13 Jul '16: ATC NEWS

Welcome to all the members and users who have joined over the past month!  If you are receiving this newsletter for the first time, you have recently joined ATC or signed up on Tri SPaza and have been added to this list automatically.  This is our monthly newsletter.  We also send a shorter, weekly newsletter, the Weekly Training & Events Update, which is only sent to users who specifically subscribe to it.  To subscribe to the weekly update, please Click Here.

 

ATC is officially 10 years old this month!  Sporting special branding to commemorate our 10 year anniversary, the classic ATC T-Shirt is back.  We have selected a quality T-Shirt for this special edition and adapted our classic Atlantic Triathlon Club branding slightly for the 10 year celebrations.  The T-Shirts will be on sale at the ATC Container, or on-line, from Wednesday 13 July onwards.  These are expected to sell out quickly so come and buy one at the container or reserve yours on-line through Tri SPaza.   The T-Shirt will sell for R250 during July.  From 1 August onwards the price will increase to R300.  We have credit card facilities at the container for over the counter or on-line purchases.

 

In line with SASCOC requirements for provincial sports governing bodies to align with Districts created within each province, the new Cape Town Unicity Triathlon Association has been established!  CTUTA will be one of 6 Districts, which used to form part of the old Western Province.  CTUTA will liaise directly with TSA and will select a team to represent us at the national championships.  Governing bodies for the other 5 districts, including Cape Winelands, West Coast, Overberg, Central Karoo and Eden will also be formed in due course.  These districts will report to the Western Cape Sport Council through the Western Cape Triathlon Association, which will be formed once more of the districts have been established.

 

 

 

Chairman:  Justin Manson-Kullin

Vice Chairman:  Gert Wilkins

Secretary:  Lynne Manson-Kullin

Treasurer:  Alice Oosthuizen

Technical:  Mike Hodgson

Events:  Rolf Muller

Marketing:  Debbie Hibbert

Membership:  Jayne Broderick

Development:  TBA

 

All current members of the Western Province Triathlon Association are welcome to request a copy of the new CTUTA constitution in the meantime, should they wish to review this before it is adopted.

 

We will not have a monthly club TT in July.  Barry Goliath will be using the Ford-for-a-Month in July.  Our next Club Time Trial will take place on the 23^rd and 24^th of August. 

 

The annual Embark 70.3 Coached Group Training starts in August, for six months of focussed training to complete or compete at the Ironman 70.3 Buffalo City (East London).  Come and find out all about the training, equipment needed, race requirements, nutrition and much more.  Orientation evenings will be held on the following dates:

Southern Suburbs: Wednesday 20 July at Bootleggers, Main Road, Kenilworth at 19:00.

Jozi North: Wednesday 27 July at the Bryanston High School at 19:00.

Northern Suburbs:  Tuesday 2 August at the PP Smit Stadium (aka Bellville Cricket club) at 18:30.

Cape Town and Blouberg:  Wednesday 3 August at the Green Point Cricket Club (GPCC) at 18:00.

 

Great news!  The Gun Run date has been set for the 16^th of October and lo longer clashes with the Freshpak Clanwilliam Festival.  So now we can all run this very popular half, right on our doorstep.  Entries opened on Monday.  If you’ve been thinking about running, or even if you haven’t, come down to the Embark Orientation evening for the Gun Run Group Training program on Tuesday 26 July, at 18:00, to hear what this 12 week program is all about and how you can conquer this Half Marathon, or run a PB!

 

The Embark Cape Town Marathon program is a continuation from the Knysna Half and Marathon programs and starts next Tuesday, 19 July.  Join Garth for this popular full marathon in the heart of Cape Town, which is fast becoming a major international marathon.  Come down to the GPCC at 18:00 for a quick overview of the program and then a short run to kick-start the training.

 

For more information on the above, please visit: www.embark.co.za

 

Emma Alsop has been on the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association (CLDSA) committee for the past year, lobbying for various changes in sea swimming, including, Development and inclusion of categories for Disabled Swimmers and Wetsuit Swimmers.   If you would like to see some of these changes happen, please register as a CLDSA member before the end of July.  The CLDSA AGM will take place in August.  Please visit http://www.capeswim.com/ to register.  Membership of the CLDSA is R200 per year.

 

If you live in the Southern Suburbs and had a recent break-in, you can contact the Claremont Police Station to see if they found any of your goods.  Police made a recent arrest and found stolen bicycles and other goods worth more than R1 Million.

 

ATC’ers at Ironman 70.3 Durban delivered some brilliant performances, including top age grouper performances under the males and ladies!  Congratulations to everyone who finished!

Jean De Villiers (3:41) was the 3^rd Age Grouper and second in the 30-34 AG whilst Iain Mc Gregor (3:51) was the 10^th Age Grouper and 2^nd in the 40-44 AG.  Douglas Burger (4:07) was third in the 45-49 age group.

Hanmarie Stadler (4:10) was the second age grouper under the ladies and won the 25-29 Age Group.  Genelle Van der Riet (4:22) was third in the 45-49 Age Group whilst Carmen Burger (4:23) won the 40-44 Age Group.  Michelle Krebs (4:35) was second in the 18-24 Age Group.

More detailed results of our members have been published in our ATC Results Blog

 

It seems like June wasn’t a good month for Ironman swims.  At Ironman 70.3 Durban the swim was cancelled for Age Groupers due to a rough sea with big swell and dangerous rip currents.  At Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg the swim was cancelled due to a flooding river.  At Ironman 70.3 Pescara, in Italy, the swim was called off after the first couple of swim waves had already started, the race was neutralised and re-started as a Duathlon.  ATC had participants at all these events and did an on-line survey to gauge how this affected their races and performance.  Feedback from this survey can be viewed on our ATC Results Blog

 

Congratulations to all the members who completed the Knysna Big 5 Challenge or Big 5 LITE!  It was once again a great week of racing and a great festival.  Thank you very much to all the ATC members who took part and raced hard to ensure that we retain our champ status and return the Big 5 Club Challenge Trophy to Cape Town.

After a problem with the Mountain Bike (Stage I) times of some riders, organisers decided to award joint-3^rd position to Dean Hopf and Davide Del Fante, who were the leading age groupers of the event, behind Pros Stuart Marais and Theo Blignaut.  Stuart delivered convincing performances throughout the event, winning this title for the 5^th time, whilst Theo successfully re-claimed his silver from last year.

 

In the Big 5 LITE, Piet Viljoen took 3^rd to share the podium with “youngsters” and Angelique Edwards, as a newcomer to Multisport, finished 3^rd under the ladies. Lucy Gauntlett won the Suunto Spirit of the Big 5 Award after she overcame a brake failure on Simola Hill and completed the DUALX on a XL Mountain Bike, which some may describe as a “garden gate”.

 

We are still waiting for the final results and will publish all our members’ results when this becomes available.

 

Thalia Charalambous Slatem is the female Knysna Forest Marathon champion after winning the tough 42.2 Km run through the Knysna forest in a time of 3:14.  A huge win for Thalia and a super proud moment for ATC!

Sean Hulley came 11^th overall after a brilliant sub-3 marathon (2:57).

 

Bjorn Pienaar, racing for Team Cycle Teknix, came second in the WP Cycling Winter League Time Trial, held In Riebeeck Kasteel on the 19^th of June.

 

Juan Carstens came second at the 12 Km Trail Run, held at D’Aria on the 18^th of June.

 

Leigh Charlton was the 1^st lady at the Dirtopia Mid-Year 7 Km Trail Run, held at Muratie on the 26^th of June.  Brendon Leask came third in the 14 Km race.

 

Douglas Burger won the 40-49 age category at the Nissan Trailseeker Series #2, held in Grabouw on 25 June.

 

Our training schedule is back to normal this week.

 

SWIM:  The canal swim will be on Saturday afternoons at 16:00.

 

BIKE:  On Thursday mornings, at 06:00, we will do a road bike ride from Point Virgin Active.    

On Sunday we will ride as a group to the Killarney race track, do ten laps around the track at tempo and return as a group.  The ride will start from the Point Virgin Active at 08:00.  Note that there is a charge of R20 to ride on the track.

 

RUN:  Track will be on Tuesday mornings at 06:00 and Wednesday evenings at 18:00.  The ATC shop and office will be open in the ATC Container during track times.

On Thursdays there will be a Trail Run from the Green Point Cricket Club at 17:30.

On Saturday morning we will do a Trail Run from Kloofnek at 07:30. We will go up Kloof Corner and along the upper contour path towards Devil’s Peak and return via the lower contour path.  The run will be approximately 2 hours.

The Elsies River 10K, originally scheduled for Saturday 16 July, has been postponed to the 29^th of October 2016.

 

We are definitely in the middle of trail season.  On Saturday there is the Bastille Day Trail Runs with routes ranging from 15 to 50 Kms.  The 5^th event in the Run the Vines Series takes place on the Spice Route Wine Farm, also on Saturday.  On Sunday is the Spur GLB46 Ultra Trail Run on the Paul Cluver estate, in Grabouw

 

On Sunday, the WPCA Winter League race is a Criterium, to be held at the Burgundy Estate.

 

Good luck to all the Embark runners traveling to Mauritius this week for the Lux Marathon and Half, taking place on Sunday. 

 

The Spur Cape Winter Trail Series starts on Sunday 24 July on the Paul Cluver Estate, near Grabouw.  Each event in the four part series offers a Log Course (approx. 15 Km) and a Short Course (approx. 8 Km).  The second event will take place in the Tygerberg Nature Reserve on 31 July, followed by a run around the Taal Monument Area in Paarl on 7 August.  The series concludes on the 13^th of August with the Kleinmond festival.  We would like to thank Wildrunner for the free entries provided to two of our development runners.  A total of four ATC Development runners will compete in two of the events this year.  Unfortunately we cannot contest the series as two of the events clash with Cross Country events.  For more Information on the Series, please visit: http://www.trailseries.co.za/

 

A new 5 Km Road Running race will be happening on 11 September at the Green Point Athletics Stadium.  All entrants will receive a race T-Shirt to match one of these start waves:  Young, Fast & Free (u/18), Pretty Fast (Female), Anything Goes (Open), Pace Maker (50+) or Sole Mates (Pairs).  All finishers will receive a medal and Cell C customers will receive 500 MB of data on race day.  Find out more on www.dayofraces.com

 

 

Enjoy the Month!

ATC