements Retreat to celebrate  their first wedding anniversary in style. Here's to the next 50 years together.....

Back after a year the family of Mirrina and Gary Clinton came to Clements to celebrate daughter Tiffany's 10th birthday. Wanita brought along Dad Sakkie and his girlfriend Lindie. Friend Charl arrived with brother Cameron. The Dinosaurs footprints, the Giants chair and newborn impala Charlie were big hits.

The beautiful people flocked to Clements Retreat to celebrate the 50th birthday of Irene Hill. Pictured from the left are Carol, Lex, Carol, Hylton, Irene, Derek, Angela, Tom, Sean, Emma, Barry, Cara and Nicole

Three generations of the Els family reunited at Clements Retreat for a well earned holiday. All the way from Somerset West in the Cape are Oupa Cornie and Ouma Rosa. Cornelius and lovely wife Carolien brought daughter Ingrid and baby son Crispin to play with their grandparents.

After searching for a venue to rest and recuperate with his family youth development expert  Chris Murray brought adventurer Dylan, his sister Nadia and lovely Mom Zandra to Clements Retreat. Here they are sitting on the Giants Chair.

Back from the United States of America after completing his degree in business and a tennis scholarship is Ignatius and his lovely wife Michell. His business provides innovative solutions to South African problems in the educational field  

 

Visiting once again is strongman Ryan and his beautiful bride to be Cindy accompanied by friends Riaan and Laurian.

Jenny brought her hard working husband Ian for a well deserved break at Clements Retreat.

We must be doing something right. King Of the Mountains (see below for his original visit) Andrew Marsay, his wife Linda and friends Audrey and Gerald were back at Clements to enjoy the wide open spaces and the tranquillity. Audrey enjoyed her best sleep in years.  Andrew and Gerald highly recommend the mountain hiking facilities at Shelter Rock. 

Chanel and daughter Angie came all the way from Margate to enjoy a ride in the country with son Dean in his shiny new wheels. The roof folds into the boot at the press of a button. Clements Retreat proved a good base for touring, including a visit to Sun City.

All the way from Germany via Botswana are the beautiful Daniela and Heide. Their car broke down so their stay became longer than planned. "No nicer place to break down than Clements Retreat", says Heide.

             

Visiting for the horse riding at Saddle Creek are the two Stevens and the beautiful girls Daleen, Britney, Mischa and Cina.

      

Enjoying the exclusive wide open spaces of Clements Retreat are Emma, Tom, Irene and Sean. Skye, the Siberian Husky, also thinks the farm is a cool place.

Charl and Judy Ferreira brought little Luke and Christopher as well as Wayne, Vicky and Alexandra Botha (and the well behaved Juno and Jakes) for a long overdue break. Charl is an expert in raising capital for mining and resource companies.

Recent visitors from the West Rand are Rani and Shabeer.

This years winners of the Bride of the Year award from Sonshaw Wedding Photographers enjoyed their prize of a weekend at Clements Retreat. Here the beautiful Samantha (in the driving seat) and Jason  (providing the power) demonstrate their farming skills.

It was wonderful to enjoy the company of fellow guest farm owners. Annatjie and Chris Geldenhuys brought their son Leonard to Clements Retreat for a long overdue break. If you are looking for pet friendly accommodation visit them at Saamrus Guest Farm.

Recovering from a journey all the way from the Cape and Durban are three beautiful girls: Gill, Mona and Brenda.

The Easter bunny arrived at Clements Retreat on schedule. Sonja and Florian Kurz brought Nick, Mirabel, Nina, Till, Sophie, Georgia, Juliana and little Fabian for the long Easter weekend all the way from Botswana. Sophie and Georgia tell me that they enjoyed the waterfall, the horses and feeding the ostriches. 

Wedding photographers of note need a break from their busy schedule. Shaun and Sonja Powell hosted Neels, Wilma, Jan and Annemarie to a fun weekend. The laughter is still echoing around the farm. Shaun is a chef famous for his oxtail.

Two busy families came together to chill out from City stress at Clements Retreat. Marlene Narainsamy brought husband Melvin and daughters Nashmikah and Yarrushka as well as attorney Mervyn Naiker with his lovely wife Pravashini and daughter Thivaasha.

Motlatsi, Tumi and little Oratile came for the Om die Dam marathon. When he's not training Motlatsi is an actuary at RMB and Tumi is in the hospitality industry.

Ryan and fiance' Cindy are extreme adventure people who came for the horse riding at Saddle Creek and the Via Ferrata at Shelter Rock. Don't mess with him -- he's an amateur boxer.

Mandy and Brett Oosthuizen with Dylan, Dominique and Julia. All the way from Gaborone, Botswana. They enjoyed a mini holiday visiting the Valley of the Waves at Sun City, horse riding at Saddle Creek and quad biking at In the Gorge Adventures. Dylan has ridden many quad trails and rates them the best by far.

Jannie and Drika Nel with son Bertie and grandkids Zhian and Nikki. They loved the superpool. If you're thinking of moving to Oz, Jannie's your man for the move. 

Andrew Marsay and his wife Linda and son Peter. Andrew is famous for winning the incredible Harrismith mountain race.

Murray and Maxine Kennett from Botswana with the two Catherines and the irrepressible Amy. Catherine came all the way from Lichfield, Staffordshire, England to be with us. 

Mbaliyethu and rugby player Thabo -- soon to be seen playing for the Lions in the Super 14

Gary and Mirrina Clinton and their family and friends celebrating Tiffany's birthday. From the left:  Charl, Donovan, Dion, Tiffany, Mirrina, Gary, Hannes, Savannah, Annalisa, Tracy, Marieta, Wuanita and Leroy.  Mirrina assures me they are not related to Bill and Hilary Clinton, the former American Presidential couple.

Deon Terblanche and the travelling golf family. They chose Clements Retreat for their 5th anniversary venue for their annual jamboree. In the picture are Danie, Deon, Jacques, Ludwig, Pieter, Francois, Pieter and Werner.  Not in pic: Andreas. 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew Gill. Executive in charge of Business Development at Avusa. His wife Taryn is the Publisher of Soccer Life. They  are seen with their family enjoying the country and taking a well deserved break.

Fiona Budd: Famous  ballerina and one of the two  Directors of the South African Ballet Theatre.  The most beautiful and graceful gate opener ever to visit Clements Retreat.

Jenna and the young professionals. Taking a break for the weekend are Jenna, Lior, Guy and Eduardo. The cows are impressed by their visitors.

Brendan Jack: Star of the movies Crazy Monkey Straight Outta Benoni and Footskating 101 . Also our son.  Seen with his fiance'  Pia. 

 

Famous Zurich Opera House soprano Lisa-Jeanne Lorenz with family including published poet Mom Elza Lorenz.

                             

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