Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 98, September 2017 | Page 23
race calendar
Friday 22 – Wednesday 27 September
100 Capital Classic - 6 Days, (Fri: 32km
@ 6pm; Sat: 12-hour @ 7am, 100km, 100
miler, 24-hour, 48-hour & 6-day @ 9am; 12-hr
Longest Night @ 8pm), Pietermaritzburg Oval
Cricket Ground, Park Drive, John Hall
082 491 7679
Sunday 24 September
Newlands Marathon & Half Marathon
Classic, Kings Park Athletic Stadium, Marine
Parade, Durban, 5am, Sagren Moodley
081 232 2892
Rhino Trail Run 12km & 5km, Rest of details
TBC
Saturday 30 September
Ladysmith AC Night Half Marathon,
Ladysmith Sports Club, Klip Bank Road, 5pm,
Lincoln Sibiya 079 361 0871
Saturday 30 Sept – Sunday 1 Oct
Runtheberg 2-Day Trail Run 50km & 30km,
(25km & 25km or 15km & 15km), All Out
Adventures Centre, Northern Drakensberg,
7am, Warren King 083 449 4113
FREE STATE
Saturday 2 September
Twizza Allan Ferguson Round Naval Hill
Half Marathon, 10km & 4km, Bloemfontein
Bowling Club, Union Avenue, Hamilton Park,
6:30am, Beverley Olivier 071 895 3183
Letlaka Trail Run 24km, 15km & 5km,
Mountain View Guest House, Tielman Roos
Avenue, Zastron, 7am, Corne van Niekerk
082 908 1716 Beverley Olivier 071 895 3183
GI Joe Bearded Vulture Clash 10km Trail
Run, Tikwe River Lodge, Virginia, Free State,
8am, GI Joe Office 082 962 6565 EASTERN CAPE
Saturday 9 September
Mieliepap Fees 10km & 5km, Ventersburg
Town Hall, Voortrekker Street, Ventersburg,
6:30am, Kieth Rhoode 082 882 9496 Sunday 3 September
NFB Tony Viljoen Masters Marathon PLUS
Half Marathon Walk, Macleantown Road,
Cobongo turn-off, to Beacon Bay Country
Club, Beaconhurst Drive, 6am, Tony Viljoen
084 291 9029
NEW DATE – WAS 2 SEPTEMBER
Bloempark Sweat & Eat 10km & 5km,
Bloempark Church, Charlie Sutton Street,
Fichardtpark, Bloemfontein, 7am, Jaco
Grobbelaar 082 416 6779
Friday 15 September
NK Kerk Berg en Daller 10km & 5km,
NG Kerk, Berg-en-Dal, Albrecht Street,
Bloemfontein, 6pm, MC Brink 082 775 8186
NEW DATE – WAS 22 SEPTEMBER
Saturday 23 September
Four Peaks Mountain Challenge 24km,
Moolmanshoek Private Game Reserve, on
R70 between Ficksburg & Rosendal, 5am,
Michael de Haast 072 078 5278
BORDER
Thursday 7 – Saturday 9 September
Wildcoast 112km Wildrun, (43km, 35km &
34km), Kei Mouth to Hole-in-the-Wall, 6am,
Wildrunner Events 021 821 9898 (w)
Sunday 10 September
Elliot Madeira Charity Club Half Marathon,
10km & 5km, WSU Grounds (Unitra),
Nelson Mandela Drive, Mthatha, 7am, Temba
Mtshabe 083 929 4286
NEW DATE – WAS 24 SEPTEMBER
Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 September
Clarens Cosmos Spring Stage Race, (Day
1: 30km or 16, Day 2: 18km), Bus stop next
to Golden Gate Main Gate, Clarens, 6:30am,
Ruan Botes – [email protected] Sunday 17 September
Caltex Sole Destroyer Half Marathon &
8km, Highgate Hotel, Voortrekker Road,
Cambridge, to Oxford Striders Club, Beach
Road, Nahoon, East London (8km starts here),
6:30am, Dillon Pretoruis 073 799 6075
Saturday 30 September
Webbers & Vic Theron’s Laboratories
Dress-Up Spring Run Half Marathon, 10km
& 5km, Bloemfontein Achilles Sport Centre,
Att Horak Avenue, Bloemfontein, 6:30am, Sunday 24 September
Legends Ultra Marathon 68km, Half
Marathon & 5km, Bhisho Stadium (68) to
Phillip Kahts Softball Stadium, Bunkers Hill,
East London (21 & 5), 6am, Meta Scott
Ma
081 487 4984
NEW DATE – WAS 8 OCTOBER
EASTERN PROVINCE
Saturday 3 September
Muirite Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Muir
College, St Thomas Muir Drive, Uitenhage,
6:30am, 7am & 8am, Margie du Toit
082 496 2926
Sunday 17 September
One City Relay and Marathon, Muir College,
Uitenhage, to PE City Hall, Baakens Street,
6:30am, Michael Mbambani 079 149 6796
Saturday 23 September
Clover Milk Run 10km & 5km, Kings Beach,
Port Elizabeth, 7am, Kevin Benade
079 490 0427
Wednesday 27 September
Merrell Spring Night Run PE 8km & 5km,
Norm Huldin Trails, Kragga Kamma Road, Port
Elizabeth, 6:30pm, Tatum Prins 083 449 0760
Saturday 30 September
Windpomp Half Marathon, 10km & 5km,
Botanical Sports Grounds, Somerset Street,
Graaff-Reinet, 7am, Rozelle Köhne
049 891 0825 (w)
FAR NORTH
LIMPOPO
Saturday 9 September
Hout is Goud Day Breaker 80km
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