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7 February 2019
 
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Newsletter #02 - February 2019

Club Vest

All new members will receive a free club vest when they join the club. Members who have an old vest must exchange the old vest for a new free vest when they re-join the club.

Vests will be available at the club house on Tuesday 12 February 2019 from 17h00 – 18h30.

 

Club person of the month

Joseph Dzuvha

Congratulations Joseph! See his achievements under Results.

 

2019 AVT CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2019 AVT Championships will take place on the following dates:

  1. 10 km : Vaal River City Marathon on 1 September 2019. (Timing Chip compulsory!!!!)
  2. 21.1 km : Polifilm Race on 26 October 2019
  3. 42.2 km : No Championships due to lack of suitable races in second half of the year.

For any queries in this regard feel free to contact the AVT Office (016) 931 0073.

2019 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS          

The 2019 National Championships will take place on the following dates:

1) 21.1 km : 27 July 2019 in Port Elizabeth

2) 42.2 km : 15 September 2019 in Capetown

3) 10 km    : 28 September 2019 in Middelburg

To ensure that the athletes can timeously prepare for these events, it is important to convey to them the following:

Qualifying:

For 42.2km: Times achieved in marathons run in the period February to July 2019

For 21.1km: Times achieved in half –marathons ran between March and May 3019

For 10km   : Times achieved in the 10km race at the Vaal River City marathon on

                    1 September 2019. (Timing Chip compulsory!!!!)

It will be athletes’- and clubs’ reponsibility to ensure that the selected athletes keep themselves at the top fitness level required to participate with success in the Championships.

The following revised qualifying times have been set by AVT so that the Province can be represented at the Championships with distinction.

 

Distance

Gender

Age Cat

Time

 

 

 

 

 42,2km

 Male

Senior

2h25 

 

 

Vet

2h40

 

 

Master

3h00 

 

 

Grand Master

3h30

 

 

 

 

 

Female

Senior

3h00 

 

 

Vet

3h20 

 

 

Master

3h40 

 

 

Grand Master

4h00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distance

Gender

Age Cat

Time

 

 

 

 

 21,1km

 Male

Junior

1h13  

 

 

Senior

1h07 

 

 

Vet

1h15 

 

 

Master

1h25 

 

 

Grand Master

1h40

 

 

 

 

 

Female

Junior

1h35 

 

 

Senior

1h20 

 

 

Vet

1h38 

 

 

Master

1h45 

 

 

Grand Master

2h00

 

Distance

Gender

Age Cat

Time

 10 km

 Male

Junior

0h32

 

 

Senior

0h30 

 

 

Vet

0h35

 

 

Master

0h40 

 

 

Grand Master

0h45

 

 

 

 

 

Female

Junior

0h38

 

 

Senior

0h35 

 

 

Vet

0h40 

 

 

Master

0h45 

 

 

Grand Master

0h50

 

News from Athletics Vaal Triangle (AVT)

Take note of the AVT Office Hours: Tuesdays – Thursdays 12h00 – 15h00.

Make an appointment before you come. I’m not always in the office during office hours – Malie v/d Walt.

 

Results

We received the following results. Please send us your results and we will publish it in the newsletter.

Congratulations to the following guys:

Hati Leseba

Johnson Crane Marathon: 21,1km: 1:39:32

Joseph Dzuvha

Pretoria Wonder Park Marathon: 42,2km: 1st Grandmaster – 3:26.

Sasol Marathon: 42,2km: 1st Grandmaster – 3:29.

 

Time trials

Results are available at http://www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za. Click on Results, Time Trials, Vanderbijlpark AVT (at the bottom of the page).

Results for January 2019

Date

Distance

Time

Name

15-Jan-2019

2km

09:20

Divan Miller

15-Jan-2019

2km

11:40

Bianca Valentin

15-Jan-2019

4km

18:09

Hati Leseba

15-Jan-2019

4km

18:12

Paulus Mofokeng

15-Jan-2019

4km

22:18

Daniel Motsapi

15-Jan-2019

4km

23:38

Rozanne Herbst

15-Jan-2019

4km

23:38

Dawid Jordaan

15-Jan-2019

6km

32:50

Ntando Mbele

15-Jan-2019

8km

31:46

Tsietsi Mokoena

15-Jan-2019

8km

30:09

Joseph Dzuvha

15-Jan-2019

8km

59:00

Johannes Msimang

22-Jan-2019

2km

9:29

Paulus Mofokeng

22-Jan-2019

2km

12:06

Bianca Valentin

22-Jan-2019

2km

12:55

Beulah Valentin

22-Jan-2019

4km

16:26

Bafana

22-Jan-2019

4km

20:26

Leon Muller

22-Jan-2019

8km

37:58

Joseph Dzuvha

22-Jan-2019

8km

64:00

Johannes Msimang

29-Jan-2019

2km

09:10

Divan Miller

29-Jan-2019

4km

17:02

Annemie Beukes

29-Jan-2019

4km

18:16

Paulus Mofokeng

29-Jan-2019

4km

21:24

Taoone Motsapi

29-Jan-2019

4km

22:22

Wynand Lourens

29-Jan-2019

6km

30:02

Leon Muller

29-Jan-2019

6km

27:02

Pieter Aucamp

29-Jan-2019

6km

32:08

Lourens Erasmus

29-Jan-2019

8km

43:25

Louis Heymans

29-Jan-2019

8km

44:05

Joseph Dzuvha

29-Jan-2019

8km

44:45

Joseph

29-Jan-2019

8km

67:00

Johannes Msimang

 

Races

Nedbank Fun Run Series

The new fun run series started on 18th January 2019. The event take place at the clubhouse and start is at 17:30. The next event will be on Friday 8th February 2019.

 

Valentines Race

13 February 2019 at the South East Mall (opposite Sasol Garage) corner of Andries Pretorius and Hendrick van Eck Blvd.

 

Vaal Marathon

Entries are open. PRE-ENTRY ONLY (42.2km & 21.1km)

Entry to the marathon and half marathon is pre-entry only.

Free race T-shirt to the first 700 ONLINE entries of the 42.2km only.

Entries are limited to 3 500 runners in the 42.2km race and 2 000 in the 21.1km.

Online entries close on 18th Feb 2019 or when entry limits are reached with shop entries taken until 2nd March 2019 or while stocks last.

Enter now to avoid disappointment, as NO entries for these two events will be taken on race day.

Debit and credit card payments will be accepted on the online entry platform, while, cash, debit and credit cards are accepted at the following retail outlets up to and including 2nd March 2019.

 

Functions

Dates of upcoming functions:

Comrades - 31 May 2019

Prize giving - 20 November 2019

 

Club Management

Chairperson: Pierre Pretorius

Vice chairperson: Leon Boshoff

Secretary: Salome Naude

Road running: Joggie vd Sandt

Cross country: Beaulah Valentin

Masters Track & Field: Braam Botes

Track & Field: Tracey Olivier

Additional member: Gerda Pretorius

Newsletter: Dawid Jordaan

Treasurer: Johan Strydom

Athletes’ representative: Joseph Dzuvha

 
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