Zululand and Northern KZN athletes taking part in the prestigious Mandela Day Marathon next weekend have a final chance to hone their race fitness at the 10km Nkandla Mayoral Race on Sunday. With a huge field entered for next weekend’s marathon, runners in northern KwaZulu-Natal and Zululand have the opportunity to wrap up their preparations with a short, sharp 10km at the Nkandla event on Sunday August 18. The race takes place in the heart…
"Nkandla Mayoral Race a chance for race fitness"Category: Events
The town of Nkandla in Zululand lies in the heart of the KwaZulu-Natal Battlefields Route and is surrounded by world renowned historical sites, but on Sunday August 18 the town will be the venue of a fight for the Nkandla Mayoral Race title. The 10km and 5km road races which are based in the town will see a sprinkling of top athletes fighting for the victory and the R10 000 first prize that goes with the…
"Nkandla Mayoral Race battle on Battlefields Route"
ZIMBABWE came to Northern KwaZulu-Natal and claimed the honours on Sunday with Mike Fokoroni and Loveness Madziva winning the Prince Mangosuthu Ultra Marathon from Nquthu to Dundee. Fokoroni, from the Nedbank Athletic Club, had to work hard to overcome the challenge of teammates Peter Muthubi and Mholi Jali over the tough, undulating 52km course. The Zimbabwean crossed the line in a time of 3.06.46, just 25 seconds ahead of Muthubi, with Jali a mere 10…
"Zimbabweans win dash for Dundee cash"
One of South Africa’s most enduring politicians is expected to be on hand to watch the participants struggle to survive the tough Prince Mangosuthu Ultra Marathon course from Nquthu to Dundee on Sunday. Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who is expected to attend the event on Sunday, first entered public office in 1953 when he inherited the chieftainship of the large Buthelezi tribe, a position he still holds today. The respected politician, who turns 91 later this month,…
"Endurance the key to rich rewards at ultra"
A massive prizefund of over R400 000 is expected to attract a strong field of late entries to the inaugural Prince Mangosuthu Ultra Marathon road running event on Sunday. While the top runners have been cagey about submitting pre-entries, the race organisers are confident the big R100 000 first prize will mean a sprinkling of top runners who will make the journey to the town of Nquthu in Northern Natal for the 52km. This first-time event, which…
"R400 000 up for grabs at Prince Mangosuthu Ultra"
Competitors in the Nkandla Mayoral Race will have an opportunity of taking in some spectacular scenery as they run through a “cradle of Zulu history” on August 18. The 10km event starts at the Vumanhlavu Clinic and ends at the Nkandla Sports Ground in the town of Nkandla. The 5km starts midway along the 10km route on the road from Eshowe to Nkandla. Sponsored by the Nkandla Municipality, the event takes place in the heart…
"Nkandla Mayoral Race in “cradle of Zulu history”"
The battlefields of Northern KwaZulu-Natal will be the focus of KZN road running on August 11 when the province’s top ultra-marathon runners go to war for the R100 000 first prize at the Prince Mangosuthu Ultra Marathon in Dundee. The inaugural event offers runners a choice of three distances: It caters for the serious ultra-distance runner with a tough 52km that finishes in Dundee, as well as a 10km for the speedsters and a 5km for…
"Battle for inaugural Prince Mangosuthu Ultra title"
Sipho Mbanjwa and Janet Mbhele doubled up over the weekend and rushed back from impressive results at the South African Half Marathon Championships in Port Elizabeth to claim the men’s and women’s victories respectively at the UKZN Campus to Campus 10km races in Durban on Sunday. Both the two winners of Sunday’s Campus to Campus 10km were clearly in a class of their own as they powered away from the big field in the race…
"Mbanjwa, Mbhele double up for Campus to Campus"
On Sunday morning nearly 3 000 athletes will be filling the roads from the University of Kwazulu-Natal’s Howard College to the Westville campus in an event that has captured the imagination of the KZN road-running community. The 10km UKZN Campus to Campus road race and 5km fun run has attracted a surprisingly big entry with university personnel mingling with some of the province’s top short-distance road racers. Students, lecturers and other staff from all five of…
"UKZN Campus to Campus ready to run"
ROAD runners looking to take part in the popular 10km race for the UKZN Campus to Campus in Durban on Sunday, July 28, have until Monday to get their entries in for the popular event The undulating 10km event between the Howard College and Westville campuses of the University of KwaZulu-Natal takes runners on a scenic journey through some of Durban’s residential suburbs from the Berea to Westville. UKZN’s Executive Director of Corporate Relations, Ashton…
"Entries close Monday for UKZN Campus to Campus"