Orient Pools News Today

Hundreds of excited East Londoners flocked to the beachfront in Quigney to take part in the SPAR Daily Dispatch Fun Run on Sunday morning. More than 600 participants left the starting line just after 9am, with the first runner finishing just 13 minutes after running the 4km route. After Friday and Saturday’s gloomy weather, the skies cleared up and the sun shone on Sunday, giving the athletes the perfect weather for their run.

Get your trainers on — the annual Daily Dispatch Spar Fun Run is just three days away and will give metro residents an exhilarating outdoor experience.The race is disability friendly and continues to attract residents to explore the 4km and 8km routes, both starting at Orient Pools in Quigney on Sunday.

The glorious views and bracing sea air of East London's famed Esplanade will welcome hundreds of runners and walkers at the annual Spar Daily Dispatch fun run on Sunday, October 8, kicking off at the Orient Beach swimming pools.

Charging R25 for children and R30 for adults, East London’s Orient Pools offer bathers the opportunity to soak themselves in festering green water that, according to experts, is probably teeming with bacteria that could make you quite ill. One visitor at the facility with health concerns, even remarked that the metro should be renamed "Buffalo Sh*tty" because of the condition of its public facilities.