Fast Pollok Beach 10km Challenge to Spice Grand Prix
Top Pollock Beach SPAR 10km Challenge contender Irvette van Zyl, fresh from setting a PB at the London Marathon, antcipates a fierce struggle for top place, and a fast time in Port Elizabeth this weekend
Makhanya Takes Early SPAR Grand Prix Lead
The SPAR Grand Prix title race has been thrown wide open after race one, which sees Transnet’s Mapaseka Makhanya lead the standings on 19 points.
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
#WeekendWrap for gsport’s Weekend Stories
Miss gsport’s updates over the weekend? Click through for direct links to the #WeekendWrap including updates from the ASP Women’s World Tour, Absa Cape Epic, the conclusion of the Marine Surfski Series and more!
Results: Zimbabwe’s Nyahora Wins CT SPAR Challenge
Leading Results at the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge, at Green Point in Cape Town, on Sunday, 16 March, 2013
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
Semenya’s World Champs Focus
Caster Semenya talks to gsport about her mental focus as she prepares for the IAAF’s 2013 World Championships in Athletics in mid-August, in Moscow, Russia.
Joubert SA’s Youngest-Ever Marathon Champ
24-year-old Cornelia Joubert says she looks up to Olympic marathon runner, Rene Kalmer, and hopes to one day emulate her. Joubert was speaking after becoming South Africa’s youngest ever marathon champion when she won the SA Marathon Championships earlier this month.
SPAR Boosts Grand Prix Prize Purse
Last year’s Women’s 10km Challenge Grand Prix champion Rene Kalmer aims to win another car and her fourth series title this year, on news that SPAR has increased the prize purse for this year’s series
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
SPAR gsport Awards a Success
The 2012 SPAR gsport Awards were the best yet in its seven year history. Guests including top athletes, celebrities, nominees, and sports fans waxed lyrical about the overall organisation of the event held at the prestigious Wanderers Club in Johannesburg.
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.