Athletes beat the Zini bush and beach
THE Mtunzini Athletics Club had a busy weekend when they hosted running and MTB events.
The weekend kicked off on Saturday with the first stage of the Bushwackers Run.
This was followed on Sunday with the second leg of the Bushwackers, co-inciding with the Overall - 1 Wesley du Randt (0:43:29.433); 2 Sthembiso Mthembu (43:49.227); 3 Scot Arnold (48:49.766)
U13 - 1 Kian Topham (0:57:57.390); 2 Reece Havemann (1:06:53.167); 3 Heath Woodburne (1:10:00.583)
Juniors - 1 Scot Arnold (0:48:49.766); 2 Brandon Calitz (0:58:58.592); 3 Nicolas Scrase (1:00:00.551)
Open - 1 Wesley du Randt (0:43:29.433); 2 Burger van der Westhuizen (0:56:44.757); 3 Stephan Erasmus (1:01:55.022) 35-39 - 1 Sthembiso Mthembu (0:43:49.227); 2 Craig Brown (1:00:53.708); 3 Tim Kelly (1:36:47.655)
40-49 - 1 Russell Pietersen (0:54:12.588); 2 Hugo Engelbrecht (0:57:08.994); 3 Gavin Topham (1:00:28.206) 50-59 - 1 Brian Smith (1:02:25.043); 2 Bradley Sander (1:05:39.397); 3 Lawrence Stark (1:07:18.201) 60+ - 1 Danny Holton (1:03:28.262); 2 Craig Lawrie (1:09:21.127); 3 Ronald Heathcote (1:09:23.631) Seacom Zini Bush Run, and the 45km MTB race.
The event saw hundreds of people flocking to the town, either as spectators or participants.
A great example of sport tourism in action. Overall - 1 Alex Mathaba (1:04:12.379); 2 Jabulani Mtshali (1:05:32.893); 3 Thomas Edwards (1:09:28.039)
Juniors - 1 Lance Arnold (1:23:22.294)
Open - 1 Charl van den Bergh (1:16:42.786); 2 Mpilo Vilakazi (1:17:09.190); 3 Eugene Fourie (1:19:16.898)
35-39 - 1 Alex Mathaba (1:04:12.379); 2 Michael Frankish (1:23:46.737); 3 Graham White (1:25:09.794)
40-49 - 1 Jabulani Mtshali (1:05:32.893); 2 Thomas Edwards (1:09:28.039); 3 Themba Xaba (1:11:47.621)
50-59 - 1 Murray Spoelstra (1:24:27.805); 2 Bakhile Zwane (1:32:33.101); Mark Mattson (1:34:12.810)
60+ - Mike Rook (1:23:44.405); 2 Johan Cloete (1:29:32.952); 3 Mankindoshi Zungu (1:36:03.825)