Participants walk, run or jog at Secunda parkrun
Congratulation goes out to Louis Le Roux on joining club 250. He is the sixth parkrunner to achieving this milestone at Secunda.
SECUNDA – Whether it is walking, jogging or running, the parkrun is a great way to keep fit. The 5km parkrun route can be done at your own pace and can be enjoyed individually or as a family activity.
Secunda’s parkrun was established on October 25, 2014, and is held every Saturday and starts at 08:00.
Participants get together at the Vinke Dam green strip, next to the Kruik Church and the Sasol Recreational Club.
Saturday, October 8, was the parkrun’s #322 and had a joyful 242 participants of which there were 17 first-timers and five first-time visitors.
Congratulations go out to Louis Le Roux on joining club 250. He is the sixth parkrunner to achieve this milestone at Secunda.
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He has volunteered 59 times and has done 21 parkrun locations. Johan Borstlap is congratulated on joining club 100 with his grandson Zayden Borstlap joining club 10.
Piet Nieuwenhuis is also congratulated on joining club 100, at the age of 77 years. He is the second eldest male parkrunner.
Willem Human is the eldest male parkrunner at the age of 75 years. He has done 122 parkruns.
Sophia Grobbelaar (80) is the eldest parkrunner and has bagged 270 parkruns. This also makes her the parkrunner with the most parkruns.
The first three women to cross the finish were Sharona Klein, Michelle Parkes and Chantelle-Lee Fick.
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Pienaar Janse van Rensburg, Wege Viljoen and Mtsamayi Sibisi were the first three men to finish. Saturday, October 15, was Parkrun #323 with 303 parkrunners participating.
11 first-timers were welcomed to the parkrun Secunda South Africa family. There were also eight first-time visitors.
Congratulations to Elsje Jefferies, Liane van der Merwe and Gabriella De Oliveira on being the first three women to finish.
The first three men were Pienaar Janse van Rensburg, Wege Viljoen and Dirk Van Den Heever.
Dates to remember are the 2-in-1 10km and 4,9km Night Race happening on November 2 and will start at the Sasol Recreational Club at 19:00.
On November 12, is the Maximed Pharmacy 10km run and fun run that will kick off at Hoërskool Standerton.
