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24 December 2024

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Newsletter #07/24 NBRC – Vanderbijlpark Nov/Dec ‘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

The 2024 season came to an end and with this last newsletter of 2024, we want to share some of the highlights of the season. As predicted Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark achieved great results on all fronts. We hope that you have enjoyed the 2024 season just as much as we did. Thank you to all new members who joined our club in 2024, and we know that you felt welcome from the start and that you all will join us again in 2025. We had some great performances from all our athletes and want to take this opportunity at the end of 2024 to thank all of you for your contributions and performances.

A big thank you must go to our sponsors and Nedbank. Without all your support it would have been difficult to achieve what we had achieved in 2024. Looking forward to your continuous support in 2025 and we as club promise to keep on making you proud where we compete in our beloved green.

I am sure that 2025 will be even a greater year for all of us with higher levels of performances from our athletes. We are looking forward to welcome you all in 2025. award outstanding performances. On Tuesday the 7^th of January ’25 all activities will start at the Clubhouse and you are welcome to register for 2025. All related forms will be made available in this newsletter for registration.

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.

We as management hope that you enjoy our newsletter and if you want to send information to be published please feel free to send it to my email address namely johanstr2@gmail.com. I really looking forward to hearing from you. Maybe we can ask our coaches to send some articles about training, rest, nutrition etc. I am sure it will be highly appreciated by all of us.

From Management side we want to wish every member of our club and their families a Blessed Christmas and a prosperous 2025!!!

Registration 2025

Registration can be done in the following manner:

Members can register at the clubhouse on Tuesdays from 17:00. Members can also register for 2025 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 2025 registration by open the following attached links:https://eolstoragewe.blob.core.windows.net/wm-11331-cmsimages/25,MembershipApplicationForm2025(BankDetails).pdf
https://eolstoragewe.blob.core.windows.net/wm-11331-cmsimages/25,CodeConductAcceptance2025.pdf
https://eolstoragewe.blob.core.windows.net/wm-11331-cmsimages/2025ASAPERMANENTLICENSEAPPLICATIONFORM.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 Pierre Pretorius, pierre@marvibex.com
The 2025 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 do have a card machine available for registration at the clubhouse. With this we want to urge our athletes to register as soon as possible to make the most of your ASA license number for the whole of 2025.

Awards function for 2024 achievements

The 2024 ceremony will take place on Thursday the 16^th of January 2025 at Kollege Park at 18:30 for 19:00. If you have received an invitation, please RSVP as requested to the WhatsApp before or on the 5^th of January 2025 at the latest. Necessary arrangements need to be made to make it a special occasion and we plead to you to try to attend, as your achievements for 2024 will be celebrated by the club.

Time Trials – Harry Marx

We had a big growth in the number of athletes participating in our Time Trials for 2024. We want to thank Harry Marx for his effort in this regard and to get our athletes and members together on a Tuesday afternoon. We are planning something special for our Time Trials in 2025 but will give more information once finalized.

We want to once 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, even a 1km run will be accommodated. The course is properly marked to prevent participants from getting lost and it is very safe. Walkers are also more than welcome to come and join. Time Trials are important to measure your progress from week to week and we can see in the results how participants better themselves on a weekly basis.

Club Person of the month

Every month a Club Person is chosen according performances and we really want to make sure that we have all results to make the right choice for the month. The Club Person for November/ December ’24 will be chosen on the 1^st management meeting in January ’25 and the person/s will be notified and will get recognition in the next newsletter.

Cross Country – Chairperson Beaulah Valentin

We had a phenomenally successful 2024 in Cross Country. Athletics Vaal triangle hosted the ASA championships for the 1^st time in the Vaal Triangle and according to feedback from ASA it was a success.

Nedbank Running Club obtained 14 podium positions at the AVT championships (8 Gold medals, 4 Silver medals and 2 Bronze medals). Athletes from Nedbank Running Club were involved in 4 podium positions, 2 individual and 2 team medals, at the ASA championships. We obtained 2 individual Silver medals as well as 1 Silver and 1 Bronze team medal

We are looking forward to the new season and you will be updated with necessary information.

Road Running – Chairperson Joggie van der Sandt

We had a lively season of Road Running and new athletes to the club made the big difference from previous years. Numerous athletes obtained podium positions and it was from Junior level to the Grand Masters where we obtained these positions.

We obtained 1 Silver medal at the 2024 edition of the Comrades marathon and some of our members just missed out on breaking the 7:30 hours for a Silver medal. One of our members Coenie Herbst completed his 30^th Comrades marathon in 2024 in the colors of Nedbank Running Club, something to be immensely proud of. I am sure that in 2025 we are going to return home with at least 4 Silver medals.

Nedbank athletes represented Athletics Vaal Triangle at all ASA Road championships and obtained 2 Bronze team medals at these championships. If we look at the youth coming through, we surely are going to add to the total in 2025.

For myself, the highlight of the year was the performance of our Green team at the Lite 2 Nite relay where we obtained the Silver medal with 167 laps. We missed the Gold by 4 laps, but we are going to rectify this in 2025. It must be mentioned again that we had a mixed relay team competing against a team with only male participants.

We are looking forward to more excellent performances from all our Road athletes in 2025.

Track & Field – Chairperson Tracey Olivier

We had a remarkably successful year on the Track and were rewarded by excellent performances and results. We as club can really be proud of the successes from our athletes in 2024.

On the AVT championships Nedbank athletes obtained 52 medals (31 Gold, 18 Silver and 3 Bronze).

Anje Holtzhausen represented Athletics Vaal Triangle at the U/16-U20 ASA championships and obtained the Gold Medal in the Hammer Throw.

Marli Dimond, Johanka de Villiers, Astrid Fourie and Chardone Smidt represented Athletics Vaal triangle at the Senior ASA championships and obtained the Silver medal in the 4x400 relay.

Franna van der Westhuizen represented Athletics Vaal Triangle at the Sub-Youth championships and obtained the Silver medal in the 1200m.

Two former members of our club represented their countries at the Olympic Games in Paris namely Marione Fourie (South Africa) and Ethan Olivier (New Zeeland).

Ethan Olivier competing for New Zeeland at the World U/20 championships and he won the Gold medal in the Triple Jump, to therefor be crowned as Junior World champion. Ethan is also the current record holder for New Zeeland in the Triple Jump.

We do have excellent Track and Field athletes in our club, and they are surely going to make us proud in 2025.

Masters Athletics – Chairperson Braam Botes

Our Masters Track and Field athletes performed excellent in 2025 and showed us that there are surely life and a future after the age of 35.

At the SAMA championships our athletes obtained 4 medals (2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze).

The schedule for the 2025 season will be forwarded to all master’s athletes when it is available. If you still have the talent and the wish to perform you are more than welcome to join the master’s category.

Managers, Coaches and Technical Officials

We want to congratulate members of our club who was chosen to be managers, coaches, and Technical Officials for Athletics Vaal Triangle Teams, but also for being appointed as Managers and Coaches for the South African teams and the team of New Zeeland. This is an indication of the quality members that we have at Nedbank Running Club in Vanderbijlpark.

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