{"id":15668,"date":"2025-11-19T16:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-hollywood-athletics-club-aims-for-top-spots-at-soweto-marathon\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:49","slug":"sa-hollywood-athletics-club-aims-for-top-spots-at-soweto-marathon","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-hollywood-athletics-club-aims-for-top-spots-at-soweto-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Hollywood Athletics Club aims for top spots at Soweto Marathon \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hollywood Athletics Club is gearing up for a strong showing at this year\u2019s Soweto Marathon, set for November 29 at Nasrec in South Africa (SA).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Club Manager Manfred Seidler told SABC Sport that the team is aiming for top honours across multiple categories.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seidler confirmed that the squad will feature some of the country\u2019s top runners, including four-time winner Irvette van Zyl, Comrades Marathon star Gerda Steyn, and Zimbabwean standout Rutendo Nyahora. Defending champion Neheng Khatala will take part in the half-marathon due to exam commitments, while Lesotho\u2019s men\u2019s Two Oceans champion Joseph Seutloali will also be in action.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The marathon falls on a busy month-end Saturday, and organisers have moved the start time forward from 5:30 CAT to 5:00 CAT to help participants manage the expected high temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15669,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-15668","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Hollywood Athletics Club is gearing up for a strong showing at this year\u2019s Soweto Marathon","published_date":"2025-11-19 18:57:38","news_description":"The Hollywood Athletics Club is gearing up for a strong showing at this year\u2019s Soweto Marathon","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19805,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15668\/revisions\/19805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=15668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}