Tuesday the 5th of July was possibly one of the coldest and rainiest days of Knysna’s winter - but it was a hot day for the Salomon Featherbed Trail Run presented by Petzl. “It was almost as if we’d arranged it - we ran three events (morning, noon and night), with two races each (the 15 km Coelacanth and the 11 km Seahorse) - and the rain pelted down for the start of each one, and then cleared up during the course of each one. It was ...read more

Coelacanth Female 1 Alea Brand 01:05:58 2 Dominique Scott 01:07:19 3 Visser Roelande 01:08:39 4 Hanlie Booyens 01:10:03 5 Jane Banardo 01:13:06 6 Renee Scott 01:13:23 7 Rabie Tanya 01:13:37 8 Nienaber Chantel 01:15:12 9 Esther Lategan 01:15:15 10 Margaret van Niekerk 01:16:51 11 Elize Kloppers 01:18:42 12 Michelle Ann De Souza 01:19:06 13 Nicky Ryder 01:19:32 14 Stevens Jessica Elizabet 01:20:59 15 Caren Rose Mills 01:21:38 16 Shelley de Villiers 01:22:12 17 Janet Barker 01:22:17 18 Gerwar Marlee 01:23:10 19 Michelle Joubert 01:23:57 20 Tina Van Wyk 01:24:27 21 Natia Vanheerven 01:24:35 22 Kathryn Leek 01:24:40 23 Welme De beer 01:24:51 24 Ilse Fritz...read more

Coelacanth (15km) - Females 1 Margaret van Niekerk 01:16:51 2 Nadia Malan 01:27:35 3 Bernice van Reensburg 01:28:53 4 Svelka Sharp 01:30:21 5 Tanya Roche 01:31:03 6 Ile Schutte 01:35:31 7 Sharifa Louw 01:39:37 8 Merilene Janklaas 01:48:41 9 Frances Steyn 01:57:30 10 Taryn Stevens 02:03:56 11 Bonnie Strange 02:04:17 12 Ad Cole 02:07:22 13 Rosalie Smit 02:09:58 - Coelacanth (15km) - Males 1 Jacques Mouton 01:03:30 2 Nicholas Bone 01:04:45 3 Christiaan Greyling...read more

- Coelacanth (15 km) - Females 1 Alea Brand 01:05:58 2 Dominique Scott 01:07:19 3 Jane Banardo 01:13:06 4 Renee Scott 01:13:23 5 Elize Kloppers 01:18:42 6 Michelle Ann De Souza 01:19:06 7 Nicky Ryder 01:19:32 8 Caren Rose Mills 01:21:38 9 Shelley de Villiers 01:22:12 10 Janet Barker 01:22:17 11 Michelle Joubert 01:23:57 12 Tina Van Wyk 01:24:27 13 Natia Vanheerven 01:24:35 14 Welme De beer 01:24:51 15 Ilse Fritz 01:25:18 16 Louise Kitsch 01:25:43 17 Tanya Faber 01:28:31 18 Doretter Kriel 01:29:40 19 Angie Stanford 01:29:45 20 Kym Rolfe 01:30:37 21 Paula Mosdell 01:30:44 22 Kari Longman 01:31:10 23 Michelle Pickering 01:31:46 24 Jane Pringle 01:32:12...read more

- Coelacanth (15 km) - Females 1 Visser Roelande 01:08:39 2 Hanlie Booyens 01:10:03 3 Rabie Tanya 01:13:37 4 Nienaber Chantel 01:15:12 5 Esther Lategan 01:15:15 6 Stevens Jessica Elizabet 01:20:59 7 Gerwar Marlee 01:23:10 8 Kathryn Leek 01:24:40 9 Main Lisa 01:26:44 10 Joubert Andrea 01:27:30 11 Botha Christelle 01:27:31 12 le Roux Julia 01:27:32 13 Antonette Crouse 01:27:41 14 rodger charlotte 01:28:27 15 anna-marie de Zwager 01:29:10 16 Grove Judith 01:29:26 17 Allan Emily 01:29:29 18 ONeill Hillary 01:30:34 19 nel annemi 01:32:17 20 Dowdle Amanda 01:32:24 21 Smit Sonja 01:32:32 22 Amy Ebedes 01:32:34 23 claassen comine 01:34:40 24 Hagopian Ellie 01:35:06 25 Boltman Claire 01:36:17...read more

Feathers fly as Trail Fanatics Flock to Salomon Featherbed Trail Run The Featherbed Company is bracing itself for an outbreak of Trail Running Fever as trail fanatics from across the country scramble for entries into one of South Africa’s most popular medium distance off road events; the Salomon Featherbed Trail Run presented by PETZL. The family friendly event is the trail running event of the Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival and is as famous for its festive atmosphere as it is for it spectacular course. The ...read more

Dawn on 20 September 2009. 179 crazy individuals dressed in skimpy shorts and Hi-tec bibs are huddled together eagerly awaiting the start of the inaugural Hi-tec Otter African Trail Run.  Everyone is chatting and joking but it doesn’t hide the tensi... read more

The Rush is On! Hansa brings the Rush back to the festival. The adrenalin fuelled spectator event of the Pick & Pay Knysna Oyster Festival; The Waterfront Rush is back on the calendar with a splash championed by new title sponsor Hansa.  The Knysna Quays Waterfront will again be a focus of attention for the last 3 days of South Africa’s biggest sports festival when it hosts the 5th staging of this multi-sports extravaganza. “The Waterfront Rush is to Multisport what Pro 20 is to cricket,” says event director Mark Collins ...read more

It seems crazy that just at a time when the Southern Storm is reaching iconic status and when our offices are inundated with enquires about the next event, that we would decide to postpone the event.  We have made the very painful decision to postpone the next Southern Storm and permanently uncouple the event from [...] read more

Summer is looming and for many it's the absolute highlight of your year. In keeping with this Magnetic South is very pleased to confirm its involvement yet again in the 2010 Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge presented by STONEHAGE and DISCOVERY. read more