The Archive · 1933

S. AFRICAN ATHELETICS Cape Town, Sune 23

number of athletic records were broken at the South African amateur athletic championship mecting at Green Point track, when representatives from all the provinces took part. Most of South Africa's representatives at the Olympic [Games retained their titles.

The record times put up were all the more remarkable in view of the fact that the races were run in very hot and sultry weather. It was so fiot on the second day of the meetting that none of the competitors in the ten, miles championship could finish. Thus, there will be no ten miles champion for 1933.

J.-H, Viljoen (Transvaal), one of [South Africa's representatives at the Oizmpie Games, broke the exiting record for the 120 yd. hurdies, his time being 14-6/10. sec., which is: 3/40 etter than the previous re-

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