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Tenacious Lowveld athletes conquer steep challenges at Tar&Trail

The various races started and finished at Nirvana Country Lodge.

The City of Mbombela Marathon Club’s Sifiso Ngcobo won the 21.1km race at the LowMed Tar&Trail on Saturday.

He clocked 01:06:57.

The event, which started and finished at Nirvana Country Lodge, included a half-marathon, a 10km race, an 18km trail run and a 12km trail run.

Sibonge Nkosi-Masheko of Bella’s Athletics Club was second in the half-marathon in 01:13:25, and teammate Vusumuzi Mtshali was third in 01:35:35.

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The honours in the women’s 21.1km went to Nomvula Sithole. The LowMed runner was in a class of her own and finished in 01:31:18.

Mbombela Marathon Club’s Wendy Bosch was second in 01:50:00, and Riana Rudolph of Uniwisp third in 01:59:50.

Other category winners:

21.1km
• Men 40+: Ashley Betteridge (Legogote Villagers) 01:50:02
• Men 50+: Jaco van der Merwe (Legogote Villagers) 02:20:45
• Junior male: Jano Gover (Nedbank LVCC) 02:09:27
• Women 40+: Morangwa Dlamini (Nelspruit Marathon Club) 02:34:10
• Junior female: Mieke de Ruiter (individual) 02:09:27.

10km
• Open men: Thamsanqa Hunguana (LowMed) 00:39:17
• Open and 40+ women: Chantell Middel-Bovee (Definition)
• Women 50+: Mirella Spano (Nedbank LVCC).

18km trail run
• Men: Samual Matabatha (Bella’s) 01:13:13
• Women: Nontokoza Dlamini (Bella’s) 01:47:29.

12km trail run
• Men: Peter Pienaar (individual) 01:02:10
• Women: Lizaan de Villiers (individual) 01:17:25.

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Mark Kinnear is based in Mbombela and has 33 years’ experience in journalism, mainly on the sports beat. He has made his career in community media and has extreme passion for covering a wide variety of sports events.
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