{"id":46660,"date":"2024-06-20T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/stalwarts-honoured-after-comrades-marathon-20240620\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:34:16","slug":"stalwarts-honoured-after-comrades-marathon-20240620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/stalwarts-honoured-after-comrades-marathon-20240620\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalwarts honoured after Comrades Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Northern Cape athlete David Janse van Vuuren of the Kimberley Harriers Running Club received his third green number, for completing 30 Comrades Marathons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athletics Griqualand West (AGW) congratulated Janse van Vuuren for this remarkable achievement at the 97th Comrades Marathon on 9 June, which was an up-run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, covering a distance of 85,91 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the 30 races, Janse van Vuuren has earned himself three silver medals, 18 bronze medals, nine Vic Clapham medals, and has run a personal best of 7:20:09 in 1992. He ran his first Comrades in 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AGW also congratulated Arthur Nziweni of the Teemaneng Running Club in Kimberley, who earned himself a first green number for completing ten races. Nziweni boasts three silver medals and seven Bill Rowan medals over the ten races, with a personal best of 7:09:42 in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_69a2e26b\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11948\/9bd1e37d134d4125824a64d7082eb43c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/06142f9e9ba8443ea58d5dc689f86674.jpg\" title=\"Arthur Nziweni \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Arthur Nziweni <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Photos: Supplied<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to comrades.com, a silver medal is awarded for completing the marathon in six hours to seven hours, 30 minutes; while a bronze is awarded for ten to 11 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athlethes who complete the full distance between seven hours, 30 minutes and nine hours, receive a Bill Rowan medal; while a Vic Clapham medal is awarded to those completing the race in 11 to 12 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AGW has seen an increase in the number of Northern Cape athletes participating in and completing the Comrades. 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