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New Artificial Surfing Reef for Durban
The city is considering creating an artificial surfing reef, which if the plan gets the wave of approval, will be
only the fourth one in the world. The idea is to create much bigger waves in Surf City than experienced on
Durban's beaches at the moment.                                                                                                   
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Sports News
Running
COMRADES ENTRIES ON THE UP, SAYS AN EXCITED CHERYL WINN
The field for the 2005 80th anniversary of the Comrades Marathon on June 16 from Pietermaritzburg to
Durban could be bulging beyond expectation.

That's the firm view of Cheryl Winn, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Comrades Marathon Association, who
announced early today that more than 12,323 entries had been processed since the closing day (May 3) for
the "Down Run".
FINAL NOTICE OF CLOSING DATE
Organisers have issued an urgent final reminder about the closing date for the 2005 Comrades Marathon
which is strictly Tuesday, 3 May 2005.                                      
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IMPORTANT MEDICAL RESEARCH PROJECT TO BE CONDUCTED AT 2005 COMRADES
MARATHON
Prof Tim Noakes of the Sports Science Institute at UCT, in conjunction with Dr Jeremy Boulter of the
Comrades Marathon Medical Portfolio, will be conducting a clinical trial on the management of the collapsed
ultra-marathon runner                                                                 
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Surfing
KZN cruise to an emphatic victory in the 2005 Quiksilver SA Championships
National champions KZN underlined the fact that South Africa's top surfers are based in Surf City when
they produced all four individual division winners and retained  the Presidents Cup at the 2005 Quiksilver SA
Championships which were completed in small New Pier surf in Durban on Sunday, May 8......
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Sports
Basnett Wins Explosive Final in Ballito
Ricky Basnett (Bluff) surfed exceptionally well to win the Pro
Men’s title in the explosive Hutchison Handcrafted Pro final at
Ballito on KZN’s north coast at the weekend. Sarah Johnston
(Warner Beach) and Rudy Palmboom (Bluff) outclassed their
opponents to claim the Pro Women and Pro Junior Men titles
respectively.   
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