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Richard Rive

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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Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Closure of Hewat Training College a shame

March 25, 2018March 25, 2018 admin Abou Desai, Allan O'Ryan (sprints), Andrew September, Andy Daniels, Andy James (sprints), Audrey Louw (sprints), Augustine Morkel (Okkie Morkel - shot put and discus), Bernard Adams, Clement du Plessis, Daniel Borman (javelin), Dawn Gossman (sprints) Keith Cyster (sprints), Duncan Crowie (800m), even briefly, Gareth Mclean (sprints), Gus Jacobs, Herman Gibbs (sprints), Ian Rutgers (sprints), Jeremy van Wyk (sprints), Joemat Edas, John Alexander (javelin), John Hendricks (middle distance), Johnny Braaf (middle distance), Kenny Roman (sprints)., Louis Roelf, Lynne Oliver (sprints), Moira Terhoeven (sprints), Nazeem Smith, Naziem Moos, Nico Mettler (sprints), Norman Stoffberg, Raymond Julius (sprints), Richard Rive, Robin April (middle distance), Ronald Campher (400m), Ronel Juries (200m and 800m), Russell Lykert (sprints), Suezette Arendse (sprints), Theresa Oliver (high jump), Trevor de Bruyn (all three jump events) and, Vernon Balie (sprints), Willie Londt

HEWAT Training College (HTC) in Crawford, Cape Town, over the years, has produced many top-class athletes as far back as...

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1970s 1980s Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Athletics to kick-off school calendar year

January 13, 2018January 14, 2018 admin Amien Lagardien, Dennis Mackay, Freddie Britton, John Thomas, Nazeem Smith, Patrick Steenkamp, Richard Rive, Robin April

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS SCHOOLS re-open on Monday, 15 January 2018 for staff and on Wednesday, 17 January for pupils....

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

Rutgers epitomised sprinting and was a seven-metre long jumper

September 7, 2017September 6, 2018 admin Christopher Johnson, Eddie Pratt, Edmund Lewis, Ian Rutgers, Jeremy van Wyk, Keith Cyster, Michael Chitter, Nazeem Smith, O’Neill Simpson, Peter Meyer, Richard Rive, Robin April, Robin McLean, Russell Lykert, Ruwayda Noor, Selwyn Thomas, Shaun Vester, Terrence Smith, Trevor de Bruyn

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “NO signs of straining or tension in the face, neck and shoulders. The Appearance of being...

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

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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1950s Athletics news Copyright ©2018

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

July 29, 2016August 29, 2016 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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1950s Athletics news Copyright ©2018

Eddie May remembers Richard Rive – Part 3

May 7, 2016May 6, 2017 admin Alexander Sinton, Cecil Blows, Dennis Mackay, District Six, Eddie May, Franklin Joshua, Harry Hendricks, Richard Rive

THIS is the final chapter of a three-part series about former star athlete and sports coach, the 84-year-old Eddie May...

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1950s Athletics news Copyright ©2018

Eddie May remembers Richard Rive – Part 2

May 1, 2016February 3, 2020 admin District Six, Eddie May, JM Joshua, Norman Stoffberg, Peter Forbes, Richard Rive

This is the second chapter of a three-part series about former star athlete and sports coach, the 84-year-old Eddie May...

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Eddie May salutes life-long friend Richard Rive

April 24, 2016February 8, 2021 admin District Six, Eddie May, Oxford University, Richard Rive, Trafalgar High School

IT WAS by sheer accident that Athletics Clipboard stumbled on an incredible trove of previously untold stories about District Six...

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