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Le Roux takes Triathlon Round 2

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South African Junior Elite triathlete Nathan Le Roux, from East London, won Round 2 of the About IT Triathlon Summer Series on Sunday morning. Le Roux had a brilliant race, coming out of the water in third place and then leading the cycle pack through the 20km cycle around the University before pulling ahead in the 5km run to finish in a time of 1hr 4min 53sec. Over 120 triathletes from South Africa took part in the 2nd round of this 3 part Sprint Distance Triathlon Series in hot and windless conditions in Port Elizabeth.

“It was a great day today and I had an awesome race. I really enjoy exciting courses and this was a particularly fun and exciting route.” said Le Roux after the event whilst congratulating South African team mate Dylan Pivo from Stellenbosch who finished in second place about 90 seconds back with Rinaldo Morgia of Cape Town completing the top 3 another 90 seconds back. In the ladies race, defending Series Champion Lize Bright remains unchallenged with another great win in 1hr 14min with professional show jumper Jade Hooke back from the UK on holiday and showing she’s still as fit as ever with a second place finish. Robynne Klee placed 3rd in the ladies category in 1hr 18min.

The father and son pairing of Alec and Jamie Riddle followed on from where they left off at Round 1 with another comfortable win in the teams category in 10th place overall in 1hr 12min. Former national swimmer and surf lifesaver, Kevin Richards, will now join the Riddle team for the swim leg at Round 3 on Thursday at Port St Francis.

The Series also introduced a kids triathlon for those under the age of 15 which saw just under 40 youngsters taking part in near perfect conditions on Saturday evening. Showing they have the competitive spirit of their Springbok legend father Ollie le Roux, 9 year old Chloe won the 9 and under category with 6 year old sister Donna placing 3rd just after Zanri Black. Eldest sibling Mia le Roux was the runner up in the 10 and 11 age group to Bella Archibald with Courtney van Wyngaardt placing 3rd. The boy winners on the evening were Josh Hufkie (9 and under), Ryan Alfonso (10-11yrs) and Dylan Snyman (under 15) whilst Jade Grobbelaar won the girls under 15 category.

The About IT Triathlon Summer Series will conclude with Round 3 on Thursday morning at Port St Francis. Online registration is still possible until 25th and late entries will be taken at the Port from 7am. Racing starts at 8.30am and will finish outside the Sustainable Sea Centre at the Port.

Results: About IT Triathlon Summer Series, Sunday 22nd December 2013, Pollok Beach, PE:

Lisa Bright
Undefeated champion Lisa Bright leads out of the swim leg.
  • Men: 1 Nathan Le Roux (East London) (1:04:53.1); 2 Dylan Pivo (Stellenbosch) (1:06:23.1); 3 Rinaldo Morgia (Cape Town) (1:08:02.3); 4 Michael Bester (Port Elizabeth) (1:09:09.2); 5 Louis De Villiers (Addo) (1:10:17.2); 6 Michael Kingston (Port Elizabeth) (1:10:35.3); 7 Brandon Schlebusch (Johannesburg) (1:11:03.7); 8 Gawie Henning (Port Elizabeth) (1:11:06.7); 9 Richard Lawrie (Port Elizabeth) (1:12:01.6); 10 Ross Helliwell (Port Elizabeth) (1:12:31.8); 11 Luke Schlebusch (Johannesburg) (1:12:45.5); 12 Eoin Oneill (Beijing) (1:12:48.1); 13 Antony Daniels (Port Elizabeth) (1:14:42.1); 14 Martin Van Allemann (Port Elizabeth) (1:15:24.3); 15 Jason Le Roux (Port Elizabeth) (1:15:42.8); 16 Richard Gilbert (Port Elizabeth) (1:15:45.7); 17 Clyde Abrahams (Port Elizabeth) (1:15:49.7); 18 Munro Ferreira (Port Elizabeth) (1:15:59.5); 19 Stuart Gillmer (Port Elizabeth) (1:16:10.7); 20 Hein Van Der Walt (Port Elizabeth) (1:16:30.8); 21 Van Zyl Graeme (Port Elizabeth) (1:16:43.3); 22 Roger Hooke (Port Elizabeth) (1:17:09.5); 23 Scott Tait (Cape Town) (1:17:23.1); 24 Le Riche Lombard (Cradock) (1:17:26.0); 25 Jacques Muller (despatch) (1:17:38.2); 26 Phillip Heine (Port Elizabeth) (1:17:42.1); 27 Stephen Van Niekerk (Somerset East) (1:17:46.1); 28 Craig Black (Port Elizabeth) (1:17:48.7); 29 Travis Mcgrath (Port Elizabeth) (1:18:31.0); 30 Shane D’Arcy (Port Elizabeth) (1:18:46.8); 31 Pieter De Bruin (Port Elizabeth) (1:18:52.2); 32 Deon Boshoff (Grahamstown) (1:18:57.2); 33 Leon Weitsz (Port Elizabeth) (1:20:17.0); 34 Gerrit Olivier (Bloemfontein) (1:20:34.3); 35 John Van Onselew (Grahamstown) (1:20:58.3); 36 Jeff Stubbings (Port Elizabeth) (1:21:52.7); 37 Paul Jolliffe (Centurion) (1:22:04.1); 38 Allan Gallacher (East London) (1:22:33.5); 39 Joost Kessels () (1:22:46.1); 40 Pierre Deysel (Despatch) (1:22:49.2); 41 Ian Van Der Walt (Midstream) (1:22:54.2); 42 Charlton Kerridge (Port Elizabeth) (1:23:19.1); 43 Myn Van der Merwe (Port Elizabeth) (1:23:22.2); 44 Jonathan Teppler (Cape Town) (1:23:26.5); 45 Nelis Swart (Paarl) (1:23:34.2); 46 Lyall Pivo (Johannesburg) (1:24:01.2); 47 Jacques Joubert (Port Elizabeth) (1:24:04.2); 48 Gavin Meistre (East London) (1:24:13.7); 49 Tim Heine (Port Elizabeth) (1:24:30.1); 50 Deon Zeelie (Port Elizabeth) (1:24:59.0); 51 Bruce Gie (Port Elizabeth) (1:25:20.7); 52 Douglas Smith (Port Elizabeth) (1:26:21.2); 53 Paul Bester (Port Elizabeth) (1:26:29.2); 54 Bernus Olivier (Addo) (1:26:37.2); 55 Malan Steenkamp (Jeffreys Bay) (1:26:43.6); 56 Mark Davies (Johannesburg) (1:26:49.2); 57 Jacques Barnard (Port Elizabeth) (1:27:24.5); 58 Brian Pivo (Johannesburg) (1:28:25.2); 59 Jarryd Heugh (Port Elizabeth) (1:28:38.3); 60 Greg Upton (Port Elizabeth) (1:28:55.3); 61 Johannes Meurs (Port Elizabeth) (1:28:59.2); 62 Bernd Leibenguth (Port Elizabeth) (1:29:39.2); 63 Lionel Kroon (Port Elizabeth) (1:30:26.7); 64 Coenie Louw (Port Elizabeth) (1:30:29.5); 65 Johan Barnard (Port Elizabeth) 1:31:27.3); 66 Sian O’Keeffe (Port Elizabeth) (1:32:07.5); 67 Ian Norden (Cape Town) (1:32:59.1); 68 Jacques Botha (Port Elizabeth) (1:33:08.1); 69 Eugene Tondolo (Boksburg) 1:33:43.8); 70 Riaan Claassen (Port Elizabeth) (1:34:16.8); 71 Ryan Schreiber (Sandton) (1:34:19.6); 72 Brandon Maggen (Cape Town) (1:34:29.7); 73 Chris Viljoen (Port Elizabeth) 1:34:57.6); 74 David Enslin (Port Elizabeth) (1:35:59.2); 75 Thomas Shaw (Jhb) (1:36:01.2); 76 Shane Saunders (Port Elizabeth) (1:36:10.7); 77 Graham Richards (Port Elizabeth) 1:36:43.5); 78 Dylan Benyon (Port Elizabeth) (1:36:51.1); 79 James Helliwell (Port Elizabeth) (1:37:48.7); 80 Mardeo Bezuidenhout (Port Elizabeth) (1:38:23.0); 81 Marius Van der merwe Port Elizabeth) (1:38:30.8); 82 Richard Mcintyre (Port Elizabeth) (1:38:52.2); 83 David Douglas (Port Elizabeth) (1:39:06.5); 84 Bruce Acton (Johannesburg) (1:39:13.3); 85 Paul Trzebiatowsky Port Elizabeth) (1:39:18.6); 86 Mark Edmeades (Port Elizabeth) (1:41:06.7); 87 Romain Poux (Port Elizabeth) (1:42:27.6); 88 Rob Ermes (Port Elizabeth) (1:45:29.5); 89 Ollie Le Roux Bloemfontein) (1:45:34.3); 90 Naas Venter (Port Elizabeth) (1:46:49.8); 91 Ross Johnston (Port Elizabeth) (1:46:53.2); 92 Helder De Almeida E Silva (Port Elizabeth) (1:47:27.2); 93 Steven Schaefer (Cape Town) (1:47:53.2); 94 Edwin Jeppe (1:49:15.0); 95 Okkert Brits (Port Elizabeth) (1:55:33.7); 96 Dale Whitlock (Port Elizabeth) (1:56:00.5);
  • Ladies: 1 Liza Bright (Port Elizabeth) (1:14:20.2); 2 Jade Hooke (Port Elizabeth) (1:17:55.1); 3 Robynne Klee (Port Elizabeth) (1:18:35.0); 4 Grant Miskin (Port Elizabeth) (1:23:16.2); 5 Terri-Lynn Penney Grahamstown) (1:24:10.2); 6 Margie Saunders (Port Elizabeth) (1:25:11.7); 7 Odessa Perelson (Port Elizabeth) (1:26:52.1); 8 Melanie Norden (Port Elizabeth) (1:33:02.0); 9 Michelle Van Niekerk (Somerset East) (1:33:33.2); 10 Helen Kernohan (Port Elizabeth) (1:34:22.7); 11 Debbi Hudson (Cape St Francis) (1:35:22.6); 12 Nadia Meistre (East London) (1:35:54.8); 13 Bronwin Meyer (Port Elizabeth) (1:38:01.0); 14 Susann Chapman (Port Elizabeth) (1:38:46.2); 15 Emmeline Jessic Batten (Johannesburg) (1:39:16.0); 16 Barbara Trzebiatowsky (Port Elizabeth) (1:42:05.1); 17 Marissa Black (Port Elizabeth) (1:44:51.5); 18 Resia Swart (Paarl) (1:45:40.6); 19 Joy Van Der Walt (Port Elizabeth) (1:46:14.2); 20 Marilyn Bull () (1:46:18.5); 21 Sheena O’Keeffe (Port Elizabeth) (1:47:24.7); 22 Simone Brink (Port Elizabeth) (1:55:38.5); 23 Michelle Mortimer (Port Elizabeth) (1:57:12.1); 24 Amy Tarr (Port Elizabeth) 1:58:31.8); 25 Mari Schroeder (Port Elizabeth) (2:00:19.7);
  • Teams: 1 Jamie Riddle (Port Elizabeth) (1:12:05.7); 2 Nico Bester (Port Elizabeth) (1:20:11.8); 3 Rudi Schoeman (Port Elizabeth) (1:21:56.7); 4 Antony Streeter (Port Elizabeth) (1:26:55.2);

Top 10 age group results:

  • Male 16 to 19: 1 Nathan Le Roux (East London) (1:04:53.1); 2 Rinaldo Morgia (Cape Town) (1:08:02.3); 3 Brandon Schlebusch (Johannesburg) (1:11:03.7); 4 Luke Schlebusch (Johannesburg) 1:12:45.5); 5 Munro Ferreira (Port Elizabeth) (1:15:59.5); 6 Hein Van Der Walt (Port Elizabeth) (1:16:30.8); 7 Malan Steenkamp (Jeffreys Bay) (1:26:43.6);
  • Female 16 to 19: 1 Grant Miskin (Port Elizabeth) (1:23:16.2);
  • Female 20 to 39: 1 Liza Bright (Port Elizabeth) (1:14:20.2); 2 Jade Hooke (Port Elizabeth) (1:17:55.1); 3 Robynne Klee (Port Elizabeth) (1:18:35.0); 4 Terri-Lynn Penney (Grahamstown) (1:24:10.2); 5 Odessa Perelson (Port Elizabeth) (1:26:52.1); 6 Melanie Norden (Port Elizabeth) (1:33:02.0); 7 Michelle Van Niekerk (Somerset East) (1:33:33.2); 8 Helen Kernohan (Port Elizabeth) (1:34:22.7); 9 Nadia Meistre (East London) (1:35:54.8); 10 Susann Chapman (Port Elizabeth) (1:38:46.2);
  • Male 20 to 39: 1 Dylan Pivo (Stellenbosch) (1:06:23.1); 2 Michael Bester (Port Elizabeth) (1:09:09.2); 3 Gawie Henning (Port Elizabeth) (1:11:06.7); 4 Richard Lawrie (Port Elizabeth) (1:12:01.6); 5 Ross Helliwell (Port Elizabeth) (1:12:31.8); 6 Martin Van Allemann (Port Elizabeth) (1:15:24.3); 7 Jason Le Roux (Port Elizabeth) (1:15:42.8); 8 Richard Gilbert (Port Elizabeth) (1:15:45.7); 9 Clyde Abrahams (Port Elizabeth) (1:15:49.7); 10 Stuart Gillmer (Port Elizabeth) (1:16:10.7);
  • Male 40 to 44: 1 Louis De Villiers (Addo) (1:10:17.2); 2 Michael Kingston (Port Elizabeth) (1:10:35.3); 3 Eoin Oneill (Beijing) (1:12:48.1); 4 Antony Daniels (Port Elizabeth) (1:14:42.1); 5 Van Zyl Graeme (Port Elizabeth) (1:16:43.3); 6 Scott Tait (Cape Town) (1:17:23.1); 7 Stephen Van Niekerk (Somerset East) (1:17:46.1); 8 Leon Weitsz (Port Elizabeth) (1:20:17.0); 9 Paul Jolliffe (Centurion) 1:22:04.1); 10 Allan Gallacher (East London) (1:22:33.5);
  • Female 40 to 44: 1 Bronwin Meyer (Port Elizabeth) (1:38:01.0); 2 Barbara Trzebiatowsky (Port Elizabeth) (1:42:05.1); 3 Resia Swart (Paarl) (1:45:40.6); 4 Joy Van Der Walt (Port Elizabeth) (1:46:14.2);
  • Male 45 to 49: 1 Pieter De Bruin (Port Elizabeth) (1:18:52.2); 2 Gerrit Olivier (Bloemfontein) (1:20:34.3); 3 Jacques Joubert (Port Elizabeth) (1:24:04.2); 4 Deon Zeelie (Port Elizabeth) (1:24:59.0); 5 Paul Bester (Port Elizabeth) (1:26:29.2); 6 Lionel Kroon (Port Elizabeth) (1:30:26.7); 7 Riaan Claassen (Port Elizabeth) (1:34:16.8); 8 Shane Saunders (Port Elizabeth) (1:36:10.7); 9 David Douglas (Port Elizabeth) (1:39:06.5); 10 Mark Edmeades (Port Elizabeth) (1:41:06.7);
  • Female 45 to 49: 1 Sheena O’Keeffe (Port Elizabeth) (1:47:24.7); 2 Mari Schroeder (Port Elizabeth) (2:00:19.7);
  • Female 60 to 64: 1 Margie Saunders (Port Elizabeth) (1:25:11.7);
  • Male 50 to 54: 1 Roger Hooke (Port Elizabeth) (1:17:09.5); 2 Deon Boshoff (Grahamstown) (1:18:57.2); 3 Brian Pivo (Johannesburg) (1:28:25.2);
  • Female 50 to 54: 1 Debbi Hudson (Cape St Francis) (1:35:22.6);
  • Male 55 to 59: 1 John Van Onselew (Grahamstown) (1:20:58.3); 2 Johan Barnard (Port Elizabeth) (1:31:27.3); 3 David Enslin (Port Elizabeth) (1:35:59.2); 4 Paul Trzebiatowsky (Port Elizabeth) 1:39:18.6); 5 Rob Ermes (Port Elizabeth) (1:45:29.5);
  • Male 60 to 64: 1 Graham Richards (Port Elizabeth) (1:36:43.5); 2 Helder De Almeida E Silva (Port Elizabeth) (1:47:27.2);
  • Male 65 to 69: 1 Chris Viljoen (Port Elizabeth) (1:34:57.6);

KIDS RACE – Saturday 21st December

  • Boys 9 and under: 1 Josh Hufkie (Port Elizabeth) (21:13.0); 2 Connor Roff (Port Elizabeth) (22:40.9); 3 Jayson Archibald (Port Elizabeth) (23:20.6); 4 Connor Hufkie (Port Elizabeth) (23:39.1); 5 David Brits (Port Elizabeth) (26:23.1); 6 Aiden Joubert (Port Elizabeth) 30:06.6);
  • Girls 9 and under: 1 Chloe Le Roux (Bloemfontein) (20:45.1); 2 Zanri Black (Port Elizabeth) (20:49.5); 3 Donna Le Roux (Bloemfontein) (21:56.6); 4 Skye Upton (Port Elizabeth) (24:36.0); 5 Sarah Brits (Port Elizabeth) (26:15.0); 6 Amber Joubert (Port Elizabeth) (26:45.1); 7 Dinica Roff (Port Elizabeth) (28:15.3);
  • Boys 10 to 11: 1 Ryan Alfonso (Port Elizabeth) (17:03.0); 2 Cade Cambier (Durban) (17:20.5); 3 Ethan Harris (Port Elizabeth) (17:39.9); 4 Jared Meyer (Port Elizabeth) (17:43.8); 5 Cameron Hills (Port Elizabeth) (17:50.1); 6 Brandon Chapman Port Elizabeth) (18:28.5); 7 Bradley Bosman (Port Elizabeth) (19:06.0); 8 Reese Cambier (Port Elizabeth) (19:45.1); 9 Tiaan Black (Port Elizabeth) (20:27.3); 10 Chris Botha (Port Elizabeth) (24:30.5);
  • Girls 10 to 11: 1 Bella Archibald (Port Elizabeth) (19:42.0); 2 Mia Le Roux (Bloemfontein) (22:46.0); 3 Courtney Van Wyngaardt (Port Elizabeth) (23:36.1); 4 Emma Lucas (Port Elizabeth) (24:32.9);
  • Boys 12 to 15: 1 Dylan Snyman (Port Elizabeth) (31:48.1); 2 Nico Bester (Port Elizabeth) (34:32.1); 3 Braedan White (Port Elizabeth) (38:48.1); 4 Ceajay Bosman (Port Elizabeth) (39:26.3); 5 Gareth Alfonso (Port Elizabeth) (39:47.0); 6 Dylann Chapman Port Elizabeth) (43:36.1); 7 Tristan Zoetmulder (Port Elizabeth) (53:24.6);
  • Girls 12 to 15: 1 Jade Grobbelaar (Port Elizabeth) (38:44.0); 2 Bronwyn Van Wyngaardt (Port Elizabeth) (39:03.6); 3 Megan Snyman (Port Elizabeth) (39:33.5); 4 Tari White (Port Elizabeth) (40:03.8);
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Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.