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<\/a>Hejana, one of Border’s leading runners, said he had his sights set on a third win and was happy that he could pull it off.<\/p>\n
“The race went very well, even though the wind was blowing into us at the start. When we turned at the beach it was better and I came back feeling good and felt strong at the end.”<\/p>\n
With a slight change to the route, Hejana was not able to challenge his course record of 36.09 from last year, but was pleased with his efforts.<\/p>\n
“I enjoyed the race. There were lots of people cheering me on from the start to the end and it was also good to support the Reach for a Dream Foundation.”<\/p>\n
SPAR Eastern Cape chose the foundation as their beneficiary to help them in their quest of making a child’s dream come true on a daily basis.<\/p>\n
The retailer’s regional promotions and advertising manager Wendy Westraadt said they were delighted with the support they had received from the East London community.<\/p>\n
She said around 850 runners signed up for the two races that were aimed at providing an avenue for a healthy lifestyle in a family environment, while also giving back to the community.<\/p>\n
“We are so happy to be able to support a charity like Reach for a Dream,” said Westraadt.<\/p>\n
“It is such a worthy cause and we thank the East London people for supporting us as they always do.<\/p>\n
“The weather finally played along and it was a very successful day. We loved being here to give something back to the Border region.”<\/p>\n
The men’s and women’s 5km races were won by Malixole Kolideni (22:23) of Old Selbornians and Liyema Tele (24:18) of Gwaba Combined School respectively.<\/p>\n
Kolideni, who was runner-up in the 9.8km last year, was thrilled with his victory.<\/p>\n
“It was a very good race, quite tough and a bit windy. The hills towards the end tested us but I was very happy with the win,” he said.<\/p>\n
Results<\/strong><\/p>\n 10km<\/strong><\/p>\n Men<\/p>\n 1. Luthando Hejana (Born 2 Run) 37:28 Women<\/p>\n 1. Hanlie Botha (Born 2 Run) 43:07 5km<\/strong><\/p>\n Men<\/p>\n 1. Malixole Kolideni (Old Selbornians) 22:23 Women<\/p>\n 1. Liyema Tele (Gwaba Combined School) 24:18 Defending champion Luthando Hejana, from Mdantsane, showed his liking for the SPAR Family Challenge when he took his third title in a row in the 9.8km race in East London on Saturday. Undeterred by a fresh easterly breeze at the start at the Beaconhurst Sports Grounds, the 29-year-old was able to consolidate his status as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2049,2052,2053,214,1999,2051,2050,32,1898,1994],"class_list":["post-3538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sport","tag-athletics","tag-beaconhurst-sports-grounds","tag-born-2-run","tag-east-london","tag-east-london-news","tag-hanlie-botha","tag-luthando-hejana","tag-results","tag-spar","tag-spar-family-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. Bulelani Mgubo (All Stars) 38:03
\n3. Monwabisi Siqwayi (Zubenothi Sports Developers) 39:54
\n4. Simphiwe Majiki 41:14
\n5. Makaya Masumpa (Born 2 Run) 42:02
\n6. Sipho Mejane 42:17
\n7. Xolile Mashicila (Overtakers Sports Club) 42:28
\n8. Tembisie Vakele (Eskom Athletic Club) 43:43
\n9. Hlumelo Makubalo (Real Gijimas) 44:28
\n10. Luxolo Shushu 45:15<\/p>\n
\n2. Luyanda Matiwona 48:40
\n3. Andrea Ranger (Old Selbornians) 50:28
\n4. Jaime Griffiths (Born 2 Run) 51:22
\n5. Zandile Rubushe (Mdantsane AC) 51:51
\n6. Lindy Vermeulen (Old Boys) 59:54
\n7. Kirsten Forsyth (Old Selbornians) 1:02:00
\n8. Nomvuyo Haminson (Real Gijimas) 1:05:09
\n9. Suzette Krause (Oxford Striders) 1:05:59
\n10. Thandokazi Hlinza (MBSA Running Club) 1:07:50<\/p>\n
\n2. Mbuyiseli Mema 22:50
\n3. Desmond Witbooi (Born 2 Run) 23:19
\n4. Siyamthanda Klaas 23:43
\n5. Anawo Gamlana 23:44<\/p>\n
\n2. Elroy Matthews 25:26
\n3. Giselle Pauls 26:25
\n4. Aviwe Tele 28:06
\n5. Avuyonke Pellem (Gwaba Combined School) 28:08<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"