Pirates Club to host 21 km race
GREENSIDE – Bruce Fordyce’s Complete Marathons, Casio and Sportsmans Warehouse sponsor Pirates 21km race.
Pirates Club is set to host a half-marathon road race on 15 February from 6am from Pirates Club in Greenside with a record prize money of
R31 400.
Complete Marathons specialises in concierge services for the Comrades Marathon offering athletes, both locally and outside of South Africa, a customised Comrades concierge service.
Casio men’s G-Shock watches and women’s Baby G watches will be given as prizes and Sportsmans Warehouse will be providing gift vouchers. Complete Marathons will be providing T-Shirts autographed by Bruce Fordyce.
“We look forward to making this the best Pirates 21km ever in its 37 year history. The sponsorships of Complete Marathons, Casio and Sportsmans Warehouse add significant value to the race,” said Hennie Booysen chairman of Pirates Road Running.
Pre-Entries can be obtained at:
Pirates Club – Saturday 14 February 2015 from 10.30am till 2pm.
The Sweat Shop, Dunkeld Centre, Jan Smuts Avenue, 011 325 2567/8
The Sweat Shop Fourways, U4A Fourways Crossing, Sunset Boulevard, 011 467 5966
Randburg Runner, Manlam Court, 5th Street, Linden, 011 888 9644
The Sweat Shop Bedford, Bedfordview Arcade, Van Buuren Road, 011 450 2421
There is equal prize money for both men and women. First prize has substantially increased to R4 500, R2 500 for second place, down to R550 for fifth place. There will also be cash prizes for the first male and female over 50 years and 60 years, junior male and female and team prizes of groups of four runners.
All finishers will receive a medal:
Gold – top 5 male and female runners
Silver – sub 90 minutes
Bronze – 90 minutes +
All finishers will also be eligible to win spot prizes plus other giveaways. Prize-giving will be at 10.15am.
The race follows a circular route, running past the water tower on top of Northcliff Hill and back again. The first half has three challenging hills, the first starting after one km and then undulating with two more climbs, the last peaking at the King of the Mountain point at about 14km. The downhill after that is fast, enabling runners to pick up time. The start and finish are at the Pirates Club, Braeside Road, Greenside. The cut-off is three and a half hours.
The entry fee is R90 and late entries will be taken at the start at Pirates from 4.30am on the day. The race starts at 6am. Temporary licences will be on sale at the additional cost of R25. Runners are encouraged to pre-enter via www.entrytime.com. Results of the race will be available on the internet at www.raceresults.co.za 15 days after the race.
