Caster, Charne Head gsport Awards Finalists
The announcement of Finalists for the 2016 SPAR gsport Awards took place on the occasion of gsport’s 10th birthday, at The Venue at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg, on Monday, 1 August, 2016.
#gsport11 Nominations List Released
Nominations have closed for the 2016 gsport Awards after 105 nominees were put forward in 245 nominations across 14 public categories over the past five weeks.
What gsport Means to Women’s Sport
Women in sport pay tribute to the contribution of gsport since 2006
DBN and PTA 10km Challenges Launch
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as the Durban and Pretoria legs of the SPAR Women’s 10km challenge launched in Durban and Pretoria respectively on Tuesday
Bosman Proud to Top SA Runners at Comrades
Having set herself a goal of a top-10 finish, best-placed Comrades Marathon finisher for South Africa – Charné Bosman – will relish her fifth-placed finish in a time of 6:53:34 in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday
Semenya Continues Winning Ways
Semenya leads women winners at the 2013 SPAR AGN Awards with Female Athlete and women’s Track & Field Athlete of the Year awards
Runners Line Up for Vacant SA Marathon Champs Title
Distance runners line up in Oudtshoorn on Sunday as SA Marathon defending champion Charne Bosman’s Two Oceans focus means the 2013 title is up for grabs
René and Liezel among SA Running Stars
Over 40 women runners have been featured in the Runners WorldSA Top 100 Heroes for 2012, including current Comrades Marathon heroine Kerry Koen, and prominent SPAR race regulars René Kalmer, Nolene Conrad, Christine Kalmer, Irvette van Zyl and Sonja Laxton
Rene Set to Recapture Grand Prix
The friendly city Spar 10km Women’s Challenge beckons with defending champion Irvette Van Blerk’s 2011 Grand Prix trophy likely to be reclaimed by Rene Kalmer
Township Dash Promises Hard Cash
The winner of the women’s Nedbank Matha Series 21.1km road race event in Kanyamazane township near Nelspruit on Saturday, 5 April, will win R20,000, in the main event half-marathon, which starts at 7am.
Tjoka Does Tshwane Matha Again
Three-times Soweto Marathon winner, Lesotho’s Mamarola Tjoka, emerged from a success defence of her Tshwane Nedbank Matha Series road race title on Saturday, after winning in 1:16:50.
René 2007 Grand Prix Champ
The winning trio in the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge held in Johannesburg on Sunday 14 October. From left to right: The second placed Annerien van Schalkwyk, Rene Kalmer (who won the race) and Marelise Retief, who came third. By winning the race Kalmer also clinched the SPAR Grand Prix Series and prize money of R50,000. […]