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Kwikfit Standard Triathlon – Gordon’s Bay, November 1990.  Text by Jason Bailey and images by Shawn Benjamin Twenty-five years ago, triathlon in South Africa was a small, grassroots sport. The event calendar was dominated by “Standards” and “Half Standards,” the former being what is known today as Olympic Distance. Organised by provincial committees on a […]

It seems like yesterday that I was in Israel with my family but it has been 5 months since our trip to this amazing country.  The contrast is huge from the first world and all the way back to biblical times.  I have selected about 50 images for this visual blog, however we have many […]

I have just had a very busy working weekend, but a very good one.  I was one of the official photographers for the inaugural FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN organised by Michael Meyer from Stillwater Sports that also organise Wine 2 Whales, the ProNutro African X Trailrun, the Totalsports XTERRA and many more.  The FNB Cape Town […]

Once again I had the privilege of being one of the official race photographers of the world’s most beautiful marathon, the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon 2015 which was another huge success.  Approximately 11 000 runners took part in the 56 km Ultra Marathon event,  a far cry from the original 27 pioneering runners that […]

Yesterday  I went to support my friends riding for Team PharmaChoice for the final day of the Cape Epic.  For those that are not familiar with this event it is eight days of solid mountain biking on rough off-road terrain.  They average about 100 kilometres a day and climb in excess of 2000 metres a day. […]

Nana’s Soup Kitchen Most people that know me will know that I spend a fair amount of time on my mountain bike.  Two of my close cycling friends Sean Stephenson and Ben Mathewson are cycling the Cape Epic and in the process are raising funds for the Hopetown Soup Kitchen for children. My roots are in […]