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5 October 2025

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Newsletter #08/25 NBRC – Vanderbijlpark Aug/Sep ‘25

“Running is so symbolic of life. You must drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you cannot. but then you find your inner strength, and realize you’re capable of so much more than you thought” – Arthur Blank

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General

Nedbank Running Club Vaal Triangle clubhouse at Kollege Park Primary school (Glanville street) Vanderbilpark

We want to welcome members who have registered at the club for 2025. A special word of welcome to all our new members who have joined us since our last newsletter. Welcome to our winning club and we trust that you all have a wonderful experience with Nedbank Running Club in 2025.

We want to say once again thank you to Nedbank and all our sponsors for continuous support which allow athletes to compete at the highest level. Without this support it would be difficult to achieve the same and even better results than what we had achieved in 2024. We as Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark promise to keep on making you proud where we compete in our beloved green.

Gerda Pretorius and Salome Naude handle all club related enquiries as well as all running gear. The contact number for Gerda is 072 209 9906. Gerda and/or Salome 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 share information or an article to be published, please feel free to send it to my email address namely johanstr2@gmail.com. It would be much appreciated as this is the monthly newsletter of all our members. If you want to share results, as many already do, please feel free to send it to my WhatsApp number 083 651 5170 as well. Looking forward to share some “good feel” stories in the newsletter.

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 and Johan Strydom, johanstr2@gmail.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

Time Trials – Harry Marx

We want to invite ALL members, including new 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.

The race for the most loyal participant of the time trials for 2025 is getting hotter by the week with two of our members chasing each other for that honor.

26.8.2025

2.9.2025

9.9.2025

16.9.2025

23.9.2025

30.9.2025

Club Athlete of the month

Megan Waller was named as Club Athlete for August for her performance at the SPAR 5km race, where she won the race.

Three persons were nominated as Club Athletes for September with their involvement at the World Senior Championships in Japan.

Chris van Niekerk – represented South Africa in the Shot Put
Tracey Olivier – manager of the South African Team at these championships
Wikus Olivier – coach of the New Zeeland team at these championships.

Congratulations to all of you, we are so proud of you!

Cross Country – Chairperson Beaulah Valentin

Our Nedbank athletes did us proud during the ASA Cross Country Championships in Middelburg and were involved in most of the 10 medals won by AVT on that day.

Selna van As – Gold medalist G17 and the Gold medalist Youth Woman 2km

Franna van der Westhuizen – Gold medalist B12

Emma de Clercq – Silver medalist G11

Helene van Rooyen – Bronze medalist W40

Beaulah Valentin, Louise Britz and Paulina Mokoena – Bronze team medalists W55

We don't have any pictures of our other medalists with their ASA medals. If you have it please provide to me and I'll post it in the next edition of the newsletter

Several of our Cross Country athletes were involved in the SA Schools Championships as well and we will give feedback on their performances when we received it. Learned that Megan Waller won the Silver medal in the G14 and she was part of the team who won the Silver medal in the G14.

Road Running – Chairperson Joggie van der Sandt

Please remember to forward your results to the commission for recognition in 2025.

ABSA Run your City Tshwane – 10km

Helene van Rooyen 1^st place 40-44 category
Sibusiso Ndhlela – 2^nd place 40+ category

Konka Farm Run – 10km

Sibusiso Ndhlela – 2^nd place 40+ category

Brooklyn – 10km

Sibusiso Ndhlela – 2^nd place 40+ category

Hollywood Bets – 5km

Megan Waller – 1^st place ladies and Junior category. She had the privilege to have a photo taken with Gerda Steyn and according to her mother “her bucket list is now complete”

Vaal River City Marathon – 21km

Helene van Rooyen - 1^st lady overall and 1^st place in 40-44 category

Lauren Kruger – 2^nd lady in 20-39 category

Vaal River City marathon – 10km

Sampie Mokgatla – 1^st male in 40 – 49 category

N12 Klerksdorp – 5km

Sibusiso Ndhlela – 2^nd place 40+ category

Congratulated by the 2025 Comrades winner

Madmac – 22km

Helene van Rooyen – 3^rd lady overall and 1^st place in 40-49 category

Madmac - 5km

Sibusiso Ndhlela – 3^rd male overall and 1^st place 40+ category

We request again that if me missed you with the results that you please forward it to us,including pictures taken, especially photos on the podium.

Fun Run – 2025

On the 12^th of September ’25 the club and Kollegepark Primary school in partnership, held this yearly fun run and it was a success which benefitted both the club and the school. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the event. We as club are looking forward to doing this again in future.

Lite2Nite Relay – 27 September ‘25

The club entered three teams for this event, and everyone present on the day can testify that it was, as planned, a huge success for the club. We have succeeded in bringing athletes, parents, coaches, and management together in a day fill with fun, laughter, aches, and pains and at the end true satisfaction.

For those of you who remember last year, our Nedbank Green Dream Machine ended second to Meyerton RC who beat us at that occasion with four laps. This year the team reversed the situation and we were able to beat them comprehensively with 10 laps (10 kilometer). In the process we have bettered the lap record of last year with 19 laps. The previous record stand at 171 completed laps and we bettered that to 190 laps in the allowed 12 hours. We are so proud of the team who did everything possible and who were willing to stick to our plan. At the end of the day there were a lot of pains, but everyone just kept on going.

To put in perspective, lap number 184 ran by Bongani Dhlomo was the fastest of the day. The youngest athlete in the team, Megan Waller, only planned to do 10 laps for the team, but she ended up with 18 laps and extremely competitive as well.

Our “social” team, the Nedbank Green Blaze, also did us proud and they ended in the 5^th place overall with 138 completed laps. They also kept on running for the whole 12 hours and we can only congratulate them with their effort.

The highlight of the day however was the effort of our Junior team, Nedbank Green Speed Squad, who gave us and everyone participating in the event, great joy to watch. As per agreement they only did 80 laps, but it was 80 laps of big entertainment. The organizers afterwards said they enjoyed this team the most. All their 80 laps were under 4 minutes per lap and when they stopped, they were 4 laps in front of the winning team. Their time of 4:37 over the 80 laps tells the whole story. I heard a rumor that some of the other clubs are going to challenge our Junior team next year, but I know that we are going to be able to face any challenge.

Here are some statistics of all three our teams and we are tremendously proud of each and everyone of the 24 athletes.

Nedbank Green Speed Squad

Eduan Rademan – 10 completed laps in 31:09 seconds. His fastest lap was 2:59 with an average of 3:07 over the 10 laps

Marinus Rademan – 9 completed laps in 29:37. His fastest lap was 3:10 with an average of 3:16 over the 9 laps

Selna van As – 11 completed laps in 38:50. Her fastest lap was 3:22 with an average of 3:31 over the 11 laps

Franna van der Westhuizen – 10 laps completed in 33:58. His fastest lap was 3:12 with an average of 3:23 over the 10 laps

Miane de Clercq – 10 laps completed in 35:32. Her fastest lap was 3:26 with an average of 3:33 over the 10 laps

Stiaan Austin – 10 completed laps in 34:33. His fastest lap was 3:24 with an average of 3:27 over the 10 laps

Emma de Clercq – 10 completed laps in 36:25. Her fastest lap was 3:32 with an average of 3:39 over the 10 laps

Kayleigh Jansen van Vuren – 10 completed laps in 36:45. Her fastest lap was 3:34 with an average of 3:41 over the 10 laps

Some interesting data:

They completed between them the 5km in 16:30
They completed between them the 10km in 33:24
They completed between them the 15km in 51:05
They completed between them the 21km (half marathon) in 1:11:37
They completed between them the 32km in 1:50:05
They completed between them the 42km (marathon) in 2:24:12
They completed between them the 50km (ultra-marathon) in 2:52:17
They completed between them the 56km (Two Oceans) in 3:13:35
They completed between them the 80km in 4:37

I am sure that everyone who reads this will just say “WOW”

This is serious business!!

After 80 laps with their flags and lap of honor

Medal ceremony

Nedbank Green Blaze

Renaldo Jansen (Team captain) – 17 completed laps in 1:27:02. His fastest lap was 4:24 with an average of 5:08 over the 17 laps

Beu-Anne Bester (Junior athlete) – 17 completed laps in 1:22:36. Her fastest lap was 4:23 with an average of 4:53 over the 17 laps. Always willing and ready to contribute

MJ de Kock – 17 completed laps in 1:35:08. His fastest lap was 5:24 with an average of 5:37 over the 17 laps. One of the new members of the club and was willing to replace one of our members at a short notice. MJ we hope that after the relay you now really feel part of the winning club

Elsa Jansen – 17 completed laps in 1:38:08. Her fastest lap was 5:14 with an average of 5:48 over the 17 laps. Thank you and we enjoyed you as the replacement for brother Harry

Tumelo Motaung – 18 completed laps in 1:30:51. His fastest lap was 4:32 with an average of 5:02 over the 18 laps. As usual he was full of entertainment and a person who lifts the spirit with his attitude

Paulus Mofokeng – 20 completed laps in 1:51:01. His fastest lap was 4:58 with an average of 5:34 over the 20 laps. We don't have any photo of Paulus because at one stage he was just completing lap after lap and we had to stop him to prevent burn out

Seun Mthimthulu – (surprise everyone with his pace) 16 completed laps in 1:05:43. His fastest lap was 3:51 with an average of 4:06

Beaulah Valentin – 16 completed laps in 1:26:50. Her fastest lap was 4:57 with an average of 5:26 over the 16 laps

After 138 laps with flags and lap of honor

Medal ceremony

Nedbank Green Dream Machine

Colin Waller – 27 completed laps in 1:24:01. His fastest lap was 2:55 with an average of 3:07 over the 27 laps. Colin contributed magnificently towards the team and all his 27 laps were under 4 minutes. It was just in his last 4 laps that he went slower because of some stiffness in his calves. We can only appreciate his effort during the day and his average was the best of the team

Megan Waller – 18 completed laps in 1:03:57. Her fastest lap was 3:11 with an average of 3:33 over the 18 laps. If you take in consideration that she is still only 13 years old, you can only admire her attitude and talent

Musawenkosi Mathebula – 25 completed laps in 1:37:13. His fastest lap was 3:22 with an average of 3:56 over the 25 laps. Ntumelo was a big contributor towards the success of the team

Sampie Mokgatla (Team captain) – 26 completed laps in 1:46:13. His fastest time was his last lap of 3:38 with an average of 4:05 over the 26 laps. Thank you Sampie you did a great job in the absence of Harry

Rearabetswe Mokoena – 24 completed laps in 1:30:50. His fastest lap was 3:11 with an average of 3:48. Well done Rearabetswe you made us proud with your effort

Tsietsi Mokoena – 22 completed laps in 1:35:19. His fastest lap was 3:59 with an average of 4:21 over the 22 laps. Thank you Tsietsi for staying so long. Tsietsi did the Heritage Day race the Sunday after the relay

Thabiso Moeketsi – 25 laps completed in 1:44:25. His fastest lap was 3:49 with an average of 4:11 over the 25 laps. Thank you Thabiso you really are an acquisition to our club, and we know we are going to see a lot more from you in future

Bongani Dhlomo – 23 laps completed in 1:16:17. His fastest lap, which was by the way the fastest lap of the whole field during the day, 2:48 with an average of 3:19. The competitors re-named him to “Blitsvinnig”. Thank you Bongani for your willingness to speed like that in your last lap, just as you did in 2024 to set the fastest lap of the day

After 190 laps with flags and lap of honor

Medal ceremony "And the winners are!!!"

PROUDLY NEDBANK GREEN DREAM MACHINE

A word of thank you to Pierre and Gerda who helped with the food and drinks during the day and who supported the teams. My fingers are still in shock with having to keep time for both teams. In my dreams I still say left, Green Dream Machine and right Green Blaze. We hope to enter more teams in 2026 as it is great fun and a special way to do some team bonding and building within our club

Myself on the left with the timing devices. Pierre in the middle and Beaulah for company

Track & Field – Chairperson Tracey Olivier

Our Track and Field season starts in October ’25 at the DP de Villiers stadium in Sasolburg. Dates of all the leagues and championships is as follows: