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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Street mile runs out of favour in South Africa

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 admin 1 Comment Anita Witbooi, Brian Jonas, Cecil Witbooi, Colin Francke, Constance Stuurman, David Snyders, Donovan Wright, Ebenezer Felix, Edwin Roems, Emeraan Ishmail, Freddie Damon, Freddie Williams, Gadija Dawood, Harold Adams, Hendrik Klaase, Hennie Moses, Hermanus Williams, Isaac Opperman, Jantjie Marthinus, Jerome de Mornay, John September, Jowaine Lategan, Jurie Swartz, Keith Meyer, Lee Arends, Mark Frank, Martin Saayman, Michael Toll, Moos Hartnick, Mzoli Ngcawuzele, O'Neil Simpson, Priscila Windwaai., Ronald Williams, Sammy Claasen, Sharon Klein, Stephen Cloete, Tessa Hefele, Theo Desmore, Tobias Philander, Valda Booysen

THE Sacos-affiliated Western Province Amateur Athletic Union (WPAAU) provided the different forms of athletics to the disenfranchised in the Western

1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

High jump champ Claudine soared above adversity

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 admin 0 Comments Annelise Meiring, Anuschka Govender, Cheryl October, Claudine Fisher, Clive Doren, Clyde van Graan, Deon Hugo, Evan Abrahams, Mohamed Shaik, Nathan Sassman, Patrick Dowman, Reggie Dreyer, Stephen Cloete, Tania Brown

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a two-part series about the multi-talented Claudine Fisher of South

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 2 Comments 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,

1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018

No-frills Leigh-Ann draws attention in the javelin

February 28, 2016September 4, 2016 admin 0 Comments Cheryl October, Colin Francke, Derrick Naidoo, Ismail Collier, Kaashief Toefy, Leigh-Ann Naidoo, Mitz Isaacs, Natasha Pretorious, Neville Alexander, Odessa Krause, Shamiela Davids, Stephen Cloete, Toya Adams, Wayde van Niekerk

THROWING the ball from base to base in softball was how Leigh-Ann Naidoo discovered her talent as a star javelin

1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Special focus

Injury spikes Cheryl October’s Olympic dream

February 12, 2016August 14, 2019 admin 4 Comments Bronwyn Bock, Cheryl October, Claudine Fisher, Ismail Collier, Leigh-Ann Naidoo, Michael Toll, Mitz Isaacs, Nariman Rylands, Noreen Julie, Odessa Krause, Stephen Cloete, Tania Brown

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS A BRAIN haemorrhage, caused by a ruptured aneurysm, cut short a brilliant sports career and nearly

1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018

Cloete comes good at champ of champs

August 31, 2015August 6, 2017 admin 0 Comments Aldridge Groener, Alex Moses, Andre Alexander, Charles Sprinkle, Christy Davids, Dianne Carelse, Garth Heldsinger, George van der Burg, Greg Sampson, Henry du Plessis, Jerome Sprinkle, Kevin Afrika, Leon Pietersen, Mark Frank, Michael Toll, Mohammed Paleker, Nariman Rylands, Odessa Krause, Pierre Abrahams, Sharon Siljeur, Stephen Cloete

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE Stephen Cloete story is one of sheer and utter determination to reach the top.

Odessa Krause Swarts

1990 - Present Day Athletics news Copyright ©2018

Speed queen Odessa lights up athletics scene

August 28, 2015May 30, 2017 admin 0 Comments Odessa Krause, Qanita Nazier, Sandra Petersen, Shamiela Davids, Stephen Cloete, Wayde van Niekerk

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS WEDNESDAY 26 August 2015 was a day to savour: the day South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk

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