Members and their families came out in force to enjoy the braai and to acknowledge the achievements of their fellow runners and the contributions made by various sponsors. Of these, Grasshoppers and Top Gear Sport received special mention.
The awards were:
Non runner supporter - Top Gear Sports and Grasshoppers; time trial winner - Dirkie Kotze; Outeniqua member supporter - Dirkie Kotze; non club supporter - Clarence Smart; most dedicated (male) - Jacques Mouton; most dedicated (female) - Donnick Gerber; Two Oceans runner of the year - Divan Pretorius & Julian Pretorius; best Two Oceans runner - Vuyo Witbooi; best Comrades runner (male) - Jacques Mouton; 20th Comrades - Gareth Griffiths; first Comrades in club colours - Juanita Olivier & Chris Swanepoel; runner of the year (male) - Vuyo Witbooi; runner of the year (female) - Suzaan Kruger; most improved runner (male) - Keith Clark; most improved runner (female) - Yani van der Merwe; best half marathon (male) - Vuyo Witbooi; best half marathon (female) - Suzaan Kruger; best marathon runner (male) - Vuyo Witbooi; best marathon runner (female) - Suzaan Kruger; best junior (boy) - Nicolas Coertze; best junior (girl) - Donnick Gerber; best sub vet (male) - Vuyo Witbooi; best sub vet (female) - Liezel Leonard; best vet runner (male) - Mauritz Jansen van Rensburg; best vet runner (female) - Mariana van Rooyen; best masters runner (male) Patrick Rawlins; best master runner (female) - Christine van der Merwe; best grandmaster (male) - Willem van Jaarsveld; best grandmaster (female) - Lorraine Zehmke; most cross country runs in Outeniqua Harriers colours - Rudy Koen & Plaatjie Cronjé; walker of the year - Lidia Basson.
Merit awards: gold - Vuyo Witbooi; silver - Jacques Mouton & Danie Liebenberg; bronze - Harold Basson, Rico Groenewald, Malan du Preez, Partick Rawlins, Rian Klue, Suzaan Kruger, Gareth Griffiths & Dirkie Kotze.
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Suzaan Kruger, female runner of the year, receiving her award from Alf Zehmke.
