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2007 Amathunta Half Marathon & 10 km

Jordanian runner Alaqra Salameh won the 2007 Amathunta Half Marathon for the 2nd consecutive year

A bright sunny morning assisted in producing a festive atmosphere as almost 200 runners assembled for the Amathunta Half Marathon & 10-km. The events, which were successfully organised by Agios Tychonas Community Board and NIKI Sports Management, started and finished at the Ancient Amathus ruins. This year event was under the auspices of the Minister of Interior Mr. Christos Patsalides.

Most of the runners came from abroad, especially to participate in the event. The route took the runners from the Ancient Amathus ruins, along the seafront road towards Limassol and at a point after 5 kms close to Apollonia Hotel the runners turned to follow the same course back to Ancient Amathus. The Limassol Police and marshals from the British Forces Cyprus directed the traffic for the maximum safety of the runners. The Limassol Boy Scouts manned the fluid stations and gave an excellent service to all participants.

The Jordanian runner Alaqra Salameh won for the second consecutive year the Amathunta Half Marathon finishing in a time of 1:17:20 with Christine Higgins of Britain winning the women's race in a time of 1:45:16. The male winner of the Amathunta 10-km Road Race was (for the second consecutive year) the Polish runner Michael Stawski with a time of 34:51 and female winner was the Bulgarian lady Emilia Hristova with the time 44:41. The first team of the Half Marathon competition was "Episkopi Runners" followed by the "Aramex Jordan" at second place and "Periclis Demetriou Running Club" at third place. Event results for both distances (Half Marathon & 10 km) can be found in the Web page: http://www.spidernet.net/main/web/amathuntahalfmarathon/results.html

Each participant who finished the Amathunta Half Marathon & 10-km was given a quality, commemorative T-shirt and an engraved medal. Awards were given to the first three runners in each of the 32 categories. After the race the Organisers offered to all participants ample quantities of seasonal fruit (bananas and oranges), Cyprus brew KEO beer, KEO fruit juice and Saint Nicholas mineral water.

Competitors were very impressed with the efficiency and the thoroughness of the Organisation of the races. The runner Mike Davey commented "Just a quick message to congratulate you on another well organised race. I would also like to thank all the other people for helping to make a good day - the marshals, police and drinks stations'. Next year's event will take place on Sunday the 23rd November 2008.

The Organisers of the Amathunta Half Marathon & 10-km express their sincere thanks to all the sponsors of the race. The sponsors of the event were KEO Group, Cyprus Tourism Organisation, Romani Properties, SpiderNet Services Public Ltd and Cyprus Airways Ltd. Agios Tychonas Community Board and NIKI sports Management would like to thank each and every one who was involved, in any capacity, in this, the 2nd running of the Amathunta Half Marathon & 10-km.