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November 2013 Newsletter Editorial

The WPA Annual General Meeting was held on 8 October, which included the biennial elections of new office bearers. I would like to extend congratulations to all the newly elected office bearers; I look forward to working with you all over the next two years. Please find below a complete list:

2013 ELECTION RESULTS

President Jakes Jacobs (Strand)

Vice President Kevin Harlock (UCT)

Additional Members Internal Allen Barnes (Stragglers)

External Norma Nonkonyana (Wild Runner)

Finance Officer Richard Van Schalkwyk ()

Cross Country Commission Chairperson Russell Mehl (Top Form)

Commission Members Nazema Abels () Glen Bentley (UWC) Gavin Burgess (Bonteheuwel) Viyounefer Dreyer (UWC) Cliffie Jacobs (SANDF WP) Andy James (Bonteheuwel) Chris Mitchell (Celtic Harriers) Ben Oliver (Bonteheuwel)

Race Walking Commission Chairperson Pieter Vorster (Bellville)

Commission Members Francois Brandt () Chandra-Jay Dunn (Spartan Harriers) Lindela Madikizela (SANDF WP) Keith Reynolds (Bellville) Lydia Richards (Spartan Harriers) Candice Vorster (Bellville)

Road Running Commission Chairperson Chris Dooner (SANDF WP)

Commission Members Wynand Beukes () Francois Gouws (Edgemead) Chris Goldschmidt (Celtic Harriers) Charlotte Kettlewell (Acsis Vob) Frikkie Kotze (NB Multisport) Busisiwe Matiwane (Celtic Harriers) Sipho Sithole (Correctional Services) Priscilla Williams (In Touch)

Track & Field Commission Chairperson Cedric Van Wyk (South Peninsula)

Commission Members Stephen Daniels (South Peninsula) Alroy Dixon (Bellville) Adri Jordaan (Bellville) Julie Longden () Stanley Malange (RCS Guguletu) Mariana Meyer (Tygerberg) Jacob Mfini (Acsis Vob) Mandy Skinner (Easterns )

Disciplinary Committee Mohamed Abduroaf (LOA Itheko) Farouk Meyer (LOA Itheko) Alan Nelson (Plexus )

Technical Officials Committee Chairperson Nazema Abels (Bonteheuwel)

WPA again hosted a very successful SA 50 km Race Walking Championship at the Youngsfield Military Base. WPA is proud to announce that we placed 3rd overall. Well done to the Race Walking Commission and the committed team who assisted in delivering a very successful event, despite the horrible weather conditions.

The WPA Annual Awards evening was hosted on 25 October; we were thrilled to witness an enthusiastic and well attended event and would like to thank the clubs, athletes and administrators for their support. A complete list of award winners and photographs are available on www.wpa.org.za.

WPA is anticipating an exciting Track and Field season. The season has started and we witnessed an excellent performance from Zandri Bailey with a throw of 48:41 and also a PB in the Junior Women Javelin competition.

The final leg of the Kids Athletics program is well under way. Some excellent performances have already been achieved by the participating children. Special thanks must be expressed to Allen, Aphiwe and Tracy for their hard work and long hours facilitating this program.

Coupled with that is the next round of WPA Coaches Courses to be held in November.

The club administration program continues to facilitate a smooth and correct admin database within the province at all levels. The program updates will soon be completed; this will assist clubs in communicating directly with their members. The current member information must be completed before licenses will be sold to the club for the 2014 season.

Running Regards

Jakes Jacobs

CCComComomommissionmission News

CROSS COUNTRY

At the WPA – AGM held on 8 October 2013, the following members were selected to serve on the WPACC Commission:

Chairperson : Russell Mehl (Top Form)

Commission members : Andy James (Bonteheuwel) Ben Oliver (Bonteheuwel) Gavin Burgess (Bonteheuwel) Viyounefer Dreyer (UWC) Nazema Abels (Bonteheuwel) Cliffie Jacobs (SANDF-WP) Glen Bentley (UWC) Chris Mitchell (Celtic Harriers)

The selectors for the two-year term will be: A James (convener) V Dreyer G Burgess

The following members will serve on the Mike Walters Trophy committee: B Oliver (convener) N Abels C Mitchell

The 2014 Cross Country season will consist of 8 league meetings, 1 relay and the WPACC/Schools Championships.

The relay will be a big start to the season and will be sponsored by K3 Water & Energy Sachets. Medals as well as attractive lucky draw prizes will be awarded.

The commission plans to stage training camps for Junior/Senior athletes at UWC during the December/January school holidays. More information will be available to the clubs in due course.

For 2014 the commission is going to be concentrating a lot on our Junior/Senior athletes, which will call for close co-operation with Coaches, Schools and Development.

New courses/venues, some in disadvantaged areas, are an attraction, to bring the sport to the people.

Herewith is the WPACC fixture list for the 2014 season.

2014 WPA CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURE LIST

DATE EVENT ORGANISER VENUE TECHNICAL ADVISOR

12 April Relay Pinelands Pinehurst P/S B Oliver / N Abels 03 May 1st League UWC UWC A James / V Dreyer 10 May 2nd League Bonteheuwel CPUT Bellville South G Burgess / G Bentley **18 May 3rd League Top Form T.B.A. C Jacobs / C Mitchell 24 May 4th League Fish Hoek Fish Hoek R Mehl / N Abels 7 June 5th League Eskom Koeberg Nature Reserve A James / B Oliver **20 July 6th League Velocity Atlantis G Burgess / G Bentley 26 July 7th League MP Titans Rocklands V Dreyer / C Jacobs 02 August 8th League Correctional Services Pollsmoor A James / B Oliver 16 August WPACC/ Bonteheuwel CPUT Bellville South WPACC Commission Schools Champs

** These are Sunday events starting at the usual times.

RACE WALKING

SA 50km and Interprovincial Race Walking Championships – – 12 October 2013

Western Province Athletics once again played host to the SA 50km and Interprovincial Race Walking Championships at Youngsfield. Despite some of our best SA walkers competing at the World Masters Championships in Brazil, we saw a record number of 196 race walkers from 9 different Provinces competing in the various race distances from 50km down to the 3km. Credit must go to Western Province Athletics for stepping up in support of hosting the event at such short notice. Athletes were greeted by a cold, grey, wet and windy morning. This never deterred any spectators from supporting their athletes – possibly the fact that Olympian Marc Mundell and African Champion Lebogang Shange in action in the 20k had something to do with it.

13 Athletes took part in the 50km. Sandra Steenkamp (AGN) and Mojalefa Molise (AGN) won Gold for their Province in a time of 5:19:53 and 4:23:39 respectively.

Some amazing individual race walking results were achieved; our own Ross McDonald bettered the previous SAMA M40 record in the 10k in a time of 48:54, Fred Clements (AGN) broke the M70 SAMA record in 1:06:39 in the 10k and David Morgan-Smith (ASWD) bettered the M75 record in 1:08:01 in the same race. In the 20km Ladies race, CGA race walker Elsa Meyer (W65) bettered the SAMA record with her time of 2:03:18.

Anel Oosthuizen (ASWD) competing as a Junior made it quite clear that she was going for a new SA Record which she bettered by over a minute with a time of 49:25. She is now ranked 40th in the Junior World Rankings for the 10km walk. Another stunning performance was achieved by young Pierre Vermaak (CGA) competing in the 5km. He set a magnificent time of 23:27. This is a great comeback after being hit by a taxi while out training two years ago.

The racing concluded with the 1km development race, where our little WPA development walkers entertained the crowds with some stylish striding.

After all the walking, the medal table did the talking. Although winning the most medals, WPA finished in third with 11 Gold medals. CGA finished second with 12 gold medals with AGN taking the honours to finish first with 13 Gold medals.

A special word of thanks must go out to the for their contributions, as well as the WPA office for their hard work in assisting the WPRWC to host a very successful Championship.

Next year promises to be even bigger and better with the future of not only SA race walking, but also WPA race walking looking bright.

WPARWC

FINAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals 1 Athletics Gauteng North 13 8 2 23 2 Central Gauteng Athletics 12 10 4 26 3 Western Province Athletics 11 11 10 32 4 Athletics South West Districts 4 0 3 7 5 Athletics Central North West 2 0 0 2 8 Boland Individuals 1 4 3 8 6 Kwazulu Natal Athletics 1 2 2 5 9 Athletics Free State 1 2 0 3 7 WPA Individuals 1 0 0 1 10 EPA Individuals 0 0 0 0 11 ASWD Individuals 0 0 0 0

Club NNewsews

ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CLUB

ANOTHER RECORD FIELD FOR OUTSURANCE 94.5 KFM GUN RUN

A record field of close to 19 000 runners and walkers took to the streets of Cape Town in this year’s OUTsurance 94.5 Kfm Gun Run half marathon, 10km and 5km run/walk on a chilly Cape Town morning.

The perfect running conditions saw local runner David Manya take line hounors in 64:09, with Lindikhaya Mthangayi in second in 64:21 and Xolisa Tjali third in 64:37. Manja took home R5 000 for his efforts.

Tanith Maxwell won the ladies half marathon in 77:24, with Fortunate Chidviso (77:43) and Thabita Tsatsa (78:32) taking second and third places respectively. Maxwell also pocketed R5 000.

The 10km saw Sibusiso Madikizela win in 29:32 and Nomvuyisi Seti win the women’s race in 35:38.

Councillor Grant Pascoe, mayoral committee member for tourism, events & marketing for the City of Cape Town, fired the Cape Field Artillery gun to start the half marathon and ward councillor for the Atlantic Seaboard fired the cut off gun at 10h30.

The regiment and firing of the gun have been an integral part of the event since 2003. Traditionally the event started at 09h00 and runners had to finish the event before the noonday gun was fired from .

Formed in 1857, the Cape Field Artillery is the oldest operational volunteer artillery regiment in the British Commonwealth. The regiment has a close relationship with the City and fires the 21-gun salute at the opening of Parliament.

A cheque for R40 000 was presented to Anna Brom from the Anna Foundation, thanks to generous donations from the runners taking part. The Foundation is a non-profit organisation working with children who live on farms and in rural areas of the . Their mission is to support rural communities through its education, sports and life development programmes. They recognise each child as unique and special, and aim to equip each one with skills for life-long learning. To find out more visit www.annafoundation.com.

NEW BALANCE MULTISPORT CLUB

New Balance Multisport Club going places (by Tracey le Roux)

Providing a home for runners, cyclists, trail runners, triathletes and canoeists from all over the Western Cape, the New Balance Multisport Club (NBMC) had a landmark year in 2013 by celebrating its fifth birthday and reaching over the 1,000 member mark.

The oldest member of the club is 71 years old and the youngest is 12, NBMC is all about getting the whole family out there doing what they love, be it on the road, trail or in the water.

NBMC is a multi-sport club where members can cross disciplines to suit their training needs without belonging to a different club for each sport. We offer road running, trail running and cycling training, in turn there is a tri-athlete program for all cross training athletes.

NBMC hosted its annual Trail Run event namely the Dudley Trail Run in April. This was a great success being held on the beautiful De Grendel farm. The two routes 8km and 15km respectively definitely challenged the runners and the Cape Town weather also played its part for a successful day. NBMC also believes in contributing to the surrounding community by assisting in both the hosting of the Medihelp Tekkie 10km Challenge and the Fairmont High School Fun Run. NBMC also sponsors a developmental team, who we often see enjoying podium positions on the road and trail thanks to their hard work and the guidance of a dedicated coach.

Road running training is held at PP Smit Sports Grounds in Durbanville every Tuesday and Thursday at 17:45 under the dedicated instruction of Coach Albert van Zyl. Albert is an experienced runner with great insight into getting club members to push themselves in achieving the elusive PBs we all strive towards.

Trail running and cycling is practiced in the surrounding winelands and hills of Durbanville under the guidance of Captain Cornel Botha. In both disciplines there are two groups for both beginners and those that are a bit faster and can go further. At NBMC we cater for all types of enthusiasts. Trail Running is on a Wednesday night and there is an organized longer pack run monthly. The cyclists have their out rides on a Saturday morning as well as hill training on Tuesday and Thursday evening. Mountain bike training is also on the schedule.

At NBMC we call ourselves the Red Army. We are the club with the bright red shirts which can be seen from afar. You will see us on the road, on the trail and at cross country. On foot or on a bike we will be in our very well designed, for the specific discipline, red shirt. At NBMC it is all about enjoying being out and doing the sport we love to the best of our ability and we love cheering on our fellow members. Visit our website to see our great vibe of multi sports www.newbalanceclub.com.

STRAND ATHLETIC CLUB

Coaching & Continuous Education

WPA COACHING FRAMEWORK - COACHING COURSES

Introductory/Volunteer Coach - IAAF Kids Athletics Course (2 days)

This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of athletic movement for children in a fun environment, and is an ideal course for the beginner coach, teachers, parents and volunteers. It will enable them to contribute to the development of athletics in their schools and/or clubs, with young and developing athletes, thus broadening the base of grass roots athletics within Western Province.

COURSE DATES: Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November

TIME: 08h00 to 16h30 (both days) VENUE: Parow Stadium, Parow

Minimum age: 18 years Cost: R250

Those coaches who successfully complete this course, and wish to continue with their coaching education, will only be able to attend the IAAF Level I Coaching Course, after a 6 month period to allow them time to gain sufficient active coaching experience.

Please note that this 2 day course is an integral part of the IAAF Level I Coaching Certificate, so those coaches who successfully attended the course, will not have to do so again should they choose to attend the IAAF Level I Coaching Course in the future.

If you are interested in attending this course on any of the dates above, please email [email protected] or contact 021 699 0615, for further information.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

WORKSHOP 2: LIFE SKILLS

Date: 16 November 2013

Taking Responsibility – What are the controllables and non-controllables? Who is responsible for your success or failure? The buck stops here!

Mental Skills – Concentration, BMT, mental toughness, visualisation, focus, and arousal are all issues with which an athlete, at any level, needs to be familiar.

Ricardo Siljeur (BA)

Ricardo is the Athlete Service Manager for MACSTEEL Maestros, based at the Sports Science Institute of , Newlands, Cape Town.

WORKSHOP 3: COMMON INJURIES - HOW TO TRY AND PREVENT THEM!

Date: 30 November 2013

Most common injuries are due to inadequate conditioning, overuse, overtraining and flaws in individual body structure and motion. This workshop will aim to look at how you, as the Coach, can try and reduce these, and therefore enhance your athlete’s training.

Alet Marais (BSc Stell. Physiotherapist)

Alet graduated as a Physiotherapist in 2007 from Stellenbosch University. Her work experience to date includes:- Preventative, injury management and on field assistance for TUKS sport (rugby, netball, soccer), Team Physiotherapy – Varsity Cup rugby (TUT and TUKS – 2009/2010), Proteas v Northern Ireland netball (2012), WPA Junior teams.

She is an active WP athlete, competing in 400m and 800m, for Tygerberg NLC, has represented WP on numerous occasions at SA National Championships, winning a 400m bronze in 2012. She was also a member of the SA Students team at the Universiade 2011 in Shenzen, China.

Cost: R100 - One workshop only R150 - Two workshops R200 - All three workshops

ATHLETES - don't miss this special offer - register, bring your 2013 License number, and pay only R50!!!!

Soft drinks, coffee and tea will be provided.

Book your place now, by sending an e-mail to [email protected] for more information e-mail: [email protected] or 021 699 0615

Events OLD MUTUAL

New Entry Process for World’s Most Beautiful Half Marathon

The Old Mutual Two Oceans Half Marathon isn’t only the world’s most beautiful 21.1km race, but also one of the most sought after.

This year, in an effort to alleviate pressure on the online entry system and to give runners a fair chance to enter, the organisers have introduced a phased approach to the 2014 Half Marathon entries, which includes application into an entry draw in January 2014.

During the first phase, which is currently running, runners must update their personal profiles and medical details on the race administration system, while new entrants are encouraged to create their profiles. This is to speed up the process on the respective entry days, when runners will simply return and finalise their payment.

• Phase 2: Blue and Light Blue Number holders may access the system from 10h00 on 5 November 2013 to finalise their entry. Entries are limited to 1 000 runners. • Phase 3: All runners with valid SA running club licences may finalise their payment from 10h00 on 11 November 2013, with entries being limited to 5 500 entrants. This includes runners who haven’t participated in the Two Oceans Marathon before. • Phase 4: Previous Two Oceans Half and Ultra Marathon and Trail Run finishers may confirm their entry from 10h00 on 14 November 2013 (limited to 2 000 entrants).

The fifth and final entry phase will take place from 10h00 on 22 January 2014, when new entrants, previous participants who finished outside the cut-off and those who missed their original entry batch may submit their applications into an entry draw. A random electronic draw on 23 January will select 6 000 entrants who may proceed to pay for their entry.

How to enter

Runners are encouraged to visit www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/enter and update their personal and medical details before entries open. They can then simply return to the website on their particular entry day to finalise their payment and secure a place at the start.

Half Marathon entries will only be available online.

Charity groups invited Charity organisations wishing to use the Half Marathon as a platform for their fundraising efforts, are invited to apply to the organisers for a group entry batch.

More information, as well as the downloadable application form, can be found at http://www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/information/charity-entries and applications must reach the organisers by 8 November 2013. Entry group and batches are limited.

Entries for Ultra Marathon still open

Entries for the 56km Ultra Marathon are still open and runners can enter online or download an entry form from the website. South African Ultra Marathon entrants are required to belong to a registered running club and have a valid running licence. No temporary licences will be issued to Ultra Marathon runners.

Entries into the 10km and 22km Trail Run will open at 10h00 on Monday, 2 December 2013.

The Two Oceans Marathon website has been upgraded to ensure a better user experience for athletes, and is jam-packed with information around the various events hosted under its banner. “Designed to Run” is the theme that supports the 2014 Two Oceans Marathon marketing campaign - a coincidental hat-tip to Cape Town’s status as the World Design Capital next year.

WPA Development

WP KIDS ATHLETICS

The Kids Athletics summer series is off to a great start with so much enthusiasm from the clubs and juniors. The first event was held on the 12 October at Vygieskraal Central Hockey, the turnout was amazing, despite the wet and windy weather. We were blessed with beautiful weather for the events that followed on the 19 October at Bellville Stadium (a fitness assessment session was also included) and the 26 October at VOB Club House in Constantia.

This past weekend we hosted the 4 th league event at Pavilion. Waves for Change, a local NGO that works with vulnerable young adults across Cape Town, were invited to host “Trust Building” activities with the kids.

To close the season, WPA is organising the WP Kids Athletics Awards, scheduled to take place on 9 November at the Green Point Urban Park. The clubs involved in the WP Kids Athletics programme have worked very hard and everyone involved needs to be recognised and appreciated for dedication.

WPA is eagerly looking forward to 2014 as we start preparing to welcome new clubs to join this amazing programme.

WPA would like to appeal to new clubs who are interested in becoming involved in the programme for 2014 and beyond.

WPA is willing to invest in committed clubs who want to grow, develop and groom their club juniors. The programme is very demanding and club facilitators need to be able to sacrifice their weekends (mostly Saturday) to make sure that their kids’ athletics future is well developed and monitored.

Should your club be interested or require further information about the program and the requirements, please send an email to Aphiwe Martins: [email protected].

We look forward to welcoming new dedicated and enthusiastic clubs to the programme in 2014.

November Event Diary

DATE DAY EVENT DIS TIME VENUE CLUB CONTACT PERSON CONTACT EMAIL 2-Nov -13 Sat K-Way 3 Peaks Challenge Gavin Snell 082 792 9380 [email protected] 2-Nov -13 Sat Elsies River 10 km 10 7:00 Salberau Sports Complex Elsies River AC Bertram Windvogel 082 398 7148 [email protected]

3-Nov-13 Sun The Landmarks 21 km 21,1 6:00 WPCC Sport Centre Keurboom Road WPCC AC Chet Sainsbury 082 462 0715 [email protected]

Sun The Landmarks Fun Run 6 6:45 WPCC Sport Centre Keurboom Road Rondebosch WPCC Chet Sainsbury 082 462 0715 [email protected] 9-Nov -13 Sat HFPA 21,1 km Eden on the Bay Shopping Centre Big Bay West Coast AC 21,1 6:00 David Wilcock 084 490 5576 [email protected] Sat HFPA 6km Fun Run Eden on the Bay Shopping Centre Big Bay West Coast AC 6 6:30 David Wilcock 084 490 5576 [email protected] Sat Suzman Shield Meeting T/F 12:30 Bellvi lle Stadium WPA WPA Office 021 699 0615 [email protected] 10 -Nov -13 Sun 21 km Cape Point 21,1 TBA Trevor Ball www.energyevents.co.za Sun Cape Point 10 km Cape Point 10 TBA Trevor Ball www.energyevents.co.za 10-Nov-13 Sun Discovery Cape Times Big Walk Var Various 13-Nov-13 Wed Sunset Team Time Trial 4x3 18:15 Hamilton’s Rugby Club, Green Point ATC Running Gert Wilkins 073 308 3127 [email protected] 16 -Nov -13 Sat Winelands Marathon 42,2 5:30 Eikestad Primary School, Stellenbosch Harriers Clinton Logie 082 995 3017 [email protected] Sat Winelands Half Marathon 21,1 5:45 Eikestad Primary School, Stellenbosch Helderberg Harriers Clinton Logie 082 995 3017 [email protected] Sat Winelands Fun Run 5 6:30 Eikestad Primary School, Stellenbosch Helderberg Harriers Clinton Logie 082 995 3017 [email protected] Sat Little Athletics T/F 8:00 Atlantis WPA WPA Office 021 699 0615 [email protected]

Leo Benning Masters Challenge 2 T/F 12:30 Parow Track WPA WPA Office 021 699 0615 [email protected] 20 -Nov -13 Wed Twilight Run 19:30 Founder's Garde n , Cape Town Top Events 5 Top Events 021 511 7130 [email protected] 20 -Nov -13 Wed Labourwise 10 km 10 18:30 Charles Morkel Stadium, Helderberg Rugby Club Strand AC Lester Burrow 082 424 8547 [email protected] Wed Labourwise 5 km 5 18:30 Charles Mo rkel Stadium, Helderberg Rugby C lub Strand AC Lester Burrow 082 424 8547 [email protected] 23 -Nov -13 Sat 21 km Mitchells Plain Titans AC 21,1 6:00 Rocklands Sports Grounds Mitchell's Plain Lance Scheepers 076 245 5872 [email protected] Sat Mitchells Plain 10 km Run/Walk Mitchells Plain Titans AC 10 6:30 Rocklands Sports Grounds Mitchell's Plain Lance Scheepers 076 245 5872 [email protected] Sat Mitchells Plain 5 km Fun Run Mitchells Plain Titans AC 5 8:00 Rocklands Sports Grounds Mitchell's Plain Lance Scheepers 076 245 5872 [email protected] 24 -Nov -13 Sun ACSA 10km ACSA 10 7:00 Cape Town Airport Jennifer Smith 082 377 4717 [email protected] 27 -Nov -13 Wed Sanlam Niel Joubert Plaaswedloop 18:15 Klein Simonsvlei, Klapmuts Sanlam AC 13 Wynand Beukes 083 461 8614 [email protected] 29 -Nov -13 Fri Multi Events T/F 18:30 Bellville Stadium WPA WPA Office 021 699 0615 [email protected] 30 -Nov -13 Sat Edgemead 10km Classic 10 6:30 Edgemead High School Edgemead AC Christo 074 623 4118 [email protected] Sat Edgemead 10km Walk Classic 10 W 6:35 Edgemead High School Edgemead AC Christo 074 623 4118 [email protected] Sat Edgemead 5km Classic 5 6:45 Edgemead High School Edgemead AC Christo 074 623 4118 [email protected]

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