MASTERS ATHLETICS ON HOLD .....
Masters Athletics in South Africa
(1975 - 2020) - (Part 1)
As we all
know, sports events around the world have either been cancelled or postponed.
While we
are in lockdown. let's have a look at some of the S.A. athletes, past and
present who have contributed in some or other way to our sport.
This year World
Masters Athletics (WMA) (previously known as World Veteran Athletics – WVA)
would have celebrated 45 years since the first world championships was held in
1975 in Toronto, and it would have been the 24th world championships
(taking place every 2nd year). Sadly, it was not to be. https://wmatoronto2020.com/history/
However,
Leo Benning, one of our founder members of S.A. Veteran Athletics, a SAMA
statistician for many years, and an active athlete himself, has written a book - For the love of
it – and it will be available on Amazon as soon as possible.
Starting in
1975, when some of our own athletes attended the first world champs in Toronto,
we list some of the athletes who contributed by way of their achievements and
other avenues to the start of the movement.
Due to S.A’s
isolation from sport during the Seventies, some of our veteran athletes managed
to compete at a few world champs, under the auspices of a club in another
country, eg 1975, 1977 in Gothenburg and 1981 in
Puerto Rico, though they were given recognition in the results
Monty
Hacker – M.40 – 100 & 200
K.R.
Boonzaaier – M.40 – 100 & 200
R.J.L. Bolttler
– M.40 – 100 & 200
Anne
McKenzie – W.50 – 100m, 400m, 1500m, 5000m
S du
Plessis – M.45 - discus
We welcome feedback, comments and
if you know someone whose name was not mentioned in a particular event, to send
us details, as well as the posting of photos and results.
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