Ivan Masters

1960s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus 

Abercrombie raked in the accolades on and off the track

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 admin 0 Comments Alex Abercrombie, Fred Eagles, George Montanus, Gladstone Foster, Ivan Masters, Kenny Roman, Percy Sonn, Robin April, Rupert Williams

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is the final chapter of a two-part series about former star athlete, footballer and lawyer

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Abercrombie’s long and stellar athletics career was spurred on by a dash at age 6

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 admin 1 Comment Alex Abercrombie, Allan O'Ryan, Colin Barendilla, George van der Ross, Gladstone Foster, Henry Davids, Herman Gibbs, Ismail Collier, Ivan Masters, Jackie Swanepoel, John Wippenaar, Kenny Roman, Lawrence Jacobs

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a two-part series about the versatile South African champion athlete

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Sprint champions relive glory days

December 29, 2018January 16, 2019 admin 3 Comments Alex Abercrombie, Herman Gibbs, Ivan Masters, Patrick Steenkamp

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE year 1968 brought together three of the finest sprinters in South African athletics in Ivan

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Rhoode thrills at schools’ meeting with a record-breaking run in the 400m

April 20, 2017June 2, 2017 admin 2 Comments Abraham Charles, Allan O'Ryan, Andre Rhoode, Andy James, Bobang Phiri, Brian Daniels, Bronwyn Bock, Cedric Momberg, Clint Cloete, Cornel van Sitters, Dean Daniels, Derick Fredericks, George van der Burg, GT Moodley, Ismail Collier, Ivan Masters, Leon Pietersen, Mark Frank, Odessa Krause, Owen Machelm, Phoebius Mullins, Rashard Williams, Sammy Frans, Shaun Vester, Shawn Abrahams, Terrence Smith, Theo Desmore, Walter Fourie

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “THERE’S nothing better than to run in front of your own school at an athletics meeting

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How luck benefitted Sinton in coach MacKay

October 28, 2016November 17, 2019 admin 0 Comments Alex Abercrombie, Audrey Louw, Baron Kleinschmidt, Brian Louw, Cheryl Dixon, Dennis Mackay, Dick Mathee, Elize Morkel, Franklin Joshua, Gus Jacobs, Herman Gibbs, Ivan Masters, John Wippenaar, Khalid Desai, Laura Kleinschmidt, Lennie Witten, Lilian van der Schyff, Naomi Sylvester, Norman Stoffberg, Patricia Benn, Wesley Training College, WPSSSU

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is the final chapter of a two-part series about former athletics coach, the 83-year-old Dennis

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Joshua and MacKay masterminded first inter-house athletics meeting

October 21, 2016November 20, 2017 admin 7 Comments Audrey Louw, Bernie Levendal, Colin Barendilla, Connie Hartley, Daniel MacKay, Franklin Joshua, Herman Abrahams, Herman Gibbs, Ivan Masters, Julian Lenders, Pat Esau, Philip Tobias, Richard Rive, Wesley Training College

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE originators of the first inter-house schools’ athletics meeting affiliated to the Western Province Senior Schools

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Gibbs takes sprinting to a higher level

April 10, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 0 Comments Alex Abercrombie, Allan O'Ryan, Gavin Benjamin, Gus Jacobs, Herman Gibbs, Ivan Masters, John Wippenaar, Kenny Roman, Norman Stoffberg, Richard Rive

HERMAN Gibbs’ battle with a serious infection of the bones (osteomyelitis) as a nine-year-old belies the fact that he was

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Schoolboy speed merchant Wippenaar blows opposition away

March 20, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 2 Comments Alex Abercrombie, Bob Hayes, Gareth McLean, Godfrey Jacobs, Henry Davids, Herman Gibbs, Ivan Masters, Jackie Swanepoel, Jim Hines, Kenny Roman, Robin April, Terrence Smith, Usain Bolt

  “AS he grew older, maturity set in. His style became more fluent. Gone were the ungainly movement of arms

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