New Balance Cross Country and Trial Run (Maxi Cross), Saturday 25 July 2009 (14 years and older)
New Balance Maxi Cross takes place at Fountains Valley on 25 July 2009. I can guarantee you that it will be an experience you will never forget. It is the first official trial run in Gauteng North and I am willing to bet money that this sport will become even more popular than road races. Ask anyone from the Western Province and they will confirm that trial runs are spreading like wild fire there!
The event will kick off with the Maxi Cross in the morning and we will continue with our new shortened cross country program from 12:30:
Race 1 - 12:30 - 4 km
Boys 14 yrs (Born in 1995), Boys 15 yrs (Born in 1994), Men 21yrs (Born in 1988 and after), Men 23 (Born in 1986 and after), Senior Men
Race 2 - 12:50 - 4 km
Girls 14 yrs (Born in 1995), Girls 15 yrs (Born in 1994), Girls 16 yrs (Born in 1993), Girls 17 yrs (Born in 1992), Women 21yrs (Born in 1988 or after),
Women 23yrs (Born in 1986 or after), Senior Women, Women 30, Women 35 yrs, Women 40 yrs, Women 45 yrs, Women 50 yrs, Women 55 yrs, Women 60 yrs, Women 65 yrs, Women 70+ yrs
Race 3 - 13:10 (includes both 6 km and 8 km distances)
Boys 16 yrs (Born in 1993), Boys 17 yrs (Born in 1992), Junior Women (1990, 1991, 1992), Men 60 yrs, Men 65 yrs, Men 70+ yrs - 6 km
Junior Men (1990,1991,1992), Senior Men, Senior Women, Men 30, Men 35 yrs, Men 40 yrs, Men 45 yrs, Men 50 yrs, Men 55 yrs - 8 km
Only athletes 14 years and older will be able to use this event to qualify for the AGN team to the National championships.
Entry fee R 10.00
Please contact Pierre Jordaan (082 821 986) or Allan Smith (073 255 7931).
Have a look at the prize money New Balance offer in the cross country event. Like in the past, the winners of each age category will receive a R50.00 gift voucher from Run-away sport.
Boerefort Primary School (Friday 24 July 2009), Athletes 13 years and younger
Only athletes from ages 8 to 13 years will take part in this event.
§ If you registered as a school, you will receive an envelope with your entry tickets.
§ If you have not registered as part of a school, you will run as an individual (classified as AGN athletes). You have to pay your R 12.00 entry at the event and you will receive a ticket from the organizers.
§ Entries will be available from 13:00 (pm).
§ Guarded parking is available at R5.
§ Entry Fee: R 12.00
§ The event starts at 14:20 with a formal opening.
§ All athletes will receive medals.
§ The first 10 positions will receive certificates.
§ Refreshments will be on sale.
§ First Aid will be available on the terrain.
§ Athletes must have their name tags on their chest.
Program
1. Girls 8 years - 14:30 - 1km
2. Boys 8 years - 14:40 - 1km
3. Girls 9 years - 14:50 - 2km
4. Boys 9 years - 15:05 - 2km
5. Girls 10 years 15:15 - 2km
6. Boys 10 years - 15:25 - 2km
7. Girls 11 years - 15:35 - 3km
8. Boys 11 years - 15:55 - 3km
9. Girls 12 years - 16:10 - 3km
10. Boys 12 years - 16:30 - 3km
11. Girls 13 years - 16:45 - 3km
12. Boys 13 years - 17:05 - 4km
National Cross Country Championships (12 September 2009)
The South African Cross Country championships will take place on 12 September 2009 at LC de Villiers sports grounds. The event is hosted by Athletics Gauteng North and Athletics South Africa.
This year, more than 2500 athletes from 17 provinces will be represented while another 2000 runners and walkers are expected to take part in the "mob race" (fun run and walk) that marks the start of the championships.
Athletics Gauteng North finds it self at a defining moment, and we would like to present the best event possible. To do this, we desperately need sponsorship.
We do not have a title sponsor for cross country like we do for road running (Nedbank) and track and field (Yellow Pages). At the moments we can provide for the basics only.
The event will most probably have television coverage and we have also asked the executive mayor of the City of Tshwane metro council to officially open the event for us.
We have estimated that the event will bring close to R 2,000,000.00 into the Pretoria economy. It is the ideal platform to reach customers from all over South Africa and has the potential to secure a significant saving on an advertising budget.
If you know of (or work for) any company or business that could make use of this opportunity to reinforce loyalty to their brand, I would be grateful if you could forward me their contact detail. It need not be large amounts. We need all the help we can get.
The Rest of the season
· Primary school athletes (Ages 8 to 13).
To qualify for the South African Cross Country championships, athletes have to take part in at least three of the following events of which the Gauteng North Cross Country championships is compulsory:
Boerefort Primary School (24 July 2009)
Tuine Primary School (31 July 2009)
Simon Bekker Primary School (7 August 2009)
Gauteng North Championships (15 August 2009) (Compulsory)
You can contact Japie Venter at 082 823 8019. Please note that Primary Schools still need to affiliate to take part in the events on Friday's so that so that they can add your name to their results system.
Smaller groups, individual athletes and development groups will be affiliated via Athletics Gauteng North. Please try and have your school affiliated before the school holidays by obtaining a electronic file from Japie Venter.
· Secondary school athletes, seniors and masters (Ages 14 and up)
To qualify for the South African Cross Country Championships, athletes have to take part in at least three of the following events of which the Gauteng North Championships is compulsory:
Irene (18 July 2009). Agricultural Research Centre Irene, starts 12:30, please contact Wynand Breytenbach at 012 654 0005.
New Balance (25 July 2009) Fountains Valley. This event incorporates the first ever Trial Running event on the Gauteng North calendar. Contact Alan Smith at 073 255 7931.
TUT (1 August 2009) Tshwane University of Technology (Technicon Rand), starts 12:30, contact Jazz Mnyengeza at 076 262 9752.
Gauteng North Championships - LC de Villiers (15 August 2009) (Compulsory), starts 10:00, contact Andre Gobey 072 191 0538 or the AGN office at 012 327 4931.
The National Cross Country championships take place on 12 September 2009 at LC de Villers Sports Grounds.
Andre Gobey
072 191 0538
