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22 September 2024

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Newsletter #05/24 NBRC – Vanderbijlpark September ‘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 from the date of our previous newsletter. 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.

Gerda Pretorius handle all club related enquiries as well as all running gear. The contact number for Gerda 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)

Time Trials – Harry Marx

We want to again invite ALL members to come and join us every Tuesday at 17:15 for the Time Trials. Come and experience the company of fellow members for a 2,4,6 and 8km run. Harry changed the course to ensure safety and the course has been marked to prevent athletes from getting lost. We are still missing our Junior athletes and want to make a plea to them to join us on a weekly basis. We also want to encourage coaches to send their athletes to do the Time Trials.

Club Person of the month

Decision was made to acknowledge both Tracey Olivier and Sabata Kumalo for their roles in management of the RSA team at the World u/20 championships in Lima, Peru. We are proud of you and with the success achieved by the team.

With this we want to congratulate Tracey and Wikus Olivier with the achievement of Ethan at these championships. Competing for New Zeeland, Ethan won the Gold medal in the Triple Jump with an excellent distance of 17.01 meters. We still see Ethan as one of our athletes who came through the ranks at Nedbank Running Club and will always be immensely proud of him.

Cross Country – Chairperson Beaulah Valentin

AVT Cross Country Championships – 3 August 2024

The following medals were won at these championships by Nedbank athletes:

Gold Medals

Emma de Clerq – G/10
Chistiaan Lewis – B/11
Ganso Keitumetse – G/11
Adriaan Coetzee – B/13
Paulina Mokoena – W35-39
Sibusisio Ndhlela – M40-44
Sampie Mokgatla – M45-49
Ruandre Viviers – Open men 2km Youth
Hannah Korend – Open ladies 2km Youth

Silver Medals

Kayleigh Janse van Vuren – G/10
Franna van der Walt – B/11
Karabo Mokoena – B/16
Selna van As – G/16
Louise Britz – W50-54
Tsietsi Mokoena – M50-54
Tracy Visser – Junior ladies 4km
Tracy Visser – Open ladies 2km Junior

Bronze Medals

Marnus van Staden – B/10
Miane de Clerq – G/12

The following athletes just missed out on podium places

Miane Potgieter – 4^th place G/8
Minjunet Smit – 4^th place G/16
Kholomo Mthimkulu – 4^th place M35-39
Jasmyn Pienaar – 5^th place G/9
Lehlohonolo Hlakane – 5^th place B/16
Hannah Korend – 5^th place G/17
Liza de Clerq – 5^th place W40-44

We want to congratulate all our athletes who competed in the AVT championships and we are proud of all of you.

ASA Cross Country Championships – 7 September 2024

Athletics Vaal Triangle won nine (9) medals during the event with seven (7) individual medals and two (2) team medals. From the seven individual medals Nedbank athletes were able to win two (2) medals and were involved in both the team medals.

Silver Medals - Individual

Selna van As – G/16
Christiaan Lewis – B11

Silver Medal – Team G/12

Miane de Clerq

Bronze Medal – Team M45

Sampie Mokgatla

Congratulations with these excellent achievements and you made us immensely proud. We are just as proud of each Nedbank athlete who represented our AVT province on these Championships. In our eyes you are all “WINNERS” !!!

Congratulations to the Cross Country Commission with a successful 2024 campaign and we are looking forward to 2025.

Road Running – Chairperson Joggie van der Sandt

The following results were received, and we once again urge all our athletes to provide us with your results. We are proud of all our athletes and therefore we want to share your success to all our members.

Mpumalanga Marathon – 10km

Megan Ritchie – Gold Medal W50-59

Well done Megan we are proud of you.

Vaal River City Marathon

Lerine Kruger – Bronze Medal W20-39 (5^th overall)

Louise Britz – Silver Medal W50-59 10km

Well done ladies we are proud of you

Lite2Nite 12-hour Relay – 28 September 2024

We have entered a team with eight (8) members to compete in this event and we are sure that they will be competitive. The name of the team we entered is “Nedbank Green Dream Machine” and consists of the following runners:

Harry Marx
Michelle Spies
Sampie Mokgatla
Bonolo Bonokoane
Joseph Dzhuva
Lourens Erasmus
Tumelo Motaung
Bongani Dhlomo

We do have a good mixture of experienced, young, fast, and reliable runners. The management team of Nedbank Running Club AVT will be at the venue the whole day to support this team and with this we want to urge club members to come and support us at the event. Event is at Driehoek High School SE2 Vanderbijlpark and will start at 6:00 am on Saturday morning.

The club gazebo will be there, and we invite you to come and support even if it is for just a while. Your support will mean a lot to these athletes and it is an opportunity to meet fellow members of this winning club in Vanderbijlpark. In the next newsletter we will provide feedback and photos of this event.

Track & Field – Chairperson Tracey Olivier

Please note that Track & Field Leagues will be held during October and November 2024. Normally our Nedbank athletes feature in numbers at these leagues and we are sure that it will be the same in 2024.

Management agreed to attend more of the leagues this year and we plan to have our gazebo at one of the events as well, where we are going to serve the Track & Field athletes of Nedbank Running Club with something to eat and to drink.

Masters Athletics – Chairperson Braam Botes

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