Gugulethu Athletics Club » Advertisement

Zola “Budd” Pieterse is coming to Gugs on 7 Sept

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:53:41 +0000

Zola will be in Cape Town from 5 – 9 September, partly to promote her shoe company, Newtons. Might RCS Gugs like to host her for a talk and Q and A? She would obviously want to talk a bit about Newton Shoes and have stock available for sale but the point of interest would likely be her insights and reflections on her own remarkable career, including

- what makes a world class athlete?
- what qualities enabled Zola to achieve the standards she did?
- (with the current interest and emphasis on barefoot running) what are her thoughts on bare-foot running? Does she feel that switching to running in shoes may have caused her injury problems? Are “vibram-type” shoes the answer? What of Newtons…- what makes them special?
- Was it coincidence that the arguably the top five distance athletes SA has produced emerged from the same era and were born within a year or two of each other (Zola, Elana, Colleen, Gwen and Frith); if not a coincidence, what might be the reason?
- Zola’s current running career – combining running and parenthood.
- any other insights, tips, humour and life lessons!

Let me know if you might be able to host such an event at your club and what date and time might be suitable.

We want to be on facebook!

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:51:22 +0000

I need to get your views on how best we can manage a facebook page for the club. A club member has indicated to us that he wants to create a facebook page for us and now I need to find out from you how best we can utilise this utility?

Your comments on how we can use it. Is it a right for the club? What benefit will it be for members? Just say what you want to say.

CT Big Walk

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:55:48 +0000

Our members came out in droves to help out in this event on sunday 08/11. We appealed to you as members to come and help. I am happy to say that you did not disappoint. Guys when a call is made for your assistance we mean it. These events we are helping out the club stands to benefit in many ways. First of all it is about exposure of the club. Secondly it gives us opportunity to run events on our own. Of course there is that extra incentive where the club stand to benefit financially.

So it is from that point of view that we as members do show that and lend your your helping hand. The members are rewarded generously after these events. For all those guys who helped on sunday we are going to Mzoli after the Landmarks.

Cee you then.