Club News

Very few things in life feel as good as starting something new. It feels even better to see something you have started growing in leaps and bounds. It is that growth that we were looking forward to in the year 2020. With lessons learnt from our inaugural race in 2019, we were excited to give you an even better edition of the FCAC 10K Race.

As things turned out, the universe had different plans for all of humanity. The running world was also not spared. Big plans had to be shelved and deferred to a time unknown. A community whose sanity was always questionable was suddenly on the brink of a darker abyss – depression.

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New Member Onboarding

We welcomed new recruits in Bloemfontein, Limpopo and Cape Town, and unfroze the 2020 new membership for only 60 new Cats in Gauteng. Post on-boarding, inductions of new Cats were conducted in different regions.

Region Activations

The mighty Cats are known for their presence on the streets and so, in the first half of this year we hosted a few successful activations in the various regions. 3 in Cape Town, 2 in Limpopo and another 3 in Gauteng.

Facebook Live Sessions & Technical Program

As a result of the lockdown regulations, runners were restricted from hitting the streets. This gave birth to the launch and successful delivery of our online training sessions via our Facebook page. Thank you to all our trainers for well-thought programs and sessions and to our Cats for supporting the initiative.

Post the lockdown lifting, the technical subcommittee distributed training programs. These programs will assist our members to improve their short distance running times. Pick a program and keep running.

YouTube Channel Launch

On 10 June 2020, with an interview with Babalwa Thantamiso, we launched the Fat Cats AC YouTube channel. In the interview, Babs took us on her journey with the #sasagang and her plight to improve her short distance running time.

Please subscribe and stay tuned to the channel for more news and stories to follow.

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COVID 19 Relief Fund

In response to the growing number of those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, an Online Virtual Quiz Night was organized and held on 28 April 2020 to put together a relief fund. At the end of the night, Gerald Mashego, from the Limpopo region, came out victorious and an amount of R29 000 was raised which alleviated pressure from 29 families in 6 Provinces.

Passionate about Safety

To ensure that our members #RunSafe, when the running season reopened, we launched the Fat Cats mask. Mask on! #safetybeforemileage.