2014 Halls Annual Race Results

Results available to download here:
21km
10km

Thank you to Showme Nelspruit and The Lowvelder for their coverage of the event. Just about every participant's photo(s) will be available in the following galleries:

Showme Nelspruit's photo galleries
The Lowvelder's photo galleries #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, & #9.

Upcoming Event - Halls Half Marathon & Fun Runs

General Information
Event Date: 12 Jul 2014
Start Time21 & 10km: 07h00
3km Fun Run: 07h10
Venue: Halls Gateway To The Lowveld On The Johannesburg Road (N4) 4km's From Nelspruit
Contact Number: 072 651 0610

21km Elevation Gain - 190m

• Standard Category Prizes - 21 & 10km

• Medals to all finishers

• Cash prize and fantastic spot prizes

• Race run according to ASA rules

• Refreshments and food available

• For the not so serious runners - There is a Fun Run of 3km's - Business and school teams prizes (Fun Run ONLY) 

• Participating athletes must be 16 years and older for the 21km race and 15 years and older for the 10km race

Route
Run through the famous Halls Estate past ripping rivers and through the cane fields. Get close up view of the New Mbombela Stadium, see the avocado, pecan and litchi orchards! Cross over the Crocodile River with a possible hippo sighting!

Halls Fresh Produce by Phonix Capture.

Download your entry form HERE or on ENTERONLINE.

2014 Halls Race

Download your entry form here.

Halls 2013 Race Results

The results are available to download:

21km Results

10km Results

Joe Dreyer of The Lowvelder was there to capture all the action. 

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Halls Race Countdown - Our Sponsors

Only a few days to go before we host the annual Halls 21 & 10km Race & 3km Fun Run!

This great event would not be possible without the support of our wonderful sponsors:

Halls

Coca-Cola Fortune

MPower FM

Lowveld Favourites

Entry form available to download HERE.

Halls Race Countdown - Race History

Just under two weeks until race day!

This year will the 23rd running of the Halls Race. The first event was held way back in 1990 and it included a 32km race.

Some stats on participant numbers for the last few years:

2006: 528

2007: 714

2008: 635

2009: 683

2011: 692

2011: 928

2012: 712

Businesses and schools are once again invited to enter teams consisting of 6 runners to run the 3km fun run. The fun run starts 10 minutes after the 2 main races at 07H40. Runners will receive a beautiful medal and there will be water points along the route.  The entry fee for a team in the fun run is R120.00 per team (6 members). There are various team prizes and spot prizes to be won and this is a great opportunity to do some healthy exercise and a little team building. 

Let's get closer to the 1000 mark this year, download your entry form here and please spread the word!

Mark Greeff

Halls Race Countdown - Halls Past & Future

We are about two and a half weeks away from the Halls Half Marathon & 10/3km Fun Run, our biggest race of the year. Download your entry form here!

Some background information on our main sponsor - HL Hall & Sons.

THE founding father of HL Hall & Sons, Hugh Lanion Hall, had a heart for life and farming - and a mind for strategic innovation long before business schools taught the subject.

The sceptics said you could not successfully run a commercial farming operation in the hostile low lands (Lowveld) back in 1890. But Mr Hall had other ideas, and his mixed agriculture business went from strength to strength.

During the 1940s Halls became well known for offering the first mail order delivery service of fresh produce to households across South Africa. In the 1950s Halls was recognised as the largest producer of citrus in the Commonwealth. By the early 1960s, Halls owned more than 40,000 ha of agricultural land, and diversified its products and services, adding timber, tobacco, fruit processing, honey, a feedlot, an abattoir, game farming, and irrigation engineering to its fruit and vegetable core offerings.

The 1980s saw a change in focus for the company as avocados
replaced citrus as Halls' main export crop and the foundations were laid
to make full use of the property opportunities available to the company
as a significant landowner.

Today our highly focused farming, fresh produce packing and
marketing operations remain a core component of the Halls
business, which has diversified into property development
and new investments.

Halls' pioneering and enduring spirit is evident in a family
business that has not simply survived, but has flourished
for more than 120 years.

HL Hall & Sons started out as a farming business more than 120 years ago. Farming has been - and we believe will be into the future - core to the Halls business.

Halls' farming operations have, however, become more focused and specialised in recent years. The disposal of 6 000 hectares of prime commercial farmland as part of a 2003 land reform deal and the strong demand for Halls land outside Nelspruit for commercial property development has meant that the company has had to explore new and innovative ways of growing our farm operations. 

Our major products include:

Avocados
Halls is one of the world's leading producers and marketers of avocados, and the first avocado operation in the world to achieve an ISO9000 Universal Quality accreditation.

Litchis
The first litchis were planted at Halls in 1926, and today our fruit
is marketed across the globe. The most successful commercial
cultivar in South Africa was developed by Halls and bears the name
"HLH Mauritius".

Pecans
Most of the Christmas in-shell pecans sold by major UK
retailers originate from Halls.

Info courtesy of http://www.halls.co.za

Enjoy a fantastic outdoor experience this July at the Halls 21km, 10km & 3km Fun Run

Run through the famous Halls Estate past herds of Jersey cattle and through the cane fields! See the Avocado, Pecan and Litchi orchards! Cross over the Crocodile River with a possible hippo sighting!

Download your entry form here!