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1970s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Cathy Freeman’s run stirred up Ruwayda’s sprinting days

February 1, 2018February 2, 2018 admin 0 Comments Cathy Freeman, Denise Haupt, Ismail Collier, Loretta Jeneke, Ruwayda Noor, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “I WAS given a ticket by my brother and his family to watch her race at

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The day Patrick Dowman cleared a record two metres

June 8, 2017June 10, 2017 admin 2 Comments Andrew Ferguson, charles cavernelis, Christy Davids, Dick Fosbury, Edmund Lewis, Garret Watts, Ismail Collier, Johan Muller, Mark Bowers, Norma Joseph, Patrick Dowman, Paul Adams, Sharon Alexander, Wilfred Daniels

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS EVER heard of the Fosbury Flop? No, it’s not a guy from Fosbury who failed hopelessly!

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SASSSA sprint champion Benjamin steps up and wins SA senior men’s 800m title

July 22, 2016December 5, 2018 admin 0 Comments Andy James, Basil Cameron, Christy Davids, Edmund Lewsi, Gavin Benjamin, Harold Davidse, Henry Davids, Ismail Collier, Marcello Fiasconaro, Norman Joseph, Roger Bannister, Sharon Alexander, Wilfred Daniels, Willie Davids, Winston Kloppers

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS HE was the schoolboy South African under 19 sprint champion in 1968 and the South African

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Cricket pitch roller cuts short Audrey Louw’s athletics career

July 15, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 3 Comments Audrey Louw, Christopher Minords, Frances Williams, Franklin Joshua, Joemat Idas, Norma Joseph, Sharon Alexander

ALL it took was a cricket pitch roller to end the promising athletics and ballet careers of Audrey Louw. Following

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Norma Joseph

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Schoolgirl Norma Joseph proves her class

June 24, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 2 Comments Audrey Louw, Dennis Mackay, Eddie May, Frances Williams, Loretta Jeneke, Norma Joseph, Shariefa Bardien, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo

THE year 1975 was a stand-out year for Norma Joseph as she won three South African junior ladies titles in

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Changing of the guard at 1977 SA champs

December 2, 2015August 29, 2016 admin 0 Comments charles cavernelis, Edmund Lewis, Errol Noble, Glenda Schaffers, Patrick Dowman, Ronel Juries, Ruwayda Henri, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo, Suezette Arendse

THE 1977 South African Amateur Athletics Board (SAAAB) Track and Field Championships in Port Elizabeth saw the changing of the

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Norman Joseph wins by a whisker

December 1, 2015August 29, 2016 admin 0 Comments Allan O'Ryan, Andy James, Christy Davids, Edmund Lewis, Ian Rutgers, Mohammed Paleker, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo, Wilfred Daniels

NORMAN Joseph, a lieutenant colonel with the South African Police Services and former crime reporter on a Cape Town newspaper,

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Super Suezette’s back in the record books

July 30, 2015October 26, 2016 admin 1 Comment Ingrid Arendse, Lizle Mulligan, Shaheeda Majiet, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo, Suezette Arendse, Tania Mulligan, Wenda Arnolds

SUZIE, Suezette, Suezette Arendse, this is how she was called in reverence in track and field circles. She was born

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