Since 1933, on the roads of Bellville

Bellville Athletics Club has its roots in the Parow Athletics and Cycling Club, founded in 1933 and renamed the Bellville Athletics and Cycling Club in 1938. In 1958 the athletics and cycling arms parted ways and the Bellville Athletics Club became autonomous.

Originally the club catered mostly for track and field athletics, but as road running grew the club split its management into two separate committees in 1982 — track & field and road running. Together those two committees make up the Bellville Athletics Club.

We have a proud heritage. Bellville athletes who have represented South Africa include Ewald Bonzet, Terence Brown, Heidi de Kock, Désiré du Plessis, Marilize Engelbrecht, Thea Kitshoff, Marcus la Grange, Esmari le Roux, Tanya Peckham, Bobang Phiri, Cornelius Uys, Adri van der Merwe, Chantelle Terblanche, Marius Hugo-Schlechter, John van Reenen, Esther Brand, Hennie Kotzé, Elana van Zyl and Marius van Heerden — to name only a few. Our current world-class athletes include Antonio Alkana and Rocco van Rooyen, with a long list of juniors coming up behind them.

Our coaches keep producing and our athletes keep performing: we contribute the most athletes to Western Province teams of any club, and many to national teams competing internationally. Two of our coaches hold IAAF qualifications; the rest are ASA qualified.