Newsletter #06/26       NBRC – Vanderbijlpark          16 August ‘26

General

Welcome again to all our members in 2026 with our 6th newsletter of the year. A big welcome to everyone who registered at our club since the last newsletter in July 2026. Special word of welcome to all new members who joined us for the first time. 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 July/August 2026

 Nedbank podium finishers

1. Riverstone Mall 5 & 8km – 26 July 2026

Miane de Clercq – 1^st Junior Female 5km

Emma de Clercq – 3^rd Junior Female 5km

Lauren Kruger – 2^nd Open Female 8km

Helene van Rooyen – 1^st 40-49 Female category (no podium picture)

2. AVT Cross Country Championships – 8 August 2026

As per expectations Nedbank Running Club obtained 27 podium places at the AVT championships:

10 Gold medals

Ulrich Carstens Boys U/9 2km

Amorey Dicks Girls U/9 2km

Stiaan Austin Boys U/12 3km

Emma de Clercq Girls U/12 3km

Franna van der Westhuizen Boys U/13 4km (no podium picture)

Miane de Clercq Girls U/14 4km

Marinus Rademan Boys U/15 4km

Megan Waller Girls U/15 4km

Minjunet Smit Junior Ladies 4km (no podium picture)

Moses Tshamala Youth men 2km

11 Silver medals

Beaune Swanepoel Girls U/8 1km

Liehann van der Westhuizen Boys U/9 2km (no podium picture)

Jorg Swanepoel Boys U/10 2km

Udia Grobler Girls U/10 2km

Kira-Lee du Plessis Girls U/11 3km (no podium picture)

Kayleigh Jansen van Vuren Girls U/12 3km

Ludwig du Plessis Boys U/13 4km

Paulina Mokoena Woman 55-59 4km

Sampie Mokgatla Men 45-49 8km

Thato Mokotse Junior Ladies 4km (no podium picture)

Tinaishe Zidyana Junior Men 2km

6 Bronze medals

Lienke Fritz Girls U/8 1km

Nickus Kruger Boys U/10 2km

Tiane Bosman Girls U/11 3km (no podium picture)

Wesley Thompson Men 40-44 8km

Thabiso Moeketsi Men 45-49 8km

Ruandre Viviers Junior Men 2km

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.

07/07/2026

14/07/2026

21/07/2026

04/08/2026

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.

On Tuesday 21 June 2026 we celebrated the winner of the 2^nd quarter. It was close between the athletes, but Renaldo Jansen walked away with the honours. It was fiercely contested and the difference between first and second place was just one more time trial done by Renaldo than the second placed member, Tsietsi Mokoena. Our congratulations to Renaldo.

The current leader for the trophy of the most loyal supporter of the 2026 time trials is Lauren Kruger. We do have several members who are chasing each other for this trophy, and it will be an interesting race till the end.

The Junior who is leading at this stage is Stiaan Austin.

Cross Country

Nedbank Running Club Vanderbijlpark hosted a successful AVT championships at Kollegepark primary school. Event was well attended, and everyone enjoyed the championships. Our congratulations to Beaulah Valentin with another successful Cross-Country season. The ASA championships will be held in Pretoria on Saturday the 5^th of September and as expected several our athletes made the team to compete at this event. We want to wish all our athletes the absolute best and we know that you are going to make us proud as a club. The following athletes from Nedbank RC Vanderbijlpark will represent AVT province at the championships:

1. Liam Jansen van Vuren Boys U/8
2. Liane Labuschagne Girls U/8
3. Beaune Swanepoel Girls U/8

4. Lienke Fritz Girls U/8
5. Ulrich Carstens Boys U/9
6. Liehann van der Westhuizen Boys U/9
7. Amorey Dicks Girls U/9
8. Jorg Swanepoel Boys U/10
9. Nickus Kruger Boys U/10
10. Reghardt Austin Boys U/10
11. Kiaan Bezuidenhout Boys U/10
12. Udia Grobler Girls U/10
13. Elmi Holton Girls U/10
14. Bjorn van Niekerk Boys U/11
15. Henko Koekemoer Boys U/11
16. Sebastian Martin Boys U/11
17. Kira-Lee du Plessis Girls U/11
18. Tiane Bosman Girls U/11
19. Lily Corbett Girls U/11
20. Ester Smith Girls U/11
21. Stiaan Austin Boys U/12
22. Zian de Milander Boys U/12
23. Anthony Gouws Boys U/12
24. Lihan Kemp Boys U/12
25. Emma de Clercq Girls U/12
26. Kayleigh Jansen van Vuren Girls U/12
27. Klarabelle Coetzee Girls U/12
28. Lerieke Grobler Girls U/12
29. Jo-anelle Lourens Girls U/12
30. Franna van der Westhuizen Boys U/13
31. Ludwig du Plessis Boys U/13
32. Christiaan Lewis Boys U/13
33. Lilique Labuschagne Girls U/13
34. Miane de Clercq Girls U/14
35. Marinus Rademan Boys U/15
36. Megan Waller Girls U/15
37. Evan de Milander Boys U/16
38. Wesley Thompson Men 40
39. Helene van Rooyen Woman 45
40. Sampie Mokgatla Men 45
41. Paulina Mokoena Woman 55
42. Louise Britz W55
43. Beaulah Valentin W55
44. Thabelo Ndlovu JM 8
45. Selna van As JW 6 & JG 2
46. Minjunet Smit JW 4
47. Sakhiwo Manguzela SM 10
48. Rearebetswe Mokoena SM 2
49. Tinaishe Zidyana JB 2
50. Ruandre Viviers JB 2
51. Njabulo Phakathi JB 2
52. Eduan Rademan JB 2
53. Moses Tshamala YB 2
54. Tiaan van der Walt YB 2
55. Maruze Marais YG 2

Masters Athletics

Dates for upcoming Master events:

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

Athletics Vaal Triangle – Executive Management for the next 4 years

At the QGM held on Saturday the 15^th of August 2026 the following members from Nedbank were elected to serve on the Executive Board till 2030. Our congratulations to all of you and we as club can be proud of them.

Sabata Kumalo – President

Ntombi Songhane – Vice president

Beaulah Valentin – Chairperson Cross Country

Thabo Langa – Chairperson Track & Field

Pierre Pretorius – Additional member

Johan Strydom – Treasurer (Appointed by Board)

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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