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24 March 2024

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Newsletter #02/24 NBRC – Vanderbijlpark February/March ‘24

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does.” A famous saying by Nelson Mandela

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General

Nedbank Running Club Vaal Triangle clubhouse at Kollege Park Primary school (Glanville street) Vanderbilpark

Warm greetings and a hearty welcome to all Vanderbijlpark club members in 2024. We want to welcome new members to our club and really wish that you will experience great performances with Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark.

Please do not hesitate to contact anyone of the management team with any questions or suggestions you may have. Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark has a performance criterion where we acknowledge all performances of our Athletes, Coaches, Technical staff, and Management. We had a successful Awards ceremony for 2023 performances, see the item on that further in the newsletter. It is however the responsibility of each member of the club to provide us with your results for us to acknowledge that. We also have an Incentive Scheme where we award outstanding performances.

Gerda Pretorius will handle all club related enquiries as well as all running gear. Gerda’s contact number is 072 209 9906. She will be available every Tuesday at the clubhouse from 17:00.

Registration 2024

Registration can be done in the following manner:

Members can register at the clubhouse on Tuesdays from 17:00. Members can also register for 2024 using the following method:

ASA as well as the Nedbank Running Club’s registration forms must be completed.
You can obtain the necessary forms for your 2024 registration by open the following attached links:

https://eolstoragewe.blob.core.windows.net/wm-11331-cmsimages/24,MembershipApplicationForm2024(BankDetails)edited.pdf

https://eolstoragewe.blob.core.windows.net/wm-11331-cmsimages/24,CodeConductAcceptance2024.pdf

https://eolstoragewe.blob.core.windows.net/wm-11331-cmsimages/2024ASAPERMANENTLICENSEAPPLICATIONFORM.pdf

If you have problems obtaining the forms via the links, you are more than welcome to request these forms from me. Just sent your email address to johanstr2@gmail.com and the forms will gladly be forwarded to you.
Please complete all forms and email it with your proof of payment to the email address of Johan Strydom johanstr2@gmail.com.
The 2024 fees are available on the Nedbank Running Club registration form.
Suggestion from my side is to download the requested forms and complete it before you go to the Club to register. That will save you valuable time.
Payment for license and membership fees can be done directly in the following Nedbank account:

NEDBANK RUNNING CLUB VANDERBIJLPARK

BRANCH VAAL MALL – 189137

ACCOUNT NUMBER – 1891012398

REFERENCE – NAME & SURNAME AND LICENSE NUMBER IF AVAILABLE

(Example Johan Strydom 128)

We are looking forward to seeing all our members back in 2024 and that you will encourage your family and friends to join this winning club.

Time Trials

Time Trials will be held every Tuesday from 17:30 till we notify the change in time as result of winter which result that it became darker earlier as in summer. This is purely for safety reasons.

We want to make a pledge to all our athletes, especially our athletes who are going to run the Comrades, to really try attending the Time Trials. We only have a small number of people who attend this. If you have any suggestions on this, please do not hesitate to contact any of the Management team regarding that. We are open to any ideas or suggestions.

We have changed the route for the Time Trial, and we can promise that it is very safe route to follow and that is a route where you really can test your speed and endurance on a weekly basis.

Club Athlete of the month

The Club athlete for January ’24 was Helene van Rooyen with her performance on the Dis-chem half marathon which was held in Bedfordview. Helene is a new member of our club and she will certainly make us proud.

The Club athlete for February ’24 was Sampie Mokgatla with his performance on the Klerksdorp half marathon. Sampie is a well-known athlete in Nedbank colors and always perform on a remarkably high standard.

Well done to both of you and we took note of your performances

Cross Country – Chairperson Beaulah Valentin

The Cross-Country season starts on the 4^th of May 2024 and will end on the 7^th of September 2024 with the ASA championships which will be held in the Vaal Triangle for the first time in the history.

The dates for the leagues and championships is as follows:

4 May 2024 at the Heidelberg Army camp and the hosting club will be Suikerbos AC
18 May 2024 at Dr Malan High School and the hosting club will be Blue Runnings AC
8 June 2024 at the George Thabo stadium and the hosting club will be Lekoa AC
6 July 2024 at the Café du Cirque (Boswell Wilkie Circus) and the hosting club will be Meyerton AC
20 July 2024 at venue TBA and the hosting club will be Future Champs AC
3 August 2024 at Kollegepark Primary School and the hosting club will be Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark
10 August 2024 will be the AVT championships and more information on the venue and hosting club will be communicated when available
7 September 2024 will be the ASA championships and more information on the venue will be made available at later stage

As noted, our club will be responsible to host the league on 3 August 2024. Please come and support your club at the event so that it can be the same success as in 2023. We’ll publish more information when available.

Road Running – Chairperson Joggie van der Sandt

The 2024 season started with excellent performances and we have already saw great performances from our athletes and more notably from our ladies.

Bieliemielie Marathon

Tsietsi Mokoena 1^st in 50-59 category

TRAC Elands Valley Marathon – 2 March 2024

Helene van Rooyen – 3^rd Lady overall and 2^nd in category 40-49 with a new PB of 2H53

Michelle Spies (Visually Impaired T12/13 6^th overall and 3^rd in Senior category with and incredible time of 2H57 which was an improvement of 15 minutes on her previous PB. Michelle is also a new member of our Club and she will undoubtedly make us proud.

Michelle Spies on left & Helene van Rooyen 2nd from right

Megan Ritchie – 2^nd in 50-59 category in the 10km race. Megan is also one of our new members and we are looking forward to her performances as well.

Vaal marathon – 3 March 2024

Sampie Mokgatla – 6^th overall in the 21.1km race and 2^nd in 40-49 category in time of 1H18

Louise Britz – 2^nd in the 10km race in 50-59 category in time of 57:26

Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark had the gazebo at the Vaal Marathon and a big thank you to Pierre and Gerda Pretorius who was the hosts at the gazebo. Many Nedbank athletes had the privilege to have something to eat and to drink after their races.

ASA 10km Championships in Johannesburg – 10 March 2024

Three of our athletes were chosen to represent Athletics Vaal Triangle in this championship namely Helene van Rooyen, Sampie Mokgatla and Tsietsi Mokoena. Joggie van der Sandt was selected to accompany the team to these championships.

Sampie Mokgatla – took Bronze Medal Team Prize in category 40+

Sampie Mokgatla on the right

Riverside Boulevard Road Race in Vanderbijlpark – 21 March 2024

Helene van Rooyen – 5^th overall in the 21.1km race and the 1^st lady overall and 1^st lady in category 40-49 in a time of 1:27:18
Michelle Spies – 10^th overall in the 21.1km race and the 3^rd lady overall and 1^st lady in the female open race with time of 1:31:35

Michelle on left and Helene on right

Sasol Marathon in Sasolburg 23 March 2024

Tshepo Shabalala – 4^th overall in the 21.1km race and the 1^st Junior in a time of 1:11:11
Irene Myburgh – 3^rd in the 21.1km race in the 50-59 category with time of 2:01:06
Tsietsi Mokoena – 1^st in the 21.1km race in the 50-59 category with time of 1:23:05
Sampie Mokgatla – 6^th overall in the 42.2km race and 3^rd in the 40-49 category with time of 2:46:03

Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark had the gazebo at the Sasol Marathon and again a big thank you to Pierre and Gerda Pretorius who was the hosts at the gazebo. Many Nedbank athletes had the privilege to have something to eat and to drink after their races.

Please note that it is the duty of each athlete him/herself to provide us with your performances. We try our best to publish all results of top 3 finishes in all races but then we do need the help of our athletes. Most of the time we can get results as it is published but it happened that we could miss results.

Track & Field – Chairperson Tracey Olivier

The ASA Track and Field championships took place from 21-23 March 2024 and we will publish performances in our next newsletter.

Masters Athletics – Chairperson Braam Botes

Please note the dates and venues of all events and championships.