BOKSBURG ATHLETIC CLUB “SNIPPETS NO. 21 –WEEK 27 (Thursday, July 04, 2013 – Wednesday, July 10, 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 the club. NEWS, ROAD, TRACK AND FIELD, MULTI-SPORT, CROSS COUNTRY, SOCIAL, STORIES/ARTICLES ETC), and GENERAL. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS BORN IN JULY: Theo Kruger (03); iAn Stephens (04); Andrew De Beer (05); Julian Rabim (07); Juanita Da Ascencao (08); Brian Neale (08); Marius Small (11); Kristian Fesel (12); Stanley Kruger (12); Carolyn Wridgway (12); Nicodemus Ngwenya (15); Fabio Dalla Venezia (16); Andre van Aswegen (17); Jean Bevan (19); Claire Pattle (19); Herma van Rooyen (19); Trevor Prinsloo (20); Lynne Dell (22); Jan Dries (22); Justin Dunn (24); Oudamane Metswamere (24); Bashier Nhlapo (24); Naas van Rooyen (24); Tracy Booyens (25); Byron Jones (25); Jan Scholtz (27); Benzi Tenza (27); Danelle Jansen Van Vuuren (28); Adele Skein (28); Donavan Skinner (28); Christo Griessel (29); Melony Liebenberg (30), Johan Troskie (31); Elzette Watson (31). AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE 2013 CGA Handbook (White cover) at R5.00 per handbook (with all the cross country and road information) and 2012/2013 Track and Field Fixtures and Rules Booklet (White Cover) at R10.00. NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS UPCOMING SOCIAL UPCOMING SOCIAL UPCOMING SOCIAL UPCOMING SOCIAL
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BOKSBURG ATHLETIC CLUB
“SNIPPETS NO. 21 –WEEK 27 (Thursday, July 04, 2013 – Wednesday, July 10, 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 the club.
NEWS, ROAD, TRACK AND FIELD, MULTI-SPORT, CROSS COUNTRY,
SOCIAL, STORIES/ARTICLES ETC), and GENERAL.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS BORN IN JULY:
Theo Kruger (03); iAn Stephens (04); Andrew De Beer (05); Julian Rabim (07);
Juanita Da Ascencao (08); Brian Neale (08); Marius Small (11); Kristian Fesel
(12); Stanley Kruger (12); Carolyn Wridgway (12); Nicodemus Ngwenya (15);
Fabio Dalla Venezia (16); Andre van Aswegen (17); Jean Bevan (19); Claire Pattle
(19); Herma van Rooyen (19); Trevor Prinsloo (20); Lynne Dell (22); Jan Dries
Thanks to Mike Moriarty and the MAD Bunch for manning time trials the first
Wednesday of every month.
No report.
CONGRATULATIONS TO :
Tiaan Steenkamp, who will be representing South Africa, at the IAAF World Youth
Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine on 10-14 July. (Tiaan will be taking part in the high jump event. The qualifying standard was 2.10m and
Tiaan achieved this height in Potchefstroom on May 25, 2013). Good Luck Tiaan may you
have wings on your feet. (Tiaan will have his coach Sonette Sanders and his parents Karen
and Etienne there for moral support).
Megan Wilke and Tiaan Steenkamp on being chosen to attend the Gauteng Athletics
Academy program. (The aim of this program is to assist athletes with necessary support including
scientific testing. CGA will be looking at the long term development which will include world champs
(2015, 2017 and beyond) and the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.)
Tiaan Steenkamp and Dylan Lindsay on their outstanding performances at the SA
Open Champs held in Potchefstroom on 25 May 2013. In the Men’s Javelin Final Dylan finished 3
rd with a throw of 74.90
In the Men’s High Jump Final, Tiaan was the winner with a jump of 2.10 metres, 2nd
was
Jacques Freitag with a height of 2.00metres
Well done Megan, Dylan and Tiaan.
TRACK AND FIELDTRACK AND FIELDTRACK AND FIELDTRACK AND FIELD
MULTI MULTI MULTI MULTI ---- SPORTSPORTSPORTSPORT
CROSS COUNTRY
CGA CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE FIXTURES FOR 2013
League No. 5 Daveyton Hearts Daveyton 06 July
League No. 6 Protea Guineas Westonaria Sports Complex 13 July
League No. 7 Take It Easy AC Thokoza Park 27 July
League No. 8 Alberton AC Alberton Dam 03 August
CGA Champs Boksburg Stadium 17 August
CGA Open Club Challenge T.B.A. 31 August
SA CHAMPS POTCHEFSTROOM 14 September
Cross Country results have been emailed separately in an excel format.
NB Selection Criteria : An athlete must run any 4 out of 8 league events plus CGA
Championships to be considered for selection to represent CGA at SA Championships.
Doctor’s notes and different reasons for not meeting the criteria will NOT be considered
due to numerous problems experienced. Athletes who may have been representing the
Country during the season will be considered, but they have a responsibility to inform the
Cross Country Commission about their international involvement. Selector’s discretion will
apply in dealing with merits of each athlete’s case.
Boksburg Athletic Club – hosting CGA Cross Country Champs –
Saturday, August 17, 2013
We will be hosting the CGA Cross Country Champs and we need help with regards
setting up the course, marking the course, marshalling and people manning the water
point at the finish, etc etc. Please let me know if you are in a position to assist us.
The first event of the day starts at 09:00 and the last event of the day starts at
16:00.
Please see previous email sent with regards Cross Country results, map to Daveyton and
League Program.
“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.
COMRADES DINNER DANCE – SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2013. ERPM GOLF
CLUB. R120.00 PER PERSON. (Please see email sent out on 19 June,
2013 for more information).
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.
TOMMY MALONE GOLF DAY – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2013. More
information with regards the Golf Day will be sent out shortly.
SOCIAL
BALI MARATHON (16 JUNIE, 2013)
Nadat ek my eerste toets in Aardrykskunde in graad 8 gedruip het, het ek besluit dit is nie vir my nie. Toe ek sien daar is a Marathon in Bali het eek geen idée gehad waar dit is nie. Vir diegende wat so baie van ons wereld weet soos ek, Bali is in Indonesia. Die eiland het ‘n tropiese klimaat met meer as 3 miljoen inwoners, 80% van die inwoners maak ‘n bestaan out toerisme, die res werk hoofsaaklik in die rysvelde. 80% van die inwoners is Boeddhiste die res Moslems, Hindus en ‘n klein presentasie Christen. Bali Marathon in 2012 was die eerste internasionale marathon in Indonesia na 20 jaar. Die 2013 Marathon het begin in geeindig by Bali Safari en Marine Park. Deur die wedloop is die atlete vermaak met tradisionele danse, sang en ondersteuning van die inwoners. Die wedloop is met vuurwerke geopen en atlete van oor die wereld het deelgeneem aan die 42km, 21km of 10km wedloop. Prys geld in totaal was 1,5 miljoen rand. Atlete is van oor Bali met busse aangery en nie soos by party wedlope in Suid Africa, was vervoer terug na die hotel betyds. Aangesien die marathon net 1 keer per jaar plaasvind kan ons goeie atlete begin voorberei vir daardie prysfeld en die wat net hardloop vir die lekker, dit is ‘n marathon om te geniet. Joey Louwrens (Dankie Joey vir die artikel).
SOCIAL RUNNING (by Joe Henderson, 1974) Nine o’clock, Saturday morning. It could be any Saturday of the year, though this happens to b a morning in early fall. The meeting place is the same as always. It’s understood that a group will start its run here any Saturday at nine. The course and distance are never quite the same any two times. But there’s always a run – a long, gently-paced run through the campus and the hills to the west. The makeup of the group is never the same two times in a row. Runners come and go. But the group is always there – a group of three or four at least, eight to 10 at most. We’re waiting for George. He’ll get here. He’s one of the regulars, and he’ll come riding up on this bike at five past nine. He always gets here five minutes late. George lives closest of the group’s runners. His bike ride is just a mile or so, but it always takes him longest to get here. Joan hasn’t run with us before. She called yesterday and asked, “Can I join you? No one up here wants to go as far as I do, and it’s too far for me to go alone.” She came the farthest – 40 miles – and got here first. It is agreed only that we’ll meet at the same time and place each Saturday, that we’ll run two hours and that we’ll go only as fast as the slowest runner – except in cases of the slowest having to stop. Then it’s understood that someone will drive back over the route later to pick him up. That’s the extent of the planning. The membership of each week’s group sets the pace, and the route finds itself. Each session takes on a character of its own. Some runners come to it once and for one reason or another never return. Some come regularly. No one comes every time. No one runner is essential to the life of the group, because the group never stops. Winter and summer, the run goes on.
Common ability and ambitions bind the group. The people who never come back are the ones who can’t handle the group’s distance and pace. Sometimes it’s too slow for them. Sometimes it’s too fast. A man came along for a mile or two one Saturday He was tripping over his feet trying to slow down. “Can’t you pick it up a little?” he pleaded. He heard a chorus of “no’s”. We haven’t seen Phil since. Today Scott is with us. He doesn’t know it yet, and we don’t know it, but he’s in over his head. It’s warm today. Yet he’s trying to go twice as far as ever before. He won’t even get as far as he has gone before when the walking starts. No one will wait for him, and he won’t expect it. That’s understood. He won’t be back until he’s ready. Five of today’s group are getting ready for a marathon at the end of the month. The other two are training for school cross-country season that is about to start. All think that these long Saturday runs are a vital part of their preparation and that it’s easier to do these with company. The reasons for coming in the first place are practical, even selfish. The reasoning goes like this: 1. Long runs are an important step to my racing goals. 2. They are hard to do alone. 3. Running with a group seems to shorten the miles and shrink the hours. Practical considerations bring people here. Unique social conditions help keep them coming back week after week. If it weren’t for these Saturday morning runs, these people won’t mix. They might have a nodding acquaintance at races, but during a race they would run alone regardless of how big the crowd is. Racing demands self-centeredness. During the week, of necessity, these people run alone and play out the roles that fit their age, profession and sex. But on Saturday mornings, they can all come together, equal and important because they’re taking the same run. John is 14. Vic is 47 and has children older than John. The age spread doesn’t draw any lines, nor does the fact that Joan is the only woman among six men, John and George are in junior high and high school during the week. Vic and Ray work in aerospace science. Joan is a doctor. Scott sells insurance. I’m an editor. But the question, “What do you do?” never comes up on Saturdays. On Saturdays, we are runners. Ray has been running only six months. I’ve run longer than everyone else here combined. Only three of us seven have gone as far before as we’ll go today. I’ve gone this far a hundred times or more. But experience doesn’t make the miles any shorter. Only the group can do that. That’s why I started coming hear. The Saturday runs are longer that they are hard. We could make them hard, of course, if we wanted to run them fast. But we never do. It’s enough just to get through them, and to keep getting through them week after week. Getting through runs like this is more a matter of patience than pain. Bill, a quarter-miler, had never gone more than eight miles before. One Saturday morning he was training on the track and was feeling bored with it. He saw the group forming. “What’s up?” he asked. “We’re taking a long run.” “How long?” “Two hours.” “What’s that in miles?” “Fifteen or so.” “I can’t go that far. But do you mind if I tag along for awhile?” As we ran, Bill asked, “Do you always run this slow?” It was easy for him, and he went all the way. But his mind wasn’t tuned to the distance. He said, “It seemed like we ran all day.”
We like to imagine the runs are tough. The hard part is thinking about it for the two hours on the road and in the week between. The group helps people persist during the run and to come back for more, where along they might have found reasons to stop. I’m not saying I wouldn’t do long weekend runs if it weren’t for the group. But I probably wouldn’t do as many of them, or go as far. And I’d probably race more often – if only to get out of going long and to have a chance to talk with other runners. But because of the group, the Saturday mornings have come to mean more to me than racing – perhaps because I’ve run too many races already, and have run too seldom with other people. More by necessity than choice, I’ve mostly run alone through the last 16 or 17 years. In high school in a little town in Iowa, no one else ran. There was no track. So I started by running alone on the roads. By college, it was a habit to run this way. No one else wanted to run the distance on the roads, so I was still alone in the early 1960’s. By the late ‘60s, road running was the thing to do. Everyone who ran did some of it on the roads. But those who did it were so serious they went too hard and fast for me. Their road runs were like races, so I stayed by myself. Only in the last couple of years have I fallen in with other runners I can stay with and talk to. I haven’t taken five long runs by myself since 1970. Though I still prefer being alone on weekdays, Saturdays are reserved for talking. When I couldn’t go long or race for over a year because of my injury, I realized I missed the long runs very much and had little craving for races. Since I’ve been back, I’ve had to choose: long runs or races. They’re both on weekends. I haven’t run many races and haven’t missed many group runs. After being preached at, argued with, put down and ignored all week – and doing the same from my side – it’s nice on Saturday mornings to have a quiet two-way talk. Arthur Lydiard’s greatest gift, when he made the long weekend run a standard part of the running diet, was to promote the declining art of conversation. For me, at least, the runs do more good for my social life than my athletic one. The runners are stripped of their roles and are equal for this couple of hours. There’s no need to try and make impressions. The pace has to be slow enough to allow normal breathing. That allows talking. If you can’t talk, you’re running too fast, Lydiard says. Something about running itself makes runners want to talk. It loosens their tongues more effectively than a third martini. Dr George Sheehan is positively eloquent when he talks of long run talk: “Running frees me from the monosyllabic inanities of my usual tongue-tied state, liberates me from the polysyllabic jargon of my profession, removes me from the kind of talk which aims at concealing rather than revealing what is in my heart and what I mean to do and be. For me, no time passes faster than when running with a companion. An hour of conversation on the run is one of the quickest and most satisfying hours ever spent”. Rich, who joins us regularly, is more to the point. He says, “These Saturday mornings are the highlight of my social week. I used to go to parties every weekend before I started running. No more. I don’t need them now.” If running with others frees the tongue better than a cocktail party, it also turns loose festering feelings better than a visit to the doctor. For me, these runs have been group therapy in every sense of the word. They’ve made me whole again. If it weren’t for these sessions, I might have gone on alternately babying my wound, feeling sorry for myself for not being able to run like the other guys, or – worst of all – wearing my scar as a badge of courage and an excuse never to make courageous efforts again. …………… (More in next week’s Snippets).
Good Morning,
St Andrews School for Girls are hosting a trail run on the 13 July, starting at 7.30. We would like to invite
your members to come and join us. There is an option to either walk or run. Walkers can start anytime
between 8.00 and 10.00. The route follows Linksfield ridge and is really beautiful.
Subject: Cancellation of St Michael's Spar 13 July 2013
- It is with regret to announce that the St Michaels Spar 10 km Race scheduled for Saturday, 13
July 2013 in Orkney, NW has been cancelled.
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07 Jul
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Waterfall Superspar Forest
AC 10 Forest Athletic Club 10km (rw),
14 Jul
2013 Savages 21.1 km Challenge
Cyril Georghegan
Stadium 21.1km (r), 10km (rw),
14 Jul
2013 Itshelejuba Challenge
Itshelejuba Provincial
Hospital 21.1km (r), 5km (r),
20 Jul
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Vryheid Meat Masters Game
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2013 Race Walk Richards Bay 10km, 5km,
21 Jul
2013 Total Sports Ladies Race
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27 Jul
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Braai-Ketts Longest Day
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Pietermaritzburg
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1 + 2km up to 12km
Cross Country Verified
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Ulwazi Half Marathon
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