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1960s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Cross-country races thrived in the Cape

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 admin Abe Carelse, Harry Hendricks, Jacobus van der Berg, John Korasie, John Webb, Julius Lottering, Leslie Titus, Norman Stoffberg, Richard Rive, Robin April, Ronald Webb, Sam de Wet, Solomon Briesies, Willie Londt

COMMENT By Clement du Plessis THE Western Province Amateur Athletic and Cycling Association played an integral part in organising the...

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1950s 1960s 1970s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

How luck benefitted Sinton in coach MacKay

October 28, 2016November 17, 2019 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, 2016November 20, 2017 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, 2016June 21, 2021 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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Former track star Jacobus van der Berg dies

August 12, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 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, 2016December 5, 2018 admin 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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The confectioner who became president

May 29, 2016August 29, 2016 admin C Blaauws, Colin Anders, G Jacobs, Gus Jacobs, Herman Abrahams, J Voss, Leslie Lykert, Okkie van Sensie, Robin April, Syd B Lotter

AMATEUR athletics had presidents of various persuasions down the years when athletics had been organised at venues such as Green...

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Gibbs takes sprinting to a higher level

April 10, 2016August 29, 2016 admin Alex Abercrombie, Allan O'Ryan, Gavin Benjamin, Gus Jacobs, Herman Gibbs, Ivan Masters, John Wippenaar, Kenny Roman, Norman Stoffberg, Richard Rive

HERMAN Gibbs’ battle with a serious infection of the bones (osteomyelitis) as a nine-year-old belies the fact that he was...

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Robin April masters two-lap race

March 26, 2016October 11, 2018 admin Bothner Kiewitz, Cecil Blows, Edgar Cloete, Herman Abrahams, Jacob van der Berg, Kenny Roman, Mervyn Davids, Robin April, Sam de Wet, William Jordaan

STARTING track athletics as a senior at the age of 21, Robin April went on to become the senior men’s...

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Schoolboy speed merchant Wippenaar blows opposition away

March 20, 2016August 29, 2016 admin Alex Abercrombie, Bob Hayes, Gareth McLean, Godfrey Jacobs, Henry Davids, Herman Gibbs, Ivan Masters, Jackie Swanepoel, Jim Hines, Kenny Roman, Robin April, Terrence Smith, Usain Bolt

“AS he grew older, maturity set in. His style became more fluent. Gone were the ungainly movement of arms...

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