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HE Man vs Machine concept is back in the Metro after an absence of 10 years.
The inaugural Nelson Mandela Bay Train Race, based on the very popular Great Train Race, departs from the Port Elizabeth station on Sunday, July 27. The Great Train Race, which was held from 1980 to 2004, used to be the city’s greatest corporate team building event when hundreds of teams challenged the Apple Express train. The new look Train Race, introduced by Zports in conjunction with Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism, will see teams of seven runners taking on a Metro Rail train between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage - a distance of approximately 40km. “This is to become the first major sporting event to include all communities of Nelson Mandela Bay and incorporate the three major towns which make up our Metro: Port Elizabeth, Despatch and Uitenhage,” said Train Race director Mike Zoetmulder of Zports.. “This is something we’ve been planning since 2009 and we are excited that this year we’re able to get this event back onto the annual calendar for Nelson Mandela Bay,” said Zoetmulder. OP Koerante publications,which include PE Express, PE Express Indaba and UD News, as well as Die Burger are the print media sponsors of the race.
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“We believe we’ve created a fantastic and sustainable event which has four categories of entry to cater for the corporate, social, club and school teams,” said Zoetmulder. The 2014 Nelson Mandela Bay Train Race is limited to just 300 teams and is expected to sell out before race day on July 27. Spectator tickets are also available on the train which will be racing the teams in what is expected to be a closely fought race which could take the winning team around two hours to complete. Team entry fees start at R350 per 70-person team with spectator train tickets only R50 for a return ticket. The inaugural Nelson Mandela Bay Train Race will be supporting Love Story, an NPO founded in 2012 that runs a variety of community upliftment projects across Nelson Mandela Bay. The NPO exists to restore hope and love to those who are forgotten and destitute. “NMBT supports the return of the Train Race concept as unique attractions and activities have great importance to market the destination,” NMBT chief executive officer Mandlakazi Skefile said. “We welcome the idea of the event as it would continue to promote the region’s status as a popular sporting destination.” Entry and information for the event are available on www.nmbTrainRace.co.za. Some partnership and branding opportunities are still available to local companies for the change-over points and the hydration stations along the way.
André Fourie (middel) is Saterdag aangewys as Die Burger/Boardwalk Mnr PE 2014. Fourie (23) is ’n menslike bewegingskundestudent aan NMMU en sy ampspligte sluit in dat hy vanjaar die ambassadeur vir Kansa se gesondheidsveldtog vir mans sal wees. Links is Mark Klue, wat derde geeïndig het, en regs is Francois Grobler wat tweede was. FOTO: THEO JEPHTA
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