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The day Patrick Dowman cleared a record two metres

June 8, 2017June 10, 2017 admin 0 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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How Wilfred Daniels breathed new life into coaching

February 11, 2017March 7, 2017 admin 2 Comments Abe Daniels, Allan Boesak, Allan O'Ryan, Allan Suban, Allan Zinn, Cedric van Wyk, Gus Jacobs, Harry Hendricks, Hennie Moses, Henry de Grass, Jakes Gerwel, Jantjie Marthinus, Jeff van der Merwe, John Cupido, Judy Abrahams, Lizette Nagan, Michelle Walker, Norman Roman, Patrick Naylor, Rashaad Williams, Richard van der Ross, Robin April, Roland Bastian, VJ Balram, Wilfred Daniels, William Legolie, Willie Davids, Winnie Mandela, Winston Kloppers

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS EACH generation of athletes would call their era the ‘golden period’ of athletics. The 1960’s

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Former athlete honours coach Willie Davids

September 30, 2016October 2, 2016 admin 0 Comments Christy Davids, Clement du Plessis, Dianne Carelse, Emeraan Ishmail, Henry du Plessis, Herman Abrahams, Kevin Africa, Khalid Desai, Leon Pietersen, Robin April, Shaheeda Majiet, Wilfred Daniels, Willie Davids

By Emeraan Ishmail DURING the “golden years” of non-racial sport during Apartheid in the 1980’s,

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Former track star Jacobus van der Berg dies

August 12, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 0 Comments Edgar Cloete, Jacobus van der Berg, Robin April, Sam de Wet, Wilfred Daniels

FORMER Western Province and South African Amateur Athletic and Cycling Board of Control athlete Jacobus van der Berg had died

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

July 22, 2016August 29, 2016 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

HE was the schoolboy South African under 19 sprint champion in 1968 and the South African senior men’s 800m champion

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Marthinus triumphs over adversity

March 6, 2016March 4, 2017 admin 0 Comments Harold Adams, Hennie Moses, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Landsman, Wilfred Daniels

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS JANTJIE Marthinus rose above countless obstacles to become an unparalleled nine times senior men’s 800m champion.

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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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Bernard Adams has run his last race

September 7, 2015August 30, 2016 admin 1 Comment Bernard Adams, Clement du Plessis, Godfrey Fitz, Lionel Gideon, Nathan Sassman, Nazeem Smith, Naziem Moos, Wilfred Daniels

TO WRITE about one of your friends who has died is horrendous. Just last week, the national coach and former

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Wilfred Daniels has track hat trick

August 3, 2015August 30, 2016 admin 0 Comments Wilfred Daniels

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