Top Names for PetroSA Marathon, Mossel Bay 2014, David Barmasai Tumo of Kenya (21.1km) has the fastest time on start line CT Marathon while SA’s Jenna Challenor to make marathon debut

Top Names for PetroSA Marathon, Mossel Bay 2014, David Barmasai Tumo of Kenya (21.1km) has the fastest time on start line of Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, while SA’s Jenna Challenor to make marathon debut at PetroSA Marathon, Mossel Bay 2014

A star-studded field will line up at the various starts in the PetroSA Marathon, held in Mossel Bay, on 27 September 2014.  In their quest to achieve IAAF Bronze Label status, the Race Organizing Committee and Title Sponsors, PetroSA, have left no stone unturned to ensure that the participants of each event on all levels are accommodated according to world class standards.

A brief look at the top class field reveals almost household names, not only in Africa, but in the world, as professional long-distance athletes with impeccable credentials and pedigree align themselves to run in the 42.2km, 21.1km and 10 km races in the beautiful seaside town of Mossel Bay, South Africa.

Men

David Barmasai Tumo – Kenya (Development Run & PetroSA 21.1km)

A world class athlete who has won and performed on the biggest stage in World Running. 2011 Dubai Marathon Champion (2.06.18), has represented Kenya at the 2011 World Marathon Championships in Deagu and was 5^th as well as has a top 10 finish in Boston Marathon.

David Barmasai Tumo

Ghirmay Tikabo – Eritrea  (IAAF Bronze Label Invited Athlete – 42.2km)

Ghirmay made Marathon debut at Petro SA 2013 and achieved 3^rd position. Ghirmay has a PB 10km of 28:36. He has all the attributes to run a sub 2H10 on a flat course and given his recent training and improvements he could run Sub 2H14 in September this year.

Ghirmay, Aurellia Melly & Benard

Amos Maiyo Maindi –  Kenya (IAAF Bronze Label Invited Athlete – 42.2km)

2012 Cape Town marathon winner, (2H14) and has had excellent results in China and India of the last 2 years. A very experienced athlete.

Amos Maiyo and Hillary Tonui in a photo finish at Hulamin 2011 (Amos in Orange)

Munyaradzi Jari – Zimbabwean (IAAF Bronze Label Invited Athlete Reserve – 42.2km)

Munya is a young athlete that has exceptional talent and has run distances from 10km to Ultra Marathon. He has a Personal best time of 63 minutes for a half marathon and has competed at Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2012 and Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpar marathon 2013. Is the current record holder for the 21.1km and 42.2km Maritzburg Marathon in KZN. Was 2^nd in the inaugural Mandela Day Marathon 2012.

Munyaradzi Jari

Sufa Chala – Ethiopian (IAAF Bronze Label Invited Athlete – 42.2km)

Sufa Chala is a quality athlete and is improving with each outing.  He has a PB half marathon time of 61:52 which was achieved at the same race where he ran a PB marathon time of 2H12:44 in Dubai Marathon 2014

Ezekiel Ngimba – Tanzania (IAAF Bronze Label Invited Athlete – 42.2km)

A solid athlete with a PB half marathon of 60:41 in Italy and a best 10km of 28:31 in Dar es Selam in 2014.  He has a 10 000m track time of 27:39.

Prodigal Khumalo – Zimbabwe

Prodigal has run and won at every distance from 3000m track to Marathon distance. He has a 2^nd place at Nongoma Ultra 56km and was 9^th at Comrades Marathon 2014. In 2014 he competed at Mumbai Marathon India at short notice and this was his first race off the Continent. PK as he is know is capable of running under 2H14 and has a PB marathon of 2H15.

Prodigal Khumalo Township to Township winner 2013

Wilson Kibet – Kenya (Development Run & PetroSA 42.2km

Wilson is a young upcoming star who has was 2^nd on Marathon debut at the incredibly tough Ethkweni Marathon Durban KZN 2012.  Wilson placed 11^th at Petro SA in 2013 so knows the course. February 2014 he placed 2^nd at the Wan Jin Shi Marathon in Japan, and has placed in the top 5 at races in India during 2013.

Wilson Kibet, Gauteng Marathon 2013

Ladies

Jenna Challenor – South Africa (IAAF Bronze Label Invited Athlete – 42.2km)

Jenna represented South Africa at the world Half Marathon Championships and ran a PB of 74 minutes. She participated in the Ladies Total Sports race in Stellenbosch recently and ran a solid 34 minutes. She is a fast improving athlete, making her marathon debut in 2014 at PetroSA Marathon.

Jenna Challenor making marathon debit at PetroSA Marathon 2014

Additional Elite Runners available (via Cape Town Marathon):

(8 Confirmed to come on 23 Sep, will participate with Development Runners & visit Mossel Bay High Schools on 25 Sep)

Benard Koech Chebasa of Kenya attained an overall position of 5th at Gauteng marathon 2014, against the world-renowned likes of Steven Mokoka and Elroy Gelant. He was also 1st junior home. At 19 years of age, this young man is one to watch!

21.1km: Benard Koech (M) from Kenya

21.1km: David Barmasai Tumo (M) – 2011 Winner of the Dubai Marathon, 5^th IAAF World 42.2km Championships Personal Best 2.06.18

21.1km: Marta Mekonen from Ethiopia Personal Best 1h10

42.2km: Wilson Kibet (M) from Kenya – 2014 2^nd in Taipei International Marathon, 11^th at PetroSA in 2013

42.2km: Aurellia Rutto from Kenya

42.2km: Jascar Kanda from Kenya

42.2km: Gelane Senbete from Ethiopia

Other phenomenal athletes who will be at this year’s event include:

10km:     LJ Van Zyl (M) – RSA

21.1km: Irvette Van Zyl – RSA

21.1km: Ettienne Plaatjies (M) – RSA (SWD)

21.1km: Lindile Tokota (M) – RSA (SWD)

42.2km: Lloyd Bosman (M) – RSA (SWD)

42.2km: Tsepang Ramonene (M) – RSA / Lesotho

42.2km: Tshepo Ramonene (M) – Lesotho

Irvette van Zyl smashed the Mandela Marathon 2014 Women’s record by an astounding 19 minutes

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Incomplete judgment as of now – has Justice been done in #OscarTrial

Shooting straight from the hip here.  I made the fatal mistake of reading some print articles immediately before going to bed last night, on Matsipa J’s erratic, confusing and mostly contradictory judgment, which I listened partially to yesterday whilst preparing even more papers for the Mercedes driving, flashy, partying, drinking,’criminal’ attorney, ex-husband who refuses to pay High Court Ordered child support, and who himself has abused and made a mockery of our very questionable justice system.

So Oscar gets off on pre-meditated murder, to be expected – but to get off on murder?  Culpable Homicide is an act of negligence.  Can anyone really say that Oscar Pistorius was negligent, when he, in a rage, picked up that firearm and fired 4 shots through a bathroom door at someone he could not see?  And what of the extremely publicised volatile and abusive nature, which the judge did mention as possibly being contributory to his aggressive nature, and to my mind, the “chip on his shoulder”?

I have worked on thousands of cases, one where, in the face of medical evidence TO THE CONTRARY, a man was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his own child.  Medical evidence confirmed this to be impossible.

Another case which comes to mind is a man who was found guilty and imprisoned for possession of a firearm – which he never had in his possession but which was handed in at the police station by a rival of his, with the information that he had retrieved such firearm from the accused.  He was found guilty of possession of an unlicensed firearm and sentenced to the maximum term of imprisonment.  He never had the firearm in the first place.

One of my most disturbing cases was one in which a very valuable member of society, a South African martial arts champion, community worker, actively involved in the development of sport with underprivileged children, was found guilty of armed robbery – despite the alleged “firearms” never having been produced in court, neither handed in as exhibits in the SAP13, which is a requirement by law.  No one ever saw these firearms, no one could testify about them – the police officers who did testify were so confused themselves they forgot their concocted story.  The best for me in this one was that the person responsible for conducting the (illegal) search for the so-called illegal firearms was himself a civilian – with no warrant, authorisation or anything authorising him to conduct the search.  This accused’s crime?  He happened to be driving from one town to another, after an armed robbery in town 2.

Whether or not Matsipa delivers a (very lenient) competent verdict of culpable homicide or not, her entire judgment has made a mockery of the Criminal Justice System; it has opened the doors to an already abused and corrupt system, which will now allow abusers, particularly in domestic violence situations to grasp on to the precedent she has now and is setting.  If this is to be her judgment, Pistorius will probably get away with a suspended sentence and/or a fine.  Will he be given jail time? Probably not – and if he is sentenced to a term imprisonment, there seems to be a heavy weight in favour of him being granted bail pending appeal.

The Constitution of South Africa and the laws governing the protection of women’s and children’s rights, although enshrined in those Acts, do little to serve the very basic needs and requirements of the people they were promulgated to protect.  This judgment has just opened the floodgates for more abused women and children to be the victims – not only of the abusers, but of the very justice system that the people put into power to protect the backbone of this nation.

South Africa has to do what South Africa has promised to do – and that is to protect its citizens.

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