Masters Athletics

WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPS 1979 1979 - HANOVER,GERMANY https://drive.google.com/file/d/19SNRXlFaQFnu6j0kQtUWxD0MFOt6kSH3/view (Athletes from S.A. participated for Rhodesia – RHO) +- 25 athletes during the years of isolation from international sport. A Kok R J Rabie Leon Hacker ( 2 silvers) Monty Hacker L. Mathe Leo Benning M. Grujic S.A. (Rho) took gold in the 4 x 400m relay as well as the championship and world record ! Wally Hayward wins his age group in the marathon Hannes Booysen Johnny Nel T Bruwer Edwin Malan J Thirion Ladies F. Sklaris  (gold 400) E. Strecher Alet Ten Tusscher Mavis Hutchinson N. du Plessis T. Lofton Eaton Jill Eksteen (gold 800m) Helena Grobler

WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPS FINLAND - AUGUST 2009 Here are the M75 high jumpers in Lahti, Finland in 2009, from left to right: 5th Turkey, 4th S.A. - Leo Benning, 3rd Finland (he jumped the scissor style) and the winner from Denmark, and 2nd Norway  (photo provided by Leo Benning). The next World Masters Athletics Champs are scheduled for Sweden in 2022. https://world-masters-athletics.com/calendar/

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 24 th world championships (taking place every 2 nd 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 ...

GET READY, STEADY, GO - 5 MONTHS TO TORONTO  20 July, 2020 to 1 August 2020 3 months for registration till 18 May 2020 https://wmatoronto2020.com/

9 DAYS TO GO WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS INDOORS - 2019 - TORUN, POLAND  www.wmaci2019.com Just to whet the appetite of our S.A. supporters, we list below a few highlights of previous world indoor championships where our athletes competed very successfully in the past, considering that the majority of our athletes had never set foot in an indoor stadium before in their lives !   The first World Masters Indoors Championships was held in 2004 in Sindelfingen, Germany where about 5  South Africans competed very successfully. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xH0vOnAQ0lQGliB771NqiTmBMA0WYLIr/view The 2006 championships were held in Linz, Austria.  5 South Africans competed, among them, the Springbok Hammer thrower, Basie Koen, who won the title in his age group. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17T46r16d55yTQPOWA2TG-9MzNChv-X22/view In 2008 the champs were held in  Clermont-Ferrand, France, during which time 10 athletes from S.A. competed, including the...

ON THE ROAD AGAIN ! MASTERS ATHLETES PUT S.A. MASTERS ROAD RUNNING ‘ON THE MAP’ !!! Kallie Burger (37) of KPMG has been selected for the CGA Senior Marathon team for the Sanlam/Cape Town Marathon, which will also double up as the ASA Marathon Championships, on Sunday 23 September 2018. He has a number of personal best performances behind his name and will be out to improve on his marathon time. Everything of the best Kallie ! Kallie's List of impressive PB’s: ( all inland) • 5km – 16:10 • 10km – 33:16 • 15km – 52:42 • 21km – 1:15:08 • 32km – 1:56:25 • 42km – 2:28 • 50km – 3:22 • 56km – 3:47 • 89km – 6:32 Kallie’s best times for 2018 would have placed him 7th and 10th, in the 10 and 21k races respectively at the recent World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships held in Malaga, Spain He has set his sights on the World Masters 10km and Halfmarathon events in Torun, Poland in March 2019 -  which are held in conjunction with ...

LADIES WALKERS, ELSA MEYER (70) AND HILDEGARD VEY (75) IN THE 5000M WALK WON GOLD AND SILVER RESPECTIVELY AND THROWER,  HELEEN KNOBEL (50) WON SILVER IN THE SHOTPUT.   CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LADIES !   NOW WE EAGERLY AWAIT OUR FIRST  MEN'S  MEDALLIST ! http://www.rfea.es/competi/result2018/airelibre/Malaga2018/C93.2018EX019.html TOMORROW WILL SEE THE 2ND DAY OF THE DECATHLON AND HEPTATHLON EVENTS, AND THE 8 KM CROSS COUNTRY EVENTS 5 September 2018 8 cross country competition tomorrow runners from S.A. – 5 Ladies and 3 Men.   Ronelle Botha (55) will be competing in her first world champs, and is a seasoned provincial cross country athlete (CGMA) who has competed in 3 S.A. Cross Country Champs.   Frances van Blerk (60) a seasoned road (and Ladies Comrades winner in 1992) and cross country runner from GN, has competed in numerous World Champs and has medalled in the cross country and road events. We wish all ...

COUNTDOWN TO WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS - MALAGA, SPAIN ONE DAY TO GO ! MORE THAN 8000 MASTERS ATHLETES FROM MORE THAN 90 COUNTRIES HAVE CONVERGED ON MALAGA, SPAIN FROM TOMORROW 4 TH UNTIL 16 TH SEPTEMBER 2018 SOUTH AFRICA'S CONTINGENT COMPRISES 87 ATHLETES OF AGE GROUPS 35 - 80 PLUS YEARS OLD IN ALL DISCIPLINES FROM SPRINTS, TRACK MIDDLE DISTANCES AND LONG DISTANCES TO ROAD RUNNING (10K AND HALF MARATHON), TRACK AND ROAD WALK, JUMPS AND THROWS, HEPTATHLON AND DECATHLON. PLEASE FOLLOW THE RESULTS OF OUR SUPER STARS ON WWW.MALAGA2018.COM On 4 & 5 September 2018,   6 of our masters will be competing in the gruelling decathlon and heptathlon events.   We wish these courageous athletes everything of the best. PLEASE FOLLOW THE RESULTS OF OUR SUPER STARS ON WWW.MALAGA2018.COM Decathlon Norman Hough  (70-74) Philip Rudd  (60-64) Anthonie Scheepers  (50-54) Smit van Zyl (...

COUNTDOWN TO WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS - MALAGA, SPAIN ONE DAY TO GO ! MORE THAN 8000 MASTERS ATHLETES FROM MORE THAN 90 COUNTRIES HAVE CONVERGED ON MALAGA, SPAIN FROM TOMORROW 4 TH UNTIL 16 TH SEPTEMBER 2018 SOUTH AFRICA'S CONTINGENT COMPRISES 87 ATHLETES OF AGE GROUPS 35 - 80 PLUS YEARS OLD IN ALL DISCIPLINES FROM SPRINTS, TRACK MIDDLE DISTANCES AND LONG DISTANCES TO ROAD RUNNING (10K AND HALF MARATHON), TRACK AND ROAD WALK, JUMPS AND THROWS, HEPTATHLON AND DECATHLON. PLEASE FOLLOW THE RESULTS OF OUR SUPER STARS ON WWW.MALAGA2018.COM On 4 & 5 September 2018,   6 of our masters will be competing in the gruelling decathlon and heptathlon events.   We wish these courageous athletes everything of the best. PLEASE FOLLOW THE RESULTS OF OUR SUPER STARS ON WWW.MALAGA2018.COM Decathlon Norman Hough  (70-74) Philip Rudd  (60-64) Anthonie Scheepers  (50-54) Smit van Zyl (40 -44) Heptathlon Stephanie ...

44 DAYS TO GO TO THE BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH IN MASTERS ATHLETICS - WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS - MALAGA, SPAIN 4 - 16 SEPTEMBER 2018 https://world-masters-athletics.com/news/masters-shining-on-the-world-stage/

FIRST STOP BLOEMFONTEIN FOR THE S.A. MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS THURS 26 - SATURDAY 28TH APRIL 2018 Free State Masters are the host province for the Masters National Championships and are expecting  FIREWORKS  this weekend. Of the almost 500 entries received from the 9 provinces, the statistics show that this will be one of the most highly rated championships ever to be held in the more than 40 years of Masters Athletics in South Africa.   We welcome our neighbours from Namibia - Nelia Landsberg and Errolice Tjipura in the sprints and jumps.   Jumpers, sprinters, throwers, walkers, vaulters will be out to impress and achieve, with their focus on the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain during September. The depth in each event and the calibre of athlete is higher than ever before and bodes well for masters athletics going forward, considering the  30 S.A. and 3 World Record holders competing: Current SA...

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE 3 Olympian Greats, Shaun Bownes (47), Willem Coertzen (35) and Burger Lambrechts (45) who graced the track and field with their performances at the Central Gauteng Masters Championships in Germiston last Saturday. Although in participating in two different age groups in the 110m hurdles, Shaun (45-49) ran 14,51 and Willem (35-39) ran 13,92 respectively which now places them both 1st on the World Masters Rankings for 2018 in their age groups. Although they ran in the same race, and the hurdle specs are the same, the age difference is what counts in the end. Shaun also raced in the 100m flat winning his age group with a time of 11.56. Age Grps  Hurdle Height    Steps to 1st hurdle         Steps Betw hurdles     Dist to finish 30-49           0.991m               13.72m               ...

BLAST FROM THE PAST MASTERS ATHLETES TO COMPETE ON SATURDAY 7 APRIL 2018 WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE AT THE CENTRAL GAUTENG MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS, GERMISTON Burger Lambrechts celebrated his 45th birthday today and is set to top the World Masters Ranking List in the Shotput on Saturday.   He currently ranks 1st in the Mens 40-44 age group with a throw of 18.67m achieved on 15 March 2018 at the South African Senior Championships https://www.facebook.com/burger.lambrechts.1/videos/10211013012021964/?q=burger%20lambrechts%20sr Shaun Bownes (47) will be out in force for a PB in the 110m hurdles for Men 45-49. He will also be competing in the 100m COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION IN 2002 IN THE 110M HURDLES WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPION (2014) Winnie de Winnar (50) double silver medallist at the World Masters Championships in 2013 in Brazil will be competing in the 100, 200 and 400. Donovan Wright (50), Comrades Winner of 1996 will be competing in t...

Masters Athletics - RSA  shared  Central Gauteng Masters Athletics 's  post . March 3 at 10:42pm  ·  MASTERS ATHLETES IN TOP FORM AT CGA SENIOR PROVINCIAL CHAMPS 2018 9 MASTERS ATHLETES OF ALL AGES WERE IN TOP FORM AT THE 2018 CENTRAL GAUTENG SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, WINNING TOTAL OF 6 MEDALS AT THE 2 GOLDS, 2 SILVERS, 2 BRONZE . TWO OF OUR LADIES, MARIETTE BOTHA (34 and mother of 3 !) WON THE LADIES TITLE IN THE HIGH JUMP WITH A HEIGHT OF 1.70m. She followed this up at the first Grand Prix meeting on 1 March when she took the bronze in the same height. The 30-34 S.A. age group ... See More cgma | , | Central Gauteng Masters Athletics cgma | , | Central Gauteng Masters Athletics cgma | , | Central Gauteng Masters Athletics See more at  CENTRALGAUTENGMASTERSATHLETICS.CO.ZA