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Coastal Runners Set to Conquer Two Oceans Marathon
About 100 coastal Runners from BRG Running Club, Walvis Bay Shore Runners, Walvis Bay Road Runners and Swakop Striders are set to conquerthe26thHalfMarathonand54thUltraMarathonoftheTwoOceansMarathononSaturday5andSunday6AprilinCapeTownSouth Africa.
The runners will compete in South Africa's best loved road race, often voted the most breathtaking courseintheworldduetothenaturalsplendourof the 21 1km and 56km course that include Chapman'sPeak,Muizenberg,StJames,KalkBay, Constantia and Newlands for personal glory, personal bests and personal insanity The 54th TotalsportsTwoOceansUltraMarathon,oneofthe world'smosticonictestsofenduranceissetforon Saturday 5 April in the spectacular course around theCapePeninsulainCapeTownSouthAfrica.The coastalrunnersthatwillcompeteintheTwoOceans Ultra Marathon: BRG Running Club: Suné Lourens, Hennie Lacock, Claudia Fortuin, Alwyn Maass,ChristiDukhie,GerhardSnydersandIstvan Oosthuizen. Walvis Bay Shore Runners: Sydney Nuwuseb, Mariana Mbako, Paulus Matheus, RichardRuiters,AlwynGeiriseb,AllyUxamband Fredy Nandjungu. Walvis Bay Road Runners: Annemarie Etsebeth, Milton Kimbini, Jefta Kangumba, Peya Hitula, Wemer Bachman, MichelleWilson,ElmarieAdrianse.NaudeDreyer, MartinetteVan Niekerk, Eamon Roberts, Rozanne Schroeter, Katja Dreyer and Michelle Von Stein. Swakop Striders: Epson !Naruseb, Arina Lensing, Sieglind Genbes, Salmon Tane Kambunga, Maatjo Tjatitud, Nolandgi lyambo, Cecilia Lotsch, Christine Haupt and Matti Kuwa. The 26th Two Oceans Half Marathon, set for Sunday 6 April through Claremont, Wynberg, Constantia, the famed Southern Cross Drive and thenmakeyourwaybacktoNewlands,followedby the UCT Finish Fields in Rondebosch. The Half Marathonisagreateventifyou'dlovetobeapartof the Ultra Marathon but are not quite ready for the arduous56km.TheTwoOceansHalfMarathonwill see runners from; BRG Running Club: Istvan Oosthuizen, Nelmarie Simon, David Fortuin,
Joshua Titus, Junias Kambala, Meke Hamutenya, Christelle Janse van Vuuren, A'Dean Maggott, Desmund Nawaseb, Lukas Beukes, Melandri Oberholzer, Fuad Brenner, David Ndengu, MichannetteSmit,SonjaOates,VonnivanNiekerk, Katja Symington, Janice Snyman, Jessy Menye, Evan Pretorius, Deidre Dresselhaus, Michel'lé Koff, Alimarie Duvenhage, Lèande Ochs, Ashley Koff,Taimi Nashima, Charlotte Coetzee, Marinda vanWyk,ColinDeLaHarpeandDeVilliersSmit. Walvis Bay Shore Runners: Yvonne Kayele, Martha Nevonga, Monica Abraham, Chairmaine Kandombo, Brian Uxamb and Gaylene Paulse. Walvis Bay Road Runners: Anka Steinmetz, Anne-MarieStander,BettieMouton,CarolGruhn, Dewaldt Van Antwerpen, Eamon Roberts, Emilia Tagliaferri, Eveline Iiyambo, Gerhard Caarstens, Hilia Hitula, Hugo Van Niekerk, Johnie Van Niekerk, Suzanne Van Zyl, Elmarie Adrianse, Naude Dreyer, Martinette Van Niekerk, Eamon Roberts, Rozanne Schroeter, Katja Dreyer and Michelle Von Stein. Swakop Striders: Jenin Goagoses, Shangeelao Kayavala, Ndapandula Shipena, Merwend Basson and Elizabeth Amutenya.
The Stage is Set For the First Rally For 2025
ThestageissetforthestartoftheNationalRallyChampionshipsonSaturday 5AprilinandaroundSwakopmund.
Walvis Bay Motor Club (WBMC) under the auspices of the Namibia Motorsport Federation willonceagainbethehostoftheSwakopRallya spectator friendly rally, with the Martin Luther, Soutpanne, Daggabos and Nonidas stages promising not to disappoint. The Swakop Rally thatwillstartat10:00fromtheOceanViewShell inthecoastaltownwillsee15teamsintheS1and S2classwillparticipate,whileintheoff-roador bakkie class CR1 and CR 2 vehicles will be in action over 106 km over 9 stages in and around Swakopmund.Thereigning champions Zachary Martin andAnique Schoeman in their VW Polo 2.0 will do their best to defend their S2 and national titles whilst Allan Martin and Maretha Olivier in their Skoda R5 will also be inaction. Oswaldo Mendes and his navigator in their MitsubishiEvoandStefanieBotha/MandiHugo intheirSubaruImpresawillalsocompetefrothe S4 class title.The S2 class will be full of action with Zachary Martin and Anique Schoeman in theirVWPolo2.0,HanreMyburgh/GeonEllis in their Polo Vivo, Wido Bartsch / Raymond Fourie in their VW Polo 2.0 and Peer Röhm / Pieter Steyn in their Ford Escourt all out to take
the win in Swakop. The CR1 class will be between SJ Schoeman / Phillip Stoman in their ToyotaHilux2.8andEkkoEisenberg/Horazio RietzintheirJACT8D/CabV8.RolfPretorius/ Kai Pretorius CR2 Chenowth 3.5l V8 Ruaan Viviers / MP Pretorius CR 2 Renault 5LT V8
WernerBartsch/ChristelFourieCR2Landrover V8 Defender Johannes Grobler / Gideon KoegelenbergCR2PolarisRZR
EtiennevandenHeever/MelvinGousCR2BAT
Venom 6.2 Riccardo Demmel / James Scholtz CR2PolarisRZR
Erongo Volleyball Association Elects New Executives
The Erongo Volleyball Association (EVA) has elected a new executive committeethatwilloverseeVolleyballintheentireregionsforatenureof 3years.
TheywereinductedintoofficeonSaturday22February2025.Thecommittee consistsofthefollowing:Chairman-RubenShapumba
ViceChairman1-JosephMabuku
ViceChairman2-PaulinaNdjambula
SecretaryGeneral-MariaKasita
Treasurer-AlettaAmenengeShikwambi
TechnicalDirector-NatangoNambala
Some of the runner from BRG Running Club that will compete in the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town South Africa. Contributed
Some of the runners from Walvis Bay Road Runners that will compete in the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town South Africa. Contributed
Some of the runners from Swakop Striders that will compete in the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town South Africa. Contributed
Rudi Bowe
Rudi Bowe