ProNutro JAGRUNNERS

Second Gauteng Coaching Clinic

2011-10-21T10:29:00.004+02:00

Last week Friday we did our second coaching clinic with our coaches in Gauteng.

It was held in Orange Farm at the Afrikka Tikkun Centre, Arekopaneng.

We also ran two training sessions. One for over 100 little ones and one for the teenage youth team.

Our coaches coached for 7 hours non stop on the Friday, flew back, got home at 1 am Saturday

morning and did another clinic 9 am Saturday in Gugulethu for 4 hours.

THAT IS COMMITMENT!

JAGRunners meet Salomon Stars

2011-09-16T15:26:00.004+02:00

On Wednesday, Ryan Sandes and Salomon arranged for 20 ProNutro JAGRunners kids to get the opportunity to meet number one mountain runner, Kilian Jornet from Spain. Kilian holds many mountain records including the fastest run up Kilimanjora!

They also met number one woman in the world, Anna Frost from New Zealand.

After inspiring videos of Kilian, the youngsters were taken for a mountain run from Hout Bay to Constantia Nek.

The Salomon internation team manager was very impressed with how strong the kids are!

Salomon spoiled all the kids by giving them a brand new pair of Salomon trail shoes, a salomon shirt and Salomon cap.

An amazing day – Thank you Salomon and Ryan for Creating the Change!

Gugulethu Team Excel

2011-08-23T15:46:00.003+02:00

During the past Cross Country Season the team from Gugulethu who are sponsored by Ratanga Junction produced some fantastic results.
In the Western Province Cross Country Championships the team won 5 medals. The kids who won medals were

Gold
Sibabalo Sibondona - Boys u/10
Anitha Nonene - Girls u/12

Silver
Khayalethu Ntusi - Boys u/9

Bronze
Khayakhazi Ntusi - Girls u/9

IKHAYA WIN KAYAMANDI COMMUNITY LEAGUE

2011-08-22T10:03:00.002+02:00

Ikhaya Primary school last week became the first winners of the first ever ProNutro JAGRunners Community Cross Country league.

Children love to compete against one another and without competition will soon loose motivation to participate in sporting programmes. Due to a lack of transport, children in Kayamandi are unable to participate in cross country events as these always take place a long distance away. This is where

The JAG Foundation, spearheaded by Elana Meyer, took the initiative to bring the competition to the community by introducing a cross country league event in Kayamandi. Every week the numbers increased, proving that this is something the children enjoy and want in their community.

The children themselves asked us to please organise more races.

The league also created an opportunity to encourage the children to join the ProNutro JAGRunners programme which was first launched in Kayamandi and has now expanded to 19 communities in the Western Cape, Natal and Gauteng. The ProNutro JAGRunners programme is an afterschool running programme which provides healthy alternatives to young children through mentoring, coaching.

Thank you to Stillwater Sports who supported us in providing equipment for they layout of the course.

The success of the event has highlighted the cry from our children to play and the need to create more such sporting opportunities right where they live..

Gauteng Coaching Programme Launched

2011-08-17T09:17:00.003+02:00

JAG running programme, through My Coaching Backpack was launched in Gauteng Friday 12 August.

In partnership with MaAfrika Tikkun and Montecasino we trained our first Gauteng coaches this last Friday. There were 13 coaches in total. The were from Orange Farm, Diepsloot and Germiston. On the Saturday we did a training session with the kids. They started out at 24, but by the end had grown to 46 as other kids saw the action and came to join in. We were also privileged to have top SA female runner, Rene Kalmer, join is and are excited about her passion to inspire other young girls in the community. Over and above the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, JAG is now also in Gauteng with the motto of coaching the coaches to leave a legacy. Creating the change in communities.

KAYAMANDI COMMUNITY LEAGUE RACE 3

2011-08-11T13:44:00.002+02:00

We had the third race of our Kayamandi Community Cross Country league yesterday,

A new initiative to bring the races to the kids.

The kids are loving it and it is awesome to see how they cheer each other on and also how the older boys help us with running the afternoon.

There is big excitement for the final race next week Wednesday!

Coaching the Coaches Round 2

2011-08-01T16:33:00.002+02:00

On Saturday we held our second round of coaching clinics in Cape Town.

We had a new intake of 3 coaches on the Basic course and 3 of our coaches who passed the last basic course started the intermediate course.

This was also the first time that Coach Rodger took over the lecturing of the Basic course from Marshall who took the intermediate guys. All part of us continuously multiplying what we are doing with our coaches.

JAGRunners meet "The Caveman"

2011-07-27T08:43:00.004+02:00

Another great Change Creating day. You too can CREATE THE CHANGE by becoming a JAGAllstar member! Go to http://www.jagfoundation.org.za/jagallstars/

Yesterday two of our ProNutro JAGRunners were part of a photoshoot for Go Multi Magazine with XTerra World Champ, Conrad Stoltz.

(read more about Conrad here: http://www.conradstoltz.com/)

These two young men, Nicholas Dlamini and Heinrich Wagner hail from our Lavender Hill JAGRunners group and have recently competed in their first ever SA Duathlon Champs.

The boys were totally absorbed listnening to and watching Conrad. A bomb could have gone off next to them and they would not have known.

And...they even got to feed Sandy from Ergosportmodel's horses, an exciting experience in itself.

Thank you to Ergosportmodels for making the day possible (http://www.ergosportmodels.com/)

JAGRunners influencing their parents

2011-06-13T14:22:00.004+02:00

In this picture are two of the parents from Bonteheuwel who have started to do the fun runs with their youngsters who are on the ProNutro JAGRunners programme. The photo was taken at yesterday mornings "Slave Route Challenge" fun run in the City Centre.

More and more the parents are seeing the positive impact sport has on their youngsters and wanting to get involved themselves.

Cycle Lab Supporting Our Youngsters

2011-06-09T09:47:00.002+02:00

Two of our youngsters from Lavender Hill, Nicholas Dlamini and Heinrich Wagner, were recently selected for the WP Duathlon team.

Cycle Lab has come on board to assist the youngsters with cycling equipment.
Below you can see Heinrich being fitted on his new KTM bike.

KZN Coaches Visit

2011-05-26T20:31:00.003+02:00

Over the last 3 days we have visited 4 Coaches on our My Coaching Backpack Coach Mentorship program in Natal. The 4 Coaches have running groups in Hermannsburg, Pietermaritzburg and Ixopo.

The coaches who are all learning to coach for the first time, have grown tremendously over the last 5 months. The ProNutro JAGRunners Master Coach, Marshall Moiloa, spent time mentoring the coaches after watching their coaching sessions. The coaches are very eager to learn and we are expecting great things to come.

We noticed a lot of raw talent among the youngsters. These young runners are extremely strong. We are sure that as the coaches grow we are going to see more than a few young stars emerging from the Zulu Kingdom.

The youngsters from all 4 groups are very excited about going to their first fun run, the annual Youth Run in Durban.

Thank you Protea Hotel Hilton for hosting the ProNutro JAGRunners team during the visit.

Ithemba Runners in first Cross Country

2011-05-16T11:43:00.003+02:00

Mlo Fortune, the sports coach at Ithemba Projects just outsided Pietermaritzburg has been on our My Coaching Backpack Coach mentorship programme since January. He has a very enthusiastic and commited training group. Last Wednesday they competed in their first cross country race which was a huge success. In the photos you can see Mlo with one of his athletes who won the Junior girls race.

WP Duathlon Champs

2011-05-16T11:29:00.007+02:00

Three ProNutro JAGRunners took part in the WP Duathlon Champs this weekend. All 3 boys finished in the top 3 of their age group. Nicholas Dlamini has been chosen to represent WP at the South African duathlon champs on 18 June.

City of Cape Town expanding our children's worlds

2011-05-16T10:25:00.004+02:00

Thanks to the support of the City of Cape Town, the ProNutro JAGRunners recently had the opportunity to take part in the Milkwood fun run at Soetwater recreational area in Kommetjie.

Most of the kids had never been there before and it was a huge adventure for them to travel "over the mountain" to Kommetjie. They were amazed how beautiful it is at Soetwater and were having so much fun in this new exciting environment that they did not want to leave to go home.

The whole bus drive over the mountain and down the steep Ou Kaapse Weg was also a big (for some quite scary!) adventure.

All the race finishers got plants to take home instead of the usual medals. This was something very new to the kids and a great oppurtunity for the coaches to talk to them about looking after the environment. Some of the kids were not too sure what to do with the plants and the Coaches suggested they give the plant to their moms for mothers day which they thought was a fantastic idea.

Going to this event really expanded the world of these children and they now have a much bigger frame of reference to dream.

Rocklands JAGRunners Big School Clean

2011-05-05T10:52:00.003+02:00

ProNutro JAGRunners "Pay it Forward"

2011-03-28T11:59:00.003+02:00

ProNutro JAGRunners teams have been challenged to give back to their communities by doing one “Pay it Forward” project per term.

The Tafelsig Team came up with the Green Team Project.

The aim of the project was to clean the school gardens and playing fields of litter and sharp objects to make it a cleaner, healthier safer environment.

Coach Charles said that the runners were very excited and positive about the project. The runners showed a lot of respect towards each other and connected as a team.The project also helped to make the new runners feel welcome and part of the team.

The principal was very happy to see that the children are cleaning their school. The teachers commented on seeing the change amongst the children and their positive attitude towards a healthier lifestyle.

Britney Limberg one of the runners:-“It was a good experience and it felt nice cleaning my school”

Coach Charles had this to say "In Tafelsig there are people that really try to make the place a healthy and safe environment. But you still get those who are negative towards life and they just dump their rubbish on open fields and on school grounds. I’m happy that my JAG teams mindset is positive, because they strive to really fight hard against this negative environment"

Natal Coaching Clinic II

2011-03-28T11:29:00.002+02:00

Last week we held our second coaching clinic with the 5 coaches we are currently

mentoring on the My Coaching Backpack programme in Natal. The clinic was held at Alexander Park in Pietermaritzburg.

The coaches have made very good progress over the last two months. They are very enthusiastic and are busy planning a competition between the different training groups.

We also received feedback that the investment that is being made in the coaches is having a positive affect on them as teachers and they are able to apply what they learn from coaching in the classrooms.

Natal JAGRunners - Masemini

2011-03-28T10:35:00.005+02:00

Last week we visited our coaches who were are training up on the My Coaching Backpack in Natal.

These photos are of the training group at Masemini school near Ixopo in the Southern Midlands.

This school is on the Sani2C route and the programme is being supported by the Sani2C organisers,Mandy and Glen Haw.

I was very impressed with the quality of coaching after only 2 months of being up and running.

STBB Adopt Langa Team

2011-03-17T13:04:00.003+02:00

We are very excited to welcome our new partner in our Adopt-A-Team project, law firm Smith Tabata Buchanan Boyes. STBB have adopted the ProNutro JAGRunners team in Langa.

STBB are also involved with a community project at Langa High School.

Below are kids from the Langa team training at Langa Stadium.

First race for MaAfrika Tikkun JAGRunners

2011-03-14T10:57:00.002+02:00

On Saturday 40 kids from our newly formed ProNutro JAGRunners group in Mfuleni which is supported by MaAfrika Tikkun took part in their first fun run in Khayelitsha. Here they are proudly displaying their first medal.

Trail Running Development

2011-03-09T12:35:00.001+02:00

Open publication - Free publishing - More trail running

Mfuleni Coaching Clinic II

2011-03-07T16:10:00.004+02:00

On Saturday we held our second coaching clinic for the 8 coaches on our Basic Coaching Course. The clinic was held at Mfuleni Community Park in Mfuleni.

Century City Sports Festival

2011-03-07T15:47:00.004+02:00

On Saturday, 80 ProNutro JAGRunners from the teams recently adopted by Ratanga Junction participated in the Century City Sports Festival Fun Run.

The kids not only had a great run, but also enjoyed meeting Maggie from Ratanga!

Thank you to Ratanga Junction for sponsoring the entries for the kids.

Puma Day in Lavender Hill

2011-03-04T09:40:00.009+02:00

It was Puma day in Lavender Hill yesterday. Upcoming running stars Niklas and Damian and Damian van Wyk received their sponsored shoes from Puma. Coach Roger Daniels handed the shoes out at training and used the opportunity to talk to the whole group and to motivate them all to work hard for their goals.

Both boys have been doing very well in the High Schools athletics, winning many races and if not winning then at least coming in the top 3. This weekend they compete in the WP junior champs.

Niklas has also received an invite from the Minister of Sport in WC to visit him at his office.

Coach Roger also handed out the monthly incentives of Puma goodies to two of the kids who have shown great commitment.

Ratanga Junction Adopts ProNutro JAGRunners Teams

2011-02-23T11:46:00.003+02:00

Thank you to Ratanga Junction have shown their support for the JAG Foundation by adopting 3 ProNutro JAGRunners teams.

The teams they have adopted are Cloetesville, Lavender Hill and Gugulethu. All these teams will be action at the Century City Sports Festival on Saturday 05 March.

Top Forms Fun Run

2011-02-14T10:43:00.002+02:00

On Saturday 12 February, 360 ProNutro JAGRunners took part in the Top Forms Fun Run.

This was the first mass fun run of the year and it was great to see many new faces that have joined the programme.

Thank you to City of Cape Town for providing transport and meals for the event.

More photos can be viewed by joining our group on facebook

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=207834922568

My Coaching Backpack in Action

2011-02-03T10:16:00.003+02:00

This is Ayanda from MaAfrika Tikkun, one of our first coaches to be trained using the Coaching Backpack. You will see the coach using the coaching cards,book, cones, stopwatch, whistle! They have also been studying the DVD very closely.

This is a group in Mfuleni which MaAfrika Tikkun have started as part of their community project. We trained 4 of their staff to coach.

Feedback has been that the material is very helpful and easy to understand.

I was very impressed with the level of coaching after only 2 weeks.

Thank you to ProNutro, Herdbouys, City of Cape Town, CallTime Productions, Sani2C, Linda van Graan Physiotherapists, Greg Beadle and Cherie Wolfaardt who contributed to developing the Backpacks.

World champs and JAG team up again for weekend running camp for inner city kids

2011-02-01T08:32:00.000+02:00

Read the online Runnersworld article:

http://www.runnersworld.co.za/static/news/index.php?id=3941

ProNutro JAGRunners take Trail Series Race 4

2011-01-31T09:26:00.003+02:00

Yesterday 12 ProNutro JAGRunners took part in the 4th race of the Summer Trail Series at Paul Cluver estate near Grabouw. It was a tough 9.1km course and all the runners ranvery well.
Coach Charles from Tafelsig also did very well finishing the race with his runners.

15 year old Niklas Dlamini of Lavender Hill annihilated the field to win the race. Heinrich Wagner, also of Lavender came in second with Therrence Khan of Gugulethu finishing third making it 1, 2, 3 for ProNutro JAGRunners.

Velocity Sports Lab make Summer Trail Series possible

2011-01-11T12:32:00.004+02:00

Velocity Sports Lab have once again made it possible for the ProNutro JAGRunners to participate in the Summer Trail Series by sponsoring the entries for 48 runners over 12 events.

Thanks must also go to the City of Cape Town who are sponsoring the transport.

read more about the trailseries on www.trailseries.co.za

Totalsports Challenge 2011

2011-01-11T12:14:00.002+02:00

Arabella hotels sponsored the first JAG 7 man (well 6 man , 1 woman) team to participate in the Totalsports Challenge (read more about the event on www.stillwatersports.com). The team was made up entirely of junior athletes. The runners, cyclists and swimmer were from the development programmes ProNutro JAGRunners,JAGWaterpolo and Songo.info.

The team did extremely well and the event was an amazing experience for all.

Atlantis Fun Run and Coaching Clinic

2010-08-30T09:07:00.005+02:00

On Saturday 28 August, 360 ProNutro JAGRunners took part in the Atlantis Fun Run.

Afterwards the JAGRunners coaches presented a short coaching clinic.

It was wet, but this did not deter the feisty JAGRunners and their coaches!

Master Coach produces good results

2010-07-26T11:37:00.002+02:00

Congratulations to Marshall Moiloa, the new Master Coach of the ProNutro JAGRunners program.
At the SA half marathon championships in Port Elizabeth 2 of his athletes did extremely well:

Xintle Xiniwe was second in the women in a time of 73:13 which betters the qualifying time
for world half marathon champs and Luxolo Mdzanga finished 6th in the junior men.

Xintle’s younger sister is part of the JAGRunners program in Gugulethu.

PUMA Supports JAGRunners

2010-07-16T13:29:00.002+02:00

We have been handing the Puma gear out as incentives for regular attendance and it has proved very successful. Whenever you go to running events now you will see the kids running TALL in their "real" running clothes from Puma.

Knysna 2010

2010-07-05T22:03:00.002+02:00

Two ProNutro JAGRunners, Niklas and Odwa are in Knysna with Songo Fipaza and Songo from Songo.info for the Salomon Featherbed trail run and Due South Xterra. Thank you to Salomon and Velocity Sports lab for sponsoring the trip

World champs and JAG hosts first-ever running camp for kids

2010-06-30T09:53:00.004+02:00

Together with world renowned extreme athletes Ryan Sandes and Tatum Prins, the JAG Foundation recently hosted its first-ever running camp. Held at the Chrysalis Academy in Tokai, 26 children from the ProNutro JAGRunners programme, a running initiative implemented by the JAG Foundation to empower and equip youth in disadvantaged communities in the Western Cape, had the privilege of attending a trail running camp with world class athletes.

Known as the world’s best ultra marathon runner, Ryan Sandes has become a household name within the global sports fraternity whilst fellow athlete Tatum Prins is known internationally as a top adventure racer – both leading athletes in their respective disciplines, Sandes and Prins have a desire to see talented youngsters achieve through sports.

The camp was made possible thanks to a generous sponsorship from Salomon and Velocity Sports Lab in partnership with the JAG Sports and Education Foundation. Each of the 26 children were given a goody bag with kit and shoes from Salomon and Velocity Sports Lab, watches and bands from Imazine and the all important headlamps for their late night run from Black Diamond.

Starting on the first day of the Soccer World Cup our young runners did not miss out on all the soccer excitement. Ryan and Tatum created a very clever treasure hunt around the soccer theme to kick the camp off, followed by the children watching the opening Bafana match against Mexico.

On Saturday Ryan took the kids on a 22km run/ hike up to the mast on the Constantiaberg Mountain in Tokai as a team work exercise. Ryan and Tatum split the kids into groups – each aptly named after the Group-A soccer teams – with each team having to work together and more importantly stay together on their run up the mountain.
“It was great to see how the kids worked as a team on this run, we had the stronger guys helping the smaller girls, everyone focused on their strengths and not their weaknesses,” says Ryan.
“Many of the runners have not gone further than 5km previously so it was a great achievement for all of them to run 22km on a trail and over tough mountain climbs. Even though you cold see that at times a lot of them were struggling not once did they want to give up. They showed a tremendous courage and a team spirit, which is what the ProNutro JAGRunners programme is set to achieve.” says Kathleen Shuttleworth, ProNutroJAGRunners programme manager.
Tatum’s knowledge of the mountains and her experience in the adventure sports industry added a great twist into all the activities set out for the kids and made them that much more exciting and challenging. “It was a real “feel sponsored by Salomon and Velocity Sports, good” weekend. We had a load of fun and a 1000 laughs! No shortage of good humour in that group or talent for that matter,” says Tatum.

On Sunday morning children were split into two groups headed by Ryan and Tatum for the 10km trail challenge. The faster group lead the pack by marking the route for the slower group which had to find the markers and get to the finish on time. The camp finished with a feedback session from the kids themselves. What stood out the most for the majority of the kids was the team work and learning to work together and help eachother.

The camp was a phenomenal success and had highlighted the simple power of sport in creating the change in young people’s lives.

Some of the activities that the kids did this past weekend include:
• 2km time trial runs
• An 8km sprint for the faster runners
• Boot-camp styled aerobic workouts
• Treasure hunts
• Adventure night races
• Fun skit plays

Ryan Sandes and Tatum Prins are one of our JAG AllStars honorary members. If like them you have a real zest for life and you believe in power of sport you should become our JAG ALLSTARS member! More info

To view more images from ProNutro JAGRunners camp join their facebook group

Mannenberg Incentives

2010-05-27T14:36:00.004+02:00

The Mannenberg JAGRunners recently received their incentives from ProNutro, Asics and Puma.

JAGRunners Weekend 1-2 May

2010-05-04T09:00:00.001+02:00

On Saturday 100 ProNutro JAGRunners from Kayamandi and Cloetesville took part
in the 5km Fun Run at the Safari Halfmarathon. Of course there was plenty of ProNutro
and Bokomo rusks afterwards. The Mammas for Wellington also provided loads of
colouring in and clay play fun.

On Sunday it was the first WP Cross Country league at UCT . Runners from
Lavender Hill and Gugulethu took part. It was a very tough course and the runners
did very well.
Just to let you know how much going to the events means to the kids, one little
Gugs boy was in tears when all the seats in the bus were full and he thought he
had to be left behind, but not to worry we had a lift for him  and he came
first in the u/8 boys

Action Packed JAG Weekend

2010-04-19T12:10:00.000+02:00

On Saturday 25 ProNutro JAGRunners from Kayamandi and Cloetesville
took part in the Stellenbosch Vista Trail fun run. The organisers provided
plenty of soccer balls for the kids to play with and they had a ball ()
playing soccer on Coetzenburg’s fields afterwards. 14 year old Okuhle Tose
took part in the senior 12km race and came a 8th overall against really good
competition.
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While the action was on at Coetzenburg, the Kayamandi BMX’ers from
Songo.info were kicking up the dirt at the Velokhaya track in Khayelitsha.
Two of the boys finished in the top 3 of their age group.
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On Sunday just over 300 ProNutro JAGRunner girls (and a few boys?)
took part in the SPAR ladies race. The girls had loads of fun and especially
enjoyed the performances of Darren Lerm and Emo
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Odwa Mbangatha from Lavender Hill took part in his first ever duathlon
at Zevenwacht and came 3rd and this was after loosing almost 20minutes
with chain problems.
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VINEYARD RUN

2010-03-29T12:26:00.000+02:00

Yesterday Kayamandi JAGRunners took part in the Vineyard run @Lourensford.
Two of the boys took on the 12km and 14yr old Okuhle came second. The
rest conquered the 6km and enjoyed the fun muddy route.
Afterward they got to experience all the excitement of the winners of the
Cape Epic coming in from the grandstand.
The highlight however was the free playstation and jumping castles at the
Spur zone!!

ATHLETICS CLINIC WITH BRITISH ARMY

2010-03-29T12:24:00.001+02:00

On Thursday afternoon about 70 primary and high school kids from
Cloetesville and Kayamandi got to take part in an athletics coaching
clinic organised by the British Army athletics team. Among them
were Olympic athletes and they are all also real soldiers, some
of whom had just got back from Afghanistan. The kids learnt
a lot and were also inspired chatting to these soldier athletes.

BEESWEDLOOP - WORCESTER

2010-03-23T11:54:00.002+02:00

On Saturday 15 ProNutro JAGRunners from Kayamandi
took part in the “Beeswedloop” fun run on a dairy farm
just outside Worcester. It was a beautiful run through
the vineyards and also a wonderful outing for the
children.

Top Forms Fun Run 13 February 2010

2010-02-15T10:53:00.005+02:00

On Saturday the ProNutro JAGRunners did their first mass fun run for the year.
City of Cape Town increased our busses from 6 to 8 this year so together with
the JAG Bus we ended up with 500 kids running!!
The kids are way fitter than last year and will give most of you a run for your money
so I challenge all the ladies to join us for the Spar Ladies race on 18th April!!

Trail Series Race #3

2010-02-05T12:28:00.001+02:00

Trail Series Race #2

2010-02-05T12:27:00.002+02:00

Summer Trail Series I

2010-01-21T13:12:00.001+02:00

ProNutro JAGRunners from Lavender Hill took part in the first of the Summer Trail Series in Silvermine East last night.The wind was strong and chilly, but not enough to put these hardcore kids off and they flew around the course.They were actually so excited to be up there that a group of them are not in the photo with Ryan because they went on a little exploring run up the mountain BEFORE the race (just cause they can !!)

2010-01-06T09:38:00.000+02:00

Ryan Sanders, one of the best South African trail running exports, will be raising funds for 80 of our ProNutro JAGRunners to take part in the Summer Trail Series. Last year 80 of our kids took part in the same event and had the best time ever. Read more on Ryan’s plan to raise funds below and step up to the challenge to help him:

http://www.runnersworld.co.za/static/news/index.php?id=2666

The Buddy Diaries

2009-10-13T11:48:00.004+02:00

Buddy Bear had his first run with the ProNutro JAGRunners and Professional Adventure Racer, Tatum Prins, in Tokai forest yesterday.
Follow all of Buddy's adventures with JAG by joining his facebook group, Go Buddy.

JAG Madness

2009-09-28T13:00:00.003+02:00

Almost 1200 ProNutro JAGRunners and Mighty Metres kids challenged
Saturday's torrential downpour and 5km of running with exuberant
enthusiasm. Definitely a medal that will tell many stories come
the new term! It was one of the craziest things to witness!

The event was the Nedbank City Marathon Series 5km Schools Challenge,
Cape Town City sponsored 20 busses to transport the kids, all the
entry fees and lunch packs and T-Shirts for all the kids!

Move 4 Health Fun Run

2009-09-09T10:29:00.003+02:00

Recently 360 ProNutro JAGRunners took part in the Don Locke Memorial and
Sport Science “Move 4 your health” fun run.

ProNutro JAGRunners in Western Cape Team

2009-08-24T11:49:00.002+02:00

Two ProNutro JAGRunners, Niklas Dlamini from Lavender Hill and Brucelynn Damons from Mannenberg did well at the Western Cape Cross Country Championships in George this past weekend and have been selected for the Western Cape High Schools Cross Country team to compete in the SA High Schools Cross Country Championships in Kimberley on 25/26 September.

ProNutro JAGRunners pay it forward

2009-08-19T09:42:00.004+02:00

Our coaches in Mannenberg decided that the pensioner in the attached photos
needed the ProNutro more than them and donated their coache’s ProNutro
to him.

I am sure after the NutroCeuticals he will feel 21 again!

Another ProNutro JAGRunner makes WP team

2009-08-19T09:42:00.001+02:00

We heard that Niklas Dlamini from Lavender Hill also made the WP cross country
team for u/14 boys.

ProNutro JAGRunner makes WP Team

2009-08-17T11:24:00.002+02:00

Brucelynn Damons, a ProNutro JAGRunner, who is coached by Sidney Hendriks in Mannenberg came 4th in his age group at the WP Cross Country Championships on Saturday and has been selected for the WP Cross Country Team.

Well done Brucelynn and Sidney!

Great Fun at Women's Race

2009-08-17T11:20:00.002+02:00

On Womens Day about 250 ProNutro JAGRunners girls took part in
the Womens Day Race organised by Edgemead runners at
the Bellville stadium. The girls were spoiled with nice goody
bags after the race and our girls also won lots of spot prizes.
Lots of fun was had by all!

ProNutro JAGRunners Coaches - Get Skilled Up

2009-08-17T11:18:00.002+02:00

On Saturday our coaches together with a few Mighty Metres
coordinators attended a short power packed lifeskills session
presented by MacSteel Maestros at the Sport Science Institute.
They were given valuable input onto Time management,
problem solving and communication.

ProNutro JAGRunners do well in Cross Country League

2009-08-05T09:08:00.001+02:00

The ProNutro JAGRunners have been very busy over the last few
months competing in the various WP cross country league races.
As a result the ProNutro JAGRunners team have finished well in
some of the final age group standings:
These are:
Boys u/13 - First and Fourth
Girls u/13 - Joint First
Girls u/12 - Second
Girls u/11 - Third

Well done to all the coaches who mostly transported runners in
their own vehicles and at their own cost to the races!!

ProNutro JAGRunners Coaches Give to Pensioners

2009-07-27T10:31:00.003+02:00

We have just handed out lots of ProNutro again. Our coaches in Mannenberg,
Sidney and Cheryl Hendriks decided to donate their coach boxes to a
pensioner in Mannenberg who has less than them

Rocklands Cross Country

2009-07-27T10:28:00.001+02:00

ProNutro JAGRunners kicked of the term with two races this past weekend.
On Saturday Jan took a small group from Cloetesville to support Winston’s race
in Bonteheuwel

On Sunday JAGRunners from Khayelitsha, Lavender Hill, Mannenberg and Bonteheuwel
to take part in the WP x-country league in Mitchell’s Plain. There were about 60 ProNutro
JAGRunners who took part and the great thing was that we only organised 16 of those to
be there. The rest the coaches brought themselves! Yeah!!
The highlight for the Khayelitsha runners was going to Mnande beach afterwards,
they had a rip roaring time J

ProNutro JAGRunners Coaches Qualify

2009-06-18T09:33:00.002+02:00

15 ProNutro JAGRunners coaches and our BMX coach, Ndiphe, recently wrote an exam
to get their Distance Running Coaching certificate. It was a very tough exam, they
had to write training programs for base training, x-country, 10k and the marathon.

We are very proud that they ALL passed and received their certificates!!!

FIRST FUN RUN FOR LAVENDER HILL

2009-06-01T09:54:00.002+02:00

On Saturday 14 ProNutro JAGRunners from Lavender Hill took part in the first fun run since starting up a month ago.

The JAGRunners showed the suburbians how to run and walked away with all the prizes.

They were also treated to lunch and a special gift pack afterwards.

This was also their first time in the JAG bus and One little guy, Rafiek, claims it is the coolest car ever!

Thanks to Westcott Primary for creating this wonderful opportunity for the kids.

City of Cape Town T-Shirt Handout

2009-05-15T11:08:00.003+02:00

Yesterday we handed out the first of 750 Training T-Shirts donated by the City of Cape Town

to our Khayelitsha ProNutro JAGRunners. Gert Bam, the Director of Sport and Recreation was there to hand out the shirts.

X-Country Season Gets Underway

2009-05-13T13:30:00.001+02:00

On Saturday the ProNutro JAGRunners from Gugulethu and Langa took part in the first WP X-Country league at UCT. It was a great event as the kids got to take part in their own age groups.

Woza Weekend

2009-05-05T09:54:00.001+02:00

ProNutro JAGRunners did not take long weekend!
On Friday 400 young runners got up at 4:30 to go to the SAD fun run in Wellington.
On Saturday morning another 200 young ProNutro JAGRunners took part
in a WP Talent ID race in Atlantis.
See the slideshow on the side of the kids enjoying ProNutro after the SAD

ProNutro JAGRunners not put off by rain!

2009-04-30T09:58:00.001+02:00

While most of you were on planet duvet Saturday morning, almost
300 very eager ProNutro JAGRunners took to the vineyards around
Somerset College for the Rola Motors fun run.
It was freezing, wet and most runners started the race late, but
these youngsters were more eager than ever to run!
Hope to see you supporting them at SAD in Wellington of Friday.

(Unfortunately due to the harsh climatic conditions our media
team were unable to capture any footage)

Spar Ladies Video

2009-04-14T13:00:00.003+02:00

JAGRunners at Spar Ladies Race

2009-04-07T14:00:00.004+02:00

On Sunday 5 April almost 300 young ProNutro JAGRunners girls took part in the Spar Ladies Race 5km. They were privileged to afterwards meet Olympic Athlete and race winner

Rene Kalmer.

Yellow Pages fun In Langa

2009-03-31T12:33:00.002+02:00

About ProNutro JAGRunners

2009-03-25T12:53:00.001+02:00

Kraaifontein A.C. and WP Talent Search Race

2009-03-24T11:52:00.007+02:00

On Saturday 300 ProNutro JAGRunners took part in Kraaifontein A.C and WP Talent search race at Bernadino Heights High School in Kraaifontein. It was great to see how excited the organisers were when they saw our kids arriving. Everyone jumped to help us get our runners entries organised and wherever you looked their were people photographing our kids.
The coaches had a big task sorting out the entry cards for all their runners and did fantastically.
It is not easy to manage a big group of very energetic youngsters!
Next it was time to warm up. Each coach took his group runners to the fields and it was amazing to see these big yellow circles of runners doing their warm up. The energy and enthusiasm of the coaches was also amazing to see.
Start of the run was pretty crazy. There were around 700 kids all sprinting off at the same time and I felt like I was middle of a washing machine. One of our girls had a very nasty fall, and was a bit shaky getting up again, but when she lifted her head and saw the other runners were far
ahead she took off like a Jack Russel after a bunny rabbit and was never to be seen again. These
kids are tough!
In one of the groups I ran with, phrases like, “Keep the pace guys, keep the pace” and “2km down, 2 to go”,
were some of what I heard and this just showed that these kids aren’t just running wild but that the coaches
are imparting something valuable to them.
The kids ran very well, their fitness levels have definitely improved. Everyone was very excited about the
medals they received and some even won lucky draw prizes.

Two Oceans Fun Run Khayelitsha

2009-03-16T16:25:00.000+02:00

On Saturday 75 ProNutro JAGRUNNERS took part in the last of the
two oceans fun runs in Kayelitsha. The race was some distance from
where the runners live, but the head coach Sandi Matodlana showed
great initiative by negotiating affordable transport with a local bus driver.
Well done Sandi!

The top 15 girls and boys get chosen to go the final fun run on the Friday
before two oceans and 5 boys and 4 girls from the ProNutro JAGRUNNERS
in Kayelitsha made the top 15.

Some of the runners also won wonderful spot prizes from Puma.

Next up, 360 ProNutro JAGRUNNERS will be taking part in a talent identification
fun run in Kraaifontein this Saturday.

Proud ProNutro JAGRUNNER Parents in Cloetesville

2009-03-10T13:08:00.004+02:00

Hear how Cloetesville parents feel about the ProNutro JAGRUNNERS

Two Oceans Fun Run Blue Downs

2009-03-09T10:43:00.002+02:00

On Saturday morning 20 ProNutro JAGRUNNERS from our Kayamandi cluster took part
in the third of the Two Oceans fun runs in Blue Downs. This is a series of 4 races with the
top 15 runners being taken to the main two oceans fun run on Friday 10th April.
It was wonderful to see the older boys helping to pin on entry cards and leading the
warm up exercises. This confirms our slogan “Future Leaders in transit” on the back of the bus!

Many of the runners filling the top positions were High School runners and our
runners did very well against them. One of the girls did particularly well and when she
was called up for the photo of the top finishers she was half the height the other girls!
Each runner received a finishers medal and a special pencil case with some stationery inside.
There were many spot prizes and two of the runners walked away with a nice Puma
goodie. The children had loads of fun and cannot wait for their next race.

Coaching Clinic Video

2009-03-04T14:49:00.004+02:00

Watch Dave Spence's session on hill training and bounding.

ProNutro JAGRUNNERS @Kids Athletics

2009-03-04T14:04:00.002+02:00

On Friday as a precursor to the Yellow Pages athletics event, ASA put on mini kids athletics event. A large number of our Mighty Metres and ProNutro JAGRUNNERS kids from iKhaya primary in Kayamandi and Pieter Langeveldt primary in Cloetesville took part. The kids were divided into different color teams and given their own T-shirt in the color of their team. The kids got to run, jump and throw in a safe Fun way, competing in exciting events like “Formula One” and “Pole Flying”! The kids had loads of fun and each received a special kids athletics medal at the end.

JAGRUNNERS at Ginos

2009-02-26T13:06:00.000+02:00

Last night 70 JAGRUNNERS mostly from Kayamandi and Cloetesville cluster took part in the
Ginos 5km fun run. Andy James from Bonteheuwel also took initiative and brought 9 of his runners
through for the race. All the runners did very well filling most of the top positions and 2 of the Runners
actually took a wrong turn and ended up doing the 10k at a pace that would leave most adults gasping for breath.
our coaches Christopher and Odwa also ran with the kids and Songo did the 10km. Christopher, the sports coordinator
at Pieter Langeveldt has been honing his fitness by running with the kids on the Mighty Metres which
shows that the program is having a wider impact than just the kids. Christopher was initially not going to run
because his knees were sore from all the mighty metres running, but next thing I saw him coming across
the finish line. His reason for the change of mind, “I need to set the example”. Wow good form Christopher!

About JAGRUNNERS

2009-02-23T13:04:00.000+02:00

ProNutro JAGRunners was launched on 28 June 2008. ProNutro JAGRunners is a community based running programme designed to coach and motivate children to compete in running events. Supported by Western Cape Department of Education and eminent athletics coach, Dave Spence, the program seeks to recognize and cultivate gifted athletes from disadvantaged communities, promoting their personal development and allowing them to achieve both their athletic and personal potential.

Meyer said, “We work on the premise that actions speak louder than words, and we want ProNutro JAG Runners to make a real difference to these seriously disadvantaged children, introducing sport into their lives and maximising their potential. We need to invest in the personal development of our youth, whether it be through sport, culture or education.”

The ProNutro JAG Runners is active in communities such as Langa, Manenberg, Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Mitchell’s Plain, Stellenbosch and Bonteheuwal. Committed to giving young people opportunities for growth, and encouraging a fitter, healthier and more focused lifestyle, the ProNutro Jag Runners aims to allow youth to achieve their personal best – whether at home, on the sporting field or in the classroom.