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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Street mile runs out of favour in South Africa

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 admin 1 Comment Anita Witbooi, Brian Jonas, Cecil Witbooi, Colin Francke, Constance Stuurman, David Snyders, Donovan Wright, Ebenezer Felix, Edwin Roems, Emeraan Ishmail, Freddie Damon, Freddie Williams, Gadija Dawood, Harold Adams, Hendrik Klaase, Hennie Moses, Hermanus Williams, Isaac Opperman, Jantjie Marthinus, Jerome de Mornay, John September, Jowaine Lategan, Jurie Swartz, Keith Meyer, Lee Arends, Mark Frank, Martin Saayman, Michael Toll, Moos Hartnick, Mzoli Ngcawuzele, O'Neil Simpson, Priscila Windwaai., Ronald Williams, Sammy Claasen, Sharon Klein, Stephen Cloete, Tessa Hefele, Theo Desmore, Tobias Philander, Valda Booysen

THE Sacos-affiliated Western Province Amateur Athletic Union (WPAAU) provided the different forms of athletics to the disenfranchised in the Western

1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

How racial politics barred SA athletes from the international spotlight

July 13, 2017February 7, 2020 admin 2 Comments Basil D’Oliveira, Elliot Shale, Evette de Klerk, Hennie Moses, Humphrey Khosi, Isaac Opperman, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Fourie, Johan Landsman, Martin Saayman, Suezette Arendse, Tessa Hefele

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a three-part series about former star athlete Johan Landsman of

1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

How Wilfred Daniels breathed new life into coaching

February 11, 2017March 7, 2017 admin 2 Comments Abe Daniels, Allan Boesak, Allan O'Ryan, Allan Suban, Allan Zinn, Cedric van Wyk, Gus Jacobs, Harry Hendricks, Hennie Moses, Henry de Grass, Jakes Gerwel, Jantjie Marthinus, Jeff van der Merwe, John Cupido, Judy Abrahams, Lizette Nagan, Michelle Walker, Norman Roman, Patrick Naylor, Rashaad Williams, Richard van der Ross, Robin April, Roland Bastian, VJ Balram, Wilfred Daniels, William Legolie, Willie Davids, Winnie Mandela, Winston Kloppers

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS EACH generation of athletes would call their era the ‘golden period’ of athletics. The 1960’s

1950s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Leslie Titus, a potential world beater, attracts curious Boks to mile race

November 20, 2016February 7, 2020 admin 0 Comments Cecil Blows, Hennie Moses, John Webb, Kenny Roman, Leslie Titus, Sam de Wet, Willie Londt

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS WOULD they have been world class? This is often the discussions in athletics circles about the

1990 - Present Day Athletics news Copyright ©2018

Donovan Wright reached out, survived and won !

June 10, 2016March 4, 2017 admin 3 Comments Bobang Phiri, Decland Wright, Donovan Wright, Dougan Wright, Ewald Bonzet, Hendrick Ramaala, Hennie Moses, Hezekiél Sepeng, Jantjie Marthinus, John Donald, John September, Meshack Mogotsi, Michael Toll, Moos Hartnick, Shadrack Hoff, Shaun Abrahams, Stephen Donald, Tobias Philander, Tom Swartz

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “NO man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent,

1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Special focus

Marthinus triumphs over adversity

March 6, 2016March 4, 2017 admin 1 Comment Harold Adams, Hennie Moses, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Landsman, Wilfred Daniels

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS JANTJIE Marthinus rose above countless obstacles to become an unparalleled nine times senior men’s 800m champion.

1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018

Season the athletes came out to play

August 20, 2015August 30, 2016 admin 0 Comments Bernard Adams, Charlie Banjatwa, Christo Gouws, Edmund Lewis, Edwin Ncquazele, Edwin Roems, Harold Adams, Hennie Moses, Jantjie Marthinus, Lucas Koopman, Michael Toll, Nazeem Smith, Nico Vermeulen, Suezette Arendse, Tobias Philander

THE newspaper clipping bears out some of the top achievers during the 1980s. Top left, Jantjie Marthinus, Harold Adams tucked in

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