The Rep

Aerobics marathon festival tomorrow

- ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

Amavarara drew 2-2 in a soccer game against The Guys FC from Bizana when they went head to head in the provincial ABC Motsepe League at the Dumpy Adams Sports Complex at the weekend.

The Guys, who were at the bottom of the log standings, arrived with their A game in an attempt to avoid relegation and played a competitiv­e game against Amavarara who have won most of their games and are second on the log.

The Bizana team scored their first goal in the first half of the match, putting pressure Tyron Milas will host an action-packed Queens Fitness Aerobics marathon festival at the Thobi Kula Indoor Sports Complex on Saturday.

Aerobics trainer Tyrese Nokonyana said aerobics teams would be coming from Bloemfonte­in, East London, Mthatha, Makhanda, Aliwal North, Kimberley, Durban and Komani. on Amavarara which had the home ground advantage but struggled to score an equaliser.

Amavarara scored their equalising goal in the second half, but The Guys managed to add to their score again when they slotted their second goal just 30 minutes before the end of the game.

The Guys tightened their back defence line after the second goal, making it almost impossible for Amavarara to score again.

Amavarara did their best to penetrate The Guy’s defence line and scored their second and equalising goal just three minutes before the end.

Amavarara communicat­ions manager

Nkonyana said, “We have 40 trophies and 78 medals and the winning team will walk away with R500 in cash.”

The marathon started six years ago and was aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle for Chris Hani district community members.

“The competitio­n will take place in three categories which will be for youth, adults and veterans.

The workout package will include Lunga Gwana admitted to the competitiv­eness of the game by saying, “The Guys gave it their all to ensure they would not be relegated.

“If they had lost to us, they would be out of the league now. It was a great game played by two hardworkin­g teams, but our focus now is on our next game against the Mdantsane-based Tornado.”

Gwana said if his team won against Tornado FC it would stand a better chance of going through to the next round of the league.

Amavarara will play against Tornado at Dumpy Adams on Saturday. The kick-off time is 3pm. high-lo, zumba, box, step, functional and a team challenge.”

The team challenge will comprise five members and an instructor who will be judged on their level of fitness and combinatio­n as a unit.

He urged people from Komani and all areas to join and be a part of the culture.

The event will be held in partnershi­p with The Rep. Other sponsors are Dsrac and Mbambo Atttorneys.

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