{"id":52081,"date":"2023-11-03T16:54:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=52081"},"modified":"2023-11-03T16:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:54:27","slug":"runners-come-out-in-their-numbers-for-2023-goss-balfe-sapphire-coast-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/athletics\/runners-come-out-in-their-numbers-for-2023-goss-balfe-sapphire-coast-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Runners come out in their numbers for 2023 Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Runners braved the cold weather, having just celebrated the Springboks World Cup win, to compete in the 2023 Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon in Amanzimtoti on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cCongratulations to this year\u2019s race competitors for another successful Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon,\u201d commented Romy Wenzel of Sapphire Coast Tourism. \u201cWe enjoyed an impressive number of visitors to the Sapphire Coast for this epic event, giving us a chance to showcase the incredible tourism assets found here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wenzel said the 2023 Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon was another example of the spirit of humanity that often emerges in high-endurance events: \u201cOne example is Lizette Botha who came first in the 42km 60-69 age category. She has overcome many injuries over the past few years, but still runs and shows so much compassion for her fellow competitors. Lizette is a really special athlete who has helped many novice runners achieve their goals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lynette Botha of Amanzimtoti Athletics Club, organisers of the event, said there were 2\u00a0203 entrants for the event, and the runners managed to navigate the new route in this Comrades Marathon qualifier: \u201cDespite anticipating heavy rain there was only a bit of drizzle and cooler weather to welcome our athletes on the day! Both registration days went smoothly, and we received positive feedback from all runners who stopped at the water stations \u2013 so a big thank you to our local companies who hosted our water tables.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Botha said the Race Organising Committee also extended thanks to the Amanzimtoti AC members who came out to make it a success, as well as Scottburgh AC and Bluff AC who assisted on the day: \u201cWe would also like to extend our appreciation to the community for their help and patience in hosting this annual event.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Results for the 42km \u2013 Men<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brino Chidzungu – 02:31:29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Njabulo Mpanza – 02:36:00<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Siphokuhle Tshoba – 02:37:35<\/span><\/p>\n

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Results for the 42km \u2013 Women<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ferne Kalamer – 03:21:07<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lieketseng Molefe – 03:30:29<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Angelique Muller – 03:39:41<\/span><\/p>\n

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Results for the 21.1km – Men<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mfundo Chagwe – 01:07:30<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bonginkosi Zwane – 01:10:37<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Skhumbuzo Mpanza – 01:12:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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Results for the 21.1km – Women<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Amanda Nkomo 01:31:33<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lethokuhle Letsoalo 01:32:54<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Romy Wenzel 01:33:03<\/span><\/p>\n

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Results for the 10km – Men<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Simphiwe Zulu – 00:32:00<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sakhiwo Manguzela – 00:33:34<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Siyanda Sandile – 00:33:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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Results for the 10km – Women<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kate Brading – 00:51:04<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kyra-Leigh Cooper – 00:52:54<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gemma Reed – 00:54:05<\/span><\/p>\n

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The organisers would like to thank the main sponsors, Goss & Balfe and Galleria Mall; spot prize sponsors Designer Kitchens and AfriSam; and water table hosts: Day One Health, Hypersure, Amanzimtoti AC – Toti Juniors, Warner Beach Preparatory School, Bundu Networx, Amanzimtoti Scouts, Community Chest, Pam Golding, Chas Everitt, Natal Park Run, AfriSam, Lions Amanzimtoti, Remax Amanzimtoti, and Team Seven. Thanks were also extended to Hyundai Amanzimtoti for assisting with the Leading vehicles, Mike Signs and Zee\u2019s Printing for all signage and printing, and Sapphire Coast Tourism for marketing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sapphire Coast Tourism Festive Season<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The fun continues on the Sapphire Coast this holiday season with the Sapphire Sizzling Summer campaign running throughout December at selected main beaches within the region. Anyone wanting to sponsor or assist with the programme can contact romywenzel@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Runners braved the cold weather, having just celebrated the Springboks World Cup win, to compete in the 2023 Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon in Amanzimtoti on Sunday. \u00a0 \u201cCongratulations to this year\u2019s race competitors for another successful Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon,\u201d commented Romy Wenzel of Sapphire Coast Tourism. \u201cWe enjoyed an impressive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3435],"tags":[4415],"class_list":["post-52081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-athletics","tag-olivia-jones-communications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52081","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}