GTM hosts Mayor’s Cup this Saturday in Lenyenye

According to the municipal spokesperson, Neville Ndlala, the tournament will coincide with the official reopening of Lenyenye Stadium which was closed due to refurbishments worth R14,7 million.

Individual participants and teams will compete in marathon, football, netball and golf. The marathon will start and end at Lenyenye Stadium. Entry forms for the marathon are available at various municipal offices and libraries. Entry fee for the 21km is R40, R20 for the 10 km race and free for the 5km fun run.

Those interested in participating can still enter on the day of the marathon between 5am and 6:45. Both the 21km and 10 km races will commerce at 7:00 with the 5km fun run starting at 07:15. The winner for the 21km race will take home R4000, second and third place will take home R3000 and R2000 respectively.

Soccer teams will compete in three categories, namely, ladies soccer development (under 21), men’s football development (under 21) and workers soccer. Soccer teams’ played cluster elimination matches last Saturday.

The municipality has four clusters namely Bulamahlo, Lesedi, Relela and Runnymede. In development soccer for both men and ladies, winners will take home R5000 plus kit and soccer balls, second place will get R3000 and third place wins R1500.

Netball teams will only compete in two categories being netball development and netball for workers. In Netball Development first place wins R3000, second place R1500 and third place R1000.

In netball workers category first place wins R3000, second place R1500 and third place R1000. Both soccer and netball will be played at Lenyenye Stadium and Molabisane High School.

Golf will be played at Tzaneen Country Club from 8:00 and at least 40 golfers are expected to participate. The Mayor’s Cup was postponed from December 2016 to allow more teams an opportunity to register and participate.

Refurbishments in Lenyenye Stadium include the reconstruction of the football field to a 105m x 68m pitch with new grass, an eight-lane special grass athletics track as well as facilities for all track and field events. These facilities include those for shot put, Discus, javelin, long and triple jump as well as high jump.

Other refurbishmentsdone are on the tennis, basketball and netball courts within the stadium precinct. With water a challenge in the area, a permanent, reliable source of irrigation water has been installed. The shower rooms and toilets have also been renovated as well as the roof in the pavilion.