Newsletter #04/22        NBRC – Vanderbijlpark          May ‘22

“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

Welcome to all members who already joined the Nedbank Running Club in Vanderbijlpark for 2022. A special welcome to new members who joined our club for the first time. We wish you all a winning experience with a winning club in the Vaal Triangle. Please feel free to contact any of the club management if needed.

We once again want to plead to all our members to still adhere to all safety regulations regarding Covid-19. Please be responsible when participating in events for your own and other participant’s sake’s.

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

Registration 2022  

Registration can be done in the following manner:

 Members can register at the clubhouse on Tuesdays from 17:00. Alternatively you can register by following the process as set out below. We noticed that a number of members prefer to make use of this process. It surely save the member’s time and it is a very easy process.

• ASA as well as the Nedbank Running Club’s registration forms have to be completed.
• Forms will be sent to your email address if required by you. Just sent your email address to johanstr2@gmail.com and the forms will gladly be forwarded to you.
• Please complete both forms and email it with your proof of payment to the email address of Pierre Pretorius pierre@megasurfwifi.co.za. You can email it to johanstr2@gmail.com as well.
• ASA numbers have to be collected at the clubhouse on Tuesdays from 17:00, which are available now. From 28 February 2022 you may only participate with a 2022 License. (No 2021 Licenses will be allowed!)
• Payment for license and membership fees, as set out later in the newsletter, can be done directly in the following Nedbank account:

NEDBANK RUNNING CLUB VANDERBIJLPARK

BRANCH VAAL MALL – 18913741

ACCOUNT NUMBER – 1891012398

REFERENCE – NAME & SURNAME AND IF AVAILABLE LICENSE NUMBER

(Example Johan Strydom 128)

Yearly Club and License Fees for 2022

• Seniors 20 – 59 years: R250 Membership Fee + R20 Admin Fee + R160 License Fee  = R430 Total
• Nedbank Employees: R200 Membership Fee + R20 Admin Fee + R160 License Fee = R380 Total
• Grand Masters 60+ years: R180 Membership Fee + R10 Admin Fee + R160 License Fee = R350 Total
• Primary School Juniors: R160 Membership Fee + R10 Admin Fee + R100 License Fee = R270 Total
• Secondary School Juniors: R160 Membership Fee + R10 Admin Fee + R110 License Fee = R280 Total

Club person for the month

No club person/s nominated for the month because we had to postpone our monthly meeting to June ’22. The club person will be announced with the nominated person/s for the month of May ’22 during the meeting in June ’22.

Time Trials

Weekly time trials start every Tuesday at 17:15 from the Clubhouse.

 Rules for winning the monthly price:

• Competition is open to only Nedbank club members
• Available distances you can choose from is  2,4,6 or 8 kilometers
• Athletes have to compete in at least three (3) time trials during the specific month to be eligible for the price
• The winner of the price will be determined by a lucky draw if there are more than one athlete who have completed the three (3) time trials
• The winner will be decided on the last time trial for the month and therefore have to be present when the draw takes place. The monthly winner will be rewarded with a gift voucher. Photo of the winner with his/her price will be taken and published in the next edition of the monthly Nedbank Vanderbijlpark newsletter
• It will be great if members wear Nedbank clothing on the last time trial for the month as we want to take the photo of the winner wearing  Nedbank clothing

Time Trial winners

There was no winner for April’22. The reason why is that the maximum number of three (3) time trials during the month, to be eligible to win the price, was not met by participants.

Road Running Commission

The Road Running season is in full swing now with events being held all over the country. If you were a podium winner, we urge you to provide Joggie van der Sandt with the information. If possible please provide us with a photo of yourself in Nedbank gear. We want to share your achievements with all our members in the monthly newsletters.

We are currently busy planning our next Nedbank fun run series for 2022 and will keep all our members updated. We promise that it will be something special.

ASA Marathon championships Durban – 8 May ‘22

Results of the two athletes from Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark who represented the Province (AVT) in the championships:

• Sampie Mokgatla was part of the team  who won the bronze medal

• Masters category (50-59) – Tsietsi Mokoena won the bronze medal in his category

Congratulations to both of you and you made us proud as always!

Cross Country Commission

• The 2022 leagues start on Saturday the 7^th of May ’22,
•  AVT championships will be held on the 20^th of August ’22
• The ASA championships will be held on the 17^th of September ’22.

We hereby post the (a) Cross Country Circular on the rules, the (b) distances and age categories and the (c) venues and dates as received from Athletics Vaal triangle. Beaulah Valentin is the contact person for Cross Country and she will relay all information to our members who are going to participate.

Note: Nedbank Vanderbijlpark Club will, as in the past, pay for the registration tickets of R20.00 for all members for leagues as well as for the AVT championships. Beaulah will communicate the procedure and applicable rules to all members who want to participate.

1. Cross Country Circular 1 of 2022 received from AVT.

At the start of the new Cross Country season we would like to wish you all the best. We hope that this will be a brilliant season for all athletes, coaches and supporters.

Please find attached the 2022 AVT League events and its venues, the league and AVT Championship programme for 2022.

Take note that athletes of all ages will have to purchase an 2022 AVT ASA License and wear it as indicated on the procedure and conditions, this will ensure ASA compliance and cover athletes under the ASA insurance.

Full club colors and licenses. No athlete will be allowed to take part in cross country events without a valid 2022 ASA license number.

The complete qualifying criteria will be communicated at a later stage. Below are conditions for participating:

1. The submission of a copy of their ID / Birth Certificate to the AVT Cross Country Commission before or on the 4th of June 2022. Handed to Beaulah Valentin.

2. Each athlete will have to purchase a sticker that will serve as entry to the race, it must be clearly and correct completed. (R20.00 per sticker)

3. Athletes will sign on their race entry stickers that they have read, understand and comply with the AVT procedures and conditions for 2022.

4. Age group stickers must be worn at all events, centre and above the valid license numbers worn on the front and back of his/her running vest.

5. To qualify for ASA Cross Country Championship AVT provincial team selection an athlete must:

a. Compete and complete 3 of the 6 leagues and the AVT Championship.

b. Compete and complete at the Inter-provincial if he/she was selected for the Inter-provincial team

c. Compete and complete the AVT CC Championships, which results will be used compared with the criteria on qualifying times for team selection.

d. There will be a time criteria which will be of 3 minutes of the winning time. Progressing time will be considered for team selection.

e. A maximum of 6 athletes per age will be considered for SA cross country championships.

f. The first 6 athletes in each league will be considered for the AVT TEAM

This does not replace the procedure and conditions for 2021 but is an extract of important points.

Regards

Stefan Blunden

Cross Country chairman – AVT

2. AVT League Program

(c) AVT CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE FIXTURES 2022 – VENUES & DATES

1. TRANSVALIA  - 7 MAY 2022

2 . NWU SPORTS GROUND - 14 MAY 2022

3.  VUT - 4 JUNE 2022

4. EMERALD CASINO  - 18 JUNE 2022

5. STONEHAVEN CYCLE TRACK  - 23 JULY 2022

6. VUT - 6 AUGUST 2022

7. AVT CHAMPIONSHIP NWU SPORTS GROUND  - 20 AGUSUST 2022

8. ASA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS RUSTENBURG  - 17 SEPTEMBER 2022

PLEASE NOTE:

• R 20 ENTRY FEE AT ALL LEAGUES
• NO ASA LICENCE NR NO RACE
• FIRST RACE STARTS AT 12H00
• VENUES CAN CHANGE DUE TO AVAILABILITY OF THE VENUE

Results for Nedbank athletes who participated in the 1^st league at Transvalia on the 7^th of May ’22.

Results for Nedbank athletes who participated in the 2^nd league at NWU Sports Ground on the 14^th of May ‘22.

Track and Field

Report  from the ASA Senior National Track and Field Championships at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town from 21-23 April ‘22

Compiled by Tracey Olivier

Team

10 Athletes were chosen for the team and 6 of the athletes came from Nedbank Vanderbijlpark Club

Management 

Managers and Coaches in Nedbank Vanderbijlpark Club

Tracey Olivier

Wikus Olivier

Results from the championships

Each and every athlete put in their best effort and Athletics Vaal Triangle and Nedbank Running Club are proud of their performance and conduct. Athletics Vaal Triangle ended in 10^th position overall with one silver medal achieved by Ethan Olivier. 

Achievements

• Ethan Olivier won silver in the Triple Jump

• Marli Dimond – 4^th in the 800m final
• Paballo Radebe – 9^th in the 800m final
• Welre Olivier – 11^th in the Triple Jump
• Kamohelo Thipe – 7^th in his 800m heat
• Jason Bowers – 7^th in his 1500m heat

Report from ASA Relay and Combined Event Track and Field Championships at DP de Villiers Stadium in Sasolburg; 29-30 April 2022

Compiled by Tracey Olivier

?32 Relay athletes were chosen and 20 athletes came from Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark.

3 Combined Events Athletes were chosen and 2 came from Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark

Management from Nedbank

Managers

Tracey Olivier

Lawrence Oosthuizen

Coaches

Wikus Olivier

Shaun Powell

Results from the championships

This event was really fantastic because it gave our athletes that did not well individually, the opportunity to shine. Our athletes competed wherever we asked them to. Some were put out of their comfort zones and still did well. Athletes who were at this meeting are passionate about athletics because they chose Athletics over winter sports. Unfortunately we had no senior relays.

In the combined events, our athletes excelled, but we had only 3 athletes from the province. There is however a plan to try and encourage more athletes to participate in the combined events.

Athletics Vaal Triangle ended in 6^th position overall with 7 medals obtained. There were 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.

Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark’s achievements:

• Gold medal G18 4 x 400m – Marli Dimond, Mieke Smit and Chardone Smidt
• Gold medal G18 4 x 800m – Marli Dimond, Paballo Radebe and Mieke Smit
• Silver medal G18 4 x 100m – Melisha Bujak and Chardone Smidt
• Silver medal M20 4 x 400m – Kamohelo Thipe, Kgotso Ramathe and Unathi Dladla
• Bronze medal G18 Heptathlon – Mary-Amy Oosthuizen
• Bronze medal G16 4 x 100m – Celeste Potgieter
• G16 Medley – 5^th place to Celeste Potgieter
• B18 4 x 100m – 6^th place – Adiel Buthelezi, Utloanang Nyaku
• W20 4 x 100m – 5^th place – Tenike Smith and Shannon Greyling
• M20 4 x 100m – 5^th place – Kgotso Ramathe, Unathi Dladla, Kamohelo Thipe
• B18 4 x 400m – 6^th place – Adiel Buthelezi, Utloanang Nyaku
• M20 4 x 200m – 7^th place – Kgotso Ramathe, Unathi Dladla
• Mixed U18 4 x 400m – 6^th place – Adiel Buthelezi, Chardone Smidt
• M20 4 x 800m – 4^th place – Kamohelo Thipe, Kgotso Ramathe, Unathi Dladla and Jason Bowers

Action Photo's of the event

CAA African Championships Mauritius 8-12 June 2022 Provisional Team

Congratulations to Marli Dimond who was chosen in the provisional team. At the time of the newsletter the final team was not yet announced. We are very proud of your achievement!

Masters Athletics

Information regarding Masters Athletics - 2022

Hereby the following information regarding Masters Athletics that is organized throughout South Africa by the different Provinces under guidance of SAMA:

? All athletes to fill in the attached affiliation form and pay the affiliation fee to AVT Masters by the end of March 2022. (Remember the affiliation to AVT / SAMA need to be paid in order to keep your membership continuous for two consecutive years)

? The Club and 2022 ASA License fees need to be paid to the club that you belong to, this need to be done by the end of February 2022. If not in possession of a valid 2022 ASA License you will not be allowed to participate or you will have to buy a temporary license. (You will not be allowed to participate at the SA Masters Athletics Championships with a temporary license)

? If you have not affiliated with AVT Masters by the end of March 2021, no information will be sent to the athletes failing to do so and they would not be allowed to compete in any further Masters Athletics meetings.

? It is your responsibility to let us know if your contact details change during the year. This must be sent through to us in order for you to receive entry forms.

? It is your responsibility to let us know if you have qualified for National Colors throughout the season.

? You will be eligible to qualify for National Colors after you have been affiliated to SAMA for two consecutive years. National Colors will be awarded at the Prize Giving Function after the SA Championships if National Standards was met on two occasions in your current age group

? The minimum age to affiliate to SAMA is 30 years for men and women. The minimum age to qualify for National Colors or participate at the World Championships is 35 years.

? The athletes must have the entry forms that are sent to them, signed by the chairperson of AVT Masters before entering for any championship in any other province. All entries to the SA Masters Championships must be sent to the Chairperson of AVT Masters where it will be checked and then only sent through to the hosting province. This will be done by the province.

? No athlete will be allowed to compete at the different Interprovincial Championships in the colors of Athletics Vaal Triangle. They may only compete in the colors of Athletics Vaal Triangle at the SA Masters Championships if selected to do so and the qualifying standards have been met.

? The athletes are encouraged to join a club of their choice in the province and wear the club’s colors to the different Interprovincial Championships and by doing so, the athletes will also be considered for prizes at the annual prize giving of the club.

? All athletes to note that you must register / affiliate with two different bodies to be a registered masters athlete;

    o Affiliation with AVT Masters – R375-00 (Payable to Athletics Vaal

       Triangle by the end of March 2022)

     o Club Membership – Club membership fee + License fee                                      ‘       (Payable to the club that you belong to)

? Note:

From 28 February 2022 you may only participate with a 2022 License. (No 2021 Licenses will be allowed!)

? Lastly, keep on enjoying the athletics and keep on encouraging new athletes to come into the sport.

If you have any queries or need information regarding Masters Athletics feel free to contact Braam Botes on 083-468 1240 (braam.botes7@gmail.com) or (b.botes@leadepc.com)

Remaining Masters Athletics Meetings – 2022:

• Western Province Championships – Cape Town – TBC
• SA Masters Championships – Pilditch Pretoria – 5/6/7 May ‘22
• AFS Throws & Jumps – Bloemfontein – 6 August ‘22
• Mpumalanga Masters Championships – Secunda – 27 August ‘22
• AFS Masters Championships – Bloemfontein – 30 Sep/1 Oct ‘22
• SWD Masters Championships – Oudtshoorn – TBC
• Africa Masters Championships – Cape Town – February ‘23

Note: These dates were confirmed by the provinces, but it is subject to change. Athletes to make sure that the dates are correct before making any arrangements for travelling and accommodation etc.

Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark - Social Media (Tools)

• Facebook under Nedbank running club Vanderbijlpark

• Instagram page - handle is nedbankavt

• Twitter account – handle @nedbankavt

• Nedbank RC WhattsApp group number 07606061774

• Webpage – www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za

Nedbank RC Vanderbijlpark – Management Team

• Chairperson – Pierre Pretorius
• Vice Chairperson – Louis Boshoff
• Secretary – Salome Naude
• Road Commission – Joggie van der Sand
• Cross Country Commision – Beaulah Valentin
• Track and Field Commission – Tracey Olivier
• Masters Track and Field – Braam Botes
• Athletes’ Representative – Joseph Dzhuvha
• Treasurer and Newsletter – Johan Strydom
• Additional Member – Gerda Pretorius