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The winners of this 12 months’s Daveyton Road Mile are set for a bumper pay-day after the organisers determined to extend the prize cash in a bid to draw elite athletes.
The occasion is scheduled for August 30 at Sinaba Stadium.
The 2023 version of the occasion was headlined by Nedbank high runner Fortunate Mohale, who completed second on the Totalsports Two Oceans ultra-marathon. However the absence of high runners final 12 months left the organisers, Daveyton Hearts, disillusioned.
“We now have elevated the prize cash to attempt to entice the highest runners. We’re additionally asking for assist from the individuals of Benoni to make this occasion profitable,” mentioned Daveyton Hearts deputy treasurer, Rebone Malapane.
The occasion features a 10km race, 5km enjoyable run or stroll and one mile (1.6km) run.
Final 12 months’s Daveyton Road Mile noticed a packed area.
The Mile Occasions Occasions A part of Final Yr’s Pleasure As Children Dineo Nzuza, Tshegofatso Batji, Pleasure Mamonye, Thato Sesoko and Future Nonyane Showcased Their Expertise on The 1.6km Lap Round Sinaba Stadium.
Thabo Masina and Present Nkosi gained the lads’s and girls’s 10km.
Waterfall AC’s Masina clocked 30:59 for first place within the males’s race, beating Kabelo Mwahla of Qhubeka AC 10 seconds off the tempo. Kwanda Longoza accomplished the highest three in 32:22.
Nkosi, of East Athletic Membership, ran half the course barefoot to breast the tape in a PB 38:20. Her teammate, Azelia Zitha, completed second in 39:04 for second place and Xcel AC’s Pamela Gwebu, who completed second within the Benoni Northerns Athletic Membership (BNAC) 48km ultra-marathon in March, rounded up the rostrum in 42:01.
“This a marquee occasion. To develop it and make it some of the engaging mile occasions in Gauteng, we’re all the time on the lookout for sponsorship. We will’t do that alone. It’s a group occasion and it’s going to profit the individuals of Daveyton. We’re interesting to businesspeople to help us in making the occasion successful,” Malapane mentioned.
To register and for extra info, contact the membership on 076 849 9994 or daveytonhearts1@gmail.com
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