Cross-country races thrived in the Cape
COMMENT By Clement du Plessis THE Western Province Amateur Athletic and Cycling Association played an integral part in organising the
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1960s
How luck benefitted Sinton in coach MacKay
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“AS he grew older, maturity set in. His style became more fluent. Gone were the ungainly movement of arms
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