Career
Other cyclists of his era are Alan van Heerden and Robbie McIntosh. Ertjiesberg on the R 500 main road between Fochville and Parys is named after him. He had a regular workout here.
A student at the Potchefstroom University from 1976 to 1978, he exercised relentlessly to become a Springbok cyclist.
To him, this trip was just a regular brief exercise.