Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Cleaning Kowie River and Fairview Spring for World Water Day
  • Local soccer teams avoid SAB Regional League relegation!
  • Bongani Fule: new Eastern Cape Junior Lightweight champion!
  • Bathurst Book Fair is back with a bang!
  • In the words of Nelson Mandela, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity”
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Winner: Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana of Makhanda
  • Flooding at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Second Place: Jeannie Wallace McKeown of Makhanda
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Colourful start to spring
Uncategorized

Colourful start to spring

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailSeptember 5, 2013No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Spring has sprung and what better way to greet the new season than with a colour festival that promotes healthy living, individuality, happiness and giving back to the community.

Spring has sprung and what better way to greet the new season than with a colour festival that promotes healthy living, individuality, happiness and giving back to the community.

The Colour Run started by Travis Snyder a year ago, was hosted at the Nelson Mandela Municipal University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth on Sunday 1 September.

organisers say it is the first event of its kind in Africa. Similar events have been hosted in other parts of the world such as the US, Brazil and Italy.

Participants lined up at the start in white T-shirts, ready to walk or run to the finish.

It's a 5km untimed run with a point at each kilometre where participants are doused in a specific vibrant colour.

"Everybody was happy to be there. It was an event for all ages, young and old," said Chantel Brock, a teacher at Victoria Primary School who took part.

The event seeks to promote health and well-being, as well as a happy attitude towards life. Another aim is to give back to the community, in the form of the proceeds.

"I would definitely encourage people to take part! I'm not a sporty person at all, but the Colour Run is so much fun that it hardly seems to count as exercise," said Kate Jennings, a student from Rhodes University.

The Colour Run is scheduled to take place in Cape Town on 19 October and on 8 December in Durban. Dates have not yet been posted on The Colour Run website for Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Previous ArticleKids isiXhosa story festival kicks off
Next Article Gobbeldygeek: Move over, smarty pants!
Grocott's Mail

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.