Bernard Adams

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May Pinto lauds Shaun Henry for her achievements

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 admin 0 Comments Amanda Forbay, Arthur Fraser, Benita Okkers, Bernard Adams, Bridget Ruiters, Carol Esau, Deon Porthen, Gawa Moyce, Gillian Kay, Glenda Patience, Graham Wicomb, Jonathan de Kock, May Pinto, Nathan de Kock, Peter Smith, Shaun Henry, Victor Snyders

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS Main picture, from left: May Pinto, Carol Esau, Gawa Moyce and Bridget Ruiters standing at the

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May Pinto’s young captaincy run at 16

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 admin 2 Comments Amanda Forbay, Andre Alexander, Argyle Stanfliet, Avril de Waal, Bernard Adams, Carol Esau, Caval Marthinussen, Charles Isaacs, Colleen MacKay, Dianne Carelse, Freddie Williams, Gawa Moyce, George van der Burg, Gillian Kay, Helena Marais, Ian February, Ingrid Arendse, Isaac Arendse, Ivan Nefdt, Jennifer Martin, Leon Pietersen, Mark Bowers, May Pinto, Michael Chitter, Patrick Meyer, Quinton Arendse, Sandra May, Shaun Henry, Steven Ganger, Taurique Achmat, Theodore Williams, Wilton Pick, Zaida Bardien

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS MAIN PICTURE: May Pinto, Bernard Adams, Leon Pietersen and Reneé Symonds THESE days there are sports leaders’

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Closure of Hewat Training College a shame

March 25, 2018March 25, 2018 admin 0 Comments Abou Desai, Allan O'Ryan (sprints), Andrew September, Andy Daniels, Andy James (sprints), Audrey Louw (sprints), Augustine Morkel (Okkie Morkel - shot put and discus), Bernard Adams, Clement du Plessis, Daniel Borman (javelin), Dawn Gossman (sprints) Keith Cyster (sprints), Duncan Crowie (800m), even briefly, Gareth Mclean (sprints), Gus Jacobs, Herman Gibbs (sprints), Ian Rutgers (sprints), Jeremy van Wyk (sprints), Joemat Edas, John Alexander (javelin), John Hendricks (middle distance), Johnny Braaf (middle distance), Kenny Roman (sprints)., Louis Roelf, Lynne Oliver (sprints), Moira Terhoeven (sprints), Nazeem Smith, Naziem Moos, Nico Mettler (sprints), Norman Stoffberg, Raymond Julius (sprints), Richard Rive, Robin April (middle distance), Ronald Campher (400m), Ronel Juries (200m and 800m), Russell Lykert (sprints), Suezette Arendse (sprints), Theresa Oliver (high jump), Trevor de Bruyn (all three jump events) and, Vernon Balie (sprints), Willie Londt

HEWAT Training College (HTC) in Crawford, Cape Town, over the years, has produced many top-class athletes as far back as

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Kids’ chance to show the world, says field champion Janine Turner

May 26, 2017May 9, 2018 admin 1 Comment Amiena Dollie, Bernard Adams, Cedric van Wyk, Cheryl October, Gawa Moyce, Janine Turner, Leigh-Ann Naidoo, Nariman Rylands, Roslyn Meyer, Sandra Petersen, Shameela Jordan

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS I WAS always eager to learn and improve my technique as a field athlete in the

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Cash-strapped Toll in race to Masters

March 3, 2017March 23, 2017 admin 0 Comments Aubrey Jaftha, Bernard Adams, Derick Fredericks, Desmond Zibi, Donovan Wright, Ebenezer Felix, Edwin Roems, Emeraan Ishmail, Freddie Damon, George Montanus, Harold Adams, Hermanus Williams, Jantjie Marthinus, Kathy Davids, Keith Mayer, Mark Frank, Mark Jacobs, Michael Toll, Shaheeda Majiet, Shawn Abrahams, Tobias Philander, Willie Davids

  FORMER senior schools’ and senior men’s 800m champion Michael Toll could hardly believe it when in the new era

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Remembering Bernard Adams – One Year after his death

July 13, 2016March 4, 2017 admin 1 Comment Bernard Adams, Isaac Arendse, Lionel Gideon

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS ON July 14, 2015, athletics lost a true great in Bernard Adams. Bernie or BA (pictured

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Life comes full circle in athletics for Gawa Moyce

May 15, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 1 Comment Andrew September, Bernard Adams, Calvin de Kock, Cedric van Wyk, Clement du Plessis, Edward Mulder, Gawa Moyce, Jantjie Marthinus, Keith Meyer, Melony Hitzeroth, Michelle Manuel, Mildred Olivier, Nazeem Smith, Naziem Moos, Neil Carelse, Suezette Arendse

PICKING up the shot for the first time at high school, Gawa Moyce went on to become a household name

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Champion javelin thrower Fred Grovers’ magnificent rise to the top

December 23, 2015November 24, 2017 admin 1 Comment Bernard Adams, Clyde van Graan, Eddie May, Eugene Joseph, Fred Grovers, Harry Hendricks, Hassiem Heuwel, Jonathan de Kock, Julian Williams, Mark Botha, Nathan de Kock, Norman Stoffberg, Richard Rive, Susan Newman

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE boy is poetry in motion. These were the words South African Amateur Athletics Board (SAAAB)

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Ian Rutgers wins SA 200m title on comeback trail

December 13, 2015August 29, 2016 admin 2 Comments Allan O'Ryan, Andy Rutgers, Bernard Adams, Christopher Johnson, Clement du Plessis, Craig Steyn, Edmund Lewis, Gareth McLean, Ian Rutgers, Jeremy van Wyk, Keith Cyster, Kenny Roman, Lesley Burgess, Nazeem Smith, Naziem Moos, Russell Lykert, Shaun Vester, Terrence Smith

IAN RUTGERS of Bishop Lavis High School was a sprinter and long jumper of many years – with a comeback

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Schoolboy Leon Pietersen, 15, breaks two-minute barrier in 800m race

November 19, 2015February 14, 2018 admin 0 Comments Bernard Adams, Cecil Blows, Freddie Williams, George van der Burg, Herman Abrahams, Ian Rutgers, Leon Pietersen, Robin April, Theo Desmore, Tommy van der Westhuizen

LEON Pietersen started out as a second-string sprinter, only to become the first 15-year-old South African Senior Schools Sports Association

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