29 Mar '17: ATC NEWS

Six SA Champs – Ironman SA – Two Oceans Training

 

Once again, this month’s newsletter is packed with results from the past month and this time we have no less than six SA Champs!   

 

Congratulations to all the mountain bikers who finished another gruelling Cape Epic, which took its toll as early as day two with many teams not making it, prompting organisers to ease off a bit on the 3^rd day.  Undoubtedly, many more tough days followed with the queen stage only happening on the penultimate day.  We have not been able to download all the results and will report in more detail in next month’s newsletter.

 

The Triathletes will show their stuff this coming weekend at Ironman African Champs in Port Elizabeth whilst the runners get ready to taper for Two Oceans Ultra over Easter. 

 

Congratulations to Manuela Dias De Deus and Karl Rogers on the birth of their little girl, Eden Indigo Rogers! Eden was born on 10 March.

 

Kiki and JD Neill welcomed their second girl, Neave Neill, into the World on 13 March 2017.  We look forward to growing our membership base amongst the Neill family.

The TSA National Triathlon Championships took place on 19 March at the Aldam Holiday Resort, near Bloemfontein.  Congratulations to all the ATC Members who were part of the team and did us proud.  All our members’ results can be viewed on our Results Blog

 

Rohan Meyer was WP’s best performer at the event and is the 2017 SA Champ in the 26-29 Age Group!  Nolan Steele took bronze in the same AG.  Vicky Van Der Merwe was 3^rd under the Elites whilst Michelle Krebs took Silver in the 25-29 AG.

 

Richard Murray is the new XTERRA South African Champion after battling it out in Grabouw with reigning champ Bradley Weiss.  It is Richard’s 2^nd XTERRA SA title after he also won in 2013.  With this, Richard qualified for XTERRA Worlds, happening on Maui in October, but he has not yet decided if his schedule will allow him to race.

Congratulations to the following Age Group XTERRA SA Champions! Matthew Daneel (30-34), Vernon Visser (35-39), Douglas Burger (50-54) and Michelle Krebs (19-24).

Chris Visser took bronze in the 19-24 Age Group.

 

In the XTERRA LITE event Tyron Ingle was 2^nd in the 25-29 AG, Hayley Preen was the first lady home and won the 19-24 AG.  David Durham won the 30-34 AG, Xanri Haak won the 25-29 AG and Sharon Allen was 3^rd in the 60-64 AG.

 

All our members’ results for XTERRA can be viewed on our Results Blog

 

The youngsters from Tygerberg Aquatics, who regularly join us for the ATC Canal Swim, participated in the 2017 SA Open Water Swim Championships, which took place in Port Elizabeth on 3 and 4 March 2017.  These girls all raced the 5 Km and 10 Km events and placed in their respective age categories:  Abigail Meder (17-18) 5 Km 3^rd; Carli Antonopoulos (14-16), 1^st; Kiara Barnes (14-16), 2^nd.

 

Dylan Wright (14-16) won his age category in the 5 Km Swim.

 

Rebecca Meder ended the 2017 SA Junior Age Group Championships with 6 World Junior Championship qualifying times and 9 SA Age Group Junior Championship titles!

 

Coach Bianca Marais is currently in Egypt with Dylan Wright and Rebecca Meder, who are taking part in the Junior Africa Championships.

 

The Vets ruled at this year’s WarmWater Weekend with four of the 6 podiums in the men’s and ladies Long Triathlon going to (young) Veterans.  Iain Mc Gregor was second overall (1^st Vet) and Emma Alsop was second in the ladies race (2^nd Vet).  Alice Oosthuizen was 3^rd overall (1^st, 18-39) and Alex Antonakis was 2^nd in the 18-30 AG.

 

David Talbot (PTC) and Tania Fourie, both also young Vets, won the Short Triathlon.  Lesyl Potgieter was the 3^rd Vet, Doran Schoeman was 2^nd in the 18-39 AG followed by David Petersen in third.

 

Emma Alsop was the first lady in the Long Swim (3.8 Km).  Brit Hyland was the first lady in the Short Swim (1.6 Km).

 

All our members’ results for the Weekend can be viewed on our Results Blog

 

Richard Murray won the race and prize cheque of his life when he won the Superleague Triathlon, after three days of high intensity Swim, Bike and Run racing on Hamilton Island, off Australia’s East Coast.

 

Douglas Burger won his age group at the Tour De PPA on 26 February.  At the Tour of Good Hope, he was second in his age group for the Tour and also won the King of the Mountain competition.

 

Evan Fortuin won the Dirtopia Harvest 14 Km Trail Run, held on the Le Bonheur Wine Estate on 18 March.

 

At the final event, held in Oak Valley on the 26^th of February, Evan Fortuin won the Short Course and Daniel Arendse was second under the Junior Boys.  Evan and Daniel also finished the series in second position in their respective categories.

 

The ATC Development team really excelled during the Athletics season with a number if the youngsters being selected for the WP Athletics Schools Teams and earning WP Colours:

Shaunica Phillips (u/12), 150m Sprints; Giovanni Simpson (u/15), 3000m; Daniel Arendse (u/17); 2000m Steeplechase; Bruzano Britz (u/17), 2000m Steeplechase.

 

Congratulations to Kelfords Motors, who was named runner up in the Ford South Africa Dealer of the Year!  The award is based primarily on customer satisfaction so we are pleased that other customer are as impressed with their service as we are.  Makes us proud to be associated with Tristan Kelly and his team at Kelfords.

 

There will be limited training this week due to Ironman SA taking place this weekend.  After Ironman we will change over to our winter training schedule.

 

SWIM:  This coming Friday, 31 March, there will be NO canal swim.  From next week, Saturday 8 April, the swim will be on Saturday afternoons at 14:00.

 

RUN:  Track will continue as per normal on Tuesday mornings at 06:00 and Wednesday evenings at 18:00.

 

On Saturday 1 April, we will do a training run on most of the Half Marathon route.  We are trying to arrange a support vehicle for the run, but please be prepared to run with your own drinks / refreshments.  If you are able to provide support the run, please let us know.

 

We will leave from the UCT Parking Area, closer to the Southern end of the Rugby Field at 06:15.  We will run along the forest side of the M3 and cross over at the Rhodes Drive traffic lights.  We will run along Edinburgh Drive and take the Travato Link Off-Ramp and then head past the Victoria Hospital.  We will then do a loop through Constantia and head up Southern Cross.  From there the run will follow the official route to UCT.

This is the big one!  Good luck to all the members taking part in Ironman Africa Champs on Sunday.  All our members taking part are listed further down in this email.  We have included race numbers so you can track your favourites.  We have also included the TSA license numbers of registered Athletes.  If you believe you are registered but there is no TSA number next to your name, please check that your TSA License is in order.  Unlicensed entrants will have to buy a day license at registration.

 

And it will be televised on Super Sport all day!

 

The ATC Gazebo will be set up on the run route, where supporters can meet.  We will also arrange for refreshments there on the day.  Please invite your supporters to visit the gazebo and cheer loudly.  We will try and get the same position as in previous years as triathletes will pass there on the bike and run.

 

If you have not arranged transport for your bike to get to Port Elizabeth yet, contact Andre Steenkamp at andre@mcvg.co.za.  He still has a couple of spots available.

 

The Merrell Autumn Night Run, with 8 Km and 5 Km options, takes place on Wednesday from Simon’s at Groot Constantia.  This is the second event a series of 3.  The third event is next Wednesday, 5 April.

The Maluti Double 90, a 180 Km Team Time Trial, takes place on Saturday in Clarens, Free State.

The PPA Philadelphia Mountain Bike Race takes place on Saturday from the Church Square and offers 76 Km, 39 Km and 13 Km routes.

On Sunday is the Clifton 1SOMS, starting from Clifton 4^th Beach.

The Substitution process for the Comrades Ultra Marathon closes on 14 April 2017. For details, visit:  www.comrades.com  Please let us know if you have an entry that you will not be using.

 

This festival, taking place at Killarney Race Track on Sunday, 9 April, will include various events as well as a Club Challenge, during which, clubs will compete in a 40 Minute plus 1 lap race, to determine the winning club.  Entries are just R20 and you enter on the day. Click Here for more details.

 

Kelly Scholtz, who has produced up some brilliant and healthy dishes on the Afternoon Express TV Show, has incorporated high-level sports nutrition expertise and techniques into her Food For Sport practise.  They can offer various services, from standard individual dietetics consultations and meal planning, to metabolic testing and sodium sweat testing.  The testing provides detailed information, such as, an individual's capacity to utilize fat for fuel at various training intensities, or how much sodium an individual loses in sweat.  This information can be used to create specific nutrition and hydration strategies for individuals. 

 

If you would like more information on this, please contact kelly@foodforsport.co.za. 

 

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