Glenrose Xaba Storms to Tshwane Victory in Course Record Time
Glenrose Xaba broke the course record to win the Spar Women’s Challenge Tshwane in 32:28 and claim her first victory of the 2026 Spar Grand Prix series in front of a sold out field of 18 000 women at SuperSport Park on Saturday.
Tayla Kavanagh Surges Clear at Kings Park for Spar Grand Prix Durban Win
Tayla Kavanagh produced a superb run in her hometown to claim the 10km Spar Grand Prix Series leg in Durban in 31:32, holding off Ethiopia’s Selam Gebre to extend her series lead and notch a second victory of a breakthrough season.
Tayla Kavanagh Claims First Spar Grand Prix Title with Stunning Cape Town 10km Victory
Tayla Kavanagh wins the opening leg of the 2026 Spar Grand Prix in Cape Town with a personal best of 31:33, ahead of Glenrose Xaba in 31:38 and Kyla Jacobs in a career best of 32:16 in third place.
Hat-Trick Champ Glenrose Xaba Feted at 2025 Spar Women’s 10km Grand Prix Awards
Boxer athlete Glenrose Xaba, the current SA 10km record holder, became the first Black South African to clinch the Spar Grand Prix Series title three times in 2025, and was suitably lauded and rewarded at a gala function in Johannesburg on Tuesday
Glenrose Xaba Seals Clean Sweep of 2025 Spar Grand Prix Races in Jozi
Glenrose Xaba has completed a clean sweep of all five Spar Grand Prix races in a single year, storming to victory in the Jozi Spar Women’s 10km Challenge ahead of Ethiopian Diniya Abaraya and Irvette van Zyl on Sunday
Glenrose Xaba Wins the 2025 Spar Grand Prix in Gqeberha with the Joburg Leg to Spare
Glenrose Xaba continued her dominance of the Spar Women’s Challenge 10km with yet another compelling victory in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, on Saturday, 27 February 2025. The Boxer Athletic Club runner clocked a fast 31:57 to breast the finish tape first ahead of surprise package Tayla Kavanagh (32:01) of Hollywood Athletics Club. Ethiopia’s Diniya […]
21k Reasons Cape Town is Ready for New-Look SPAR Grand Prix on Sunday
Star athletes and former winners Mapaseka Makhanya and Rene Kalmer announced as patrons of the 2017 SPAR Grand Prix series, as the race opens up to international competition.
Phalula Twins Look to Crowd Out PE 10km
Two Oceans half-marathon champ Lebogang Phalula aims to break twin sister Diana-Lebo’s SPAR Women’s Challenge record in Port Elizabeth on Saturday
SPAR Good for SA Women in Sport
The SPAR Group Ltd is lauded by 2013 SPAR gsport Award winners, as the community’s favourite fresh produce and groceries store proves once again that it’s good for SA Women in Sport
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
René’s Race to the Top
Rene Kalmer celebrates winning the inaugural SPAR Grand Prix Series Award. Kalmer’s performances lead her to an overwhelming win over runner-up, Annerien van Schalkwyk. Picture: Reg Caldecott René Kalmer came out tops in the inaugural SPAR Grand Prix, collecting a cool R50 000 after winning four of the five SPAR Women’s Challenge races, and beating […]
Jhb Challenge Ends Grand Prix
Top athletes Charne Bosman (Mr Price), Maxine Heine-Wacker (Harmony), Annarien van Schalkwyk (Irene) and Gloria Baeba (Harmony) line up to register for the upcoming Johannesburg SPAR Women’s 10km and 5km Challenge. Photo: Reg Caldecott The Johannesburg SPAR Women’s Challenge which will take place at 8am on Sunday, 14 October at the Old Parktonian Sports Club […]