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Pre-event KGB 10km Spring Run - Newsroom - 15-08-2013
Umhlanga Hindu Society invites you to the KGB 10km Spring Run and Walk incorporating KGB Holdings 5km Fun Run and Walk on Saturday afternoon, 31 August 2013 at Chris Saunders Park in Umhlanga, opposite Gateway.
The afternoon begins with a 5km Fun Run and Walk at 3.00pm and a KZN Athletics sanctioned 10 km Run and Walk starting at 5.00 pm. There are many prizes on offer to the winners and participants, including surprise spot prizes for visitors.
The event will be supported by carnival atmosphere, organised by the Umhlanga Hindu Society, which promises to be fun for the whole family. There will be multi-cultural entertainment, delectable food stalls and an array of craft and other stalls. Also on the programme will be live bands, yoga demos, martial arts, interactive drumming sessions, dance demos, gum boot dancing and lots more.
“The objectives of the event is to encourage the youth and adults in our community and surrounding areas to participate in an event that promotes a healthy lifestyle so as to embrace a wellness concept; to use this event as a springboard for the possible establishment of a sports club for the youth at our centre that would interact with other similar clubs in the community in the promotion of the true spirit of Ubuntu and nation building; and as part of our on-going campaign to raise funds to complete our much needed Universal Place of Worship and Spiritual Resource Centre in Somerset Park, Umhlanga,†says Dr. Suren Lutchminarayan: Public Relations Manager & Fun Run Convenor.
The Race Logistics will be co-ordinated by Verulam Athletic Club. Race registration and number collection will be on Saturday, 31 August 2013 from 9.00am onwards till race start at Chris Saunders Park, Gateway, Umhlanga.
The event is proudly sponsored by KGB Holdings: Serving to Grow - Growing to Serve