{"id":297689,"date":"2026-03-12T15:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/?p=297689"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:32:53","slug":"athletes-chase-glory-at-diamond-marathons-golden-56th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/athletes-chase-glory-at-diamond-marathons-golden-56th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletes chase glory at Diamond Marathon&#8217;s golden 56th edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ofrans Pelesa is this year&#8217;s male winner of the Diamond Marathon, presented by the Kimberley Harriers Running Club.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 56th Diamond Marathon \u2013 which is the second oldest marathon in South Africa \u2013 took place on Saturday 7 March from St Patrick&#8217;s CBC in Du Toitspan Road in Kimberley.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This popular flat and fast race is one of the largest marathons in the Northern Cape and first took place in 1970.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pelesa crossed the finishing line in 2:34:44, followed by Innocent Thameng (2:40:45) and Mojalefa Ditshwele (2:42:04).\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa du Plessis was the first female to finish the marathon (3:20:56). 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PHOTO: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the halfmarathon, Siphiwe Mqayisa (1:10:09) was the male winner, with runners-up Kgatliso Morwe (1:15:04) and Alfonzo Jantjies (1:20:35).\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mari Els is the halfmarathon female winner (1:45:31), followed by Suzanne Esterhuizen (1:46:59) and Frances Witteveen (1:46:59). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/kimberley-harriers-named-club-of-the-year-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kimberley Harriers named Club of the Year 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 10km event, Katlego Shomoleile is the winner in the male category (34:30), followed by Lebogang Isaac (40:06) and Andrew Mokwena (40:12). Tankiso Julia Lepolisa is the female winner (47:45), with Ju-Mari Serfontein second (49:43) and Ashley Kok third (49:49).\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from the marathon being a qualifier race for the Two Oceans and Comrades marathons, it also served as the Athletics Griqualand West (AGW) Marathon Championships. 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