Round six: Let’s go shopping

Well, the contents of the Caxton Reynolds Race 2014 put this myth to the test on Saturday, July 19, at the Benoni Market Spar.

Each team was given a grocery list with 20 items and they had 10 minutes to collect as many items as they could from the shelves in the store. The team with the most items walked away with the highest points for this leg of the race.

Team Kempton Express and The Tembisan collected the most items on the day. There was, however, a tie for third place between team Bedfordview Edenvale News and Joburg East Express and the Joburg South team.

To break the tie, one team member from each team had to stand in a -15 degree freezer. The first member to come out would lose out on being placed third.

This went on for 50 minutes and, fearing for their health, the organisers of the event offered the two teams a different tie breaker, which they declined. Team Bedfordview and Edenvale News and Joburg East Express decided to give team Joburg South the third position.

On completing this task, the contestants had to take part in a hotdog eating competition in a race to win a R500 shopping voucher from the Benoni Market Spar.

Team Benoni City Times and Germiston City News both came to a tie in this challenge and they decided to split the voucher in half.

The winners of this year’s race will win an all-expenses paid trip to Zanzibar, sponsored by the SA Reynolds Travel Centre in Springs.

The next challenge will take place in Joburg South at the Kenilworth Market Spar on Saturday, July 19. The challenge on this day will determine which three teams will be moving forward for the final race.

Team Brakpan was, unfortunately, unable to make it to this task.