Newsletter #05/26       NBRC – Vanderbijlpark          June ‘26

General

Welcome again to all our members in 2026 with our 5th newsletter of the year. A big welcome to everyone who registered at our club for 2026. Special word of welcome to all new members who joined us for the first time in 2026. We want to welcome you to the “winning” team and we know that you will wear your new club colours with pride.  

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 and for Salome it is 083 635 8573. Salome and Gerda will be available at the clubhouse every Tuesday between 17:00 and 18:00.

We as management hope that you will enjoy our newsletter of the month 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. Some changes have been done to the newsletter and we hope you will enjoy it. Please feel free to comment on the newsletter.

Podium Finishers for June 2026

 Nedbank podium finishers

1. Doek on Fleek – She moves SA (10km)

Megan Waller – 6^th overall and 1^st Junior

2. Curro Street Mile

Liehann van der Westhuizen – Gold medal B7-9

Stiaan Austin – Silver medal B12

Kayleigh Jansen van Vuren – Silver medal G12

Selna van As – Silver medal G19

Franna van der Westhuizen – Bronze medal B13

Comrades marathon 2026

Silver medals

Riaan van Zyl in the excellent time of 6:06:33. Riaan finished 64^th overall and 39^th in his category. He was the 1^st athlete crossing the finish line. Riaan’s goal of sub 6 hours is surely in his reach

Helene van Rooyen in the excellent time of 7:02:04. She just missed our on running under 7 hours, which was her aim. She was 6^th in her category, 21^st lady overall and 333^rd overall. She was the 1^st AVT female athlete crossing the finish line. She won a Issavel Roche Kelly medal in 2023 and was aiming to do it again. She will surely achieve this next year

Bill Rowan medals

Harry Marx - 8:31:25

Pula Kheitsane - 8:55:31

Robert Mtshali medal

Morena Mahometsa - 9:45:49

Bronze medal

Thomas Mokoena – 10:09:37

Vic Clapman medals

Coenie Herbst – 11:05:03

Hendrik Botha – 11:21:50

Raymond Mokoena – 11:27:39

Tumelo Motaung – 11:43:52

Renaldo Jansen – 11:47:31

Ndoki Nthako – 11:53:42

Well done to all our Comrades participants. You made the club proud. Invitation to join us on Tuesday the 21^st of July 2026 to be part of their success with a “Boerie roll”

ASA Championships Gqeberha – Nedbank athletes competing for AVT

Emma de Clercq – Gold medal 1-Miler G11-13

Franna van der Westhuizen – Gold medal 1-Miler B11-13

Kayleigh Jansen van Vuren – Silver medal 1-Miler G11-13

Selna van As – Silver medal 1-Miler Junior Female

Miane de Clercq – Silver team medal 5km – mixed team

AVT won three individual Gold medals and two of them were won by Nedbank Vanderbijlpark athletes

AVT won two individual Silver medals, both won by Nedbank Vanderbijlpark athletes

AVT won one individual Bronze medal

AVT won the Silver mixed team medal and one of Nedbank Vanderbijlparks’ athletes was part of the team

Stiaan Austin came 4^th in the B11-13

Selna van As was pipped on the finish line for the Gold medal

Four of Nedbank Vanderbijlpark members were part of the championships. Pierre Pretorius, Ntombi Songhane and Thabo Langa were the managers for the AVT team and Sabata Kumalo was leading the ASA Technical team

We as a club can be truly proud of our athletes and management on these championships

Time Trials

Come and experience the company of fellow members for a 2,4,6 and 8km. 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.

We introduced the “Remote” Time Trials from 1 April 2026, where all members have the chance now to compete for the most loyal supporter of the time trial trophy for the year. If you want more information, please look on the WhatsApp groups. We will still have a quarterly award for members doing the time trial at the clubhouse. At this stage, several athletes have already made use of this opportunity and the numbers are growing.

On Tuesday 21 June 2026 we will celebrate the winner of the 2^nd quarter. It was very close between the athletes and please come and join us if you want to see who won. The current leader for the trophy of the most loyal supporter of the 2026 time trials will also be announced and the forerunners are very close. The Junior who is leading will also be announced.

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Club Person of the month

Our two Gold medalists at the ASA championships, Franna van der Westhuizen and Emma de Clercq were awarded. Congratulations to both of you and we are proud of you

Cross Country

After the completion of four leagues the green team made a big impact with numerous podiums and numbers competing at the leagues. The 5^th and final league will take place coming Saturday, 18 July 2026, at Driehoek High School.

As previously mentioned, Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark will host the AVT Championships on 8 August 2026.

Masters Athletics

Dates for upcoming Master events:

22 August/3 September – WMA Championships in Daegu, South Korea

Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark - Social Media (Tools)

Facebook under Nedbank running club Vanderbijlpark

Instagram page - handle is nedbankavt

X -  account – handle @nedbankavt

Nedbank RC WhatsApp group number 07606061774

Webpage – www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za

Nedbank RC Vanderbijlpark – Management Team

• Chairperson – Pierre Pretorius
• Vice Chairperson – Johan Strydom (Interim)
• Secretary – Salome Naude
• Road Commission – Joggie van der Sand
• Cross Country Commission – Beaulah Valentin
• Track and Field Commission – Shaun Powell
• Masters Track and Field – (Vacant)
• Athletes’ Representative – Sampie Mokgatla
• Treasurer and Newsletter – Johan Strydom
• Additional Member – Gerda Pretorius
• Road Captain - Harry Marx
• Additional Member – Renaldo Jansen
• Additional Member – Carla Ackerman

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“Physical strength will get you to the start line. But mental strength will get you to the finish line”