Mzansi Athletics Club hosts birthday run
The celebrations saw around 1 000 athletes participating in three distances (21.1km, 10km and 5km fun run) on Saturday.
POLOKWANE – Mzansi Athletics Club celebrated their seventh birthday with their stakeholders, the community and runners at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on January 13.
To commemorate the day, the club arranged a special training run with members and runners from other clubs as a gesture to thank them for their support over the years.
The club was founded by chairperson Richard Bilisi in 2017 to encourage a healthy lifestyle and staying fit, to bring about transformation in the athletics fraternity as well as making running fashionable in the province.
According to Bilisi, the club is by far the most famous and fastest growing running club.
“This was an official inaugural Mzansi AC anniversary race, which will be held annually to celebrate the club’s birthday. It will in future be termed the ‘January 14’ celebration.
“The Mzansi Athletics Club was officially launched on January 14, 2017. It has since grown from 25 members to more than 350 members, which makes it the second biggest and fastest growing running club in Limpopo.”
He added that the event is part of their Back 2 School campaign, aimed at supporting needy learners with stationery and school related items.
“We would like to thank runners and other corporates who donated school shoes and stationery towards the campaign. The items will be handed over to various schools in Limpopo as part of the broader social responsibility programme of the Mzansi Athletics Club. Donations are still welcomed, and those interested can contact Awenic Mathoni at 082 402 6714. We are excited to have opened the Limpopo 2024 running season in style and celebration mode, and our sincere gratitude to runners for turning up in numbers, and corporates for supporting the event.”
The celebrations saw around 1 000 athletes participating in three distances (21.1km, 10km and 5km fun run) on Saturday.
The 21.1km male race was won by Issac Mashia from the Nedbank Club running club while Rosalibe Isaiah from Uniwisp running club won the women’s category.
Rufus Photo from Murray&Roberts running club won the 10km male category and Elizabeth Hutamo from the University of Limpopo running club won the 10km women’s category.
