For the first time in the history of South African athletics two major national championships have been combined to form one big event under the Athletics South Africa umbrella. Athletics SA and South African Schools Athletics (SASA) have brokered a deal to combine the Yellow Pages South African Youth, Junior and u/23 Championships and the […]
Gerhard de Beer shines
September 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
Gerhard de Beer, as well as the 4x100m men’s relay team broke South African records at the Commonwealth Youth Games over the weekend. This prestigious event took place from 7 – 13 September at the Isle of Man, where some of the best youth athletes competed and showed their talent.
Gauteng North excel at Youth Champs
July 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
Team South Africa brought home 5 medals from the IAAF World Youth Championships that took place in Lille, France from 6-10 July. Surprisingly, it is the boys from Gauteng North that performed well as 4 of the 5 medal winners came from this province.
Pretorius star of SA team
July 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
The first day of the World Youth Championships started out cold and windy with rainfall but cleared up as the day progressed.
Youth team of 36 announced
June 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
With the World Youth Championships in France less than a month away everybody has been waiting in anticipation for the team announcement. Over the past months athletes have been trying hard to perform in order to get one of the most coveted spots, and a chance to represent South Africa. The team consists of […]
CAA Southern Region Youth Championships 2011
May 31, 2011 1 Comment
The South African Youth team dominated in Namibia during the Southern Region Youth Championships over the weekend as the team placed first overall with 50 medals. 23 of these medals were gold, 19 silver and 8 bronze. Eleven Southern region countries participated in the Championships, but saw all medals won by other countries combined not […]
