Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 74, September 2015 | Page 40

CMA ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING

NEW-LOOK LANDMARKS

The Annual General Meeting will be
held on Wednesday 28 October 2015 in
Pietermaritzburg.

2015 SPIRIT OF COMRADES AWARDS
Every year since 1996, the CMA has been honouring amazing
individuals for showcasing the spirit of Comrades at its flagship
awards gala, the Old Mutual Spirit of Comrades Awards
Evening, which will be hosted on Friday 23 October and will
once again showcase select individuals for their very human
attributes of selflessness, dedication, perseverance and Ubuntu,
combined with their love for The Ultimate Human Race. The Old
Mutual Spirit of Comrades Award is presented to a maximum of
three people per year and recipients of the award will receive a
one-ounce, 24-carat gold medallion.

DIARISE GREATER EDENDALE 10KM
Runners in the KwaZulu-Natal
area are reminded to diarise
Sunday 15 November for the
eighth running of the Greater
Edendale Race 10km & 5km,
hosted in the community of
Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. This
beautiful community race will
incorporate the AIMS Children’s Series Race and promises to be
a fun-filled day, with the goal of the event being to expose young
people to the joys and benefits of running while also providing
them with a tangible opportunity to be a part of the greater
Comrades Marathon experience.
Last year, more than 500 children converged on the George Cato
Primary School to participate in the third edition of the local leg of
the AIMS Children Series Race, which has been hosted by the CMA
in South Africa since 2012. All participants will receive T-shirts and
medals, and the children are also provided with refreshments and
goodies, in addition to amazing lucky draw prizes.

Last month we unveiled the upgraded Comrades Marathon landmarks
on the race route at Drummond (the halfway point), Polly Shortts,
Arthur’s Seat and at the Wall of Honour, and now we’d love to hear
your feedback on these new landmarks – please e-mail your thoughts
to [e-mail]. As part of this process, the Comrades
Marathon Wall of Honour is still in the process of being upgraded,
because nearly half the 4000 runner plaques have been damaged or
become worn out over the years since the Wall was first built in the
mid-1980’s.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN!
The CMA would like to take this opportunity to once again thank our four
major sponsors, Bonitas, Fruttare, Nedbank and Old Mutual, for making
the annual Comrades Marathon Underprivileged Runners Project
such a huge success in 2015. Nearly 700 needy runners benefited from
this generous initiative, being housed at the YMCA in Pietermaritzburg
on the weekend of the race and receiving scrumptious meals prepared
by the Community Chest Team from groceries sponsored by Checkout
Supermarkets. After the race, all the blankets and mattresses were
donated by the CMA through the Community Chest of Pietermaritzburg
to scores of community-based organisations in Pietermaritzburg and
surroundings.

SHARE YOUR COMRADES STORY
If something interesting or wonderful happened to you during your
Comrades Marathon run, we’d like to hear your story. Maybe you met a
new friend or learnt a new life lesson.

COMRADES MARATHON ONLINE
www.twitter.com/@ComradesRace

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If so, send your Comrades Marathon 2015 story in no more than 250
words to [e-mail].

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