SA Race news

Spar/Mercury Women's 10 km Durban, 22 June - 1. Poppy Mlambo TWR 32:58 . 2nd .. Irvette van Blerk MrP 33:19 3rd. Carlien Cornelissen MrP 34:26 4th Bulelwa Mtshagi MrP 34:37

Atlantis 15 km Mamre, 21 June - 14.1K due to marshalling error
1st Thembelani Zola (Mr Pr) 43:47. 1st Woman Elana Meyer (L.Nike) 48:14

Techno-Dent Bible Society 10 km PE , 21 June - 1st. George Ntshiliza Libnike 31:17. 1st Woman Mariette Hattingh St Albans CSEP 42:11

Comrades Marathon Pietermaritzburg to Durban, 16 June - 1st Fusi Nhlapo Liberty 5:28:52 . 1st Woman . Elena Nurgalieva (RUS) 6:07:46

Black Management Forum Volkwagen 10 km PE, 14 June
1st George Ntshiliza Libnike 29:04 . 1st Woman Kirsty Weir Mr Price UPE 35:54

Napier Half Marathon Napier , 14 June - 1st. Owen MacHelm (Harm) 71:11. 1st Woman Karin Winterbach (Ind) 93:45

Sasko 10 km East London, 7 June - 1st. Pumlani Bangani MPOS 32:30. 1st Woman Xoliswa Bici Siyanda 23 40:00

Cleary Park 10 km PE, 07 June - 1st Mluleki Nobanda Umtata Police 1:04:51 . 1st Woman Thandeka Scout Libnike 40:06

Muller Potgieter 15 km Pretoria, 07 June
1st Herman Pedi (HAC) 46:41 . 1st Woman Louisa Labello (HAC) 54:04

Laksman 10 km & Half Marathon Pretoria , 31 May -
10k - 1st. E Mkhabela Rentmeester Tuks 30:36 . 1st Woman L Holmes Harmony Gold 39:23
21k - 1st. E Skosana 1:10:04 . 1st Woman A Lukhwareni Harmony Gold 1:25:47

Spar Forest 10 km Durban, 01 June - 1st .Sandile Lembethe MrP 29:45 1st Woman Carey-Ann Smith West 37:17

Beacon Bay Motors Beachfront Half Marathon East London, 24 May
Border Championships : 1st Mluleki Nobanda Umtata Police 1:04:51 . 1st Woman Thembisa Majoqo Umtata Police 1:22:19

John Korasie Half Marathon (W.P. Half-marathon Championships), 01 June - 1st. Lindikaya Mtangayi (Mr Pr) 63:19 . 1st Woman Bulelwa Mtshagi (MP Celt) 75:06

Botmaskop Mountain Race Stellenbosch, 31 May
1st Nkosana Mponeng (PTM Gij) 57:38 .. 1st Woman Margaret Curran (Harf.Harr) 75:50 (1st vet)

Swellendam Half Marathon Swellendam, 31 May
1st. Anton Waterboer (Rob) 69:15 ..1st Woman Johanna Claassen (Outen) 91:45

EV Krull Border 10 km Championships Gonubie, East London, 31 May - 1st Mphuthumi Ngedle Mr Price Umtata Police 29:53 1st WomanXoliswa Bici Siyanda AC 38:23

Race news 2003 [ more ] Cape Race news [ more ] asehla (RAU) 39:34

June 2003

Track : Werner Botha wins 800m in 1:46.26 posted 30 June International Stars Meeting in Poznan - Botha wins 800m in 1:46.26. | more | Comrades : Foreigners work around their passion posted 29 June If you thought the life of a Comrades winner or an international ultra-running star was one long, happy training session with plenty of sleep and lots of money – forget it, you're in dreamland. . | more | Golden League : Mbulaeni Mulaudzi wins 800m in 1:44.11 posted 29 June Mbulaeni Mulaudzi defeats Wilfred Bungei in Oslo Norway. | more |

Comrades : Bester hits back at Mentoor posted 19 June Farwa Mentoor, the first South African woman home in the Comrades Marathon for the second year in succession, has earned the wrath of her club, Harmony AC, in the wake of her comments about financial support for local women athletes. | more | Comrades : Mtolo promises to be back posted 19 June Pietermaritzburg - Will he be back in 2004? That was the obvious question after KwaZulu-Natal road running star Willie Mtolo again failed to fulfil his dream of winning the Comrades Marathon on Monday. . | more | Comrades : Mentoor prefers 'up run' posted 19 June Cape Town - Local athlete Farwa Mentoor believes her style of running is better suited to the "up"-route in the Comrades Ultra Marathon. .. | more |

Comrades : Homegrown hero posted 17 June The "red brigade's" stranglehold over the Comrades Marathon was finally broken by a South African when Fusi Nhlapo, 32, of Liberty Nike, devastated a top-class field to win the marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban today. Although Nhlapo did not break Bruce Fordyce's long-standing down run record of 5:24:07, he was cheered home by a thunderous crowd in a cracking time of 5:28:52.. | more | Track : SA athletes shine in Germany posted 17 June Dortmund - South African athletes continued to do well in the annual Sparkassen International meeting here on Sunday.. | more | South African Team for World Youth Championships posted 16 June Johannesburg, South Africa - Athletics South Africa have announced a team of 17 athletes to compete in the IAAF World Youth Championships in Sherbrooke, Canada, from 10-13 July 2003.. | more | Comrades drug cheats on the run posted 11 June Drug cheats beware! That's the warning from the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport, which will be casting its doping net wider at Monday's Comrades Marathon.

America : DeReuck's run is over posted 09.06 PEORIA - Colleen DeReuck wasn't going to keep winning the Steamboat Classic 4-mile women's race every year. .| more | Comrades : African lion Mtolo ready for Russian Bears posted 09.06 Johannesburg - The Russians are going out of their way to put pressure on their main South African rival, Willie Mtolo of Harmony Gold running club, in the buildup to the down Comrades Marathon next Monday. .| more |

TRACK : THALES FBK-Games (IAAF Grand Prix) Hengelo, NED, posted 04 June 800m Men : 3rd Hezekiel Sepeng RSA 1:45.36 Mile Men : 8. Graham Davidson RSA 3:53.86

Comrades : Elite South African fuels prize money debate posted 04.06 Johannesburg, South Africa (UW) - South African ultramarathoner Neil Schalkwyk says he agrees with controversial remarks by Dmitri Grishin that men should be paid more prize money than women at the Comrades Marathon. .| more | Science of Sport: Noakes wins prestigious book award posted 04.06 Professor Tim Noakes has won the prestigious University of Cape Town's Book Award of 2003 for his runner's guide, the mammoth Lore of Running, fourth edition. .| more |