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Huge festival boost for Central MICHAEL ZOETMULDER
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ORT ELIZABETH’S Central district is set to come alive this weekend for the second annual Nelson Mandela Bay Herald Urban run which will see the area and its historical buildings transformed into one big obstacle course and festival ground.
Mandela Bay have been hard at work to ensure that they construct the most challenging obstacles. There will be 16 obstacles along the course which starts and finishes on the Donkin Reserve beneath the giant flag. Participants are all required to raise funds for the Urban Run charities with four different levels of incentives being offered, depending on the
donations raised. A weekend of family fun and excitement is planned with an expo and entertainment on the Donkin Reserve between 9am and 5pm on Saturday. African Drumbeat provides a celebration of rhythm and music throughout the day with fun for the kids as they build musical instruments from junk.
A ‘junk 4 funk’ workshop is being held in the Rotary Club of PE Sunrise Kids’ Zone between 10am and 11am whereafter kids can build their own junk 4 funk instruments between 1.30pm and 2.30pm. Kids also get to enjoy a fun interactive drumming and Zulu dancing lesson between 3pm and 4pm. Exciting exhibitors, food and craft vendors and
numerous sporting activities for the kids will fill the day. The Urban Festival will run from 9am to 5pm on Saturday 15th and 7am to 2pm on Sunday 16th with the Urban Run starting at 9am on the Sunday with a prize-giving being held at 12.00pm. For more information, visit www.urbanrun.co.za.
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The Urban Run is hosted by the Mandela Bay Development Agency to draw people back to the CBD and have great fun whilst raising funds for local charities with a target of over R100 000. Apart from the over 1 000 participants who will be taking to the streets tackling the obstacles, the Donkin Reserve will also be turned into a festival ground with activities for young and old. “Our aim is not only to bring people to the completed MBDA projects, but also to expose the CBD to people that have not been in the CBD for a number of years due to the perception of crime and grime,” said Pierre Voges CEO of the MBDA. “For the MBDA it is about making the completed MBDA projects come alive. Urban renewal is not only about design, infrastructure implementation, but also about security, cleanliness and the resulting growth in pride, real estate confidence, art, sport, heritage and culture, amongst others.” According to Voges, one of their aims is to bring life back to the city, in terms of people living, working and enjoying the city surroundings, and the Urban Run is an effort in this respect. “2011 saw the first event with over 300 entries and very good exposure on Supersport. This year we will have just over 1 000 athletes and a much bigger event, in terms of activities and exposure. I have no doubt it will grow into a serious event, not only on the local sporting and events calendar, but also on the national calendar,” said Voges. This 10.5km obstacle race is rated as one of the most exciting events on the local calendar. The Scouts of Nelson
The AlAzhar Institute had a special science fair for all its foundation phase learners last week, thereby encouraging a love for the sciences from an early age. Mogamad Ameen Haroun (Grade 2) shows his egg experiment which he did as part of the science expo. The egg was submerged in vinegar for a few days and resulted in the shell dissolving. Visit our website at www.peexpress.co.za (Multimedia | Photo Gallery) for more photos. Photo: ZELDRÉ SWANEPOEL
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