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Charity Wins Urban Run

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Lyndon Bagley
Top 2015 Philanthropist Lyndon Bagley receives his trophy watched by Cleary Estate Cheshire Home representative Hillary Bolton and Philanthropist runner-up Enrique Franks.

Thousands descended on the city centre this weekend to witness the Nelson Mandela Bay Urban Run hosted by the Mandela Bay Development Agency and SA’s first Inner City Enduro. Starting and finishing from the Donkin Reserve, just under a thousand runners took part in this unique Urban Run which took participants on an 8.5km route through the historic CBD and included many of the rejuvenated sections of the city.

Along the route some 20 obstacles and 4 water stations were setup by local companies but this didn’t seem to slow down the overall race winners Siyolo Dick (37min 41secs) and Lindi-Mae Terblanche (52:06). However, as with every year, the real winners of the Urban Run charity event are the charities who represent those unable to enjoy such pleasures in life. The adults urban runners raised much needed funding for Cleary Estate Cheshire Home in the Northern areas, raising a whopping R107 883.

On Saturday just under 90 children took part in the managed to raise just under R10,000 for the Reach for a Dream Foundation with Lwambeso Magwada and Mikail Van Huyssteen winning the coveted Urban Run trophies.

The Nutritech slip and slide obstacle was voted by the participants as the best obstacle of the event whilst the Cleary Cheshire water table was voted as the best water table. The Herald best dressed competition was well contested this year with Gavin Strydom and Werner Badenhorst winning in their Ironman costumes which took several months to construct. Claiming R3,000 and the Herald trophy, the duo didn’t hesitate in donating all the prize month to the charity.

For the second year running, Lyndon Bagley, scooped up the Philanthropist prize for raising R5,520 for the charity whilst Matthew Ferreira raised the most amount in the Kids race and won for himself a bicycle from Cylopro.

Top 20 Results Summary:

Men: 1 Siyolo Dick (37:41); 2 Shandre Van Heerden (41:38); 3 Luyanda Matiwana (41:40); 4 Dirk Okenedey (45:11); 5 Michael Prince (47:29); 6 Lonwabo Mtshake (48:18); 7 Kader Abdulla (48:48); 8 Nick Chapman (49:40); 9 Enrique Franks (50:30); 10 Amir Venter (51:24); 11 Michael Mitchell (51:41); 12 Michael Hloyi (51:42); 13 Gary Daniels (51:54); 14 Sonwabile Zokoza (52:31); 15 Ross Kruger (52:35); 16 Miracle Chauke (52:57); 17 Michael Shaw (53:11); 18 David Radloff (53:13); 19 Andrew Kearney (53:44); 20 Lyndon Bagley (53:52);

Ladies: 1 Lindi-Mae Terblanche (52:06); 2 Phumeza Manona (53:28 3 Elani Eckert (53:30); 4 Ludine Williams (56:02); 5 Racquel Iverson (56:35); 6 Deidre Burger (57:18); 7 Caroline Allen (57:27); 8 Christelle Blume (58:00); 9 Belinda Bain (58:05); 10 Storm Kruger (58:45); 11 Irma Jansen Van Nieuwenhu (59:11); 12 Angie Sampson (1:00:02); 13 Lourinda Fourie (1:00:13); 14 Chantelle Ligman (1:01:32); 15 Anthea Ligman (1:01:34); 16 Etreshia Coetzee (1:01:44); 17 Cindy Anderson (1:02:49); 18 Belisa Peyper (1:02:51); 19 Elzet De Vries (1:02:55); 20 Nadia Janse Van Rensburg (1:04:36);

Boys: 1 Lwambeso Magwada (13:51); 1 Mikail Van Huyssteen (23:55); 2 Hanroux Van Der Merwe (14:24); 2 Luka Van Huyssteen (28:03); 3 Josh Hufkie (14:46); 4 Dane Iverson (14:51); 5 Elih Fraser (15:14); 6 Jonathan Seaborne (15:16); 7 Ethan Van Der Walt (15:19); 8 Joseph Stow (15:32);  9 José Gomes (15:35); 10 Kai Fraser (15:39); 11 Bradley Bosman (15:42); 12 Tiaan Black (15:45); 13 Matthew Hume (16:59); 14 Matthew Ferreira (17:39); 15 Caleb Humphreys (17:41); 16 Trishul Mathura (17:59); 17 Jonathan van der Wait (18:19); 18 Luke Momberg (18:39); 19 Morne Beauzec (18:42); 20 Reghardt Klinkenburg (18:44);

Girls: 1 Zanri Black (14:03); 2 Caitlin Franks (14:19); 3 Paige Dickson (15:21); 4 Isabella Rathje (15:49); 5 Mia Vermaak (17:45); 6 Megan Hough (17:48); 7 Sophie Rathje (18:28); 8 Jinaan Van Wyk (18:33); 9 Anika Moree (18:36); 10 Caitlin De Vos (18:52); 11 Joslynne Jensen (19:28); 12 Emma Lacey (19:54); 13 Reiya Naidoo (19:57); 14 Jordan Van Der Walt (19:59); 15 Saskia Wait (20:37); 16 Mischka Strydom (20:55); 17 Reeva Naidoo (23:26); 18 Zoey Mosterd (23:50); 19 Sarah Venter (24:02); 20 Sunet Barnard (24:27);

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