Antoine van Heerden made it three from three by winning the Xterra duathlon in Knysna to dominate the Nedcor Big5 Challenge presented by Sport24.
Likewise in the ladies race, Hanlie Booyens was again the first lady home in the Xterra, and on 30 points, she is more than 20 points clear of the second placed lady.
The four compulsory Big 5 events:
Saturday 2 July - 80km MTB race
Tuesday 5 July - 15km Featherbed Trail Run
Thursday 7 July - Full XTERRA duathlon
Saturday 9 July - 21km Forest Half Marathon
Plus an option of either:
Sunday 3 July - The 100km Road Race
Or
Sunday 10 July - The Lagoon Challenge
NB - Only the compulsory 4 events are timed (and scored). The optional events just need to be completed.
The Big5 leaderboard after the Xterra duathlon …
The Due South Xterra results:
Timing and points scoring
All Big5 athletes will receive the same start times as they will be either leaving in a dedicated Big5 batch or in a mass start scenario. On the finish line there will be Big5 marshals to assist participants in “dibbering out” so as to get exact times.
Points scored will be used to determine the athletes overall positions in the Big5, not their overall time. Participants are awarded points for the position they dibber out in! Times will still be taken but only used to break a tie situation, should one arise.
The first athlete is awarded one point, the second one two points etc until the last athlete crosses the line. At the end of the week the athlete with the least points will be the winner.
Likewise in the ladies race, Hanlie Booyens was again the first lady home in the Xterra, and on 30 points, she is more than 20 points clear of the second placed lady.
The four compulsory Big 5 events:
Saturday 2 July - 80km MTB race
Tuesday 5 July - 15km Featherbed Trail Run
Thursday 7 July - Full XTERRA duathlon
Saturday 9 July - 21km Forest Half Marathon
Plus an option of either:
Sunday 3 July - The 100km Road Race
Or
Sunday 10 July - The Lagoon Challenge
NB - Only the compulsory 4 events are timed (and scored). The optional events just need to be completed.
The Big5 leaderboard after the Xterra duathlon …
Pos | Surname | Name | Age | Sex | MTB | Trail | Xterra | Total |
1 | Van Heerden | Antoine | 19 | Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Machado | Pedro | 28 | Male | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
3 | Ellerbeck | Tim | 33 | Male | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
4 | Bezuidenhoud | Carel | 35 | Male | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
5 | Greyling | Christiaan | 26 | Male | 13 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
6 | Booyens | Hanlie | 37 | Female | 6 | 15 | 9 | 30 |
7 | Micklewood | Paul | 41 | Male | 2 | 17 | 11 | 30 |
8 | Pirow | Piers | 46 | Male | 23 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
9 | Ashby | Brenton | Male | 18 | 8 | 8 | 34 | |
10 | de Jonge | Adrian | 24 | Male | 14 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
11 | Tetteroo | Frederik | 23 | Male | 11 | 18 | 10 | 39 |
12 | Kriel | Hendrik | 29 | Male | 21 | 13 | 12 | 46 |
13 | Visser | Roelande | 27 | Female | 25 | 12 | 14 | 51 |
14 | Willcocks | Jeffrey | 43 | Male | 8 | 32 | 17 | 57 |
15 | Van Heerden | Andreas | 54 | Male | 15 | 28 | 16 | 59 |
16 | Lategan | Esther | 36 | Female | 12 | 29 | 20 | 61 |
17 | O Connor | Padhraic | 27 | Male | 29 | 20 | 15 | 64 |
18 | Halsey | Clinton | 35 | Male | 20 | 27 | 23 | 70 |
19 | Conlon | Tony | 50 | Male | 17 | 34 | 22 | 73 |
20 | Campbell | Bruce | 24 | Male | 33 | 10 | 31 | 74 |
21 | Woithe | SanMari | 42 | Female | 27 | 26 | 21 | 74 |
22 | Kruger | Willie | 43 | Male | 36 | 22 | 19 | 77 |
23 | Schutte | Ico | 27 | Male | 7 | 39 | 32 | 78 |
24 | Du Plessis | Colin | 49 | Male | 22 | 31 | 26 | 79 |
25 | Ingpen | Paul | 43 | Male | 16 | 40 | 24 | 80 |
26 | Maarsingh | Berend | 46 | Male | 10 | 47 | 29 | 86 |
27 | Rivalland | Ross | 26 | Male | 65 | 5 | 18 | 88 |
28 | Zonnestein | Jan | 48 | Male | 24 | 35 | 30 | 89 |
29 | Terrebalanche | Georg | 25 | Male | 41 | 21 | 28 | 90 |
30 | Vallance | Neil | 35 | Male | 31 | 19 | 48 | 98 |
31 | Ayres | Richard | 43 | Male | 37 | 25 | 40 | 102 |
32 | Turner | Antony | 39 | Male | 30 | 33 | 39 | 102 |
33 | Quan | Melvyn | 37 | Male | 47 | 23 | 33 | 103 |
34 | Lewis | Andrew | 47 | Male | 44 | 36 | 25 | 105 |
35 | Talmud | mark | 34 | Male | 5 | 16 | 87 | 108 |
36 | Koegelenberg | Hannes | 23 | Male | 52 | 30 | 27 | 109 |
37 | Grewar | John | 28 | Male | 60 | 24 | 35 | 119 |
38 | Olden | Bruce | 45 | Male | 76 | 9 | 34 | 119 |
39 | Leroux | Steph | 44 | Male | 32 | 3 | 87 | 122 |
40 | Beukes | Phillo | 41 | Male | 42 | 45 | 36 | 123 |
41 | Samuel | Robin | 35 | Male | 35 | 50 | 38 | 123 |
42 | Baret | Christophe | 23 | Male | 51 | 38 | 41 | 130 |
43 | Basson | Willem | 32 | Male | 26 | 67 | 46 | 139 |
44 | Malan | Nadia | 27 | Female | 43 | 60 | 37 | 140 |
45 | Krige | David | 27 | Male | 53 | 44 | 49 | 146 |
46 | Joubert | Marcel | 46 | Male | 38 | 66 | 43 | 147 |
47 | Mills | Caren | 40 | Female | 54 | 42 | 53 | 149 |
48 | van der Merwe | David-John | 25 | Male | 58 | 59 | 42 | 159 |
49 | Comely | Leon | 48 | Male | 34 | 83 | 47 | 164 |
50 | Crous | Leon | 28 | Male | 63 | 48 | 54 | 165 |
51 | Van Rensburg | Bernice | 24 | Female | 45 | 63 | 57 | 165 |
52 | Bloem | Sarel | 33 | Male | 46 | 68 | 52 | 166 |
53 | Otto | Daniel | 37 | Male | 40 | 71 | 55 | 166 |
54 | de Villiers | Daniel | 46 | Male | 59 | 51 | 59 | 169 |
55 | Kriel | Dorette | 25 | Female | 28 | 65 | 80 | 173 |
56 | Rosch | Tanya | 31 | Female | 49 | 69 | 56 | 174 |
57 | Van Der Walt | Jono | 29 | Male | 82 | 43 | 50 | 175 |
58 | Van Lier | Ivan | 44 | Male | 39 | 49 | 87 | 175 |
59 | Andrade | Brendon | 25 | Male | 87 | 46 | 44 | 177 |
60 | Hawley | Gregory | 45 | Male | 72 | 54 | 51 | 177 |
61 | le Roux | Derick | 27 | Male | 87 | 92 | 5 | 184 |
62 | Houliston | Thamar | 29 | Female | 79 | 41 | 66 | 186 |
63 | Fitzhenry | Sid | 26 | Male | 48 | 75 | 64 | 187 |
64 | Olivier | Ben | 40 | Male | 56 | 74 | 60 | 190 |
65 | Smith | Craig | 46 | Male | 50 | 78 | 63 | 191 |
66 | Cunningham | Richard | 53 | Male | 61 | 70 | 61 | 192 |
67 | Muller | Helmi | 28 | Male | 55 | 92 | 45 | 192 |
68 | Klopper | Elize | 46 | Female | 86 | 37 | 74 | 197 |
69 | Mosdell | Tim | 47 | Male | 73 | 55 | 70 | 198 |
70 | Woolley | Lara Fay | 30 | Female | 19 | 92 | 87 | 198 |
71 | Fritz | Ilse | 52 | Female | 75 | 56 | 71 | 202 |
72 | Crouse | Antonette | 23 | Female | 68 | 62 | 73 | 203 |
73 | de villiers | Francois | 26 | Male | 70 | 72 | 62 | 204 |
74 | Grewar | Marli | 28 | Female | 81 | 52 | 72 | 205 |
75 | De Klerk | Johan | 32 | Male | 57 | 80 | 69 | 206 |
76 | Williams | Marita | 42 | Female | 87 | 64 | 58 | 209 |
77 | Baker | Craig | 40 | Male | 62 | 73 | 77 | 212 |
78 | Jakoby | Martin | 35 | Male | 71 | 58 | 87 | 216 |
79 | Brown | Guy | 56 | Female | 67 | 76 | 81 | 224 |
80 | Leek | Kathryn | 30 | Female | 83 | 57 | 87 | 227 |
81 | Van Heerden | Natia | 19 | Female | 87 | 53 | 87 | 227 |
82 | Main | Lisa | 25 | Female | 87 | 61 | 83 | 231 |
83 | Teixeira | Miguel | 39 | Male | 77 | 89 | 65 | 231 |
84 | Gurney | Dean | 40 | Male | 85 | 81 | 67 | 233 |
85 | Lau | Gerald | 43 | Male | 74 | 84 | 75 | 233 |
86 | Key | Trent | 26 | Male | 80 | 79 | 76 | 235 |
87 | Oehley | Derek | 47 | Male | 87 | 82 | 68 | 237 |
88 | van Rooyen | Andre | 42 | Male | 69 | 87 | 82 | 238 |
89 | Brown | Janine | 56 | Female | 87 | 77 | 79 | 243 |
90 | Knobel | Henri | 21 | Male | 64 | 92 | 87 | 243 |
91 | Victor | Paul | 39 | Male | 66 | 92 | 87 | 245 |
92 | van den Raad | Bert | 66 | Male | 84 | 86 | 78 | 248 |
93 | Lario | Paulo | 36 | Male | 87 | 85 | 87 | 259 |
94 | Hanauer | Catherine | 32 | Female | 87 | 88 | 85 | 260 |
95 | Bell | Shona | 47 | Female | 87 | 90 | 84 | 261 |
96 | de Jong | Juandre | 30 | Male | 87 | 91 | 86 | 264 |
The Due South Xterra results:
Pos | Surname | Name | Age | Sex | Time |
1 | van Heerden | Antoine | 19 | Male | 02:02:12 |
2 | Ellerbeck | Tim | 33 | Male | 02:04:07 |
3 | Pirow | Piers | 46 | Male | 02:08:36 |
4 | Machado | Pedro | 28 | Male | 02:08:42 |
5 | le Roux | Derick | 27 | Male | 02:09:12 |
6 | Greyling | Christiaan | 26 | Male | 02:09:43 |
7 | Bezuidenhoud | Carel | 35 | Male | 02:10:13 |
8 | Ashby | Brenton | Male | 02:10:52 | |
9 | Booyens | Hanlie | 37 | Female | 02:12:57 |
10 | Tetteroo | Frederik | 23 | Male | 02:13:24 |
11 | Micklewood | Paul | 41 | Male | 02:13:56 |
12 | Kriel | Hendrik | 29 | Male | 02:14:29 |
13 | de Jonge | Adrian | 24 | Male | 02:15:42 |
14 | Visser | Roelande | 27 | Female | 02:17:24 |
15 | O Connor | Padhraic | 27 | Male | 02:19:18 |
16 | Van Heerden | Andreas | 54 | Male | 02:19:49 |
17 | Willcocks | Jeffrey | 43 | Male | 02:20:28 |
18 | Rivalland | Ross | 26 | Male | 02:20:50 |
19 | Kruger | Willie | 43 | Male | 02:21:52 |
20 | Lategan | Esther | 36 | Female | 02:23:29 |
21 | Woithe | SanMari | 42 | Female | 02:23:52 |
22 | Conlon | Tony | 50 | Male | 02:24:39 |
23 | Halsey | Clinton | 35 | Male | 02:24:42 |
24 | Ingpen | Paul | 43 | Male | 02:24:55 |
25 | Lewis | Andrew | 47 | Male | 02:25:01 |
26 | Du Plessis | Colin | 49 | Male | 02:25:33 |
27 | Koegelenberg | Hannes | 23 | Male | 02:25:50 |
28 | Terrebalanche | Georg | 25 | Male | 02:25:52 |
29 | Maarsingh | Berend | 46 | Male | 02:28:54 |
30 | Zonnestein | Jan | 48 | Male | 02:28:56 |
31 | Campbell | Bruce | 24 | Male | 02:29:47 |
32 | Schutte | Ico | 27 | Male | 02:29:59 |
33 | Quan | Melvyn | 37 | Male | 02:30:56 |
34 | Olden | Bruce | 45 | Male | 02:32:02 |
35 | Grewar | John | 28 | Male | 02:32:13 |
36 | Beukes | Phillo | 41 | Male | 02:32:40 |
37 | Malan | Nadia | 27 | Female | 02:34:32 |
38 | Samuel | Robin | 35 | Male | 02:34:42 |
39 | Turner | Antony | 39 | Male | 02:35:05 |
40 | ayres | richard | 43 | Male | 02:35:12 |
41 | Baret | Christophe | 23 | Male | 02:35:30 |
42 | van der Merwe | David-John | 25 | Male | 02:36:34 |
43 | Joubert | Marcel | 46 | Male | 02:37:15 |
44 | Andrade | Brendon | 25 | Male | 02:37:19 |
45 | Muller | Helmi | 28 | Male | 02:38:09 |
46 | Basson | Willem | 32 | Male | 02:40:31 |
47 | Comely | Leon | 48 | Male | 02:41:52 |
48 | Vallance | Neil | 35 | Male | 02:43:06 |
49 | Krige | David | 27 | Male | 02:45:05 |
50 | Van Der Walt | Jono | 29 | Male | 02:47:46 |
51 | hawley | gregory | 45 | Male | 02:48:05 |
52 | Bloem | Sarel | 33 | Male | 02:48:42 |
53 | Mills | Caren | 40 | Female | 02:49:29 |
54 | Crous | Leon | 28 | Male | 02:50:11 |
55 | Otto | Daniel | 37 | Male | 02:51:31 |
56 | Rosch | Tanya | 31 | Female | 02:51:55 |
57 | Van Rensburg | Bernice | 24 | Female | 02:52:47 |
58 | Williams | Marita | 42 | Female | 02:52:47 |
59 | de Villiers | Daniel | 46 | Male | 02:53:21 |
60 | Olivier | Ben | 40 | Male | 02:56:29 |
61 | Cunningham | Richard | 53 | Male | 02:56:43 |
62 | de villiers | Francois | 26 | Male | 02:57:11 |
63 | Smith | Craig | 46 | Male | 02:58:55 |
64 | Fitzhenry | Sid | 26 | Male | 02:59:19 |
65 | Teixeira | Miguel | 39 | Male | 02:59:57 |
66 | Houliston | Thamar | 29 | Female | 03:02:06 |
67 | Gurney | Dean | 40 | Male | 03:04:36 |
68 | Oehley | Derek | 47 | Male | 03:04:36 |
69 | De Klerk | Johan | 32 | Male | 03:05:47 |
70 | Mosdell | Tim | 47 | Male | 03:06:16 |
71 | Fritz | Ilse | 52 | Female | 03:06:39 |
72 | Grewar | Marli | 28 | Female | 03:07:22 |
73 | Crouse | Antonette | 23 | Female | 03:07:54 |
74 | Klopper | Elize | 46 | Female | 03:09:44 |
75 | Lau | Gerald | 43 | Male | 03:09:45 |
76 | Key | Trent | 26 | Male | 03:11:20 |
77 | Baker | Craig | 40 | Male | 03:11:32 |
78 | van den Raad | Bert | 66 | Male | 03:16:57 |
79 | Brown | Janine | 56 | Female | 03:17:30 |
80 | Kriel | Dorette | 25 | Female | 03:20:13 |
81 | Brown | Guy | 61 | Male | 03:24:10 |
82 | van Rooyen | Andre | 42 | Male | 03:24:46 |
83 | Main | Lisa | 25 | Female | 03:34:38 |
84 | Bell | Shona | 47 | Female | 04:05:39 |
85 | Hanauer | Catherine | 32 | Female | 04:06:16 |
86 | de Jong | Juandre | 30 | Male | 04:23:33 |
Timing and points scoring
All Big5 athletes will receive the same start times as they will be either leaving in a dedicated Big5 batch or in a mass start scenario. On the finish line there will be Big5 marshals to assist participants in “dibbering out” so as to get exact times.
Points scored will be used to determine the athletes overall positions in the Big5, not their overall time. Participants are awarded points for the position they dibber out in! Times will still be taken but only used to break a tie situation, should one arise.
The first athlete is awarded one point, the second one two points etc until the last athlete crosses the line. At the end of the week the athlete with the least points will be the winner.