The annual Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge, sponsored by Stonehage and Discovery, once again enthralled locals and visitors to Plettenberg Bay. This premier Bitou town has firmly established itself as an unparalleled adventure centre along the Garden Route, with the multi-day Sabrina Love event further confirming its status as a tourism town for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages.
Few backdrops can compare with the scenic natural grandeur of Plettenberg Bay, and it is therefore no wonder that a record field once again flocked onto the Garden Route to take part in the ever-popular Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge. Thousands of athletes, weekend warriors and celebrity sports stars lined up for the 11th SABRINA LOVE, competing in a range of events as diverse as open-ocean swimming, trail running, mountain biking, beach walks and a ‘Kids of Steel’ mini-duathlon.
Presented every year at the end of December by the respected event-coordination team of Magnetic South, the Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge offers family fun to outdoor-minded residents and visitors. With a total of eight events over two days, it promises fresh air fun for all levels and ages of sport lovers.
The event was first conceptualised by local business entrepreneurs Tony & Suzy Lubner in 2003, in memory of their daughter Sabrina who passed away after succumbing to a rare bone marrow disorder. Nearly a decade on, Sabrina Love has become one of the premier fundraisers supporting families and children with physical disabilities in the Bitou Region.
Two events centres – Central Beach and the prestigious Kurland Polo Estate – boast routes perfect for trail running, mountain biking, surf-ski paddling and open-ocean swimming. In the words of event director Mark Collins, of Magnetic South: “Few other destinations in South Africa offer such varied and naturally scenic landscape as Plettenberg Bay, and it is easy to see why so many people return again and again to participate in the Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge”.
With famous names including Ryan Sands, Vanessa Haywood, Gary Player, Chad Ho, Chantel Nienaber, Nick Bester and the likes as brand ambassadors, it was a fantastic day out at the Ocean Challenge
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