Past Recognition Awards Ceremony
On 01 April 2023 Cycling South Africa hosted a past recognition awards ceremony at the Belville Velodrome, Cape Town.
The aim of the ceremony was recognition and reconciliation. Cycling South Africa wants to honour the achievements of riders during the 1960 -1980 era that due to political standings at the time did not receive the necessary praise.
Mr. Charles Beukes the honorary member of Cycling South Africa wrote: “Unique Cycling history was made Saturday at the Belville Velodrome during SA Track National championships when Cycling (arguably) became one of the first National Federations after rugby, to honour their heroes from the past who because of APARTHEID was denied the opportunity to gain national colours or participate internationally. A big thumbs up to the president Qondisa Ngwenya and his Cycling South Africa Team.”
A fantastic turn out saw invited guests re-connect with each other and re-live their racing memories. Multiple Road and Track Championship titles were achieved by these attendees.
The honorary national colours were presented by Cycling South Africa President Qondisa Ngwenya and Secretary General Somilanathi Thinga.
Mr Charles Beukes kindly provided us with information on the attendees to remember and celebrate the achievements and victories during the past years.
PRE 1970 SA CYCLING ASSOCIATION [SACA]
- WILLIE DE WET
- WILLIAM CLOETE
- BENJAMIN SAUNDERS [PH]
- JAN JANTJIES
- CUPIDO GREEN [PH]
- RALPH WILLIAMS [PH]
- BASIL WILLIAMS [PH]
- GILBERT BONTHUYS [PH]
- NAAIM DE VOS [PH]
SACA [ SA CYCLING ASSOCIATION] UNTIL 1977 [SACOS]
- RUSTUM KARRIEM
- ARTHUR DIRKS
- CHESTERTON PIETERSE
- MAHMUD VALLEY [PH]
- PETRONELLA PIETERSE
- STEVEN BENJAMIN
- BENJAMIN SOLOMONS
- SIMON SWIEGELAAR
- BARON WILLIAMS
- KOOS FILANIE
- PIERRE LEUKES
- PETER CAROLISSEN
- BRIAN NEWMAN
- THEO BEUKES
- JACOBUS JANTJIES
- JACKSON JANTJIES
- JOHANNES [BOET] JANTJIES
- HILMI CONRAD
SACB [SA CYCLING BOARD] 1978 -1988 [SACOS]
- TESSEL CROTZ
- JACQUES DE BRUYN
- DOUGLAS CROTZ
- RONALD SYFERS
- WILLIAM NEWMAN
- CHARLES BEUKES
- ANDRE STARLING
- DAVID COLEMAN
- MICHAEL WILLIAMS
- JOHAN GERWEL [PH]
- STANLEY JOHNSON
- PERCIAL MARLOW
Cycling South Africa would like to thank all the attendees for joining us over the weekend as we celebrated the past recognition awards ceremony. They have all demonstrated excellence in their respective fields and continue to inspire us all. It has been a humbling experience to be in the presence of such incredible passion, and we are grateful for the opportunity to recognize and honour their contributions to the sport of cycling.
We at Cycling South Africa believe that recognition and reconciliation is an integral part of a positive culture and moving forward, and we want to continue to recognize and appreciate our heroes of the past for the their efforts and commitment to excellence. So, once again to all our honourees – congratulations on this well-deserved recognition.
