Champ Group: ONE GROUP. MANY EXPERIENCES.

The Champ Group — Newcastle, KZN

“Connecting with people to share experiences and inspire greatness.”

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01 — Champ Group

Creating experiencesthrough

Champ Group is the Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal home of The Pines Wedding & Conference Village, Champ Marketing & Events, The Print Lab, Barrel & Bru, Champ's own events and The Pines Crossing.

  1. A brick path curving through a planted garden to a timber-verandaed building at The Pines
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    The Pines

    Weddings, conferences and celebrations in Champ's own village of venues.

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  2. Johan Pieters beside a TV camera on a tripod at the roadside, ready for an interview
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    Champ Marketing & Events

    Launches, events, marketing and social media since 1995.

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  3. Large window graphics along the Bosch Car Service building in Newcastle, a technician with a diagnostic tablet on the nearest window
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    The Print Lab

    Business cards, banners, vehicle and window branding, gifts and clothing.

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  4. A Barrel & Bru branded table top inside the bar, with a Tales from the Barrel sign on the timber wall
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    Barrel & Bru

    A casual, dog-friendly pub and restaurant in Sunnyridge, Newcastle.

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  5. A photographer grinning inside a rainbow hot-air balloon as it is laid out and inflated on the grass
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    Champ Events

    Champ's own events: the Newcastle Airshow, the Lekker Resies and the Memel Walk.

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  6. Artist's impression of a double-height glass corner shop at The Pines Crossing
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    The Pines Crossing

    Coming soon: a new shopping, food and fuel destination at Newcastle's northern gateway.

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04Barrel & Bru

Pub & restaurant · Est. 2025

Barrel & Bru

A casual, dog-friendly pub and restaurant in Sunnyridge, Newcastle.

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Where
Cnr Allen St & H J van Eck Dr, Sunnyridge, Newcastle 2940
Hours
Mon–Thu 10:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 10:00–02:00 · Sun 11:30–18:00
The Barrel & Bru sign on a brick wall
05Champ Events

Newcastle Airshow · Lekker Resies · Memel Walk

Champ Events

Champ's own events: the Newcastle Airshow, the Lekker Resies and the Memel Walk.

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Lekker Resies 2026
16 teams · 27 stops · R10,000 first prize
Memel Walk
About 51 km, Memel to Newcastle (distance to confirm)
Team OJays, best dressed at the 2026 Lekker Resies, pose in matching costumes

October · Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Champ goes pink.

This October, Champ Group is in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the pines have gone pink.

Pine trees with their trunks wrapped in bright pink beside a paved path, in late-afternoon sun
The Champ Group logo in pink: in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A tall pine tree and a row of trunks wrapped in pink along a brick path
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