Sapphire Coast Tourism is excited to welcome runners, spectators, and supporters to Amanzimtoti for the highly anticipated Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon on Sunday, 27 October 2024. This early qualifier for the Comrades Marathon, organised by Amanzimtoti Athletics Club, is a great opportunity for athletes and visitors to experience this coastal gem.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe can confirm there will be an exciting new route for the 10km race at the 2024 Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon, taking runners along the scenic beach road and onto the promenade, while the 2023 routes for the 21.1km and 42.2km races will remain,\u201d said Lynette Botha of Amanzimtoti Athletics Club. \u201cThis annual event is a great preparation for the upcoming Comrades Marathon and we encourage spectators to come out in full support of our incredible athletes. A massive thanks to event sponsors, Goss & Balfe and Galleria Mall, for making this possible, as well as Suzuki Amanzimtoti who will again sponsor the leading cars and the bailer bus to assist our athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon Details<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Date<\/strong>: Sunday, 27 October 2024<\/p>\n Venue<\/strong>: Amanzimtoti Athletics Club, 1 Riverside Road, Amanzimtoti<\/p>\n Parking<\/strong>: R10<\/p>\n Online Entry<\/strong>: www.eventtiming.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n Early Bird Entries Close<\/strong>: 6 October 2024<\/p>\n Late Online Entries Close<\/strong>: 20 October 2024<\/p>\n Enquiries<\/strong>: toti.ac.racedirector@gmail.com<\/a> | 079\u00a0467 6457<\/p>\n *Shirts for Early Bird entries ONLY. Medals for all finishers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10km Race <\/strong><\/p>\n Route: https:\/\/za.mapometer.com\/running\/route_5534958.html<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/2723558?units=km<\/a><\/p>\n Starts: 6am<\/p>\n Entry fee: R200<\/p>\n Late entry fee: R230<\/p>\n Temp licence: R90<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 21.1km Race <\/strong><\/p>\n Route: https:\/\/za.mapometer.com\/running\/route_5471990.html<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/2723570?units=km<\/a><\/p>\n Starts: 6am<\/p>\n Entry fee: R250<\/p>\n Late entry fee: R280<\/p>\n Temp licence: R110<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 42.2km Race <\/strong><\/p>\n Route: https:\/\/za.mapometer.com\/running\/route_5470780.html<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.plotaroute.com\/route\/2723540?units=km<\/a><\/p>\n Starts: 5.30am<\/p>\n Entry fee: R370<\/p>\n Late entry fee: R400<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Late Entries and Race Pack Collection Details<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Venue: Amanzimtoti Athletics Club, 1 Riverside Road, Amanzimtoti<\/p>\n Friday, 25 October 2024 | 4pm to 7pm<\/p>\n Saturday, 26 October 2024 | 10am to 4pm<\/p>\n Sunday, 27 October 2024 | From 4.30am<\/p>\n *No entries on race day<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Romy Wenzel of Sapphire Coast Tourism, supporter of the Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon, said this is another example of the region\u2019s incredible sporting event potential, and the ideal opportunity for visitors to experience the Sapphire Coast.\u00a0\u201cThis is a really well-organised and scenic event that gives participants a chance to experience the Sapphire Coast\u2019s natural beauty and fantastic tourism sites!\u201d said Wenzel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sapphire Coast Must-Try Sites and Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For more information about the Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon, contact 079 467 6457 or email toti.ac.racedirector.co.za<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For more information about the Sapphire Coast, visit www.sapphirecoasttourism.co.za<\/a> or the Sapphire Coast Tourism<\/a> Facebook page.<\/p>\n Sapphire Coast Tourism is excited to welcome runners, spectators, and supporters to Amanzimtoti for the highly anticipated Goss & Balfe Sapphire Coast Marathon on Sunday, 27 October 2024. This early qualifier for the Comrades Marathon, organised by Amanzimtoti Athletics Club, is a great opportunity for athletes and visitors to experience this coastal gem. \u201cWe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58283,"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-58284","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\/58284","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=58284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n