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7 July 2024

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Newsletter #04/24 NBRC – Vanderbijlpark June ‘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 and hearty welcome to all Vanderbijlpark club members in 2024. We hope that you are still healthy as the winter is in full force now. A special welcome to all our new members who joined the winning club during the last two months. We want to wish all of you a great experience and that all of you achieve great performances with Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark. Go Green!!!

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. Please note that it is the responsibility of each member of the club to provide us with your results to enable us to acknowledge that. We also have an Incentive Scheme where we award outstanding performances.

Normally Gerda Pretorius handle all club related enquiries as well as all running gear, but she will be away for a while and Salome Naude will handle this in her absence. The contact number for Salome is 083 635 8573. 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)

Time Trials

Time Trials start at 17:15 at the clubhouse. We will inform members when the time change back to the original slot of 17:30.

We want to make a pledge to all our athletes to really try attending the Time Trials. We only have a small number of people who attend this. If you have any questions or issues regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact any of the Management team regarding that. We are open to any ideas or suggestions. Running a Time Trial is a valuable tool to assess your fitness and improvement on a weekly basis. It is a very safe route where you really can test your speed and endurance on a weekly basis.

You can run distances of either 2,4,6 and 8 kilometers.

Club Athlete of the month

Decision was made to choose two Club athletes for the month of June ’24. These athletes were Helene van Rooyen and Michelle Spies with their performances at the 2024 Comrades marathon. Well done to both ladies with their achievements.

Helene on the right and Michelle on the left with Comrades champion Gerda Steyn.

Cross Country – Chairperson Beaulah Valentin

The Cross-Country season started 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.

Three leagues were completed and Nedbank Running Club AVT was well represented at these meetings.

League One – 22 athletes from our club attend the meeting
League Two – 28 athletes from our club attend the meeting
League Three – 33 athletes from our club attend the meeting

League Four was held on Saturday the 6^th of July ’24 and we will inform you on this in our next newsletter.

Many podium places were achieved during the first three meetings and we are proud of each athlete who participates.

The dates for the remaining leagues and championships is as follows:

20 July 2024 at venue TBA and the hosting club will be Future Champs AC
28 July 2024 at Kollegepark Primary School and the hosting club will be Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark
3 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 28 July 2024. Please come and support your club at the event so that it can be the same success as in 2023. We really need some helpers to set up the course on Thursday the 26^th of July ’24. If you want to assist, please contact Beaulah. We will publish more information when available.

Road Running – Chairperson Joggie van der Sandt

ASA 21.1 km Championships – 1^st of June 2024

Two athletes of our club represented Athletics Vaal Triangle at the 21.1 km championships in Qheberha. It was run in terrible conditions with strong winds and rain but still our athletes Sampie Mokgatla and Tsietsi Mokoena made us proud.

Comrades ‘2024

Our athletes who participated at the Comrades marathon made us proud and here are the results:

o Helene van Rooyen, Silver – 7:12:42

o Michelle Spies (visually impaired), Bill Rowan -7:34:31

o Harry Marx, Bill Rowan - 7:39:17

o Tsietsi Mokoena, Bill Rowan - 7:48:13

o Lerine Kruger, Bill Rowan - 8:45:22

o Thomas Mokoena, Robert Mtshali - 9:04:49

o Nicholas Lepholletse, Robert Mtshali - 9:22:45

o Ernst Eloff, Robert Mtshali - 9:39:20

o Coenie Herbst, Bronze - 10:16:50

o Lee-Ann Horn, Bronze - 10:56:23

o Joseph Dzhuvha, Vic Clapman - 11:17:08

o Brenche van den Berg, Vic Clapman - 11:37:18

o Unfortunately, some athletes either did not start or finish.

The following three athletes deserve some special attention in this month’s newsletter

Coenie Herbst

Coenie ran his first Comrades marathon in 1991. He did compete in almost every Comrades from then except for the years 1996, 2008, 2020 and 2021 (Covid). His collection of medals consists of four Bill Rowan medals (Comrades marathon completed in under nine hours), 25 Bronze medals (Comrades marathon completed in under eleven hours) and one Vic Clapman (Comrades marathon completed in under twelve hours.

Congratulations Coenie on this excellent achievement.

Michelle Spies

Michelle ran in her second Comrades marathon and she missed her silver medal with four minutes. An extraordinary achievement if you consider that she is visually impaired and ran unassisted.

We can only salute Michelle on this achievement.

Helene van Rooyen

One of the success stories of this years Comrades was the achievement of Helene van Rooyen. She ran a silver medal despite an injury, Plantar Fasciitis. She achieved the 17^th place in her age category (40-49), 484^th overall and the 38^th woman in the race. Helene was one of only a handful athletes from the Vaal Triangle who achieved a silver medal and the only woman who has achieved that.