2017 Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge next Saturday in Grabouw
The Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge 2017, an inter-packhouse trail running competition, is set for next week, Saturday, August 26.
Teams from Western Cape packhouses will include Two-a-Day, Ceres Fruit Growers, Kromco, APL and Fruitways as well as a team from event sponsor Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest marketer of South African apples and pears.
Managing Director of Tru-Cape, Roelf Pienaar says the longstanding event, now in its eighth year, has become a fixture on the fruit industry’s calendar.
According to Two-a-Day’s Petra van Rensburg, one of the event coordinators, the 21.1km race begins at 07h30 while the 10km route starts at 10h00. There is a family and pet-orientated fun run route for 5km beginning at 11h30 while prizes will be handed out at 12h30.
The venue will again be the Elgin Grabouw Country Club and runners and walkers can expect single track, jeep-track climbs and exciting descents too. The race is run under the auspices of the Elgin Athletic Club and according to the rules of Boland Athletics. Half-marathon participants must be aged 16 and older while people aged 15 and older may enter the 10km race. Anyone may enter the fun run.
Last year, with a record number of 1860 entries, the seventh Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge was a great success with Grabouw packhouse Kromco winning the Tru-Cape Packhouse trophy for the third year running, clocking up the most collectively run kilometres in the three timed races. Kromco lead the field with 3870 collective kilometres run while Two-a-Day came a near second with 3343. Newcomer to the race, Fruitways, ran 539 kilometres while APL and Ceres Fruit Growers achieved 820 and 405 kilometres respectively.
Enter online at Topevents.co.za but there will be race entries and late registration on the day from 06h00.
Please contact Petra van Rensburg petra@tad.co.za and for packhouse entries Tru-Cape’s Judy Mudau judym@tru-cape.co.za.
Results will be available at www.BolandAthletics.com following the race.
