1970sAthletics newsCopyright ©2018HighlightsSpecial focusSubscriber Content admin July 18, 2019May 21, 2023 Abraham Charles, Allan O'Ryan, Andy James, Cecil Blows, Eddie May, Gareth McLean, George Montanus, Henry Charles, Herman Gibbs, Ismail Collier, Jock Munduray, Percy Chetty, Sharon Alexander, Vernon Balie, Wilfred Daniels, Yusuf Motala Thank you for the wonderful memories, says Gareth Mclean CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the last chapter of a four-part series about the former schoolboy and senior men’s sprint... This content is for Athletics Clipboard Subscribers only.Login Join Now Read More
1970sAthletics newsCopyright ©2018HighlightsSpecial focusSubscriber Content admin July 17, 2019March 22, 2022 Allan O'Ryan, Andy James, Eddie May, Gareth McLean, George Montanus, Herman Gibbs, Ismail Collier, Jumat Idas, Mohammed Paleker, Vernon Balie Mclean meets the legend BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the third chapter of a four-part series about Gareth Mclean (Read part two here).... This content is for Athletics Clipboard Subscribers only.Login Join Now Read More
1960s1970sCopyright ©2018HighlightsSpecial focusSubscriber Content admin July 16, 2019March 22, 2022 Abraham Charles, Cecil Blows, Eddie May, Henry Charles, Herman Gibbs, Ismail Collier, John Wippenaar, Kenny Roman, Lawrence Jacobs, Rashard Williams Mclean, the Cape Herald, Roman and Blows BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the second chapter of a four-part series about former Eastern Province sprint champion Gareth... This content is for Athletics Clipboard Subscribers only.Login Join Now Read More
1960sAthletics newsCopyright ©2018HighlightsSpecial focusSubscriber Content admin January 2, 2019March 22, 2022 Alex Abercrombie, Allan O'Ryan, Colin Barendilla, George van der Ross, Gladstone Foster, Henry Davids, Herman Gibbs, Ismail Collier, Ivan Masters, Jackie Swanepoel, John Wippenaar, Kenny Roman, Lawrence Jacobs Abercrombie’s long and stellar athletics career was spurred on by a dash at age 6 BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a two-part series about the versatile South African champion athlete... This content is for Athletics Clipboard Subscribers only.Login Join Now Read More
1970sAthletics newsCopyright ©2018HighlightsSpecial focusSubscriber Content admin April 26, 2018March 22, 2022 Allan O'Ryan, Andy James, Eddie May, Gareth McLean, Ismail Collier, Mohammed Paleker, Norma Joseph, Selwyn Steyn Mossel Bay’s James showed up in the red-hot cauldron of Cape sprinting BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the final story, featuring Andy James. Read part one here: How church athletic meetings... This content is for Athletics Clipboard Subscribers only.Login Join Now Read More
1970sAthletics newsCopyright ©2018HighlightsSpecial focusSubscriber Content admin April 20, 2018May 21, 2023 Abraham Charles, Allan O'Ryan, Andy James, Basil Kannemeyer, Edmund Lewis, Freddie Britten, Gareth McLean, Gavin Benjamin, George Montanus, Henry Charles, Henry Davids, Herman Gibbs, Ismail Collier, Jackie Swanepoel, Joe Warries, Kelly Holmes, Lawrence Jacobs, Mohammed Paleker, Peter Hartogh, Sedick Kalam, Vernon Balie, Wilfred Daniels How church athletic meetings inspired champion sprinter Andrew James CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is part one of the Andrew James story in a two-part series. (Featured photograph: Dame Kelly... This content is for Athletics Clipboard Subscribers only.Login Join Now Read More
1970sAthletics newsCopyright ©2018HighlightsSpecial focusSubscriber Content admin February 8, 2018May 21, 2023 Derrick Naidoo, Ismail Collier, Lux Gordhan, Ruwayda Noor, Sharon Hanslo, Suezette Arendse Ruwayda’s a carbon copy of Wilma Rudolph, says coach Lux Gordhan CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is the final chapter of a two-part series about former star athlete Ruwayda Henri. (Read part... This content is for Athletics Clipboard Subscribers only.Login Join Now Read More
1970sAthletics newsCopyright ©2018HighlightsSpecial focusSubscriber Content admin February 1, 2018March 22, 2022 Cathy Freeman, Denise Haupt, Ismail Collier, Loretta Jeneke, Ruwayda Noor, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo Cathy Freeman’s run stirred up Ruwayda’s sprinting days BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “I WAS given a ticket by my brother and his family to watch her race at... This content is for Athletics Clipboard Subscribers only.Login Join Now Read More
1970sAthletics newsCopyright ©2018HighlightsSpecial focusSubscriber Content admin October 26, 2017March 22, 2022 Andy James, Basil Kannemeyer, Gareth McLean, George Montanus, Ismail Collier, Mohammed Paleker, Terrence Smith, Vernon Balie, Wayde van Niekerk Vernon Balie races to a WP sprint double BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is the final chapter of a two-part series about ace sprinter Vernon Balie, centre, the... This content is for Athletics Clipboard Subscribers only.Login Join Now Read More
1970sAthletics newsCopyright ©2018HighlightsSpecial focusSubscriber Content admin June 8, 2017March 22, 2022 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 The day Patrick Dowman cleared a record two metres BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS EVER heard of the Fosbury Flop? No, it’s not a guy from Fosbury who failed hopelessly!... This content is for Athletics Clipboard Subscribers only.Login Join Now Read More
