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EP’s Mclean challenged the Cape’s best

July 15, 2019July 18, 2019 admin 1 Comment Aladdin Mclean, Allan O'Ryan, Andy James, Gareth McLean, George Montanus, Henry Davids, Herman Gibbs, Ismail, Jackie Swanepoel, John Wippenaar, Kenny Roman, Mohammed Hanief Paleker, Mohammed Paleker, Peter Ngobeni, Robin McLean, Vernon Balie, Wessel Oosthuizen

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a four-part series about the former Eastern Province champion sprinter

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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Slightly-built Thaabiet Abrahams is one for the books

March 11, 2018 admin 0 Comments charles cavernelis, Daniel Orange, Garret Watts, Lucas Koopman, Norman Newfeldt, Patrick Dowman, Robin McLean, Thaabiet Abrahams, Trevor de Bruyn, Vernon Burgins, Willem Jansen

THAABIET Abrahams of the Vygieskraal-based Spartans Amateur Athletics Club was a tremendous athlete in all three disciplines of the jump

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1970s 1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Rutgers epitomised sprinting and was a seven-metre long jumper

September 7, 2017September 6, 2018 admin 1 Comment Christopher Johnson, Eddie Pratt, Edmund Lewis, Ian Rutgers, Jeremy van Wyk, Keith Cyster, Michael Chitter, Nazeem Smith, O’Neill Simpson, Peter Meyer, Richard Rive, Robin April, Robin McLean, Russell Lykert, Ruwayda Noor, Selwyn Thomas, Shaun Vester, Terrence Smith, Trevor de Bruyn

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “NO signs of straining or tension in the face, neck and shoulders. The Appearance of being

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