Stopwatch May 2006
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Stopwatch — May 2006 Page 1 Stopwatch! Stopwatch is the newsletter of the UCT Athletics Club Autumn Edition May 2006 Super Sylma! SASSU Gold Medallist http://www.wpa.org.za Stopwatch — May 2006 Page 3 Page 4 Stopwatch — May 2006 From the Editor Stopwatch! This is by far the thickest Stopwatch that I have produced. This is partly be- Editor: cause it is fifteen months since the last SASSU 2005: edition, and partly because so much has William Robinson happened in the club since then. ‘Jis okes, we’re driving through Hillbrow!’ Contributors: Club membership has been growing Helen Joy Clark, James Evans, Jannie steadily, and we now have well over 21–24 April 2005 Leach, Julie McGaw, Nicci Collier, 200 licensed runners. It has been great The 2005 SASSU Track and Field We finally arrived at RAU stadium, not Nicky Collins, William Robinson to see the women’s road and cross country squad growing in strength and Championships were held at the ‘New’ yet knowing where we were supposed Contents: numbers, and there are signs that the University of Johannesburg (formerly to stay. Some of the athletes had a train- men’s squad is gaining momentum RAU). The organization of the champi- ing run while James and Marion at- 3. From the Editor onships though reminded one more of tended some of the boring (and totally 4. SASSU Athletics Champs – again as well. I am looking forward to the 2006 cross country season! the ‘Old’ RAU, i.e. ‘Rejected at useless) meetings. I had to rush back to Johannesburg 2005 UNISA’! But more about that later. the airport to pick up James Stutter- 6. Gun Run 21.1 km – A Blast! We also have a number of new track heim. When we got back, we had to 7. A Touch of Class – Club Awards and field stars. They have set a variety It was the first time that I was going to a wait for James and Marion, who were Cocktail Party of UCT records, and medals have been student champs in an ‘administrative still in a meeting. 9. Mopping, Muscling, Modelling and won at WP, SA and SASSU champs. capacity’, i.e. as tour guide. We left Munching Cape Town on Thursday the 21st at After dinner we went to look for the 11. Anatomic Mast Challenge Attendance at training has been excel- about noon, flying with the 1time air- Student Village (in Berrea), the place 12. Sugar and Spice and All Things lent this year, and we now have dedi- line. They seem to have a bit of ESP where we were supposed to stay. Now, Nice – Will’s Pudding Party cated coordinators for our social and (extra-sensual perception): Kerry-Ann as the driver of the lead car, I was told 12. News Snippets novice running group. Club social was seated all by herself right at the to take Empire Road to its end and then 15. Fool-proof party planning events have all been enthusiastically back of the plane (so that she would not turn left into Louis Botha Avenue and 16. Cross Country 2005 Highlights supported. disturb the pilots!). then right into ‘Thabo Road’ and then to 17. WP Track and Field Champs take the second left. BIG PROBLEM, 18. SASSU Athletics Champs – A big thank you goes out to our com- On arrival at Joburg, we picked up our there is NO Thabo road near Berrea. (I Port Elizabeth 2006 mittee and coaches who have put fantas- rentals (three City Golfs) at Imperial. think the closest one was in Alexandra!) 19. Sussing out SASSU PE 2 0 0 6 tic effort into coordinating our many That is when the fun started. We drove So we ended up driving (and dicing) 23. Two Oceans Results events and teams, and who kept the club to RAU’s athletic stadium via the R24 down Louis Botha, till we got to High- 24. New UCT Road Running Records afloat while I was out of action earlier and as can be expected, there was a ma- land North (a couple of kilometres from 25. Two Oceans & Two Broken Arms this year at probably our busiest time. I jor traffic jam at Gillooly’s Interchange. Student Village). The red Golf was of 26. New UCT Track and Field Records did not do it on purpose, I promise! So I took the boys and girls of Cape course taking all the honours in the ro- 27. Two Oceans Two 0 0 Six Town on a scenic route through Bed- bot to robot dices. Now, while looking 29. Tribute to Wally Haywood Finally, thank you to those who wrote fordview and the Joburg CBD. When for the Student Village, we passed 30. Two Oceans times 2006 the splendid articles on the following we got to the M1 North on-ramp, James through Hillbrow (I think three times in 31. UCT Sports Awards 2005 pages. Without singling anyone out, it is and Divan, of course, decided to rather all). So Ian Rogers, still being a bit of a 32. Best UCT Road Running times in Nic..., erm…, it is nice to have such tal- take the M1 South. So the occupants of laaitie , proclaimed: ‘Jis okes, we’re 2005 and Club Contact Information ented writers who have provided us the only red Golf in our entourage had driving through Hillbrow!’ Well, after a 33. What’s Happening with such entertaining reading. Enjoy! to wait for James en kie . few phone calls we finally found the http://www.wpa.org.za http://sportsclubs.uct.ac.za/athletics Stopwatch — May 2006 Page 5 Page 6 Stopwatch — May 2006 place. The correct road was Tudong. 4x100m team, despite the worst hand- overs ever by a UCT team, coming On Friday morning the half marathon sixth overall (second in their heat). took place and our girls Unice Vorster, Gun Run 21.1 km Kerry-Ann Marais and Margaret Brink While our athletes were competing, I obtained third place in the women’s assumed my role as a tour guide taking team competition. Unice came fourth in our exchange student, UCT athlete Lise the women’s race. In addition to there Marie Johansen, with me to Pretoria on A Blast! not being any toilets at the start, the Friday (I had some official business at course was about a kilometre short. UNISA, mmm...). I showed her UNISA, Hatfield and the Union Buildings before 25 September 2005 Over the two days there was plenty of we had to return to Joburg, Lise was Bang! The cannon fired a thunderous ond. Julie McGaw shaved 8 minutes off action on the track. Divan Augustyn running at 15:00. For my South African blast, which sent thousands of people her previous time, and Jennifer Nicol made the final of the 400m hurdles, hospitality, I paid dearly at the fines running. If the competitors of the Gun also ran a PB. where he came fifth in 51.33. Dale meeting!! Schmiedt also made the final of the Run Half Marathon did not have suffi- The boys featured as well; Nelson Bass men’s shot put, coming ninth. On Saturday evening after the meeting I cient supplies of race anxiety pumping and Stuart Bateman ran very respectable took James Stutterheim to the airport. I through their bodies, this cannon shot times. In the 10 km event Unice Vorster In the 100m Lance Anders and Patrick thought Marion might provide some certainly bolstered their surge of was the third senior woman home, and Bashala both made the semifinals. That good company for the drive back so I adrenaline, and sent them on their race. Kerry-Ann Marais the seventh. Ian is where things went wrong. For most asked her along (for which I got fined). The route this year had a slightly new Rogers was the 15th senior man home. of the first day of competition there was Being a typical blonde BusPsy student, no electronic timing. In the men’s 100m flavour; it stumbled upon one or two she forgot that she had the keys of one But the day was not only about brag- semifinals, they were incapable of tim- new turns accounting for a loop through of the other Golfs in her handbag, so ging over our running talent. Helen took ing everyone with hand-times, so Pat- town and the Company Gardens. And, halfway to the airport James phoned us the opportunity to show off her dance rick was not given a result, despite com- as always, the part of the course that asking for the keys. The net result of all moves while waiting for the results to ing third in his semi! To make a long trails the promenade makes the last cou- of this was that we arrived an hour and be released, and Kerry-Ann proved that and sad story short, they eventually got ple of kilometres bearable. a half late at the SASSU dinner and the cannon shot was no match for her an electronic timing system and re-ran award ceremony (which was held in Results for experienced and novice run- laugh! Mini naps, and fun and laughter the semis. They then decided to not Randburg, a moer of a distance away). ners from the UCT Athletics Club were was had by all under the gazebo while have a final, but to use the times run in To our amazement the function only excellent, and most participants ran waiting for runners to finish, and with the semis to determine the medals. This started when we arrived.