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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Wembley Twilight Fun Run kept flame of athletics alive

June 9, 2020March 24, 2021 admin Abdullah Gangraker, Abdurahman Adams, Colin Clarke, Donovan Wright, Farwa Mentoor, Frank van der Horst, Freddie Williams, Graham Schaffers, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Fourie, Johan Landsman, John September, Jowaine Parrott, Martin Saayman, Melody Marcus, Odessa Krause, Odessa Swarts, Owen Machelm, Shawn Abrahams, Wayde van Niekerk, Wilfred Daniels

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS NON-RACIAL sport had always been ridiculed for not being up to standard. But this was without...

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1990 - Present Day Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

SACOS’ runners proved their mettle in Two Oceans

April 14, 2019 admin Allan Parrott, Anwar Mentoor, David Snyders, Desmond Zibi, Donovan Wright, Eniko Feher, Farwa Mentoor, Hosea Tjale, Johannes Brandt, John Korasie, John Kriel, Jowaine Parrott, Keith Court, Kosie Botha, Kosie Koopman, Maria Bak, Piet Koornhof, Thompson Magawana, Two Oceans marathon, Vincent Rakabele

By Allan Parrott and Clement du Plessis EVERY year, since 1970, on the Saturday of the Easter Weekend runners will...

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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Craig Steyn’s star shone bright like a diamond

April 3, 2018April 3, 2018 admin Allan Parrott, Dezroy Poole, Jowaine Parrott, Lionel Williams, Rubin Steyn, Tyrone Steyn

BY ALLAN PARROTT THIS is part one of the Craig Steyn story in a three-part series. DURING the late 1970s...

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1980s 1990 - Present Day Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Home-grown Farwa proves herself on the world stage with a record 10 ultra golds

February 3, 2017June 2, 2017 admin Anwar Mentoor, Belinda Nkonzo, Benita Paul, Carol Khume, Farwa Mentoor, Francine Skippers, Jowaine Parrott, Melody Marcus

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS FARWA Mentoor is a home-grown talent in the true sense of the word. Born and raised...

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1970s 1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Eric Hector pioneered senior schools cross country athletics

November 28, 2016April 20, 2018 admin A Dames, Andrew October, C Macaskell, Cecil Blows, Cynthia Khumalo, Edgar Bastian, Eric Hector, Freddie Williams, G de Bruyn, George Capito, George van der Ross, Gerald Hendricks, Gerald Naude, Gus Jacobs, H de Wet, Harry Hendricks, Herby Abrahams, Jowa Abrahams, Jowaine Parrott, Margaret Groenewald, Nicky January, Pat van Voore, Peter Forbes, Peter Loxton, Richard Rive, Roland Palm, Rosie Schaffers, Roslyn Meyer, Victor Snyders, Willie Londt, Willie Smith

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS RICHARD Rive, together with Harry Hendricks, played a pivotal role in providing athletics to thousands of...

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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018

Tessa Hefele – the meteoric rise of an 800m teen champ

March 12, 2016August 29, 2016 admin Anita Witbooi, Cecil Blows, Jowaine Parrott, Lucinda Klaasen, Mercia Misroll, Robin April, Roslyn Meyer, Sharon Klein, Tessa Hefele, Valda Booysen

“I GUESS it was my love of the sport, my dedication and my competitiveness that gave me the edge.” These...

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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018

Roslyn Meyer’s athletic success written in the stars

February 7, 2016August 20, 2017 admin Desiree Williams, Jowaine Parrott, Roslyn Meyer, Sharon Klein, Tessa Hefele, Valda Booysen, Zelda Muller

SHARING a living space with a white family and “feeling the heat of apartheid” at the height of her athletics...

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1990 - Present Day Athletics news Copyright ©2018

Brilliant Jowaine’s bold move wins the day

January 11, 2016May 15, 2018 admin Allan Parrott, Ann Trason, Anna van Wyk, Berna Daly, Carolyn Hunter-Rowe, Elizabeth Meloyer, Jeanette Abrahams, Jowaine Parrott, Maria Bak, Marina Opperman, Priscilla Windwaai, Roslyn Meyer, Sharon Klein, Valentina Shatyayeva, Zelda Muller

JOWAINE Lategan and her coach Allan Parrott defied the belief that athletes from the South African Council on Sport (Sacos)...

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1970s Athletics news Copyright ©2018

From Smith to Vester, Sacos stars capable of beating the world

July 30, 2015December 9, 2016 admin Cecil Blows, Edmund Lewis, Farwa Mentoor, Francine Scheepers, George van der Burg, Herman Gibbs, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Landsman, Jowaine Parrott, Kenny Roman, Leigh-Ann Naidoo, Nazeem Smith, Shaun Vester, Tania Brown, Terrence Smith, Theo, Theo Desmore

THE public reaction in the Cape Argus by supporters of the South African Council on Sport’s (Sacos) athletes has...

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