14 Jun '17: ATC NEWS

 
Results – 70.3 Durban – Knysna Fires – TSA Team Selections

NEWS:

Southern Cape Fires
What happened in the Southern and Eastern Cape with the devastating fires ravaging through the area and towns is beyond belief.  Described by Marsel Roos, who lives in Knysna, and Tryon Ingle, who collected donations from Edgemead and drove it through to Knysna on the weekend, as something we would only expect to see in a movie.
 
Whilst the effects of this on the Best 10 Days of Our Winter obviously pales into insignificance compared to what the people of Knysna are dealing with, we are happy to report that the  Knysna Oyster Festival and most of the sporting events will go ahead as planned.  We urge members not to make rash decisions about entries and accommodation already booked for this area.  Knysna and surrounds will need the economic injection that the festival brings now more than ever, as they rebuild the town.
 
The Passing of Nezaam Isaacs
Our condolences to family and friends of Nezaam Isaacs, a member of the Itheko running club.  Nezaam was killed in a hit-and-run accident last Tuesday, 6 June, in Belvedere Road, Rondebosch.  We got to know Nezaam last year when he was training for the 2016 ITU Triathlon with close friend and running companion, Ashraf Orrie

 

Ironman TriClub

Atlantic Triathlon Club is currently leading Division II in the overall TriClub standings Worldwide!  We are also leading the special competition, started this year, for the most number of first-time participants at an Ironman event.  We would like to thank all the members who signed up with Ironman TriClub under ATC.  If you have not signed up for the TriClub yet, please visit the link below and select Atlantic Triathlon Club under your Athlete Profile.
 
We will publish an updated list of point earners after Ironman 70.3 Durban.  If you are not sure if you are registered, please reply to this email to enquire.
 

Member Personal News

Congratulations to Kevin Flanagan and Geri Wessels, who got engaged on the weekend.
 

RESULTS:  Details here...

Comrades 2017
This was New Balance’s third Comrades as technical sponsor.  As part of the build-up to the event, New Balance created the #myfutureself campaign, which looked at what’s instore on race day, sacrifices made by Comrades entrants, their values, convictions and experience.  New Balance invited runners to write a letter to their future self and tell that person who they want to be and how to prepare for the final 87 Km lap.  Caitlin Wolstenholme (9:38) was one of the runners selected to be an ambassador for the campaign.  We are not sure what Caitlin wrote to herself in that letter but we can tell you that she improved her Comrades time by over an hour from her last up run!
 
Congratulations to all the ATC’ers who finished the Ultimate Human Race!  All the ATC Running members’ results are further down in this email.  If you ran for another club and is also a member of ATC, please let us know and we will add your result to the on-line results page.  Special congratulations to Bill Rowan medal earners:  Brett Nattrass (08:21), Marié Wessels (08:35), Dominic Boyle (08:45), Nic De Beer (KPMG, 08:48) and Oliver Davies (08:55).
 
Ashleigh Hansen  (09:02) was already in the finish venue when the Bill Rowan cut-off gun went off and narrowly missed this medal.
 
Miguel Netto (09:08:41) became the first athlete to do the Unogwaja Challenge for three years in a row.  This being Miguel’s 3rd Comrades, he has never travelled to Comrades by any means other than his bicycle.  Piet Viljoen also did the Unogwaja Challenge this year and completed the run in a very respectable 10:23.
You can read more about Miguel’s hat trick in the latest Modern Athlete Magazine.
 
SA Masters Track & Field
At the SA Masters National Track & Fields Championships, held at the Green Point Athletics Track in May, Esri Loock-Bezuidenhout got a Silver in the 800 metres, whilst husband Roger Bezuidenhout got a bronze.
 
TSA National Teams Selected
Congratulations to the following members who were selected into the TSA National Team to compete at the various 2017 World Championship events:
 
2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final, taking place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 14 till 17 September:
Richard Murray, Vicky Van Der Merwe, Michelle Krebs, Rohan Meyer, Nolan Murray Steele, Marthinus Kemp, Henry Wolstenholme and John Van Onselen
 
2017 ITU Multisport World Championships, taking place in Penticon, Canada, from 18 till 27 August 2017:
Duathlon Worlds (10 – 40 - 5):  Samuel Courts and Nolan Steele.
Long Distance Triathlon (3 – 120 – 30):  Anton Du Plessis.
Cross Triathlon Worlds (1.5 - 31 - 8):  Samuel Courts, Richard Murray, Vicky Van Der Merwe, Hayley Preen, Andre Brand, Douglas Burger, Michelle Krebs, Brenton Ashby, Chris Visser, Gary Thomas, Alexander Krebs and Ryk Lochner.
 
WP Provincial Team Selected
Congratulations to the following members, who were selected to represent WP Triathlon at the 2017 SA Duathlon and LD Duathlon Championships, taking place on the 2nd of July 2017, at the Midmar Resort:
A-J Spieringshoek, Brenton Ashby, Nolan Steele, Dawn Clarke and Rohan Kennedy (LD).
 
Old Fisherman’s Challenge (OMC)
This year the 20 Km Trail challenge was run from Hout Bay on the 3rd of June.  Jarryd Dunn was second overall with Rory Schaefer in 3rd. Under the ladies, Hayle Preen was third.
 
Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge (JMC) – 21 May
Dunya Ansems was the 2nd lady in the Extreme 38 Km with Caitlin Van Den Berg second in the Veteran category and Jeannine Ruffels the 3rd Master Lady.
Neill Hermann won the Master category in the JMC 24 Km Lite event.
Damian Will was 3rd overall in the JMC 10 Km Run.

 

Other Results

Richard Murray won the first event in the German Bundesliga Triathlon of 2017, held in Kraichgau on Saturday.
 
Last weekend Richard did his first 70.3 distance event, at the Challenge Family’s Championship, held in Samorin, Slovakia.  Richard came 5th overall and posted these splits:  Swim:  22:51 T1: 2:55 Bike: 2:06 (Just under 43 Km/h) T2: 2:48 Run: 1:15 (3:37 / km) – Total: 3:50:22.
 
At the Hermanus Extreme Triathlon, held in April, Vicky Van Der Merwe was second in the ladies event.
 
David Jones, with Rohan Kennedy as his guide, won the PTvi category at the African Continental Para-Triathlon Championships, held on the 6th of May.  They are currently training for two upcoming ITU Para-Triathlon World Cup events.
 
Dawn Clarke won her age category at Ironman 70.3 Vietnam and single-handedly raced ATC into second position in the TriClub Division II competition.  Well done Dawn!
 
At the Lighthouse to Big Bay Swim, 10.5 Km, Zac Ellis was the overall winner in a time of 2:20.  Abigail and Rebecca Meder won the Relay event in 2:12.
 
At the VWS Trail Challenge, held on 14 May, Caitlin Van Den Berg was the second vet (4th lady) home in the 20 Km event.
 
At the Dirtopia Change of Season 11 Km Trail Run, held on 28 May, Ben Campbell was 3rd overall and Angelique Edwards was the 3rd Subvet Lady home.

 

TRAINING:  Details here...

SWIM:  Please note that there will be NO Canal Swim on Saturday afternoon as most of us will be in Durban for 70.3.  Instead, we will swim on the Ironman 70.3 Swim course, at UShaka Beach, on Saturday morning at 08:00
 
BIKE:  On Thursday morning, we will ride from the Point Virgin Active at 05:30.
 
RUN:  Track will be at the Green Point Athletics Track, on Tuesday at 06:00 and on Wednesday at 18:00.
 
There is no training scheduled for this weekend due to Ironman 70.3 in Durban.

 

EVENTS:  Details here...

Ironman 70.3 Durban
Good luck to the almost 150 ATC and Embark Triathletes doing Ironman 70.3 on Sunday!  The exodus starts on Tuesday morning, at 06:00, when bikes will be dropped off at GPCC for transport to Durban.  We will once again take the ATC and Embark Gazebos through and find a spot along the run route to set up for race day.  Later in the week, we will let everyone know where your supporters can find the gazebos.
 
ATC Members heading for Ironman 70.3 are listed further down in this email.
 
Ironman 70.3 Pescara
This weekend is also Ironman 70.3 in Pescara, Italy.  Good luck to Jon-Luca Del Fante and Morne Theron who will be representing there.
 
Napier Patatfees & Training Camp
This weekend is the annual Napier Patatfees, which includes Mountain Bike events on Saturday and Trial and Road runs on Sunday.  There is also the Indi-Atlantic Family Tri Camp happening in Cape Agulhas, which will offer accommodation, vehicle support, open water swim training and other facilities to compliment the Patatfees events.  For information on the training camp, please contact:  gabriel.kriel@gmail.com.

 

Other Events

For more information on these and other events taking place this coming weekend, please follow the links provided below:

 

Event Name Date(s) Type Venue
PPA 3-day Huguenot Road Bike Tour Thursday, 15to Saturday, 17. June 2017 Road Bike Franschoek, Stellenbosch and Paarl
Youth Day Swim - Freedom Series Friday, 16. June 2017 Open Water Swim Oceana Boat Club
Dirtopia Youth Day Trail Run Friday, 16. June 2017 Trail Run Dirtopia Trail Centre, Delvera Farm, near Stellenbosch
Dave Spence Memorial Run Friday, 16. June 2017 Road Run NY49 Stadium, Gugulethu
Napier Patatfees MT Bike Saturday, 17. June 2017 Mountain Bike Agulhas School of Skills, Napier
Cross Country RUN - League 5 Saturday, 17. June 2017 Cross Country Run Koeberg Nature Reserve
Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Durban Sunday, 18. June 2017 Triathlon Durban
VOB Table Mountain Race Sunday, 18. June 2017 Mountain Run Constantia Nek
Napier Patatfees Trail RUN Sunday, 18. June 2017 Trail Run Sami Hall, Bredasdorp
Napier Patatfees Half RUN Sunday, 18. June 2017 Road Run Agulhas School of Skills, Napier
 

Results - ATC Runners at Comrades 2017:

Name
Category
Time
P Sex
Pos Cat
Brett Nattrass
MOPEN
08:21:42
1105
652
Marié Wessels
FOPEN
08:35:44
75
49
Dominic Boyle
MOPEN
08:45:28
1693
937
Nic De Beer
M40
08:48:38
1796
671
Oliver Davies
MOPEN
08:55:20
2052
1107
Ashleigh Hansen
FOPEN
09:02:21
169
108
Coenraad Hefer
MOPEN
09:08:44
2303
1237
Miguel Netto
MOPEN
09:08:41
2302
1236
Gregory Torr
M40
09:22:21
2718
993
Nicholas Godwin
MOPEN
09:33:58
3064
1606
Caitlin Wolstenholme
FOPEN
09:38:32
324
184
James Dillon
MOPEN
09:45:03
3437
1774
Willem Pieters
MOPEN
09:54:23
3811
1925
Hp Muller
M40
10:11:23
4408
1705
Ross Mcewan
MOPEN
10:23:10
4944
2389
Robert Timmis
MOPEN
10:23:11
4945
2390
Piet Viljoen
M50
10:23:57
4985
565
James Faulds
M40
10:27:47
5166
1997
Ross Rivalland
MOPEN
10:45:41
6145
2880
Willem Le Roux
MOPEN
10:48:31
6353
2972
Dino Higham
MOPEN
10:49:32
6430
3000
Justin Parker
MOPEN
10:56:35
6922
3207
Dean Allan Johnston
MOPEN
11:08:36
7495
3435
Kirk Kennedy
MOPEN
11:15:27
7824
3567
Gerhard Maree
MOPEN
11:15:32
7830
3570
Rebecca Laird
F40
11:32:01
1865
725
Marc Smith
M40
11:32:02
8904
3424
John Cleophas
M40
11:34:56
9057
3477
Lauren Garvey
FOPEN
11:39:08
2060
1010
Esther Patience
F40
11:49:56
2374
909
Nicol Carstens
MOPEN
11:49:56
10188
4452
Kirsten Hopwood
FOPEN
11:54:02
2535
1243
 
 
ATC Triathetes entered for Ironman 70.3 Durban 2017:
 
 
Iroman 70.3 DBN - ATC Entrants
 
18 June 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ATC
Race
Individual
 
ATC
Race
Individual
#
Number
Name
 
#
Number
Name
 
         
 
1
4
Jenny Close
 
31
243
Mark Cliff
2
18
Iain Mc Gregor
 
32
244
Pierre Conradie
3
32
Jos Balk
 
33
245
Jeremy De Tolly
4
37
Carmen Burger
 
34
246
Russell Deacon
5
51
Michael Grant
 
35
247
Robyn Elford
6
59
Ruan Hessell
 
36
248
Jacques Fourie
7
86
Rudolph Oosthuizen
 
37
249
Roy Gordon
8
87
Alice Oosthuizen
 
38
250
Peter Hartmann
9
107
Genelle Van Der Riet
 
39
251
Daniel Hayes
10
110
Jonathan Van Wyk
 
40
252
Debbie Hibbert
11
111
Tina Van Wyk
 
41
253
Caronne Jones
12
130
Crispin Barrett
 
42
255
Martha Koekemoer
13
132
Kirsty Blackford
 
43
256
Patrick Lawson
14
136
Andre Brand
 
44
257
Elzane Lotz
15
148
Roy Davis
 
45
258
Genine Manchip
16
151
Derek De Vries
 
46
259
Sean Mcculla
17
164
Trevor Geddie
 
47
260
Kevin Mckinney
18
166
Xanri Haak
 
48
261
Gareth Metzler
19
185
Michelle Krebs
 
49
262
Sofie Moens
20
186
Jacobus Kruger
 
50
263
David Petersen
21
193
Carl May
 
51
264
Mark Shnaps
22
204
Mario Santana
 
52
265
Annalie Smith
23
222
Sue Van Diggele
 
53
266
Hans Sukel
24
229
Samantha Whelpton
 
54
267
Andro Theart
25
237
STeve Attwell
 
55
268
Kirsty Thompson
26
238
Marco Barbieri
 
56
269
Nick Turner
27
239
Andrew Barends
 
57
270
Astra Van Der Westhuizen
28
240
Rhys Carr
 
58
271
Vasili Vass
29
241
Lindsay Cilliers
 
59
272
Gert Wilkins
30
242
Gavin Cilliers
 
60
291
Ben Nortier
61
321
Matthys Lourens
 
91
1359
Evan Cory
62
346
Paul Hough
 
92
1387
Graeme Edwards
63
370
Carmen Katz
 
93
1438
Brian Kennedy
64
371
Lesyl Potgieter
 
94
1451
Rich Lain
65
495
Louis Botha
 
95
1465
Neil Malherbe
66
521
Jacques De Villiers
 
96
1506
David Petersen
67
582
Alexander Krebs
 
97
1538
Jason Sive
68
631
Mario Penso
 
98
1541
John Smith
69
841
Oliver Johnston
 
99
1542
Justin Smith
70
842
Craig Johnston
 
100
1584
Anton Vogel
71
858
Willem Le Roux
 
101
1676
Sean Gottschalk
72
895
Darren Noche
 
102
1697
Sam Houlie
73
898
Francois Olivier
 
103
1700
Paul Ingpen
74
939
Mark Smith
 
104
1711
Thabo Khojane
75
998
Steve Wearne
 
105
1722
Ryk Lochner
76
1015
Logan Baynham
 
106
1724
Japie Ludick
77
1034
Simon Brinckmann
 
107
1782
Jurjen Sjouerman
78
1074
Matthew Glenday
 
108
1870
Christopher Davis
79
1076
Brent Godfrey
 
109
1939
Andrew Rankin
80
1083
Pinny Hack
 
110
1963
Gerhardt Van Niekerk
81
1121
Jacobus Kruger
 
111
1987
Paul Corbett
82
1131
Eugene Lindeque
 
112
2123
Tara-Lynne Smith
83
1183
Leslie Pottier
 
113
2137
Chantal Berowsky
84
1210
Mark Roussot
 
114
2148
Jennifer Clarke
85
1241
Cobus Stofberg
 
115
2163
Nikita Fensham
86
1242
David Sullivan
 
116
2189
Ashleigh May
87
1274
Justin Van Wyk
 
117
2205
Ashlea Paddock
88
1284
Bradley Voges
 
118
2218
Kelly Styane
89
1307
Clinton Arnot
 
119
2234
Alexandra Antonakis
90
1321
Shaun Borstrock
 
120
2310
Roxan Shapurjee
121
2324
Tessie Van Schalkwyk
 
130
2477
Marinda Lindeque
122
2328
Georgia Veale
 
131
2564
Roslynne Harrington
123
2351
Corneli Dittrich
 
132
2567
Oonagh Hunter
124
2412
Pippa Van Den Berg
 
133
2568
Britt Hyland
125
2414
Madele Van Heerden
 
134
2599
Shelley Van Leeuwen
126
2439
Nikki Crous
 
135
2621
Tricia Maslin
127
2455
Tania Fourie
 
136
2655
Jennifer O'Hanlon
128
2466
Kerry Jack
 
137
2685
Kristin Milne
 
Enjoy the week!
ATC