FEEDBACK: GCU K1 MARATHONS – 22 JULY 2017
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GCU K1 MARATHON EVENT – 22 JULY 2017
GCU K1 MARATHON EVENT – PORTAGES – 22 JULY 2017
Some SUPER portage photos in good light – thanks Bertie Baard!
It was a glorious sunny winter day warm once the frost had melted, with very little wind, so perfect conditions for the Gauteng Marathon Championships which took place on Homestead Dam, in Benoni, at the home of ERK!
The little guppy racers kicked the day off with their races in Under 8 – Under 12 with their own course and relevant distances, and their results will be processed through the school league database and newsletters.
The U18 men through to and including Sub Masters did 22kms which was 6 laps and 5 portages, starting at 9h30, followed by the ladies 2 minutes later as well as Men older than Sub Masters who did 17km – 5 laps with 4 portages. Over 65’s do not portage of course. The Under 16 juniors completed 14kms – 4 laps with 3 portages and the Under 14 age group raced 11 km, being 3 laps and 2 portages.
The laps were each 3.3km, and the portages were 100m.
Starting with the ladies who raced 17km, 5 laps with 4 portages, Natali Coetzee (Watuni) was the only Senior lady competitor, finishing in 1:59, while Holly Spencer (Dabs) and Asanda Ndlovu (SOW) finished as the first and second Under 23 ladies, in 1:40 and 1:59 respectively.
The Veteran ladies were led by Caroline Filmalter (WAT), who had an unfortunate swim at the start, but despite her concern about losing time, she made it up and still finished first, in 1:51. Hanli Bezuidenhout (CEN) is in fact a novice – this was her first flat water race so well done on finishing 2nd in 2:01, while Jessica Booyzen (WAT) also relatively new in the sport managed 3rd place in 2:14.
Caroline van der Linde (LIK) led the Under 18 ladies race finishing in 1:48 with Sinazo Mnqokoyi (SOW) 2nd in 2:09, while Megan Oelofse (LIK) was the first Under 16 finisher in 1:22:35, followed by Alexis Rich (DABS) in 1:22:51 and Sisanda Mthabela finished in 1:43 (FLO). In the Under 14 girls race, Jo-ane Prinsloo (Lik) was the first finisher in 1:06, with Kamilah Hank (FLO) 2nd in 1:08, and Tinyiko Mahwayi (SOW) 3rd in 1:14.
The indomitable Anna Clifford Arwidi was the Sub Master Lady finisher, (DABS) in 1:43, and Minnie Kretzschmar was the Grand master lady finisher (DABS) in 1:58 finishing 17km.
The Senior Men were led by Michael Arthur, (DABS) who with Wayne Jacobs opened up a huge gap between them and the first bunch, with Michael finishing the 22km (6 laps and 5 portages) in 1:39, followed by Siseko Ntondini, (SOW) in 1:41, Nicholas Weeks (ERK) 1:42 and Phineas Zulu (SOW) in 1:43 as the first 4 Senior Men age category finishers.
The two Under 23 finishers were Peter Chissano (JCC) and Moshe Nghomani (FLCC) in 1:53 and 1:56.
The Junior Under 18 boy finishers were Tristan Trican (FLO), Liam Stewart (ERK) and Siphiwe Makhubo (SOW) in 1:48, 1:54 and 2:26 respectively
Wayne Jacobs (DABS) who led the race with Michael Arthur finished as first Sub Veteran, in 1:39, with Elton du Preez (CEN) in 1:46 as 2nd Sub Vet.
The top 3 Veteran finishers were Dave Hamilton-Brown (DABS), in 1:43:42, Kobus Filmalter (WAT) 1;43:49, and Kelvin Byres (DABS) in 1:46:24.
The Sub Master Men led by Michael Stewart (ERK) in 1:41, with Luke Symons (DABS) in 2nd place, in 1:43, and Gustav Smook (LOW) finishing as the 3rd Submaster in 1:46.
In the Master Men’s age category racing 17km (5 laps / 4 portages) Malcolm Stothard, (DABS), Willem Landman and Andrew Cooper were the first three finishers in 1:33:04, 133:30, and 1:34.
Colin Wilson (Dabs) was the first Sub Grand Master finisher, with Hardus Theunissen (FLCC) as the 2nd SGM – their times were 1:44 and 1:58.
Graham Holm was the only Grand Master finisher at the event, (DABS) in a time of 1:40, while the Great Grand master finishers were Brian Longley in 1:32, Peter O Connor (both DABS) in 1:35 and Vincent Buttrick in 1:39 as the first 3 finishers.
Calvin Mokoto and Radoslaw Olszewski (ERK) were the C1 Men finishers just one second apart in 1:42 and 55/56 seconds, and Constant Olivier (FLO) was the only Para Canoeist racer, in 1:26.
The top Under 16 boys (14km) were Zanenhlanhla Mbala (SOW), Gustav Jnr Smook (LOW) and Wongama Makhasi (SOW) in 1:12, 1:13 and 1:16.
The Under 14 top finishers (11km) was competed by Finlay Leask, Ruan Van Pletzem and Luca Pierini (Dabs, Lik, Cen) in 0:58, 1:04:03, and 1:04:07.
Thanks to ERK for a stunning well organised event and lots of fun and good racing!
PS Thanks for the awesome weather for a change!
Jennie Dallas
GCU PR
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