{"id":154682,"date":"2017-06-22T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/154682\/ekurhulenis-firefighters-take-on-comrades-marathon\/"},"modified":"2017-06-22T14:22:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T12:22:43","slug":"ekurhulenis-firefighters-take-on-comrades-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2017\/06\/22\/ekurhulenis-firefighters-take-on-comrades-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekurhuleni\u2019s firefighters take on Comrades Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine of Ekurhuleni\u2019s firefighters took to the road in this year\u2019s installment of the toughest ultra-marathon race, the Comrades Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>The Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) firefighters are members of the City of Ekurhuleni Athletics Club.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Eight male firefighters and one female firefighter qualified for this year\u2019s race by participating in various qualifying marathons around the country.<\/p>\n<p>The rose among them being Enie Manzine, based at the Palm Ridge Fire Station, was running her ninth Comrades Marathon.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Six others completed the race and received their hard-earned medals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe department extends its sincere appreciation to the staff members showing an interest in participating in all sporting codes, moreover the Comrades Marathon, without compromising their responsibilities of preserving life and property within Ekurhuleni,\u201d said William Ntladi, district manager media liaison for DEMS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/153722\/callies-traverse-the-long-comrades-road\/\">Callies traverse the long Comrades road<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/152622\/germiston-callies-head-to-the-comrades\/\">Germiston Callies head to the Comrades<\/a><\/p>\n<article id=\"post\" class=\"post-153722 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-local-sports category-top-stories tag-comrades-marathon tag-germiston tag-germiston-callies-harriers tag-germiston-city-news tag-marathon-running tag-melissa-hart tag-running tag-sport-2 content-print\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>, Leigh Hodgson (journalist)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a 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