16 Nov '15: ATC Awards '15

 

 ATC Awards ’15 – Legends Challenge

 

The annual ATC Awards Ceremony and Year-End Function will take place on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, at the Mykonos Taverna in Sea Point!  This authentic Greek tavern will prepare a three course meal for us.  The set menu will include a selection of Greek starters, a choice of Chicken, Calamari, or Mykonos’ signature dish, Kleftiko Lamb Shank, as mains and seasonal fruit for desert.  Mykonos is fully licensed and there will be a cash bar for drinks.  Should you prefer to bring your own wine, the corkage fee will be R45 per bottle.

 

In between this fest we will proceed with recognising ATC’s members for outstanding performances and service to the club.  And perhaps break a plate or two!  We are calling on members to please nominate fellow members for the Formal Awards listed below:

 

Performance Awards:    Rookie of the Year / Best Beginner, Most Improved Athlete, Best Performing Swimmer, Best Performing Junior, Best Female Athlete, and Best Male Athlete.

 

Service Award:  Our most coveted award, Most Devoted Member.

 

Members and Non-members can also be nominated for Informal Awards, such as our Supporter of the Year or Special Service awards.

 

And don’t forget the Fun Awards, which allows you to make up your own award to remind us of a peculiar behaviour or blooper incidence that, no doubt, occurred during the year.

 

All the details about the event and links to RSVP and Nominate can be found on the Awards 15 Events Page on our web site.

 

At Awards ’14, Gert Wilkins was “de-throned” as ATC Legend, by Alisha Myers, for the first time since the inception of the ATC Legend’s Challenge in 2008.  This challenge is ATC’s version of a “Lang Asem” award, recognising members for consistent participation in events throughout the year.  The Legends season runs from October till September and this year members can claim points for up to 24 events completed during this period.  Pick your longest endurance events and lodge your claim as, the longer and tougher the event was, the more the points will be. 

 

For more details and to claim your points, visit the ATC Legends Page.    

 

Congratulations to Ceejae Miller and Michael Shea on the birth of their baby boy, Matthew Jordan Shea.  Shezi junior was born on the on the 10^th of November and has already had his first stroll on the Sea Point promenade.

 

Jean De Villiers and Seugnet Van Der Merwe got engaged on Saturday, 14 November.  Congratulations to these two and all our best wishes for the future.

 

This month we had our 5 Km Club Time Trial on the Green Point Athletics Track for the first time and witnessed super-fast times!   Bernard Griesel posted the fastest time of the day with a 17:34 whilst Megan Mackenzie was the fastest lady in 19:20.  Our course was measured in accordance with published distances for the 4^th Lane (the lane we use) on a standard 400m track.  We’ve had varying readings from GPS watches and had to adjust the Tuesday morning run times to match the longer course we used for the Wednesday afternoon run.  We’ll get accurate measurements so that next month’s time trial will be exactly 5 Kilometres and give us a base for accurate month-to-month comparisons.

 

All the results from the November ATC / Embark Time Trial are at the bottom of this email.

 

Congratulations to the following members who placed at the Brian Curtis Mile last weekend:  Amy Barnes was the second lady in the 3 Km Swimsuit category followed by her sister, Kiara Barnes, who won the Swimsuit Girls category.

Flora James was the first lady in the 3 Km Wetsuit with Julia Le Roux in second.  Stewart MacKay was the second male in the 3 Km wetsuit category.

 

In the 1 Mile event, Jadon Wessels won the Swimsuit Boys Category and Amy Barnes was second in the Swimsuit ladies category.

 

In the 800m event, Amy Barnes won the Swimsuit Ladies, Jadon Wessels won the Swimsuit Boys and Cameron Clarke won the Male Wetsuit Category.

 

SWIM:  The Canal Swim will be on Friday morning at 06:00.  We have settled in at the new starting location and it is running smoothly.  Please be reminded to arrive before six and to keep noise levels down.  The sign in closes at 06:00 sharp and members arriving after six will not be allowed to start the swim.

 

BIKE:  On Thursday morning we will do a road bike ride from the Point Virgin Active at 05:30.  There will be no ride this weekend due to the Double Century.

 

RUN:  We’ve now had our first track session and a Time Trial in the new Green Point Athletics Stadium and the blue track is just awesome to run on!  The time-slots remain as Tuesday mornings at 06:00 and Wednesday evenings at 18:00.  You can only gain access to the stadium with an ATC barcoded tag and the gates close at 18:00.  Please arrive a bit earlier if you do not have a tag yet.

 

This Wednesday evening is the Twilight Team Run, so you may face some extra traffic if you are traveling through town for the track session. 

 

There will be no trail run this week.

 

 

The Eselfontein Festival takes place this weekend with Mountain Bike Rides on Friday night and Saturday morning and Trail Runs on Saturday.

 

The Mitchells Plain Half is on Saturday and also include a 10 K and 5 Km fun run.

 

The XTRi Weekend, scheduled to take place in Robertson this weekend, has been cancelled due to insufficient entries received.

 

Tri Rock Robben Island takes place on Saturday with an 800 m Swim, 28 Km Bike and 8 Km Run on the island.  There is also an option for half these distances.

 

On Saturday is the Double Century and we wish all members taking part in various teams, good luck!  Teams with ATC representation include ATC Multisport, Embark, Amex Blue Riders, Col'Cacchio San Pellegrino, Team RECM, Tsogo Sun, Investec AM, Flash, RBW and many more. 

 

The ATC Multisport team has had a late withdrawal so if you know of someone still keen to ride, let us know.  Registration takes place tomorrow so that is the final date for additions.

 

Since the official cut-off date for entries fell on a Sunday, orgainsers have extended Jaibreak entries to close of business today (16 Nov at 17:00).  Although the period for upgrades, downgrades and cancellations is officially closed, Jailbreak will accommodate these requests until Wednesday 18th November at 13:00. Please direct your request to tridusport@mweb.co.za

 

Enjoy the Week!

ATC

 

The Tuesday (10 Nov) morning session on the Track (adjusted by 200 metres or 4.2 %)

Wednesday (11 Nov) afternoon session on the track.

 5 Km Time Trials ran on the road elsewhere on Tuesday and Wednesday.