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Bob has been a Daily Dispatch road running columnist since 1982. He has contributed to magazine publications on road running and the Surfers Challenge. His background includes being a former chairman of SA Road Running, a manager of teams internationally, a selector and an active runner. He is also a race organiser and former parkrun ambassador
The Twizza Bonkolo Marathon, a tradition that is closing in on 50 years, has a startling reputation for hospitality and racing of a most competitive kind. The 2026 event continued this tradition and attracted a superb field across the…
The Xerox 10km Lightning Fast takes place on Sunday and is one of the often talked about races that offer runners an opportunity to secure a personal best time that could endure throughout an athlete’s career, and indeed often has. The…
November is the month that runners, in general, take stock and plan ahead at the same time, much like a financial year-end in the business sphere. And if it is not on the 2027 schedule yet, time is of the essence. Border Athletics is on…
The newly-elected deputy president of Border Athletics, Fezeka Nkomonye, who is one of four children, all of whom followed the example of their mother and took to 100m and 200m sprinting while at school, told the Daily Dispatch in an…
Buffalo Runners Athletic Club are one of the numerous lively and active clubs in Border, producing numerous top runners especially in the junior men's ranks and organising quality races as well. This weekend will be the fifth running of…
Sicelo Pongoma has secured a second term as President of Border Athletics following a competitive election in Buffalo City, leading an incoming board featuring equal gender representation.
As athletes tackle the BCMM Athletic Club's 10km race along East London's scenic beachfront, they run in the historic footsteps of legendary road runners who broke records on the very same shores.
The Great Kei Half Marathon delivered fiercely contested men’s and women’s races, with Ntsebenzo Nake and Refeloe Solomons claiming victory after decisive moves on the final hills.
Yanga Malusi of Tyme Bank Langa and Leigh Callaghan of Achilles AC claimed the men’s and women’s titles respectively at the demanding Great Kei Marathon, held in ideal conditions.
One of the toughest marathons in the Eastern Cape returns to the roads of Kei Country tomorrow morning when the fourth running of the Great Kei Marathon takes to the road between the N2 and the Kei Mouth CC, in what is expected to be mild…
Mlamli Nkonkobe, a celebrated marathon and distance runner from the Border province, is recognised as one of the top athletes of the 1980s and remained relevant into the mid-1990s.
Luyolo Ngcongolo made a triumphant return by winning the Friends of Pumpkins 10km race in 32:58, marking his dominance after a stint in London.
Pumpkins AC marks six years in the Border running community with the sixth annual Friends of Pumpkins 10km, attracting over 600 runners to scenic Buffalo City.
The South African Cross Country Championships saw a large Border team travel safely to Pretoria, finishing eighth overall, ahead of several provinces, under the leadership of Vuyo Stoto and the guidance of Border Athletics President…
The Tony Viljoen Masters Marathon, founded in 1978, has grown from 33 finishers to a capped 2,000 participants and now features a significant prize, with R10,000 awarded to the top male and female runners for the first time.
