The second round of the Investec Night Relay took place on Thursday evening with records tumbling in 3 of the 4 categories. Held at North End Lake in near perfect conditions given the time of year, the race provided the fastest times in the history of this Business Night Relay Series.
Leading the charge was the Gamble Pharmacy team breaking their previous course record in the Men’s Relay division by just under 2 minutes to record a very fast 1hr 7min 33sec over the 21km distance. The all ladies team Merrell from Medicus Shoes shattered the previous ladies record held by the Rhino Group finishing in a time of 1hr 31min 39sec whilst the mixed running team from naming Sponsors Investec broke the Mixed category record by almost 10 minutes to record a time of 1hr 17min 45sec.
Thursday’s event was used to create awareness for the ACVV’s Kamvalethu Centre which is the only drop-in centre for street children in Nelson Mandela Bay. Situated in Korsten the centre focuses on empowering the children and their families, getting them off the streets and providing the children with food, clothing and the opportunity to wash themselves and their clothing. Participants and friends of the Investec Night Relay Series brought donations for the centre on the evening.
The Series still has two more race nights on the last Thursday evening of August and September. Full results from round 2 are available on www.investecnightrelay.co.za with pictures appearing on the Series facebook page. Online entries for Round 3 are possible on the Series website.
Start on Thursday evening Photographer: Sport Action Photography
Investec Night Relay – Round 2, Thursday 5th July 2012, North End Lake, Port Elizabeth
Male Running Teams
1 Gamble Legends 1:07:33.71, 2 KAL 1 1:09:08.75, 3 Transnet Runners 2 1:11:24.28, 4 Snowcap Mushrooms 1:19:49.37, 5 Main Sports 1:22:37.62, 6 PKF 1 1:23:11.86, 7 WBHO 1 1:24:24.42, 8 Aspen 1:25:57.93, 9 Artworks for Youth 1 1:29:14.11, 10 NMMU Running Dads 1:33:38.10, 11 SPAR NO1 1:38:34.49, 12 EC Traffic Services 1:38:43.23, 13 Techni Civils 1:41:20.21, 14 FK Techno’s 1:46:50.98, 15 MAWETHU 3 1:47:45.50, 16 Scribante Concrete 1 2:02:10.10, 17 UTi 1 2:07:36.36
Mixed Running Teams
1 Investec Team 2 1:17:45.84, 2 Deloitte 1:20:02.47, 3 Transnet Runners 1 1:29:58.95, 4 KPMG 3 1:32:16.37, 5 The Pond Hoppers 1:33:30.86, 6 Grant Thornton 1:36:10.54, 7 The FK Professionals 1:36:24.74, 8 IWI Team 2 1:38:13.76, 9 IWI Team 1 1:38:19.48, 10 Aspen 1:42:06.93, 11 2 Fast 2 Furious/Running Divas 1:42:46.78, 12 CAMAF 1:45:05.74, 13 Town Lodge Hotel 1:45:05.99, 14 Investec Team 1 1:46:05.22, 15 Famous 5 1:48:56.53, 16 Aspen 1:49:43.90, 17 Goldberg De Villiers Team 2 1:49:52.20, 18 NOH Runners 1:49:52.58, 19 City Lodge Hotel 1:51:00.89, 20 plascon metalcare 1:51:15.14, 21 Artworks for Youth 2 1:51:35.71, 22 Powerade Phantoms 1:51:48.13, 23 MTN Runners 2 1:52:01.35, 24 Kingfisher FM: Awesomeness Aloud 1:52:09.65, 25 Team Automax 1:52:44.64, 26 PKF 2 1:55:08.56, 27 emediaIT-2 1:56:06.12, 28 Geoffrey Waters Construction Runners 1:57:05.47, 29 MTN Runners 1 1:57:35.16, 30 Team 4Tech 1:58:11.13, 31 emediaIT-1 1:58:50.23, 32 ErnstYoung 1:59:47.43, 33 Damelin 1 2:00:20.88, 34 News Cafe 2:01:36.35, 35 PKF 3 2:01:39.71, 36 The Steel Sensations 2:05:21.52, 37 Team Faurecia 2:08:10.82, 38 Powerade Tigers 2:09:01.25, 39 About IT 2:10:18.35, 40 Blue Steel 2:11:41.27, 41 SPAR TEAM 2 2:18:41.10
Ladies Running Teams
1 Team Merrell 1:31:39.29, 2 Medcomp Ladies 1:47:58.69, 3 Running Divas 1:50:44.82
Walking Teams
1 2 Fast 2 Furious Rhino 1:35:04.58, 2 Team Louis 1:39:08.88, 3 Geoffrey Waters Construction Walkers 1:40:34.69, 4 Tracker Men 1:44:29.80, 5 FK Baby Strollers 1:44:46.96, 6 2 Fast 2 Furious 1:46:38.22, 7 2 Fast 2 Furious 1:47:10.43, 8 MTN Walkers 2 1:47:22.30, 9 Walking Divas 1:47:32.88, 10 Tracker Ladies 1:47:46.50, 11 SPAR TEAM 5 1:47:57.49, 12 Scribante Concrete 2 1:49:00.93, 13 Supa Ladies 1:50:03.96, 14 BASF Construction Chemicals 1:50:33.72, 15 IWI Team 3 1:50:52.88, 16 Maritime Motors Truck w/shop 1:51:41.82, 17 Techni Civils 1:52:23.11, 18 MTN Walkers 6 1:52:59.15, 19 Transnet Walkers 1:54:40.06, 20 Powerade Crush 1:54:42.06, 21 Powerade Force 1:54:43.54, 22 Investec Team 3 1:55:42.07, 23 MTN Walkers 3 1:59:34.10, 24 Team Gold Member 1:59:37.23, 25 MAWETHU 1 2:01:15.29, 26 Goldberg De Villiers Team 1 2:01:38.29, 27 Steep Pipes Walkers 1 2:01:59.21, 28 Steep Pipes Walkers 2 2:02:01.25, 29 Goldberg De Villiers Team 2 2:04:53.30, 30 MTN Walkers 4 2:11:48.62, 31 SPAR TEAM 3 2:18:45.91.
