Wingate Road Runners Newsflash

1. Wingate Road Runners Newsflash Dear Athlete, Hope you had a fantastic weekend!! May the week be filled with blessings and good luck for everything you need to get done!! TIME TRIAL RESULTS 2014/01/14 ROAD RUNNING RACES Saturday, 25 January Akasia 3-in1 @ Wonderboom Shopping Centre 42.2km – R100 start 5:30 21.1km – R70 start 5:45 10km – R50 start 6:00 5km – R30 start 6:10 THIS IS A TENT RACE – JOIN AS AFTERWARDS FOR REFRESHMENTS Saturday, 1 February McCarthy Toyota @ Rietondale 21.1km – R70.00 start 6:00 (PRE-ENTRY ONLY) 10km – R60 start 6:15 5km – R30 start 6:15 Saturday, 8 February Bronkhorstspruit 2014 @ Hoërskool Erasmus 32km – R100 start 6:00 10km – R50 start 6:00 THIS IS A TENT RACE – JOIN AS AFTERWARDS FOR REFRESHMENTS Saturday, 15 Feburary Bestmed Tuks @ LC de Villiers 21.1km – start 6:00 (PRE-ENTRY ONLY) 10km – start 6:30 5km – start 6:40 (prices to be confirmed) IMPORTANT INFO Time Trial starts at 17:45 Please Remember your reflector belts!! Always nice to run together ! Runners and Walkers Welcome!! BELANGRIKE DATUMS Tuesday 4 February Light meal after TT 12 April – Loskop Weekend Away R250 per person for the weekend There is space for 32 people, so book your spot ASAP. Please note: No payment – No booking!!

2. Wingate Road Runners Newsflash KOPKRAPPER 2014 TENT RACES AND CHAMPIONSHIPS 25 January – Akasia 3-in-1 (42.2km, 21.1km, 10km) 1 February – McCarthy (21.1km, 10km) 8 February – Bronkhorstspruit (32km, 10km) 23 February – Deloitte (42.2km, 21.1km, 10km) 15 March – Om die Dam 29 March – Denel (21.1km, 10km) 12 April – Loskop (Weekend Away) Easter Weekend – Club Run 1 May – Wally Hayward (42.2km, 21.1km, 10km) Club Championships 42km: You can run any marathon between 1 January and 30 September and we will use your best time. If you ran a marathon where the results are not available on the Race Results website, it is your responsibility to let us know of your time. 2014 MEMBERS INFO AND REGISTRATION Our club is growing by the minute!! A very warm welcome to all our new as well as our old members!! Please remember to register online and pay. Those of you who registered and paid the past week will still receive the same number as last year. For the rest – first come, first serve. There is a lot of new members that’s waiting for licenses! Your 2013 license will be valid until end of January! You will notice that you only receive ONE number this year – this number should be worn IN FRONT!! I’ll be at the club on Tuesday again to hand out license numbers, please bring along your proof of payment. Only members who registered and paid will receive our sms messages. 21km and 10km: You can run any of the tent races up to two weeks before the yearend function (date still to be confirmed) and we will use your best time over the distance to work out the championships medals. To be in line with South African Masters Athletics (SAMA) rules, championship medals will be awarded in 5 year age categories from the age of 35. On a regular basis we will update the ranking list of all three championships distances, so that you can see what your position is. Please join us and make sure that you do participate at the tent races.

3. Wingate Road Runners Newsflash IN CLOSING Points to Ponder • The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow. • Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail. • How come it takes so little time for a child, who is afraid of the dark, to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night? • Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without. • Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks? • No one ever says 'It's only a game' when their team is winning. • I've reached the age where the happy hour is a nap. • The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket. • Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than a Clio. • And two special thoughts for the upcoming holidays: • Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs. • There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 AM. It could be a right number. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Wingate RR wishes everyone who celebrates their birthday a blessed day and a year filled with happiness, love, friends and everything nice. January Birthday’s 3 January – Mike Williams 9 January – Basil Faktor 12 January – Leoni Els 20 January – Yvette Human 21 January – Toinette vd Merwe 25 January – Carole de Waal 26 January – Kozanne Zeegers 26 January – Dave v Veenhuyzen Until next week, Happy Running! Natascha de Jager 071 688 8024