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South Africa Athletics Annual 2009 edition

2009 NWU-PUK SOUTH AFRICAN ATHLETICS ANNUAL

Khotso (Godfrey) Mokoena and RenÃ© Kalmer have been selected as South African Athletes of the Year by the SA Athletics Statisticians (SAAS) and appear on the front and back cover of the 57th edition of the NWU-Puk SA Athletics Annual, which has just been published. The Annual, one of the oldest national athletics annuals in the world, has been enlarged to 240 pages and is again crammed with information on everything that happened on the athletics scene in South Africa and the rest of the world in 2008.

As usual, it contains all the best performances by South African senior, junior and youth athletes and road runners in 2008, as well as all-time lists; a Hall of Fame of the best of the best in the history of SA athletics; SA and all major international records; results of the most important local and international meetings; photographs of South Africaâ€™s top athletes, and much more.

The 2009 edition also has an article discussing South Africaâ€™s performances at the Beijing Olympics, one on exciting middle distance runner Juan van Deventer, and another on Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius.

Following his silver medal in the long jump at the Beijing Olympics and gold at the World Indoor Championships, Mokoena was an overwhelming choice as the SAAS Male Athlete of the Year for 2008.

On the womenâ€™s side Kalmer showed great determination to qualify for Beijing by clocking a personal best of 4:06.71 over 1500 m, and this, together with her versatility and domination of the road and cross-country scenes, contributed to her getting the nod as Female Athlete of the Year. Earlier in the year she impressively retained her 1500 m and 5000 m titles at the national championships.

For the first time a Coach of the Year Award has been made, and this went to Gerrie Coetzee, who coached Van Deventer and Kalmer.

The Editor of the Annual is RiÃ«l Hauman. Gert le Roux, the doyen of SA statisticians, was involved in the publication for the 50th consecutive time â€“ a marvellous period of dedication to the sport.
Copies can be ordered for R70 from Naomi Beinart by e-mail (naomirsa[at]hotmail.com), or by post from P.O. Box 791, Sea Point 8060 (tel. 021 434-9273), or from Gert le Roux by e-mail (gler[at]mweb.co.za), or from P.O. Box 688, BelaBela (Warmbaths) 0480.
Payment can be deposited in the SAAS bank account (1602-1026-19) at Nedbank, Hillcrest Branch (code 160-245), Pretoria, and proof of payment must be e-mailed to any of the addresses above or faxed to 014 736-6206. When ordering books, full postal details must be given.

Media release issued by the SA Athletics Statisticians. For more information, phone RiÃ«l Hauman (021 948-0293 or 082 922-8538).

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