Craft Chains
RW Bro. Christopher van Gaalen
District Grand Master
RW Bro. Christopher van Gaalen was the Deputy District Grand Master in Charge from 1 Apr 2020 until he was installed as District Grand Master on 2 October 2021 in a ceremony as much remembered for the Power outages as for the difficulties imposed by Covid Regulations. Read his installation address here.
Biography:
Initiated in The Ionic Lodge No. 3235 on 17th August 1995
Joined District Grand Stewards Lodge No. 8192 on 8th August 2006
Joined Germiston Lodge No. 2498 on 18th May 2011
Joined Lyceum Lodge of Research No. 8682 on 15th June 2011
Joined President Lodge No. 8053 on 15th October 2011
Made Honorary in Vereeniging Peace Lodge No. 3461 on 4th September 2014
Joined Royal Edward Lodge No. 3070 on 6th June 2016
Joined Fidelity Lodge No. 2999 27th February 2021
Has held the following District Appointments
2004 District Grand Steward
2005 District Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2006-2009 District Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies
2009-2011 District Grand Director of Ceremonies
2011-2017 Assistant District Grand Master
2017-2021 Deputy District Grand Master
2021- District Grand Master
Has had the following Grand Ranks conferred on him
2010 Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2012 Past Junior Grand Deacon
2018 Past Grand Sword Bearer
He is Chairman of the Board of the South African Branch Council, as well as the Inspector General 33rd Degree of the Rose Croix District of S A North West
W Bro. Leighton Shaw
Deputy District Grand Master
Initiated in Transvaal Lodge No. 1747 on 29th October 1997
Joined United Services Lodge No. 2967 on 16th April 2007
Joined Arcadia Lodge No. 7149 on 18th April 2009
Joined Transvaal District Grand Stewards Lodge No. 8192 on 05th November 2013
Joined Golden West Lodge No. 6689 on 01st April 2014
Joined Hartebeestpoort Lodge No. 8545 on 11th February 2015
Made an Honorary Member of Protea Lodge No. 6471 on 03rd June 2017
Joined Corinthian Lodge No. 7251 on 19th February 2018
Made an Honorary Member of Phoenix Lodge No. 3602 on 07th September 2018
Joined Bryanston Lodge No. 7815 on 20th February 2019
Joined Civil Service Lodge No. 3118 on 22nd May 2019
Has held the following District Appointments
2012 District Grand Steward
2013 District Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2016-2019 District Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies
2019-2020 District Grand Director of Ceremonies
2020-2024 Assistant District Grand Master
2024- Deputy District Grand Master
Has had the following Grand Ranks conferred on him
2022 Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
W Bro. Lance Epstein
Assistant District Grand Master
W Bro. Richard Woodward
Assistant District Grand Master
W Bro. Richard Hawthorne
Assistant District Grand Master
W Bro. Guy Rae
Assistant District Grand Master
W Bro. Vic Raison
Assistant District Grand Master
