Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 68, March 2015 | Seite 27

race calendar
Wednesday 25 March
Elkana Nite 10km, Elkana
Educational Centre, 2 Aasvoël Street,
Reyno Ridge, Witbank/eMalahleni,
7pm, Abie Smit
082 341 0998
Saturday 28 March
York Longtom Ultra Marathon
55km, Marathon & Half Marathon,
York Corporate Offices, 3 Main Road,
Sabie, 6am, Odette van Staden 083
678 3937

North West
CENTRAL NORTH WEST
No races scheduled for this period
NORTH WEST NORTH
Saturday 21 March
Old Mutual Om-Die-Dam Ultra
50km, Half Marathon, 10km &
5km, Village Mall, cnr Tielman Street
& R511, Hartbeespoort, 6am, Race
Secretary 078 765 2167

Northern Cape
GRIQUALAND WEST
Saturday 14 March
GWK Diamond Marathon,
Half Marathon, 10km & 5km,
GWK Premises, on N12 outside
Kimberley, 6am, David Janse van
Vuuren 083 443 8198
Saturday 28 March
Konica Minolta Kimberley Road
Runners 15km & 5km, Bishops Club,
Kimberley, 7am, Gerhard Kruger
082 499 5990
NORTH WEST CAPE
No races scheduled for this period

Neighbouring
Countries
BOTSWANA
Sunday 22 March
Diacore Gaborone Marathon,
Half Marathon, 10km & 4km,
The Grand Palm Resort, Gaborone,
6am, Thabo Makgato 00267-7150
9906 (W)

Cape Forest Sprint, Eikenhof
Dam, Grabouw, PENOC:
[e-mail]
Saturday 28 March
Gauteng Urban Night Sprint
#6, Eagle Canyon Golf Course,
Johannesburg, RACO: Roger Blane
083 306 9161

Triathlon &
Duathlon

NAMIBIA
Saturday 28 March
QSB 15km, Windhoek, Info TBC
Sunday 29 March
Green Footprint Run 56km, 26km
& 10km, Rent-A-Drum, Opposite
Tony Rust, Daan Viljoen Road,
Windhoek, Time TBC, Joel Talbot
[phone]

Orienteering
Monday 2 March
Gauteng Schools League
North #5, Golden Harvest Park,
Johannesburg, Karen Chambers 083
474-9463
Sunday 8 March
Gauteng Urban Sprint #4, Rietvlei
Zoo Farm, Johannesburg, ROC: Nick
Cooper 074 188 9250
Monday 9 March
Gauteng Schools League North
#6 Final, Kloofendal Nature Reserve,
Johannesburg, Karen Chambers
083 474-9463
Sunday 15 March
Gauteng Urban Sprint
#5, Woodlands Office Park,
Johannesburg, WITSOC: More info
TBC
Sunday 22 March
Gauteng Clubs & Schools Relay,
Venue TBA, Pretoria

Sunday 1 March
Buffalo City South African
Tri Champs, ATU Sprint
Triathlon African Cup & ITU
World Paratriathlon Event,
1.5km/40km/10km (Age groupers),
750m/20km/5km (ATU, 16-19 &
Para), 400m/10km/2.5km (12-15),
Buffalo City, East London, Border,
Pam Rossouw at [e-mail]
SA Long Distance Champs &
Midlands Ultra, Midmar Dam,
Howick, Kwazulu-Natal, More info at
www.midlandsultra.com
Sunday 15 March
Central Gauteng Triathlon Cross
Triathlon Champs, Venue TBA,

Ma

Johannesburg, Central Gauteng,
Japie Boonzaaier 084 501 2712
SBR TRI Road & Cross, Road:
600m/20km/5km, Cross:
600m/14km/5km, Roodeplaat,
Pretoria, Gauteng North, Assie
082 453 0096
Saturday 21 March
Free State Triathlon/Duathlon,
Tri: Standard 1.5km/40km/10km,
Sprint 750m/20km/5km, Super
Sprint 400m/10km/2.5km & Kids
8-12 200m/5km/1,25km; Du:
Standard 10km/40km/5km, Sprint
5km/20km/2.5km, Super Sprint
2.5km/10km/2.5km & Kids 8-12
1.25km/5km/1.25km, Maselspoort,
Free State, More info at
www.fstriathlon.co.za
Sunday 22 March
Wik Triathlon Stanford Lake
College, Sprint 1km/24km/10km
& Super Sprint 500m/15km/5km,
Stanford Lake (near Pietersburg),
Limpopo, More info at
www.cycleevents.co.za
Sunday 29 March
IRONMAN South Africa,
3.8km/180km/42.2km, Nelson
Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape, Werner
Smit 041 736 8509 (W)

Images: Courtesy Om-Die-Dam organisers

Old Mutual Om-Die-Dam Ultra 50km,
North West North, 21 March

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