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Coach Eddie May dies aged 90

May 17, 2022May 18, 2022 admin

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS CALL me Coach, yes Mr May. I could never call him Coach and always called him...

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Book launch at the Beautiful Lounge

March 3, 2022March 22, 2022 admin Beautiful Lounge, Clement du Plessis, Kevin Zinn, Shirley Zinn

THE Beautiful Lounge . . . With your hosts, Kevin Zinn and Shirley Zinn at the book launch of Other...

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First book about non-racial athletics, Other side of the track, released

January 12, 2022March 22, 2022 admin 0 Comments Clement du Plessis, Other side of the track, Untold stories of athletics 1898-1994

OTHER side of the track, the first book about non-racial athletics, has been released during the festive season. See the

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South Africa’s race policy bankrupted athletics in spite of glowing messages

July 11, 2018March 22, 2022 admin

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE South African Senior and Junior Championships were held at the De Beers stadium, Griqualand West...

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Leslie Titus, a potential world beater, attracts curious Boks to mile race

November 20, 2016March 22, 2022 admin Cecil Blows, Hennie Moses, John Webb, Kenny Roman, Leslie Titus, Sam de Wet, Willie Londt

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS WOULD they have been world class? This is often the discussions in athletics circles about the...

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How luck benefitted Sinton in coach MacKay

October 28, 2016March 22, 2022 admin Alex Abercrombie, Audrey Louw, Baron Kleinschmidt, Brian Louw, Cheryl Dixon, Dennis Mackay, Dick Mathee, Elize Morkel, Franklin Joshua, Gus Jacobs, Herman Gibbs, Ivan Masters, John Wippenaar, Khalid Desai, Laura Kleinschmidt, Lennie Witten, Lilian van der Schyff, Naomi Sylvester, Norman Stoffberg, Patricia Benn, Wesley Training College, WPSSSU

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is the final chapter of a two-part series about former athletics coach, the 83-year-old Dennis...

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Joshua and MacKay masterminded first inter-house athletics meeting

October 21, 2016March 22, 2022 admin Audrey Louw, Bernie Levendal, Colin Barendilla, Connie Hartley, Daniel MacKay, Franklin Joshua, Herman Abrahams, Herman Gibbs, Ivan Masters, Julian Lenders, Pat Esau, Philip Tobias, Richard Rive, Wesley Training College

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE originators of the first inter-house schools’ athletics meeting affiliated to the Western Province Senior Schools...

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Sam de Wet reigned supreme in the distance races

October 7, 2016March 22, 2022 admin De Villiers Lamprecht, Jacobus van der Berg, Leslie Titus, Peter Forbes, Peter Snell, Robin April, Sam de Wet, Wayde van Niekerk

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

September 3, 2016March 22, 2022 admin Aljy Winn, Georgie Capito, Gerald Marshall, Goolam Abed, John Webb, Katherine Diedericks, Kenny de Bruyn, Kenny Maggott., Leslie Titus, Louis Newman, Marilyn Welch, Norman Stoffberg, Peter Forbes, Rosie Oliphant, Rosie Schaffers, Sam de Wet, William Londt, William Pick, Winston Kloppers

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE sporting achievements of Basil D’Oliveira, Papwa Sewgolum, David Samaai, and others are often raised for...

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SP’s champion miler John Webb revisits athletics in the 1950’s

July 29, 2016March 22, 2022 admin Alex Moses, Attie de Villiers, Attie Williams, Cecil Blows, Desmond de Monk, Donald Fuller, Eric Hector, Gerald Hendricks, Gerald Marshall, Harry Hendricks, John Webb, Johnny Jethro, Leslie Titus, RC Hepburn, Richard Jethro, Richard Rive, Rosie Oliphant, Sam de Wet, Sybil Smith

TRACK and Field Athletics, under the auspices of the South African Amateur Athletics Board (SAAAB), had been offering provincial colours...

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