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admin January 26, 2020March 22, 2022 Alex Abercrombie, Barry Jacobson, Cecil Blows, Eddie May, Herman Gibbs, Humphrey Khosi, Jock Maduray, John Webb, John Wippenaar, Karamchand Hiramen, Kenny Roman, Kiruben Naidoo, Lux Gordhan, Robin April, Sam de Wet, Vivian Pillay, Wilfred Daniels, Wilson Claasen

Natal’s Jock Maduray shook up WP stars

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS FORMER Natal star athlete and 1969 treble champion of the South African Amateur Athletic and Cycling...

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admin May 10, 2018March 22, 2022 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

Cross-country races thrived in the Cape

COMMENT By Clement du Plessis THE Western Province Amateur Athletic and Cycling Association played an integral part in organising the...

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admin November 20, 2016March 22, 2022 Cecil Blows, Hennie Moses, John Webb, Kenny Roman, Leslie Titus, Sam de Wet, Willie Londt

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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admin November 4, 2016March 22, 2022 Eddie Petersen, Mark Cupido, Sam de Wet

Sam de Wet, 78, is back on the road after 50 years

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS TURNING back the clock, Sam de Wet, 78, the Elsie’s River club’s oldest member and the...

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admin October 7, 2016March 22, 2022 De Villiers Lamprecht, Jacobus van der Berg, Leslie Titus, Peter Forbes, Peter Snell, Robin April, Sam de Wet, Wayde van Niekerk

Sam de Wet reigned supreme in the distance races

EVEN after 50 years, the name Sam de Wet still makes many athletics followers sit up and take notice of...

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admin September 3, 2016March 22, 2022 Aljy Winn, Georgie Capito, Gerald Marshall, Goolam Abed, John Webb, Katherine Diedericks, Kenny de Bruyn, Kenny Maggott., Leslie Titus, Louis Newman, Marilyn Welch, Norman Stoffberg, Peter Forbes, Rosie Oliphant, Rosie Schaffers, Sam de Wet, William Londt, William Pick, Winston Kloppers

Willie Londt’s impressive feats stand tall

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE sporting achievements of Basil D’Oliveira, Papwa Sewgolum, David Samaai, and others are often raised for...

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admin August 12, 2016March 22, 2022 Edgar Cloete, Jacobus van der Berg, Robin April, Sam de Wet, Wilfred Daniels

Former track star Jacobus van der Berg dies

FORMER Western Province and South African Amateur Athletic and Cycling Board of Control athlete Jacobus van der Berg had died...

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admin July 29, 2016March 22, 2022 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

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

TRACK and Field Athletics, under the auspices of the South African Amateur Athletics Board (SAAAB), had been offering provincial colours...

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admin March 26, 2016March 22, 2022 Bothner Kiewitz, Cecil Blows, Edgar Cloete, Herman Abrahams, Jacob van der Berg, Kenny Roman, Mervyn Davids, Robin April, Sam de Wet, William Jordaan

Robin April masters two-lap race

STARTING track athletics as a senior at the age of 21, Robin April went on to become the senior men’s...

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admin November 11, 2015March 22, 2022 Abie Carelse, Carl Hendricks, Cecil Blows, Jacobus van der Berg, Kenny Roman, Robin April, Sam de Wet

Catch me if you can, says Sam de Wet

THE name Sam de Wet might not resonate with the younger athletes, but De Wet was a big name in...

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