Women in Sport Champion Mental Health

The host of the Girls Only Project podcast, international rowing star Lee-Anne Persse has had opportunity to reflect on the struggles she’s had with retirement during COVID: “I often forget to celebrate what I have achieved, and I am really proud of what I have achieved in my sporting career.” Photo: Lee-Anne Persse (Twitter)

On #WorldMentalHealthDay, five courageous women in sport encourage us to acknowledge our mental health struggles, seek help, and put routines in place. #LeeAnnPersse, #ElaMeiring, #NandiTshabalala, #JuanitaKhumalo, #DrKoketjoTsebe @TheSADAG

No Stopping Anriette in Fifth Win

    Team Proline Computers continued their dominance in ladies cycling when they won their third Classic in three weeks, and Anriette Schoeman proved to be back in form when she stormed to her third Cansa Lost City win on Saturday, making it her fifth Classic win this year.  

Marissa, Robyn in Proline Win

  The Ladies followed the Juniors kicking off the 2007 Zoo Lake Criterium in Johannesburg, on Sunday (19 August, 2007), with Harmony, Cyclelab, Proline, C-Bist, and Standard Bank each fielding teams of between 5-3 cyclists.   

Robyn Wins First National Classic

  Elite ladies participated in the Anatomic Jock National Classic in Mpumalanga for the first time this past weekend, and the ladies teams contesting the 150km route included Proline Computers, C Bist and Harmony.  

Kalmer’s Brave Second In Durban

  The open women’s event at the SA Half Marathon Championships in Durban didn’t go according to plan for Rene Kalmer (CGA, Mr Price).  

Ronel Sprints to SA Champs Win

  Team Proline computers managed to take three of a possible 6 medals at the SA Championships, being held in Bloemfontein over the past weekend.  

Go! Go! Go! for Du Toit’s Win

Yolandi du Toit made it two out of two for Team Konica Minolta when she rode to a solo victory with a margin of more than 5 minutes and 30 seconds between her and second-placed Marissa van der Merwe, in the tenth anniversary edition of the Pick ‘n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge after staying away […]

Du Toit Storms to 94.7 Victory

“I tried to go early,” said an elated Yolandi du Toit in her post-race interview, minutes after outwitting her race competitors to post a massive 6 minute-plus victory in today’s Pick ‘n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge in Joburg.

Van Wyk Positive for 94.7

The Pick n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Sunday 19 November, and from its humble beginnigs of 4 500 cyclists at inception, to more than 28 500 entrants today, the world’s second-largest timed mass-participation cycling event brings Joburg to a standstill each Cycle Challenge Sunday.

Kalmer’s Clean Heels

Rene Kalmer (Liberty-Nike) showed she was well and truly on the way to recovery when she won the Johannesburg Spar Women’s 10km Challenge on Sunday.  

Tsatsa Dances to City2City Win

Harmony runners dominated the weekend’s City to City Heritage Ultra Marathon, with a comfortable win by Thabitha TsaTsa over Liberty’s Riana van Niekerk in the women’s 50km event.  

City2City’s Monday Bonanza

Organisers of Monday’s R375 000 City2City marathon between Johannesburg and Tshwane have confirmed that entries for the 50km event closed yesterday, with entry forms for this lucrative event flooding the offices of Athletics South Africa.

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