Lee-Ann Persse
I am working as a Rowing coach at the St Andrews School for Girls, I am also coaching the Junior South African women. My plan is to then move to Cape Town and find a coaching position in the Cape. The coaching times are slightly more flexible than an 8-5 job and I feel that I will be able to deal with any extra pressures or commitments.
My family have always been very supportive of any of my aspirations and I know they will be a great support system should I become a part of the Unogwaja team.
I have been training and competing at a very high level for the past 10 years. I have been rowing at a high level, competing at internationals for the past 10 years, having attended 2 Olympic games, London and Rio. As far as running and cycling go, both where a big part of our base-work and training for the Olympics. Some weeks we ran up to 40km and cycling was a big part of our pre-season training. Not so much road cycling but a lot of mountain biking as well as training on the Wattbike. I have participated in 5 or 6 road races in my life as well two 94,7 cycle challenges.
I haven’t done a lot of running races longer then 21,1km but have faith in my running ability. Due to my achievements in rowing I have a lot of faith in my physical ability as an athlete.
Unogwaja means following your heart to be a part of a team that goes on a Journey to achieve something bigger than themselves.
Donations by Lee-Ann Persse in 2018
| Date | Donated By | Amount | Twitter Account | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 2017 | Anonymous | R200 | - | |
| 21 Nov 2017 | Proturnkey | R500 | @leepersse | |
| 23 Nov 2017 | Changing Lives Fundraiser | R3200 | ||
| 24 Nov 2017 | Jean Jooste | R5000 | ||
| 24 Nov 2017 | Rennie Property Brokers | R2000 | ||
| 27 Nov 2017 | Sandy | R250 | ||
| 02 Dec 2017 | Frayne | R2000 | ||
| 09 Jan 2018 | Anonymous | R1000 | - | |
| 21 Jan 2018 | ALLEN STIDWORTHY | R5000 | GOOD LUCK YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN SUCH A WORTHY EVENT | |
| 22 Jan 2018 | Paolo Cavalieri | R2500 | ||
| 22 Jan 2018 | Alastair Moodie | R5000 | ||
| 30 Jan 2018 | Swagelok Southern Africa | R5000 | Awesome initiative by the 12 athletes, a worthy cause, and more importantly we hope you have a lot of fun doing it! | |
| 08 Feb 2018 | Dorothy Zietsman | R500 | With Best Wishes! | |
| 06 Mar 2018 | R M Stroh | R500 | Proud of you in Plover Place | |
| 08 Mar 2018 | Constantine Coutarelli | R1000 | ||
| 15 Mar 2018 | LCPA Packaging | R5000 | ||
| 09 Apr 2018 | Judith Persse | R1000 | ||
| 11 Apr 2018 | Ursula Grobler | R300 | @UrsulaRowing | Lee is the strongest person I have ever trained with. She inspired me every time! |
| 02 May 2018 | Anonymous | R5000 | - | Well done and thank you for the bit you do to make some people's lives a little more promising |
| 02 May 2018 | DSG | R5000 | DSG is proud to be a supporter of the Unogwaja Challenge | |
| 14 May 2018 | Chris and May Bradley | R500 | ||
| 30 May 2018 | Margaret | R250 | Best of luck to the team and have fun! | |
| 30 May 2018 | Kaylin Myburgh | R600 | We will be supporting you all the way. Good luck, Lee! From Jaco and Kaylin Myburgh, Camilla Smyth and Olivia Mulford | |
| 03 Jun 2018 | Carolyn Thompson | R500 | ||
| 10 Jun 2018 | Tracy Brock | R350 | Absolutely fantastic, we love you! | |
| 16 Jul 2018 | FIONA GALLOWAY | R500 | GOOD LUCK! |
