Runners took to the gravel roads and breathed in picturesque landscapes during the 2020 Hartspad Bushrun on Saturday, 3 October.
Entrants from various age groups took part in three-, six- and nine- kilometre runs. It was business as usual for some of Potch’s top runners, with Jerry Motsau, Johan Stadler, Abrie Kruger, Robert de Villiers and Danielle Verster showing their class.
Photos: Motion Sport
Motsau took first place in the nine-km senior male (20–39) cate-gory in a time of 30:27.6, ahead of NWU’s Robert de Villiers in 30:51.6. Tumisang Monnatlala took third in 31:34.2.
The well-known Nico Deerling from Promosa Athletics Club took first in the master male category in 39:40.
Verster of Potch Track Club once again showed her class in the women’s under-19 category in the nine-km race with a win in 38:20.8 ahead of the Van Deventer sisters, Bianca and Yolandi.
Shanley Koekemoer took first place in the senior women’s (20–39) category with a time of 37:20.2. Adele Broodryk came in second (37:50) with Rhode Boon in third, crossing the line with the clock at 39:13.8.
In the three-km run, Andy Munnik took first in the male u.19 category in a time of 10:55.4. Wihann Strydom and Egbert Palmer took second and third respectively.
Potch Track Club’s Stadler took first in the men’s (20–39) three-km category crossing the line at 11:22.8. Ingeborg Liebenberg took first in the women’s (20–39) race in a time of 16:30.9.
In the six-km category, Stephany Petro showed her class with a win in the women’s u.19 race in 25:50.9.
In the men’s six-km u.19 race, Abrie Kruger and Rico Leijenaar, both Potch Track Club athletes, engaged in a battle with the experienced Kruger outgunning his younger opponent. Kruger finished in a time of 21:57.1, beating Leijenaar, who clocked 22:26.
Reinard Reitsma won the six-km race in the men’s 20–39 age category in a commendable time of 23:27.1. In the veteran male section, Cor Leijenaar, Rico’s dad, also did his family proud with a win in 25:44.2. Lourens Swanepoel was the oldest finisher (70) in the six-km race with a time of 51:27.7.
