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1970s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus 

Ruwayda’s a carbon copy of Wilma Rudolph, says coach Lux Gordhan

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 admin 0 Comments Derrick Naidoo, Ismail Collier, Lux Gordhan, Ruwayda Noor, Sharon Hanslo, Suezette Arendse

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is the final chapter of a two-part series about former star athlete Ruwayda Henri.  (Read

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Ruwayda Henri
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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Norma Joseph
1970s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 

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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1970s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 

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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1970s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 

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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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 

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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