Gemeda, Makhanya and Kalmer Share 10km Honours
Ethiopian Gezashigh Hunduma Gemeda won the final race of the 2013 SPAR 10km Challenge while Rene Kalmer was the first SA finisher home, while Mapaseka Makhanya secures the Grand Prix title with sizeable lead over her competitors
Mapaseka Wins SPAR Grand Prix Early
Race Results: Transnet runner Mapaseka Makhanya took an early lead in Saturday’s SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge race at 2pm in Pretoria, and stayed away to win the Pretoria leg of the race.
Mapaseka in SPAR Grand Prix Pole Position
Rene Kalmer rates SPAR Grand Prix leader Mapaseka Makhanya’s chances of driving off in the 2013 prize car highly, but believes that sister Christine stands an even chance of hauling her in
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
Nyahora Claims Back-to-Back 10km Challenge Titles
Zimbabwe’s Rutendo Nyahora won the 20th running of the Port Elizabeth SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge, warning her competitors of her intention to win each of the races in the 2013 calendar
Ladies Queueing Up for PE 10km Challenge
The SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge promises bigger prizes at the 20th running of the Port Elizabeth event on 4 May, and launches a 2km Little Ladies race among exciting developments
Nyahora Storms to Opening 2013 10km Challlenge Win
Nedbank AGN athlete, Zimbabwe’s Rutendo Nyahora raced to a clear 12-second win in the opening of the five 2013 SPAR Grand Prix races, at the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge in Cape Town this morning, ahead of Mapaseka Makhanya and Zintle Xiniwe, with 2012 defending champ Rene Kalmer – taking her time recovering from injury, finishing in fourth place
Phalula to Lead Cross Country team in Lesotho
2013 SA Cross Country annual trials champ Lebo Phalula leads ASA team’s 7-woman contingent, including wild-card Lorraine Novela, to the CAA Southern Region Cross Country Championships in Maseru on 2 March
Out of Form Phalula Claims Cross Country Win
An out-of-form Lebo Phalula beat the best Mapaseka Makhanya (2nd) and Nolene Conrad (3rd) had to offer, to win the senior women’s title at the 2013 Athletics SA Cross Country trials in Boksburg on Saturday, and put herself into pole position for a place in the ASA teams to the Southern Region Championships, and World Championships
Big Field for Cross Country Trials
Lebo Phalula among an elite field also including Christine Kalmer, Tebogo Masehla and Portia Ngwenya heading the biggest field ever for annual Cross Country trials as athletes vie for a place in the Athletics SA squad for two major Cross Country Championships in March.
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
Kalmer Wins Her Dream Prize
Road-running queen Rene Kalmer got her dream prize in a new Nissan Micra at the SPAR Grand Prix Awards at Buitengeluk, Broadacres in Johannesburg. This was Kalmer’s third Grand Prix title.