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Paul Andre van Reenen, A Man of Many Talents

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a two-part series about former top-notch sportsman Paul Andre van...

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Abercrombie raked in the accolades on and off the track

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is the final chapter of a two-part series about former star athlete, footballer and lawyer...

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Abercrombie’s long and stellar athletics career was spurred on by a dash at age 6

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a two-part series about the versatile South African champion athlete...

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

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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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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Gibbs takes sprinting to a higher level

HERMAN Gibbs’ battle with a serious infection of the bones (osteomyelitis) as a nine-year-old belies the fact that he was...

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Schoolboy speed merchant Wippenaar blows opposition away

  “AS he grew older, maturity set in. His style became more fluent. Gone were the ungainly movement of arms...

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