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

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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‘Mark, the 400’, digs into coaching and expertise

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS HAVING interviewed many of the unsung heroes of our time in athletics, I have come across...

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NO obstacle too great for single-minded Melody

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS FORMER sprint sensation Havilyne Elders had plucked schoolgirl Melody Marcus from the school benches of Bellville...

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Eric Hector pioneered senior schools cross country athletics

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

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Leslie Titus, a potential world beater, attracts curious Boks to mile race

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS WOULD they have been world class? This is often the discussions in athletics circles about the...

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Sizzling Sandra burns up the track

SANDRA Petersen was blessed with an abundance of sprinting talent that kept her in the winner’s circle for most of...

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How luck benefitted Sinton in coach MacKay

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is the final chapter of a two-part series about former athletics coach, the 83-year-old Dennis...

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Joshua and MacKay masterminded first inter-house athletics meeting

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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