The SA National and African Duathlon Championships event, held last weekend at Killarney International Raceway, was a great success. Thank you very much to all the members who raced or helped out at the event.
It was a good Knysna trip for ATC’ers with Top 10 Finishes in the Marathon and Half.
In the Marathon, Dean Hopf (3:00) was 10th overall, Andrew Stuart (3:12) was the 2nd Master (50-59) and Mari Bester (3:40) was the 3rd lady.
In the Half Marathon, Greg Goodall (1:15) was 9th overall.
All our runners’ results are below:
Tuesday & Wednesday 25 & 26 June 2019
Green Point Athletics Track
New Triathlon in the Knysna Week:
If you are heading to Knysna for the mid-winter sports-break, there are some new events to spice up the week. Most notably the new Kurland Forest Triathlon!
This new off-road Triathlon will take place on Thursday, 27 June, on the Kurland Hotel grounds, just outside Plettenberg Bay. There are three distances to choose from, aptly named after horses in keeping with the polo theme of this amazing Kurlands estate:
Great conditions all-round made for fast racing at the Ironman 70.3 Durban. Congratulations overall winners Rohan Meyer (4:07)) and Annah Watkinson (4:26) (Annah’s result is unofficial as there was no Pro category at this event). Liza Visser won the 25-29 AG and Tina Van Wyk was 3rd in the 55-59 AG.
Sunday, 19 May 2019
Milnerton for Cape Town
The stars of this run were the staff of Aria Property Group, who treated us to some snacks and drinks at their North Wharf building, just beyond the finish line. Congratulations to all the ATC’ers who finished this run, especially those who ran to the start from the CTICC.
Riaan Wildschut (40:49) was 20th overall and Henry Wolstenholme won the 50-59 AG.
Mark Hankin (3:55) and Greg Goodall (04:00) received Silver Medals in the 56 Km Ultra. The following runners all received the Sainbury Medal for a Sub-5 Ultra: Tristan Kelly, Dean Hopf, Daniel Sass, Guido Tagge, Natalie Beckenstrater, Bernard Griesel, Ross Rivalland, Mari Bester, Joshua Lazarus, James Dean Neill, Gavin Cooper and Kevin Flanagan.
Rough sea conditions prompted Ironman organisers to shorten the swim to 1.6 Km. After this, athletes faced a tough, windy bike ride before embarking on a run where the wind also played a major factor. The wind got stronger as the day progresses and even the supporters’ gazebos had to be taken down in the late afternoon. But the athletes soldiered on to complete the event in good spirits.
Congratulations to all the members who represented CTTA at the SA Triathlon Championships in Durban.