Pinetown & Districts Athletic Club
NEWSLETTER
February 2005
Fleet & Free
The Encouragement of Athletics
in General
Chairman's Commentary
Club members and friends,
Hi! To you all,
Two months down
the “road” of the year already! Our first newsletter! How is your 2005 training
going? For those of you with eyes on the big race in June, I trust that you are
into the serious stuff now. Those gaunt looks from mileage should just be
appearing!
Hulletts PDAC 25, done and dusted, but what a fantastic success. Once again the members of PDAC have displayed to the rest of the clubs how to put on a highly successful race. What is our secret, team work! Can anybody argue over the efforts of each and every one of our members who assisted and helped on the day and dovetailed together? Our main sponsor, Hulletts represented by Guy Armstrong was ecstatic with the day and to the exposure of the Hulletts brand, and consequently, providing there are no economic disasters, Hulletts will be behind us for some time. To Gordon and Lyn, the driving force of this race, we the membership cannot thank you enough. Notwithstanding this, I would like to thank each of you who took some role, whether big or small, in the organisation and function of the race. It cannot happen without you, so pat yourselves on the back, for a job very well done. We are of course tremendously grateful to those organisations that provided us with some form of assistance:-
To Hulletts, to Amalgamated Beverages, to Maxprop, to
Pendula Teas, to Spar Buildings Section, to CDC, to Pillar Properties, to
Tshelf, to the Harley Boys, to the City Police, to Ethekwini Parks and
Recreation Department. If I have omitted any organisation here, please accept
our grateful thanks for your support.
Do not forget that our annual awards evening is rescheduled for Friday the 2005/04/08 and will happen at the Pine Dene Inn Hotel. We obviously want to see as many of you there as possible. This is the occasion on which we recognise those of you who have achieved in your disciplines through the previous year. More info will be forthcoming.
That’s all for now,
Vince.
From the Secretary's Desk
I would like
to say a big thank you to those people who have made me feel welcome and
offered their advice and assistance. I really appreciate it!
My first duty
was capturing the results of the Huletts 25 km race results. What a
mind-numbing task!!! I'm very relieved we don't arrange those on a monthly
basis!!! As I know NOTHING about athletics, the terminology and
club names have all been a huge learning curve for me. When I first saw
VET, I thought that was the occupation but after realising that there can't
possibly be so many Veterinary Surgeons running in the race, I clicked that it
stood for veteran - duh!. Then the abbreviation of the clubs was the next
challenge - some people just put initials, others put half the name so I had to
make a list of clubs as I came across them and then figure out which was
which. Plus, some of the scrawly writing was a nightmare!!! I think
I am now qualified to work in a pharmacy and decipher doctor's writing!!
Anyway, as the next one we arrange is 14 August, I have some time to get up to
speed.
Please do not
hesitate to email me for any information such as the 2005 fixtures, time trials
duty and results, etc. My address is dianne@diannesweb.com and if you are
bored, browse my website which is www.diannesweb.com
See you on
Thursday!
Dianne
Welcome to Our New Members
We heartily welcome the new members to our
club. We hope and trust that you will enjoy your athletics with PDAC and that
you will be part of our club for many moons. We recommend that you get involved
in the activities of the club, get to know your captains and become part of the
“vibe”. To our existing members please encourage and support the new members.
We thus welcome the following new folk to the club:-
Michel Rougier-Lagane, Renee Burger, Rob
Casten, Angela Blackbeard, Sharon Hilson, Nduna Ngongoma, Jan Landman, Rhys
Kitchen, Menzi Kathide, Desmond Mienie, Siyanda Ngidi,
Captain's Report
AROUND THE MEN'S BEND
Captain's Report
Ladies Corner
Well, here we are again. A brand new year with brand new challenges! I hope you all had a restful festive season
and by now (mid-Feb) you should have shed all your festive “padding”, dusted
off the cobwebs and the training should be in full swing.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome
Samantha Hibbert as ladies vice-captain.
If you can’t get hold of me please feel free to contact Sam with any
queries you might have.
WHAT’S UP?
I would like to extend a warm welcome to all our
new lady members. If you thought you
just joined PDAC to get your licence number and to be never seen again....
think again. There are lots of ways you
can get involved:
·
Cross Country: See the XC article in the newsletter or
contact June on 0824213037.
·
The Highway Ladies – New
Balance/Powerade Time Trial League: There
are 7 leagues throughout the year. You
do not have to be a competitive “racing snake” to do these. They are fun 4 km events and an ideal
opportunity to assess your fitness level (or lack thereof). The more people we have attending the greater
the chances of winning. Just think about
it: you support your club and you even
stand a chance of winning a BRAND NEW pair of running shoes and other lucky
dips (and don’t forget the snacks afterwards) .... Contact Lise (runners) on 031 – 7014038 or
Lyn (walkers) on 031 – 7083784 for more info.
Also see the fixture list attached.
REMINDER: The
first league will be hosted by Queensburgh
Harriers on Wednesday, 23.02.2004. SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!
·
The
Traditionally this is
seen as the men’s league but ladies from
·
PDAC Ladies Weekend:
This is planned for
sometime in the middle of the year. Join
us for a weekend of good old-fashioned training and fun. More details to follow.
·
Training:
Although we have no
formal training groups per se, there are informal groups of varying
ability/distance running all the time.
If you would like to join one of these groups, please give me a
call. We also have a couple of ladies
doing speed work on the field at the club on a Tuesday evening (
RESULTS
Please, please, please forward your race results
to Sam on samh@absamail.co.za or give
her a call on 031 – 7021383. All we need
is the date, the name of the race and your time. We really battle to get results from clubs
and part of our “job” is to track your results.
You just make our job much easier.
(PS: A special thank you to Lyn
Scott for collecting all the results at all the races she attends. What would we do without you?)
FEEDBACK
·
15.02.2005 - The
Four of our girls
represented PDAC on Tuesday night at Savages and finished second (awaiting
confirmation) on the night behind Savages.
Amanda, who was wanting to better her PB of 20:43 for the course
(4.5km), comfortably broke 20 min followed by Sheree, Teresa and June (race
report thanks to June Watson Associated Press ...).
QUOTABLE
QUOTES:
·
“A
vision is where you are going – a plan is how to get there.”
·
“Never
look back unless you are planning to go that way.”
Captains-in-training
Lise & Sam
Captain's Report
Walkers
Our first newsletter of the year!
Firstly I must thank all who helped on our Huletts/PDAC 25km – it was a great success and we have had numerous compliments from other clubs – especially about the ICE COLD water at the end - thank you.
A few walkers have been busy pounding the tarmac already – and they have had lovely weather to do this – Sunday mornings have been lovely, just enough cloud cover to keep the sun away long enough for us to finish the race.
Don’t forget our ladies interclub time trials – the first league will probably have been run by the time you read this - remember the second leg of the league is at Chiltern – Thurs 7th April
WALKERS RESULTS
Steelware
Challenge 16th Jan ’05 PDAC
25km
Pos Name Time Pos Name Time
592 Lyn
Scott
593 Terri
Scott
Finishers:
614 runners/walkers Helpers Terri Scott
Isandlwana
21km
Pos Name Time Pos Name Time
Michelle
Ramsay
464 Lyn Scott
Finishers: 505 runners/walkers
Sparkport
16km
Pos Name Time Pos Name Time
430 Colleen
McCann
574 Nicky
Bosman
607 Terri
Scott
608 Lyn
Scott
Finishers: 670 runners/walkers
Remember those shoes were made for walking……………………
Lyn
Lyn
Captain’s
Report
Cross Country Ladies
Hello ladies,
Cross
Country is once again upon us & I do hope that we will all be
participating, as it all depends on teamwork.
There
will be a parlauf to begin with and then 7 league races. Things have changed this year, and there is
a whole new cross country infrastructure.
At this stage I don't know if there will be much change to the usual
format of races but I shouldn't think so. There is usually an option of 2
ladies races one is 4km and the other is 6 km.
Veteran ladies usually run 4kms.
However, this info is really just to inform you of the dates for you to
diarise, and I will keep you posted with further information as it becomes
available.
Parlauf
explained.
The
first cross country is a parlauf which to any newcomers is a two man relay over
a 1km XC course where each partner runs 3 times. This will take place at Westville running
club on Friday evening 11th March. It is
quite hard but also very good fun!
This
was last years timetable for parlauf, which once again i assume we will follow,
but if you do intend running just phone me to confirm times.
18.00 2 x 1Km Mob race
18.15 3 x 1Km Junior Boys
18.45 3 x 1Km Junior Girls & Mixed Juniors
19.15 3 x 1Km Ladies
19.45 4 x 1Km Seniors & Mixed teams
If you
do not have a partner for this event please let me know and I will pair you off
with someone.
Please
spread the word about cross country to any of the new girls.
Thanks,
in anticipation of a good response.
June
Contact details.
Home 261 7170
Work 260 1259
Cell 082 421 3037
watsonj@ukzn.ac.za
Track &
Field
Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster, higher,
stronger)
Sometimes I feel
that maybe I take my role as coach too seriously. I've been told as
much. Then I look back at some time spent with Frank Horwill, renowned
British middle distance coach who was conducting coaching clinics in
Their philosophy of leaving no stone unturned in their quest to assist athletes to reach their goal is the same. Coaching excellence requires constant research and its application. Successful coaching is both an art and a science. I love athletics - it is one of my passions. What good in having passion for something and not showing it?
At this time,
when most of you are building up to
Whether you do
sprints, repeats on the track or tempo runs (20 to 30 minutes of running at
faster-than-usual pace), you will soon develop a quicker stride. Last
newsletter I mentioned Lasse Viren, the great Finnish runner's mental
strength. Don't accept limits. Emil Zatopek of
When I first set out to run long distance, I was convinced that to race fast, you had to train fast. Before becoming aware of so-called structured training programmes, I had three favourite workouts
#1. I
fished out an old pair of leather cross country spikes and would go to the
local soccer field which was about 2kms from home, then warm up, then sprinting
up and down the touchlines and jog the goal line, then recovery.
#2. With ordinary tennis takkies, out on the road, do intermittent surges of
random distances, which I was to learn was called fartlek. An example: on
hearing or seeing a car approaching, I would run hard until it overtook me.
#3. Distance runs, depending on how I felt, building up to 30 to 40 kms every second week!
On this, I ran
my first Comrades at the age of 40 years in
When things go wrong - and they are bound to - keep your eye on the ball so to speak. Remember the ultimate goal you have set for yourself and keep focussed on that. Visualization of achieving that goal, be it to finish your first 42km marathon or crossing the finish line in your first Comrades or qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. VISUALISE
On the track
scene, with the KZN and SA champs looming up ahead, there have been good and
bad results. Jean Foster, after her holiday was looking forward to
participating in the Sasolburg Masters Championships, was stricken with
bronchitis and was unable to compete. Jean made the trip regardless in
support of the KZN team. Young Kim, our sprinter, after experiencing some
disruptions over the holidays, bounced back strongly to finish second in the
100 metre sprint despite having to run into a gusting head wind registering
Until next time, yours in athletics,
Harold
Time Trial/ Club Night
Every Thursday evening we hold a Time Trial,
through rain or shine, to avail some speed work. This is for everybody, no
matter whether you are slow or fast. Make time trial part of your training. In
two options 4 or 8 kms, starting at
Event Results
Forthcoming Fixtures
Track & Field
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5/6-Mar |
KZN Provincial Youth and Junior
Championships. |
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9-Mar |
Junior / Senior
league F |
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11/12 Mar |
SSASA Provincial
Secondary-schools Championship. |
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19/20-Mar |
KZN Provincial
Seniors and Masters Championships. |
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25-Mar |
Junior / Senior league G |
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15/16-Apr |
ABSA SA Senior National Track & Field
Championships |
Durban/Pretoria |
Road
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MARCH |
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06-Mar |
Checkout 27km Challenge |
27 km run, 15km r/w |
Verulam Checkout Falcons |
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Verulam Recreation Grounds |
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06-Mar |
Arthur Cresswell Bergville to Ladysmith |
52Km run |
LAC |
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Bergville Farmers Hall |
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Bergville |
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12-Mar |
Dave Hawthorne Memorial |
42.2 km run 21.1 km run / walk |
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Ferrum Swimming Pool, |
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3-Mar |
Umgeni Water |
42.2km run 32km run 15 km r/w |
Collegians Harriers |
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Midmar Dam |
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20-Mar |
Postnet Maritzburg Marathon & 21.1km |
42.2km run 21.1km run/ walk |
Natal Carbineers |
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Drill Hall Pietermaritzburg |
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21-Mar |
Stella Royal |
25km, 10km r/w |
Stella AC |
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Stella Club, |
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26-Mar |
Two Oceans |
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26-Mar |
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10km run / walk |
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5:00
PM |
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26-Mar |
MW Beyers Easter Challenge |
21.1km run/walk 50 km run |
Vryheid AC |
6:00
AM |
Paulpietersburg Country Club |
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28-Mar |
Engen Half |
21.1km run/walk |
Engen AC |
5.00 am |
Engen Recreation Club |
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APRIL |
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02-Apr |
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42.2km run 21.1km run/walk |
Balele Athletic Club |
6:00
AM |
Balele Resort |
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03-Apr |
Mineshaft 21km & 10km |
21km run/walk 10km run/walk |
Queensburg
Harriers |
6:00
AM |
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10-Apr |
Zululand District |
56km run & 10km run |
Nongoma AC |
6.00 am |
Kwagqikazi Main Gate |
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10-Apr |
Dick King Half Marathon |
21.1km run, 15 km walk |
Amanzimtoti AC |
6:00
AM |
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16-Apr |
Midlands Meander |
42.2km run 21.1km x 2 relay |
Hilton Harriers |
6:00
AM |
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17-Apr |
Wings Challenge |
21.1km run 15 km run/ walk |
Wings AC |
6:00
AM |
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17-Apr |
Eshowe 21.1km |
21.1km run |
Eshowe Runners |
7:00
AM |
Eshowe Sport Club |
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24-Apr |
Chatsworth Freedom |
52km run 25km run /walk |
Chatsworth AC |
6:00
AM |
Chatsworth Stadium |
PDAC Club League
TBA
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LEAGUE NO 2 |
THURSDAY |
10-Mar |
HILLCREST |
18:00 |
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LEAGUE NO 3 |
THURSDAY |
14-Apr |
STELLA |
18:00 |
Highway Ladies-New Balance/Powerade Time Trial League
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League 2: |
Thursday |
01.04.04 |
CHILTERN |
18:00 |
Cross
Country
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11-Mar |
Paalauf |
Westville |
Westville |
New Commencement Times |
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09-Apr |
League-1 |
Worlds View |
Hilton Harriers |
New Commencement Times |
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23-Apr |
League-2 |
Collegians |
Collegians Harriers |
New Commencement Times |
Don't
Forget To Tell Us
As we
have informed you all, we now have a club database, which you will appreciate,
is only as accurate as the information stored within it. It is essential
therefore that any changes in your personal particulars (change in address,
phones, E-mail, etc) be supplied to Dianne or myself Vince, in order that the
database may be updated. A number of E-mail addresses still fail, which
requires us to rework those people. We would therefore be grateful that if you
have E-mail and you would like us to communicate with you in that medium that
you ensure that we have correct info. Please help us in this regard and
consider any changes in your circumstances and update us. Thank you once again
for the support and helping to build on the club.
The Final Word
Remember!! To have fun and enjoy your athletics and club
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