Cross-country races thrived in the Cape
COMMENT By Clement du Plessis THE Western Province Amateur Athletic and Cycling Association played an integral part in organising the
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Sam de Wet
Leslie Titus, a potential world beater, attracts curious Boks to mile race
By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS WOULD they have been world class? This is often the discussions in athletics circles about the
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Sam de Wet, 78, is back on the road after 50 years
By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS TURNING back the clock, Sam de Wet, 78, the Elsie’s River club’s oldest member and the
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Sam de Wet reigned supreme in the distance races
EVEN after 50 years, the name Sam de Wet still makes many athletics followers sit up and take notice of
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Willie Londt’s impressive feats stand tall
THE sporting achievements of Basil D’Oliveira, Papwa Sewgolum, David Samaai and others are often raised for the wrong reasons as
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Former track star Jacobus van der Berg dies
FORMER Western Province and South African Amateur Athletic and Cycling Board of Control athlete Jacobus van der Berg had died
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SP’s champion miler John Webb revisits athletics in the 1950’s
TRACK and Field Athletics, under the auspices of the South African Amateur Athletics Board (SAAAB), had been offering provincial colours
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Robin April masters two-lap race
STARTING track athletics as a senior at the age of 21, Robin April went on to become the senior men’s
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Catch me if you can, says Sam de Wet
THE name Sam de Wet might not resonate with the younger athletes, but De Wet was a big name in
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