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Champion javelin thrower Fred Grovers’ magnificent rise to the top

December 23, 2015March 22, 2022 admin Bernard Adams, Clyde van Graan, Eddie May, Eugene Joseph, Fred Grovers, Harry Hendricks, Hassiem Heuwel, Jonathan de Kock, Julian Williams, Mark Botha, Nathan de Kock, Norman Stoffberg, Richard Rive, Susan Newman
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BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE boy is poetry in motion. These were the words South African Amateur Athletics Board (SAAAB)…

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