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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
20th Apr 2022
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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
3rd Mar 2020
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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
5th Nov 2019
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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
26th Sep 2019
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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
24th Jul 2019
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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
13th Mar 2019
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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.
18th Jan 2019
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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.
15th Jan 2019
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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
16th Nov 2018
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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
15th Nov 2018
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