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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

Booysen’s switch to athletics paid handsome dividends

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 admin Esau Faro, Joseph Strydom, Ricardo Williams, Ruben Booysen, Shawn Abrahams, Steven Swarts, Tobias Philander, Willem Jack

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE athletics reputation of woodwork master Tobias Philander had a positive influence on a group of...

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

Meeting with Mandela convinced Landsman of his choice

July 27, 2017September 14, 2017 admin Bobby McGee, Donavan Wright, Elana Meyer, Farwa Mentoor, Hennie Kriel, Isaac Opperman, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Cronje, Johan Fourie, Johan Landsman, Jowaine Parrot, Melody Marcus, Nelson Mandela, Noureddine Morceli, Shawn Abrahams, Suezette Arendse, Tessa Hefele

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is the final chapter of a three-part series about former star Johan Landsman who met...

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

Rhoode thrills at schools’ meeting with a record-breaking run in the 400m

April 20, 2017June 2, 2017 admin Abraham Charles, Allan O'Ryan, Andre Rhoode, Andy James, Bobang Phiri, Brian Daniels, Bronwyn Bock, Cedric Momberg, Clint Cloete, Cornel van Sitters, Dean Daniels, Derick Fredericks, George van der Burg, GT Moodley, Ismail Collier, Ivan Masters, Leon Pietersen, Mark Frank, Odessa Krause, Owen Machelm, Phoebius Mullins, Rashard Williams, Sammy Frans, Shaun Vester, Shawn Abrahams, Terrence Smith, Theo Desmore, Walter Fourie

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “THERE’S nothing better than to run in front of your own school at an athletics meeting...

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

Cash-strapped Toll in race to Masters

March 3, 2017March 23, 2017 admin Aubrey Jaftha, Bernard Adams, Derick Fredericks, Desmond Zibi, Donovan Wright, Ebenezer Felix, Edwin Roems, Emeraan Ishmail, Freddie Damon, George Montanus, Harold Adams, Hermanus Williams, Jantjie Marthinus, Kathy Davids, Keith Mayer, Mark Frank, Mark Jacobs, Michael Toll, Shaheeda Majiet, Shawn Abrahams, Tobias Philander, Willie Davids

FORMER senior schools’ and senior men’s 800m champion Michael Toll could hardly believe it when in the new era...

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

Top achiever Mark Frank is a champion of the underdog

February 24, 2017March 4, 2017 admin Cecil Witbooi, Colin Francke, Derek Fredericks, Ebenezer Felix, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Landsman, Keith Meyer, Mark Frank, Michael Toll, Odessa Krause, Odessa Swarts, Shaun Vester, Shawn Abrahams, Stephen Cloete

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS TAKE something so ordinary, flip it, and do it differently. The words of Mark Frank, poet,...

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1990 - Present Day Athletics news Copyright ©2018

Teachers put Shawn Abrahams on the right track

July 8, 2016March 6, 2017 admin Andre Rhoode, Derick Fredericks, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Landsman, Mark Franks, Shawn Abrahams

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE story of Shawn Abrahams, a young man who shot to prominence from the dusty streets...

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