SPAR Women’s Challenge extends its online pre-entries deadline

The deadline for online pre-entries for the SPAR Women’s Challenge in Joburg has extended two days to 26 September.

Proceeds from the run are given to Reach for Recovery, a breast cancer support group.

The Drop Off a Pair and Show You Care campaign also sees hundreds of running shoes given to children in need each year.

Entry forms are available at all SPAR stores, and you can actually register for the race at many of these stores until 1 October.

Online entries can be made at www.sparjoburgrace.co.za and this site also lists all the stores where one can register in-store. These entry forms can be found all over Joburg and Tshwane and even as far away as Potchefstroom, Rustenburg, Secunda, Vereeniging and Sebokeng.

This means you can collect your race T-shirt, race number (with timing chip) and temporary licence, if applicable, somewhere close to you. That saves you having to go to Marks Park in the days before the race to register.

However, late entries will be taken at Marks Park from 2 to 5 October.

Schools that wish to enter the competition for valuable computer and printing equipment sponsored by Mercer must submit their entries before 24 September to qualify.

With government schools closing for the September holidays, it is important for them to get those entries in as soon as possible.

Organisers encourage community members to take advantage of the cheaper prices of pre-entries, rather than wait until the late entries open.

Drop a pair

The Drop Off a Pair and Show You Care campaign is also in effect, and has been since Caxton Local Media noticed many children running the race barefoot in 2015.

Community members are encouraged to donate a pair of running shoes that are in good condition at Marks Park Sports Club or at one of the two Caxton branches in Joburg north.

These are at 368 Jan Smuts Avenue, Craighall, and 1187 Cornelius Street, near the corner of JG Strijdom Road, Weltevreden Park.