{"id":67490,"date":"2022-06-22T10:16:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T08:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/runners-ghost-spooks-in-race-20220621-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T10:40:30","slug":"runners-ghost-spooks-in-race-20220621-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/runners-ghost-spooks-in-race-20220621-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Runners ghost spooks in race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/787c95da821848b7b4c52cf4eec9c9c0.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"s1\">Queen of the Hill, Anel Terblanche, finished the race in a time of 59:02.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/45f69af750a84be29a81ad288df350b9.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"s1\">The top three men\u2019s finishers (from left) are Philani Sengce (second), Gilbert Mutandiro (third) and Deon-Lee Hendricks\u2009(first).<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/e0d3fa2d2f3645af94754943b0bbd4f6.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"s1\">At least 650 runners participated in the much-anticipated TimBuild Spookhill Challenge at the weekend, which made a return after two years.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the stormy weather during the night, the skies cleared up from about 07:00 on Saturday (18 June) at the Helderberg Harriers\u2019 Timbuild Spookhill Challenge in Somerset West. 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