Grand Prix Promises Big Cash
For the past 10 years, the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge has been one of the most significant events on the South African athletics calendar. Thousands of women from all walks of life take to the streets in the five Challenge races, which are held in Port Elizabeth, Durban, Pretoria, Cape Town and Johannesburg.
PE Kicks Off Grand Prix Series
As summer comes to an end and autumn is in the air, thousands of women will once again be taking to the streets of the Friendly City as they take part in the SPAR Women’s 10km challenge with Bokomo at Kings Beach on Saturday May 5th.
SA Women 6th in Richest Race
Champion marathon athlete Gloria Baebo completed the fourth and final leg of Standard Chartered’s Greatest Race on Sunday in Hong Kong in a time of 2 hours 50 minutes.
Bloem for Nedbank Matha Series
Road running glamour is set to descend on Bloemfontein, with the city having been designated to host the third leg of the 2007 Nedbank City Marathon and Matha Series on Saturday 21 April 2007.
Champ Represents SA in Mumbai
Accomplished marathon athlete Louisa Leballo, the sixth woman home in last year’s Two Oceans Marathon, is to run the third leg of the world’s most lucrative athletics race in Mumbai this Sunday (January 21).
Soweto Marathon “Coming Home”
Johannesburg 20 September 2006 – Athletics South Africa (ASA) in partnership with Nedbank, today announced exciting changes regarding the route, venue and format for the 2006 Nedbank Soweto Marathon, promising the event will be bigger, better and more exciting than ever before.
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.
Calling All Schoolgirls!
This is a message to all schoolgirls over the age of nine – your school needs you! “Why on earth does my school need me?” you ask. “I go to school, I do my homework – what more am I supposed to do?”
Harmony Enters Strong Team
Pretoria, Thursday, 24th August 2006 – One of South Africa’s top athletics clubs – Harmony Athletics – have entered a very strong team for the SPAR Women’s 10 km Challenge in Hatfield, Pretoria, on Saturday afternoon.
Run for Your Goodies with SPAR
Pretoria, Wednesday, 23rd August 2006 – The first 8 000 entrants to complete the SPAR Women’s 10 km Challenge on Saturday August 26 will receive a medal and a SPAR bag stuffed with a variety of goodies.
Actors and SPAR Run support Chrysalis
Pretoria, Thursday, 17th August 2006 – Calling all fans of the soapie “Sewende Laan”! Come to the SPAR Women’s 10 km Challenge at the LC de Villiers sports grounds in Hatfield on Saturday August 26 and meet your favourite stars from this popular television series.