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Whale Festival’s sport roundup Hermanus Adventures presented three sports events during the Hermanus Two Oceans Whale Festival, with 723 participants enjoying some very challenging but exhilarating competitions.
Local runner Frank Gillion in action during the weekend’s 20 km trail run.
) The cashkows.com Cliff Path Night Runs Runners enjoyed a challenging route from the new harbour all along the cliff path to finish at Dutchies restaurant, on Wednesday. 10 km: A total of 115 runners took part in the 10 km run in total darkness with head lights bobbing around as they made their way along single racks, staircases and beach crossings. Chad Gordon, a local trail running specialist, completed the race in an astounding 35 minutes with Shane Privit and Kevin Pasio close on his heels. Mary-Anne Finlayson was first for the women with Anne Marie Strom and Caitlyn Schlemeyer in close pursuit. 6 km: The men’s race was won by Shaun O’Brien with Gustav van Wyk and Cameron Anderson right on his heels. Oriel Viljoen from Kenya was the first woman to cross the line with Brooke de Bruyn and Katja Sinclair placing second and third. The participants lauded the event as one of the most enjoyable runs ever encountered. At the prize giving, Brennan Davis, cashkows.com’s IT director, presented Deon Langenhoven from the NSRI Hermanus with a donation of R4 500 from the proceeds of entry fees and thanked the NSRI for their dedicated service to the community. Mountain bike and trail run events On Saturday some 580 sports men and women took part. New single tracks, river crossings and mountain tracks were built to ensure every participant was challenged to the max. Curro Hermanus was the start and finish point.
Jeannie de Villiers was the winner of the women’s 50 km mountain bike race on Saturday. Jeannie is one of the local cyclists who train with Morné Bester from ProCycle Coaching. 50 km MTB: Jarred Haley won this challenging race in a very fast time of 1hr53min. Close on his back wheel were Craig Boyes and Scott Watermeyer, who came second and third respectively. A local lass, Jeanie de Villiers, who trains with Morne Bester from ProCycling Coaching, was the first woman to cross the finish line at 2hr36min, Emma Pienaar rushed in second and Famke Allan came third. 30 km MTB: Daniel van der Walt clocked in at 1hr35min with Shane Griddings and Marc Ruwiel fighting it out for second and third. Kylie Hanekom was just too strong for the two Steyn sisters in the women’s 30 km, clocking a time of 2hr02min.
18 km MTB: Luca Ruwiel, brother of Marc, outsprinted Josh Langton to win in 48min48sec with Josh crossing the line in 48min54sec. Nick Pearce was the third rider in. In the 18 km women’s Landi Jordan finishing in 53min37sec was just too strong for Lisa Finegan and Lauren Usher. 20 km Trail Run: The first man to cross the line in this hugely popular run was Lieuwe Boonstra in a time of 1hr23. He said it is one of the best trail run courses in the Western Cape. Two local runners Mkandeli Mkhohlakali and Christo du Plessis, who also train with ProCycling Coaching, came second (1hr26min) and third (1hr34min) respectively.
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In the 20 km women’s trail run Candice Davison, in a time of 1hr35min, proved to be just too strong for Ingrid Peens in second place and Rita Terblanche in third. Ignatius Matema in a dust busting time of 44min55sec took line honours with Petrofski Williams and our local runner Frank Gillion in second and third. Jansie Slabbert in a well-deserved time of 55min34sec was just too fast for Kiara Suttner and Oriole Viljoen. Thomas Rood, brand manager of Royalty Sport and Craft sport apparel, congratulated Hermanus Adventures on staging these hugely successful events and committed themselves to be back in 2015 as a sponsor. - PAUL DU TOIT