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BOKSBURG ATHLETIC CLUB

“SNIPPETS NO. 28 –WEEK 34

(Thursday, August 22, 2013 – Wednesday, August 28, 2013)

Do you have any stories, news, results etc that you would like to share with the

rest of the club? If so, please fax or email them to me for inclusion in the

Snippets.

NEWS, ROAD, TRACK AND FIELD, MULTI-SPORT, CROSS COUNTRY,

SOCIAL, STORIES/ARTICLES ETC), and GENERAL.

THANK YOU:

C.G.A. CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS

Boksburg Athletic Club hosted the 2013 C.G.A. Cross Country Champs organised

by Central Gauteng Athletics on Saturday, August 17, 2013. I would like to

thank all the members, family members and friends that came out to help make

the day the success it was. The day was not without problems, but thankfully

none from our side. I would like to thank you all personally but I might miss one

or two members so THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. A special thank

you must go to Armand Bosman and Frank Da Ascencao for the role they played

in ensuring the day went off without a hitch. Thank you again Frank and

Armand.

A very warm welcome to ALL the new members who have joined

the Club. Enjoy your stay with Boksburg Athletic Club and please

join in the various activities arranged.

NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS

UPCOMING SOCIAL UPCOMING SOCIAL UPCOMING SOCIAL UPCOMING SOCIAL

AUGUST EDITION OF MODERN ATHLETE AVAILABLE IN THE

OFFICE

JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST EDITIONS OF THE “SENSE”

NEWSPAPER AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS BORN IN

AUGUST

GET BETTER SOON TO:

John Kok (Jnr)

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

Megan Wilke who has been chosen to represent South Africa at

the Africa Junior Championships to be held in Mauritius from

August 29, 2013 – September 01, 2013.

Rita van Wyk who was 1st Master lady home at the Wits Alumni

21km road race held in Johannesburg on August 18, 2013. Rita

finished in a time of 1:47:47 and was also the 8th lady overall to

finish the event.

All of our members that participated in the CGA Cross Country

Champs held at Boksburg City Stadium on August 17, 2013.

As per the results received from C.G.A. on Wednesday, 21

August, 2013, we had 3 members who finished in the top 3 in

their category and they are Michelle Meyer, Willie Maisela and

Dean Passmore. (Kaylee Shields finished 5th in the 23-29 section

however 2 runners ahead of her were 34 years of age. (A letter

requesting clarification has been sent to CGA).

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN AUGUST

BINGO BINGO BINGO BINGO BINGO BINGO

Diairise the date.

Our annual Bingo Evening takes place on Friday, August 30.

Great prizes to be won and it is really a fun evening. Members,

families and friends all welcome. More details to follow. We do

however need to get the ball rolling with regards prizes so if you

have anything lying at home that has never been used and you

don’t want it, please donate it to the club. The more prizes to

be won the more fun it is. This evening is not only for the older

generation, the younger generation have always won the biggest

prizes at our Bingo Evenings.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER

SPRING BLITZ

Come and run/walk the Blitz on September 4 (first Wednesday of

Spring) in your best summer outfit and stand a chance to win a

prize. Prizes for the best “Spring Hat” and “Best Spring Outfit”.

Members, family and friends come along and join in the fun you

can do either the 2km, 4km or 8km. Prizes will be handed out in

the “Finish Line Pub” after the time trial.

DONATIONS FOR ANIMALS IN DISTRESS

The official start of summer is also the month that the

Committee have chosen to support animals in distress. Please

donate food, money etc. Your donation can be dropped off at

the office at any time during working hours or at the time trial

on a Wednesday night. The last Wednesday of September (25)

will be the final day for donating and thereafter the Committee

will decide on which Animal Charity the food/donations should go

to. Members will be advised of the Committees decision.

SPORTSMANS WAREHOUSE 15Km and 5km – TUESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Boksburg Athletic Club is hosting the annual Sportsmans

Warehouse 15km and 5km on Tuesday, September 24. We need

helpers on the day. Please offer your assistance.

The 15km Helpers Run will take place on Sunday, September 22

starting and finishing at the East Rand Value Mall.

ROADROADROADROAD

2013 UPCOMING RACES

Please check for race flyers and more information, on the following website :

www.raceresults.co.za

August

Sat 24 King’s School West Rand 10/5/3km 07:00 Kings School, West Rand

(Flyer in the office)

Sat 24 The Love Run 21/10/5km 06:45 Hatfield, Pretoria


Sat 24 Wilge Marathon 10/21/42km 08:00 G.J. Human Sports Ground


Sat 24 Groenkloof Nature Reserve Fort to Fort 12 Hour Marathon

Sat 24 Fort to Fort 12 Hour (More information contact Poy Blignaut 082 855 0561)

Sun 25 Wanderers 21/10/5km 07:00 Wanderers, Illovo


Sun 25 Lakeside Mall Fun Run 10/5km 07:30 Lakeside Mall, Benoni


Sat 31 SPAR Ladies Road Race 10km 14:00 Supersport Centurion,

(Flyer in the office) Pretoria

September

Sun 01 Soweto Cabal 21/10km 06:00 President High Ridge

Sun 08 Gauteng Marathon 10/21/42km See flyer for more information


Sun 15 Fred Morrison 21/10km 07:00 Germiston Stadium

Sat 21 Irene 21/10/5km 06:00 Irene Village Mall

Sun 22 Rockies 21/10km 07:00 Jhb Zoo

Sun 22 Sportsmans Pre-Run 15km 06:00 East Rand Value Mall

Tues 24 Sportsmans 15/5km 06:00 East Rand Value Mall

Sun 29 City To City 50km 06:30 Gautrain Station, West

Street, Centurion.

(Flyer in the office) (Pretoria – Johannesburg).

October

Sat 05 National Business Challenge Relay – Pretoria


Sat 05 Tambo Liberation Walk (Boksburg AC has been asked to man

water point no. 4, if anybody would like to help, please advise the office).

Sun 06 Komatsu 21/10/5km 07:00 Barnard Stadium, Kempton


Sun 13 Spar Ladies 10/5km T.B.A. T.B.A.

Sun 20 Run Jozi 10km 08:00 Jhb CBD

Sun 27 Diepkloof 21/10/5km 07:00 UJ Soweto Campus

Sun 27 Panorama 21/10/5km 06:00 Panorama

November

Sat 02 Kaapsehoop 3 in 1 42/21/10km 05:30 Check entry form.

(Flyer in the office) (Comrades 2014 and Two Ocean 2014 qualifier)

Sun 03 Soweto Marathon 42km 06:00 Nasrec

Wed 06 Rowlin Nite Race 15/10/5km 19:00 Benoni Northerns


Sat 09 Liquifruit Irene 21/10/5km 06:00 Irene Agri. Centre

Sun 24 Tough One 32/5km 06:00 Old Parks

December

Sun 01 ADT 21/10km

Sat 07 Great Run 10/6km 07:00 Weskoppies Hospital,


Sun 08 Tsakane

Sun 15 Kwa Thema 21/10km

Sun 22 Daveyton 10/5km

January 2014

Sun 05 Kudus 15km

Sun 12 Dischem 21/5km

Sun 19 Bobbies 25/10km

Sun 26 Johnson Crane 42/21km

GAZEBO / UMBRELLAS AT RACES

Please LOOK for the Boksburg Gazebo and/or umbrellas at races. The Gazebo is a

blue/grey colour and has the Boksburg Athletic Club Logo on the top. Umbrellas are

Royal Blue and White panels

R.A.C. Training Runs

If you are looking for additional training runs R.A.C. (Rand Athletic Club) are hosting the

following runs. All their runs except for the Comrades Looooooong Training Run (60km) are

classed as Café Runs (which means bring money and buy drinks along the route). All runs

start and finish at Old Parktonians.

August

Sunday 25 Wilds Route 26km 07:00

September

Sunday 01 Sandton Route 28km 06:00

Sunday 08 Northcliff Route 28km 06:00


Sunday 22 Bryanston Route 26km 06:00

Sunday 29 Melville Route 25km 06:00

October


Sunday 20 Tara Route 28km 06:00

Sunday 27 Sandton Route 28km 06:00

November


December


Sunday 08 Linden Route 23km 06:00




JANUARY 2014

Sunday 05 Linden Route 23km 06:00




CLUB RACE RESULTS

WITS 10km (CGA) – 18 August, 2013 (Championchip Results)

Overall Finish

Position Surname Name Gender Age Time

Da Ascencao Frank Male 0:48:16

Van Wyk Chris Male 1:01:35

Passmore Dean Male 1:04:14

Du Preez Frik Male 1:24:12

WITS 21km (CGA) – 18 August, 2013 (Championchip Results)

Overall Finish

Position Surname Name Gender Age Time

Van Wyk Rita Female 1:47:47

McBowles Wayne Male 1:47:47

Mackridge Amanda Female 2:05:53

Rampersadh Rashika Female 2:07:01

Burger Ben Male 2:43:31

BOKSBURG ATHLETIC CLUB “AMILA” BLITZ

RESULTS – AUGUST 21, 2013

2KM 1. Tracy Jordaan (NC) 18:45

4KM 1. Emmanuel Magakwe (BOKS) 13:26; 2 Theunis Holl (BOKS) 14:03; 3 Lauren Dance (MAD) 14:17; 4

Michael Kasselman (NC) 15:45; 5 Duncan Bosman (NC) 15:59; 6 Spencer Botes (NC) 16:04; 7 Kaylee

Shields (BOKS) 16:28; 8 Kelly Mac Iver (BOKS) 16:41; 9 Bryce Hennessy (MAD) 16:49; 10 Loren

Reynolds (BOKS) 17:30; 11 Etienne Steenkamp (NC) 18:43; 12 Wynand Kasselman (NC) 18:43; 13 Milton

Bartholomew (NC) 19:05; 14 Marlene Venter (BOKS) 19:45; 15 Johan Venter (BOKS) 19:45; 16 Anje

Janse van Vuuren (NC) 19:57; 17 Moji Mokobori (Rainbow) 20:24; 18 Andrew Tesselaar (SP) 20:43; 19

Mientjie Ferrie (MAD) 21:29; 20 Surita Botha (SP) 22:38; 21 Yolande Badenhorst (BOKS/Oost) 24:13; 22

Glen Terry (BOKS) 27:00; 23 Dirk Jansen (BOKS) 27:47.

8KM 1. Armand Bosman (Gallopers) 28:45; 2 Jan van der Linde (BOKS) 35:02; 3 Justin Badenhorst

(BOKS/Oost) 35:12; 4 Jannie Heath (BOKS) 36:58; 5 David Stockenstrom (MAD) 38:27; 6 Mike Smithen

(MAD) 38:45.

Thank you to Caroline Koll, Milan Daniz and Tracy Bown for being on time trial duty.

No report.

No report.

CROSS COUNTRY

CGA CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE FIXTURES FOR 2013

CGA Open Club Challenge T.B.A. 31 August

SA CHAMPS POTCHEFSTROOM 14 September

Results are being added onto system and will be forwarded to members as soon as they

are complete.

“T H E F I N I S H L I N E”

The “Finish Line” Pub is open every Wednesday evening after time trials,

from 18:30 until late. To those new members that do not know where the

“Finish Line” is situated, please phone Linda in the office.

The weekly Snowball draw takes place every Wednesday in the Pub as well,

and members have to be present to claim the prize which stands at quite a

large sum of money now.

BINGO – FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013. A fun filled evening, but we do

need prizes, so please guys donate some prizes to the club. All members,

family members and friends most welcome to attend.

TRACK AND FIELDTRACK AND FIELDTRACK AND FIELDTRACK AND FIELD

SOCIAL

MULTI MULTI MULTI MULTI ---- SPORTSPORTSPORTSPORT

TOMMY MALONE GOLF DAY – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2013. More

information with regards the Golf Day will be sent out shortly.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY

15 years ago: 23 August 1998

Cape Town’s Peninsula Marathon, which has been held 46 times, has been run in August on only two

occasions. The first time was in 1998, after the race had not been held for four years (1994-97). Boksburg

runner Oelof Vorster, the son of another well-known runner by the same name, achieved a victory margin

of more than 5 minutes when he won in 2:22:39. Farwa Mentoor, not yet the formidable ultra runner she

would become, won the women’s race in 3:01:49. Vorster would later score wins in the Buffs Marathon

and Cango Marathon (twice); in his heyday in the sixties his father had three times won the DAC

Marathon, and was also first in the Border Championships and Savages Marathon.

"This piece originally appeared in Distance Running Results, published by Riël Hauman. For subscription

information, send an e-mail to [email protected]."

Dear Sunshine Diary, Hope all is well on your stretch of road. I write in you today to show how very sane I am. You will understand after collating this bit of non-imaginary stuff. Yesterday, Sunday 11th August, 4 years and 4 days after summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, and 1 month and 1 week after my 70th birthday, I ran my 3rd half marathon; for the uninitiated that’s 21,1 km, 21 100 metres, 2 100 000 centimetres, 21 000 000 milimetres. Now I know that a milimetre isn’t long, but anything in the millions is huge. Just imagine 21 000 000 worms lined up end to end. It was really chilly at the start dressed only in my skimpy shorts and vest, but warmed up after a couple of minutes. I did all those millions in under 3 hours, which was my target, so I am happy on that score, especially since there were quite a few hills with which to contend. Today my legs are approaching an approximation of normal. Well, normal for a grandfather with arthritis that is. I slept really well last night, so feel almost ready for another challenge. My daughter, Wendy, ran with me, making the run extra special. Well she didn’t run with me, she ran ahead of me, I think she would have had trouble running at the same pace as me. Few, very few, people can run as slowly as I do, it is quite an art. She finished in 2:11, not too shabby for a veteran hey. Have a Yummy sort of day ~ have some Blatantly Better Butter Fudge Choc Top, iAn Stephens

Boksburg Club

Thank you to all the members who helped with the CGA Cross Country event. This made the event so much

better for our children. Apart from all the problems with the CGA and their funny ideas, Boksburg Club did

us proud. Once again thank you.

The Bekker Family!

STORIES / ARTICLESSTORIES / ARTICLESSTORIES / ARTICLESSTORIES / ARTICLES

CGA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS – HOSTED BY BOKSBURG ATHLETIC CLUB - AUGUST 17, 2013

Hi Guys,

Thank you to all that helped at the CGA Cross Country Champs meeting today. It was a long day, and your hard

work was appreciated.

The meeting went off well and would not have been possible without your help.

Cheers

Frank Da Ascencao.

Dear all runners and walkers

Well done to all the finishers of the 2013 Breakthru Midrand 15km and Morningside Rotary 5km.

This year we had a new venue at Waterfall Estate and a new route which resulted in errors being made which

impacted runners and their supporters. I sincerely apologise for these errors that were made.

The errors and problems we had on the day were:

- 15km route was short (12.9km) due to an error being made by the lead bike and the marshalling team;

- The different start and finish venues created logistical problems and these were not well communicated during the

morning;

- There was poor signage to direct runners/walkers and their supporters between the start and the finish;

- The parking was not ideal for all vehicles.

Ultimately we tried to offer you all a safer and prettier run on a cold winter’s morning.

You are welcome to email me on [email protected] to raise your further concerns.

We will continue to strive to improve the event.

Kind regards

Duane Newman

Chairman

Breakthru Midrand

Clubs Banking Details:

Name of Account : Boksburg Athletic Club Bank : Nedbank

Branch : Sunward Place Branch Code : 00190442

Account No. : 1904 024 998 Type of Acc. : Cheque

Please email or fax EFT/Deposit Slip to 011 917-4605 or 086 618 4488.

Reference to be used : Surname, Initial and what the payment is for (e.g Vogel L -Subs)

It is advisable to phone the office before coming through, as I may be out, on Club business.

Tel: 011 917 3721 Fax: 011 917-4605; 086 618 4488 Email : [email protected]

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