The ODF Wild Card invitation has had a third roll down.
With both Robyn and Michelle unable to join us in July a third draw was done.
Congratulations Francois Liebenberg on doing a good thing and registering as an organ donor, a decision which has enabled you to win the complimentary Wild Card to the 2018 Rhodes Run courtesy of the Organ Donor Foundation.
Well done Francois and we will see you at registration on 6 July.
This shed marks the entrance to the Kloppershoek kloof.
To quote Dante's Divine Comedy "Abandon hope all ye who enter here", not quite but it may feel like that ten minutes later ...
At the other end of the kloof is Mavis Bank... which tends to shed a few runners!
Sadly Robyn is unable to join us in July. The ODF did a second draw and ...
Congratulations Michelle Harding on doing a good thing and registering as an organ donor, a decision which has enabled you to win the complimentary Wild Card to the 2018 Rhodes Run courtesy of the Organ Donor Foundation.
Well done Michelle and we will see you at registration on 6 July.
Much is spoken about Mavis, mostly in hushed tones. But how important could Mavis be to your overall run if you treat her badly? Or as some would phrase it, if you disrespect her she will treat you badly ... on 'the tufts of terror' along Hooggenoeg Ridge.
A quick glance at the men's event reveals that of the 29 editions on eight occasions the overall winner was not the first to the top of Mavis and did not claim the King of the Kloof trophy.
In the Ladies event on five occasions the overall winner did not take home the Queen of the Kloof trophy.
For the more mathematical, that gives a Mavis/Win ratio of some 73% for the men and 83% for the ladies. Important information for those lining up 'Rhodes Heaters' or 'Beroemde Hoenders' as side bets.
Only in two years, 1993 and 2000, did the Mavis and overall win not go to the same runner for both the men's and ladies.
The King of the Kloof in 1993 was Phillip van Niekerk, Snowflake No 165, who will be running his 16th Rhodes Run in July.
Coincidently, of those running this year Phillip holds the most Rhodes 'titles'.
The holders of the most 'Rhodes' titles overall remain Trevor Toerien, Snowflake No 726, and Tammy Kelly, Snowflake No 636. Trevor last ran Rhodes in 2011 and Tammy in 2008.
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| Trevor Toerien | Tammy Kelly | Phillip van Niekerk |
Thank you everyone who has already contributed to our iziCathulo project. Your donations are keeping the project right on track.
We loved the comment Ingrid Norman made with her recent donation
"A worthy cause because everyone deserves a good pair of shoes in order to stand tall... "
iziCathulo is up and running with the first batch of shoes having arrived at the Rhodes Run Base HQ. Leather school shoes are not available in the small sizes for the littlies, those in Grade Pre, so we have black takkies for them until they fit into the smaller leather shoes. We will have extra pairs of the smaller sizes and as their feet grow 'proper' school shoes will be waiting for them. On seeing these small takkies one of our Team iziCathulo international runners exclaimed "they are cute enough to make keyrings".
The first batch of iziCathulo shoes
"almost keyring size"
To make a donation to iziCathulo please go to our BackaBuddy page here https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/rhodes-run-for-izicathulo-project
