We need your support : SABC : Tseleng and Athletics
Hi fellow athletes, runners, joggers and friends thereof
Tseleng a sporting program on SABC has chosen of late to showcase soccer and the ‘2010’, therefore leaving our sport a little out on the cold.
We, as interest parties need to exert some pressure on the SABC through a ‘public demand’, to relook at their target audiences and also take us into account.
Failing pressure we may be forgotten?
Please email to Joe Visagie visagiejc@sabc.co.za with your message of support, to have Athletics featured.
Happy running… and may all your goals be achieved.
Regards
Kevin
Scottburgh 21 km 17 January 2010
Well done to Scottburgh AC on the hosting of the event. Well organised, cold water and great venue
Stella 15 km
Great event, well supported by the local runners. Nice cool Durban weather for a change, makes it much more pleasant to be out there.
Support for the Slow Athletes
All athletes pay the same to enter an event. When the slow, who are out there in the elements for longer than all else get to the support tables, the refreshments, particularly water is finished. Event organisers you need to look at this… it is a poor showing.
This happens time and again, what is the solution… mandatory preentry so the organisers know how many to cater for???
With +30 deg heat and no water those doing the Bluff half on Sunday 8/11 suffered.
Thanks to Bluff AC for all else that was done on the day, but a big shortcomming was the water en-route
The wonder of democracy and freedom of speech
The wonder of democracy and freedom of speech is not being exercised in this country – in fact it is being exorcised.
We MUST speak out and expose the wrong and the wrong doers.
Having said that – we have to temper our anger with understanding of the “Peter Principle”.
Are you Concerned… you should be
“South Africa’s Olympic governing body has suspended the president and board of Athletics South Africa (ASA) over their handling of 800m world champion Caster Semenya’s gender verification tests.
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) announced on Thursday that ASA President Leonard Chuene and the ASA board would be “suspended with immediate effect pending the outcome of a disciplinary investigation and further action.
“The suspended individuals will appear before a disciplinary enquiry to answer charges of bringing ASA, the sport of athletics, Sascoc and sport in general into disrepute,” the statement said.
Sascoc said it was also considering “taking appropriate action against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for its disregard of Ms Semenya’s rights to privacy.”
Semenya, 18, destroyed the field to take the women’s 800 world title in Berlin in August in the fastest time of the year.
The IAAF had already begun a gender verification process prior to the race but Semenya was allowed to compete pending the outcome of the tests.
It was subsequently disclosed that ASA conducted gender verification tests on Semenya in South Africa before she competed in Berlin. ASA President Leonard Chuene admitted lying about the tests, saying he had wanted to protect the athlete’s privacy.
No decision on the tests is expected until later this month but the IAAF has declined to comment on a report in Australia’s Daily Telegraph newspaper in September which said Semenya had both male and female sexual characteristics.’
Face Book has a group for concerned athletes
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=157306636120#/group.php?gid=157306636120
Event Cancellations – KZN
There are a number of events being cancelled in KZN – why is this so? What action is being taken by the authorities to assist with these events and allowing us to have unbroken weekend participation.
What are your thoughts?
South Coast Marathon and Half Marathon
Good event well attended… pity the prize giving dragged out till after 12
look good