AGRICULTURAL NEWS - According to the organiser, Petra van Rensburg, from the Elgin Grabouw Athletics Club, about 2 000 people took part in the 5km race during the 2017 challenge.
Of these 600 ran the 10km race and 200 the 21km race, with some runners completing the races consecutively.
This is the ninth Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge, and the annual fun-day receives wide support from employees in the apple- and pear-processing industries of the Western Cape, as well as the general public.
“It is a highlight [on the calendar] and a race where all levels of staff work together to score the highest number of points for their packhouse. Last year we had entries from, among others, Ceres, Worcester and Cape Town,” she said.
