Callie Evens Retirement Lodge

07/08/2025

01/08/2025

Friends kindly accept the following intimation:

Lynette Constance Brown, late of Callie Evens Lodge, Cathcart passed away peacefully on Wednesday the 30th of July 2025 at the age of 85 years.

Sadly missed and deeply mourned by her loving children Oscar, Roland, Allistair and Laurence; their respective wives Nicky, Nadia, Colleen and Nola; grandchildren Christopher, Allison, Richard, Stephen and Lucy, Mary-Anne and Stefan, Katherine, Josephine, Warwick, and Saffron; great-grandson Anthony; and extended family and friends.

A Celebration of Lynette’s life will take place at the Hilton Methodist Church, Hilton, Tylden District on Monday the 4th of August 2025 at 11am, followed by the interment at 12 noon.

“Peace, perfect Peace”

17/07/2025

17/07/2025

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09/07/2025

Yesterday the Cathcart district and surrounds had NO POWER from 5am - 9pm because ESCOM had a planned outage to do repairs. None of us like being without power but it is a huge challenge for the elderly. BUT ...........wait for this.........Thanks to the fantastic system that GRIDVOLT have put up for us with the incredible funding we have received from BK ADMIN we had power in the MAIN BUILDING at the Callie Evens Lodge throughout the duration of the planned outage.
The system is simple enough for a housewife/farmers wife to manage with constant support over the phone from the GRIDVOLT GUYS.
What an amazing test for the system just days after instillation.
More news is that because we had power all day there was NOT a moment that we or the residents in the cottages had no water. Thank you to FIX IT FAST for the water system you have installed.
We are also bragging about uninterrupted WIFI signal that is now available to everyone at Callie Evens Lodge. This turn around is thanks to the fact that we are now a ULWAZINET HOT SPOT. We sell vouches at the reception and both residents and staff have assess to very affordable UNCAPPED WIFI.
Thanks to another generous donation from ROTARY we have been able to order and pay for the equipment to put up HOT SPOTS for the TOP & BOTTOM COTTAGES. Thank you to Justin Miles and OpenConnect and their team for helping us jumps the hoops. (60 plus chaps don't lije technology - so their we lots of hoops - believe you me.)
These developments have all been made possible thanks to the support we have received from caring members of our community and the incredible help we have received from BK ADMIN.
Thank you all for believing in us and for helping us create a safe and happy place for our residents to call HOME.

29/06/2025

Thanks to the incredible generosity of BK ADMIN we have also been able to get GRIDVOLT to enhance our SOLAR SYSTEM. The Callie Evens Lodge have now got enough PANELS and BATTERIES to be self sufficient during power outages. The generator which we have had for many years can charge the batteries if we need it to. We are not off grid, but the system we have now will reduce our electricity costs significantly which is going to be amazing.
Thank You BK ADMIN !!!!!

27/06/2025

Over the last few months we have been working on very exciting developments at the Callie Evens Lodge. We are extremely grateful to BK ADMIN who have made it possible for us to upgrade our water system. We have no fewer than 9 enormous 5050L water tanks installed with pressure pumps, to supply the MAIN BUILDING and the TOP and BOTTOM COTTAGES with a constant reliable supply of water for 365 days of the year. This is a huge privilege in a small SA town.
ALL our FARMERS ASSOCIATIONS and the CATHCART branch of BKB and MULTITRUST and the RT No. 75 have also contributed very generously to this amazing project. Callie Evens Lodge is very privileged to have received sufficient funding and incredible donations from a very caring community.
We would like to express our huge appreciation to absolutely everyone who has allowed us to embark on this amazing project.
The workmanship for this project is something else that we are very proud of and this is thanks to PIERS MILES and his team and FIX IT FAST in QUEENSTOWN.

05/01/2025

2025 gets off to a good start. All our cottages are occupied. We have 3 bedsitters avaliable, and we have recently welcomed 2 new residents to our Care Centre. It is always wonderful to welcome new residents to our warm caring Callie Evens Lodge family. Thank you to our wonderful staff who worked through the holiday season, your dedication and kindness and compassion does not go unnoticed. 🌞🏠💕

21/12/2024

Look at us NOW !!!!!!
Thank you again to Aden Edwards & Gareth Hartley & Piers Miles & Lynne Purdon for making this possible 🎉💥🔥😍 We are delighted with the face lift that the front of the Callie Evens Lodge building has been given. What a proud moment for all of us. We look forward to slowly being able to work around the rest of the building, during the course of 2025. Thank you all so much.

19/12/2024

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The BCMPA prize-giving for Biathle, Laser Run and Triathle was held on Friday, 6 December 2024. The following Selbornians received “Athlete of the Year” in their respective age groups –

ADAM DE LANGE
U17 – Biathle, Laser Run and Triathle

LUKE TINHOF
U19 – Biathle and Laser Run

ALISTAIR ATTWELL
U19 – Triathle

The athletes who represented South Africa at the World Champs in Egypt were also in attendance and were congratulated.