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admin June 25, 2021May 21, 2023 Abel Jordaan, Andy James, Audrey Louw, Clifford February, Frances Williams, Freddie Britten, Gareth McLean, Gary Lewis, George Manjo, Norma Joseph, Norman Layman, Patrick Forbes, Reggie Dreyer, Sharon Alexander, Terrence Smith, Vernon Balie

Gary Lewis’ record-breaking jump

CLEMENT DU PLESSIS BELGRAVIA High School had some top athletes in 1973, including Andy James, Patrick Forbes, and a...

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admin July 18, 2019May 21, 2023 Abraham Charles, Allan O'Ryan, Andy James, Cecil Blows, Eddie May, Gareth McLean, George Montanus, Henry Charles, Herman Gibbs, Ismail Collier, Jock Munduray, Percy Chetty, Sharon Alexander, Vernon Balie, Wilfred Daniels, Yusuf Motala

Thank you for the wonderful memories, says Gareth Mclean

CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the last chapter of a four-part series about the former schoolboy and senior men’s sprint...

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admin February 1, 2018March 22, 2022 Cathy Freeman, Denise Haupt, Ismail Collier, Loretta Jeneke, Ruwayda Noor, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo

Cathy Freeman’s run stirred up Ruwayda’s sprinting days

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “I WAS given a ticket by my brother and his family to watch her race at...

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admin June 8, 2017March 22, 2022 Andrew Ferguson, charles cavernelis, Christy Davids, Dick Fosbury, Edmund Lewis, Garret Watts, Ismail Collier, Johan Muller, Mark Bowers, Norma Joseph, Patrick Dowman, Paul Adams, Sharon Alexander, Wilfred Daniels

The day Patrick Dowman cleared a record two metres

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS EVER heard of the Fosbury Flop? No, it’s not a guy from Fosbury who failed hopelessly!...

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admin July 22, 2016March 22, 2022 Andy James, Basil Cameron, Christy Davids, Edmund Lewsi, Gavin Benjamin, Harold Davidse, Henry Davids, Ismail Collier, Marcello Fiasconaro, Norman Joseph, Roger Bannister, Sharon Alexander, Wilfred Daniels, Willie Davids, Winston Kloppers

SASSSA sprint champion Benjamin steps up and wins SA senior men’s 800m title

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS HE was the schoolboy South African under 19 sprint champion in 1968 and the South African...

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admin July 15, 2016March 22, 2022 Audrey Louw, Christopher Minords, Frances Williams, Franklin Joshua, Joemat Idas, Norma Joseph, Sharon Alexander

Cricket pitch roller cuts short Audrey Louw’s athletics career

ALL it took was a cricket pitch roller to end the promising athletics and ballet careers of Audrey Louw. Following...

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admin June 24, 2016March 22, 2022 Audrey Louw, Dennis Mackay, Eddie May, Frances Williams, Loretta Jeneke, Norma Joseph, Shariefa Bardien, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo

Schoolgirl Norma Joseph proves her class

THE year 1975 was a stand-out year for Norma Joseph as she won three South African junior ladies titles in...

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admin December 2, 2015May 21, 2023 charles cavernelis, Edmund Lewis, Errol Noble, Glenda Schaffers, Patrick Dowman, Ronel Juries, Ruwayda Henri, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo, Suezette Arendse

Changing of the guard at 1977 SA champs

CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE 1977 South African Amateur Athletics Board (SAAAB) Track and Field Championships in Port Elizabeth saw the...

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admin December 1, 2015March 22, 2022 Allan O'Ryan, Andy James, Christy Davids, Edmund Lewis, Ian Rutgers, Mohammed Paleker, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo, Wilfred Daniels

Norman Joseph wins by a whisker

NORMAN Joseph, a lieutenant colonel with the South African Police Services and former crime reporter on a Cape Town newspaper,...

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admin July 30, 2015March 22, 2022 Ingrid Arendse, Lizle Mulligan, Shaheeda Majiet, Sharon Alexander, Sharon Hanslo, Suezette Arendse, Tania Mulligan, Wenda Arnolds

Super Suezette’s back in the record books

SUZIE, Suezette, Suezette Arendse, this is how she was called in reverence in track and field circles. She was born...

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