Alfred Rowing Club

🚣 Our next Story Waves is one for the history books — literally.

Alfred Rowing Club and Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club invite you to join us on Friday 31 July from 6:30pm for a fascinating illustrated talk by Barrie Gasson on the golden years of rowing on Table Bay.

Before the construction of the Duncan Dock and the destruction of the Pier ended it all, Table Bay was home to a thriving rowing scene. Barrie will take us through rowing’s revival after 20 moribund years from 1914 to 1934, how the sport spread to UCT, Rondebosch Boys High, and Bishops, and how the finest Pier in the world played its part — before the bay’s boat rowing era ended forever.

Barrie Gasson is a retired Senior Lecturer in City & Regional Planning at UCT and co-author of Deeds not Words (2014), a history of Alfred Rowing Club. He is currently writing a history of university and schools’ rowing in Cape Town up to 1975.

🍷 Bar opens at 6:30pm — come early to meet and mingle
🥗 Delicious snacks available from Rochelle’s Kitchen
🎤 Talk starts promptly at 7pm, followed by Q&A
🎟 Free entry — everyone is welcome

Please RSVP by Thursday 30 July for catering purposes.
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We look forward to seeing you there! 💙

Join us today at ZVYC

BOKKE ON THE
BIG SCREEN
Saturday 4 July | SA vs England kicks off
17:40
Come watch it with us at ZVYC! Tuckshop and bar open all day with light meals and snacks.
Members and the local community all welcome — bring your flag and your voice

The Friends of Zeekoevlei are hosting a day of boating on Saturday 27 June. Come down and shake off the cobwebs.

🌊 Story Waves is back — and this one is unmissable.

On Friday 26 June at 18:30, we welcome Sibusiso Sizatu to share one of the most remarkable sailing stories we have ever heard.

Sibu grew up as a herd boy in the rural village of Qumbu in the Eastern Cape. If you had told that nine-year-old boy that he would one day captain a winning crew in an international yacht race, he would never have believed it.

But that is exactly what happened.

In January 2026, Sibu and his crew — two guys and three girls — crossed the finish line of the prestigious Cape2Rio yacht race aboard the Alexforbes Angel Wings, beating the world. And that is just the beginning of the story. The drama of the boat being sunk on the way home? You are going to want to hear that part in person.

🍹 Bar opens at 18:30
🎙 Talk begins at 19:00, followed by Q&A
🥂 Drinks, snacks & socialising from 20:00
🎟 Free entry — everyone is welcome
📍 Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club & Alfred Rowing Club

RSVP by Thursday 25 June for catering purposes.
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We are excited to share some positive news in the ongoing effort to restore and protect Zeekoevlei.
Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club recently met with Alderman Andrews, Deputy Mayor of Cape Town, to discuss and plan our partnership with the City of Cape Town in supporting the dredging initiative to save our water body.
We are proud and excited to be working alongside the City of Cape Town towards the betterment of all Cape Town water catchment areas, and to be playing an active role in building a better future for water use in our city.
This is exactly the kind of collaboration and action that Zeekoevlei needs, and we are committed to doing everything we can to see it through. Together, we are making a difference. 💙
Watch the Zeekoevlei Dredging Update video for the latest on progress at the vlei.

STORY WAVES at Zeekoe Vlei 🌊

Join Alfreds Rowing Club & ZVYC for an unforgettable evening with naturalist and conservation storyteller Dalton Gibbs as he shares the remarkable story of the Cape Flats Erica (Erica verticillata) — once thought extinct, now revived through conservation efforts linked to Zeekoevlei.

📍 Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club
📅 Friday, 29 May 2026
🕡 Bar opens: 18:30 | Talk starts: 19:00

Come enjoy great stories, community, and delicious snacks by Rochelle’s Kitchen while learning about one of the Cape’s most inspiring environmental comebacks.

RSVP by 28 May: [email protected]

📣 Attention Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club & Alfred Rowing Club Members — Important Meeting This Thursday!
We'd love for you to join us on Thursday, 16 April from 6–7pm on Zoom as we discuss the current state of the club and the next steps regarding the vlei closure.
We'll be hearing from Jeremy Rose, who will provide a dredging update, as well as Pete Willson, who will be sharing a financial update and outlining the committee's planned next steps.
If you're unable to join us on the night, we will share the Zoom recording so you don't miss out.
🔗 Zoom link: https://luc.zoom.us/j/82844499179

📋 Meeting ID: 828 4449 9179

Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club, together with affected schools and rowing clubs, has issued a formal letter to the City of Cape Town demanding immediate action and transparency on the continued closure of Zeekoevlei.
This vital public resource supports thousands of learners, athletes, and community members; its prolonged closure is unacceptable.
We call for a clear plan to reopen Zeekoevlei and restore access for all.
City of Cape TownMayor Geordin Hill-Lewis