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AQUATICS ON THE CAPE FLATS BY ROBIN ADAMS
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WIMMING HAS LONG BEEN POPULAR at the
University of the Western Cape, but now rowing, water polo and even lifesaving are making a splash (pun intended). They may be fledgling sports on campus but some of those involved have lofty ambitions of one day producing Africa’s best aquatics stars.
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ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES behind aquatic sports development at UWC is senior sports administrator, Derick Orderson. He is probably one of the most recognisable faces on campus, having worked here since 1986, a year infamously memorable for Diego Maradona having a hand in helping Argentina clinch the FIFA World Cup. It was also the year Orderson, without any special training and only access
UWC has the only heated and covered Olympic-size POOL in South Africa. DERICK ORDERSON
