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    VWS Trail Challenge Table Mountain 2022

    It’s back!! After a 2-year hiatus due to Covid19, we’re extremely excited to be bringing back our VWS Trail Challenge –  to test the grit

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    20th Apr 2022 No Comments
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    VWS Trail Challenge Table Mountain 2020

    The original VWS Trail Challenge on the slopes of Table Mountain is back for its 16th year in 2020, and now with a brand-new start

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    3rd Mar 2020 2 Comments
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    VWS Nuweberg Trail Challenge – 14 November 2021

    Please note ticket sales were originally stopped due to COVID-19 regulations which prohibit gatherings of more than 100 people.Due to the level change only in September

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    5th Nov 2019 2 Comments
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    VWS OPEN DAY – 30TH NOVEMBER 2019

    It’s time for the annual VWS Open Day 2019! It is once again at the Newlands Forest Fire Base in Newlands Forest on the 30th

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    26th Sep 2019 4 Comments
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    Training Day

    First published on 17 July 2019 in Bolander Lifestyle & Property. Republished with kind permission of Cape Community NewspapersBYLINE: NORMAN MCFARLANE The line of hazard

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    24th Jul 2019 No Comments
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    VWS Trail Challenge 2019

      Sunday 12th May 2019 saw the 14th running of the Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) Trail Challenge on the beautiful slopes of Table Mountain. The

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    13th Mar 2019 No Comments
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    Cape Talk interview on Tonight with Lester – Jon Meinking and Peter Wynne with Tim Lindy

    Newlands base Marketing Manager Jon Meinking and Planning & Operations Manager Peter Wynne joins hiker Tim Lundy as they chat to Cape Talk’s Lester Kiewit.

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    18th Jan 2019 No Comments
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    Cape Talk interview on Tonight with Lester

    Haydon Dawe chats to Cape Talk’s Lester Kiewit about the Volunteer Wildfire Services and battling fires in the Overstrand & Betty’s Bay area.

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    15th Jan 2019 No Comments
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    Inaugural VWS Nuweberg Trail Challenge 2018 a great succcess

    A cool overcast morning welcomed the 242 runners who ran the inaugural Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) Nuweberg Trail Challenge in the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve

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    16th Nov 2018 6 Comments
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    South Peninsula officially opens new base

    Volunteer Wildfire Services opens a new base dedicated to the South Peninsula Frequent wildfires are becoming more erratic and intense in the Western Cape. Therefore

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    15th Nov 2018 No Comments
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