Neville Wilkins, the long serving convenor of the Discovery Surfers Challenge, announced this morning that the 2012 event will incorporate a new Junior Surfers for U14′s.
It is an innovation that suggests that neither Wilkens, his committee nor the sponsors, Discovery, have lost their appetite to further grow what is already South Africa’s largest beach/trail run.
The run will be over approximately 5km and is expected to start below the Blue Lagoon Hotel on the eastern banks of the Nahoon River.
Participants will then head off to a marker east of Bonza Bay, where they will be turned and head back to the official finish of Surfers at Nahoon Beach, after first swimming the Nahoon River.
This is subject to some tweaking but appears to have universal support.
The young runners will enjoy all the benefits that the main event offers, including “goody bags” and the much sort after Surfers t-shirt.
The new event will add still more families to the equation and, in keeping with Discovery ideals, will encourage healthy pursuits from a very young age.
Further details will be announced as they are released.