FISH HOEK ATHLETIC CLUB

So Proudly . . .

History

From humble beginnings . . .

It was in September 1977 that DJ Price, Don Holgate, Paddy Mills and Bert Thompson first met at DJ’s house to found the Fish Hoek Athletic Club.

Four members however were not enough to register a club, and Don Holgate’s children were quickly recruited as members to make up the required numbers.

 

The next hurdle to overcome was getting together the R50 required for registration.  Paddy Mills’ mom of the Avenue Hotel came to the rescue though, and generously sponsored  the (then pretty steep) registration costs.

 

And so the Fish Hoek Athletic Club was born.  They really got going in 1978, with regular meetings held in Don Holgate’s garage.  A favourite meeting place to run was the Garden of Remberance at the bottom of Kommetjie Road.

 

Jess Hutchinson, the son of Mavis Hutchinson (known in the late 70’s as the “Galloping Granny”) came up with idea to run a Fun Run (the first Fun Run in the area) in conjunction with the Mardi Gras.  This event, then run on the 2nd January, with a start at the back of AP Jones, was to become the South-Easter.

 

The first president of the Club was John Buck, and this position was ably taken over by DJ Price a number of years ago, upon John’s demise.  In October last year, DJ became the only person to have completed every Voet van Afrika Marathon ever run.  This year sees the 31st year of the race.  As a matter of interest, DJ ran his first marathon (Peninsula) in 1965.

The current clubhouse was opened in 1991.

 

The Club salutes our past Chairmen, who have stood “the test of time” in ensuring the success of the Club:-

1977                   Don Holgate

1978                   DJ Price

1979                   Paddy Mills

1980                   Alan Brown

1981                   DJ Price

1982                   Mike Tiffin

1983                   Peter Jackson

1984                   DJ Price

1985-1987         Alan Brown

1988                   Mel McClarty

1989                   C. Murray-Smith

1990                   Allan Pratt

1991-1992         Tim Pritchett

1993                   Ian Raath

1994                   Cedric Grebe

1995                   Douglas Rossouw

1996                   Rodney Burton

1997                   Charmaine Roynon

1998-1999         Margaret Harrison

2000                   Jim Harwood

2001                   DJ Price

2002                   Brian Molyneaux

2003-2004         Andrew Campbell

2005                   Douglas Rossouw

2006–2009         Andrew Campbell

2009—present   Rhona Cammell

 

We applaud each of the above for their contribution to the growth of the Club.

A special word of thanks to Kim Jenkinson-Wright for compiling this history.