It’s time to see who is who in the zoo at the halfway point of the Nedcor Big5 Challenge - with two of the compulsory timed events down, and two to come.
These are 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 at the halfway point …
The Big5 Featherbed trail run 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.
The two leaders - Antoine and Hanlie
These are 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 at the halfway point …
Pos | Surname | Name | Age | Sex | MTB | Trail | Total |
1 | Van Heerden | Antoine | 19 | Male | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Machado | Pedro | 28 | Male | 4 | 4 | 8 |
3 | Ellerbeck | Tim | 33 | Male | 9 | 2 | 11 |
4 | Bezuidenhoud | Carel | 35 | Male | 3 | 14 | 17 |
5 | Greyling | Christiaan | 26 | Male | 13 | 6 | 19 |
6 | Micklewood | Paul | 41 | Male | 2 | 17 | 19 |
7 | Booyens | Hanlie | 37 | Female | 6 | 15 | 21 |
8 | Talmud | mark | 34 | Male | 5 | 16 | 21 |
9 | De Jonge | Adrian | 24 | Male | 14 | 11 | 25 |
10 | Ashby | Brenton | Male | 18 | 8 | 26 | |
11 | Tetteroo | Frederik | 23 | Male | 11 | 18 | 29 |
12 | Pirow | Piers | 46 | Male | 23 | 7 | 30 |
13 | Kriel | Hendrik | 29 | Male | 21 | 13 | 34 |
14 | Leroux | Steph | 44 | Male | 32 | 3 | 35 |
15 | Visser | Roelande | 27 | Female | 25 | 12 | 37 |
16 | Willcocks | Jeffrey | 43 | Male | 8 | 32 | 40 |
17 | Lategan | Esther | 36 | Female | 12 | 29 | 41 |
18 | Campbell | Bruce | 24 | Male | 33 | 10 | 43 |
19 | Van Heerden | Andreas | 54 | Male | 15 | 28 | 43 |
20 | Schutte | Ico | 27 | Male | 7 | 39 | 46 |
21 | Halsey | Clinton | 35 | Male | 20 | 27 | 47 |
22 | O Connor | Padhraic | 27 | Male | 29 | 20 | 49 |
23 | Vallance | Neil |
35 | Male | 31 | 19 | 50 |
24 | Conlon | Tony | 50 | Male | 17 | 34 | 51 |
25 | Woithe | SanMari | 42 | Female | 27 | 26 | 53 |
26 | Du Plessis | Colin | 49 | Male | 22 | 31 | 53 |
27 | Ingpen | Paul | 43 | Male | 16 | 40 | 56 |
28 | Maarsingh | Berend | 46 | Male | 10 | 47 | 57 |
29 | Kruger | Willie | 43 | Male | 36 | 22 | 58 |
30 | Zonnestein | Jan | 48 | Male | 24 | 35 | 59 |
31 | Ayres | Richard | 43 | Male | 37 | 25 | 62 |
32 | Terrebalanche | Georg | 25 | Male | 41 | 21 | 62 |
33 | Turner | Antony | 39 | Male | 30 | 33 | 63 |
34 | Quan | Melvyn | 37 | Male | 47 | 23 | 70 |
35 | Rivalland | Ross | 26 | Male | 65 | 5 | 70 |
36 | Lewis | Andrew | 47 | Male | 44 | 36 | 80 |
37 | Koegelenberg | Hannes | 23 | Male | 52 | 30 | 82 |
38 | Grewar | John | 28 | Male | 60 | 24 | 84 |
39 | Olden | Bruce | 45 | Male | 76 | 9 | 85 |
40 | Samuel | Robin | 35 | Male | 35 | 50 | 85 |
41 | Beukes | Phillo | 41 | Male | 42 | 45 | 87 |
42 | Van Lier | Ivan | 44 | Male | 39 | 49 | 88 |
43 | Baret | Christophe | 23 | Male | 51 | 38 | 89 |
44 | Kriel | Dorette | 25 | Female | 28 | 65 | 93 |
45 | Basson | Willem | 32 | Male | 26 | 67 | 93 |
46 | Mills | Caren | 40 | Female | 54 | 42 | 96 |
47 | Krige | David | 27 | Male | 53 | 44 | 97 |
48 | Malan | Nadia | 27 | Female | 43 | 60 | 103 |
49 | Joubert | Marcel | 46 | Male | 38 | 66 | 104 |
50 | Van Rensburg | Bernice | 24 | Female | 45 | 63 | 108 |
51 | de Villiers | Daniel | 46 | Male | 59 | 51 | 110 |
52 | Woolley | Lara Fay | 30 | Female | 19 | 92 | 111 |
53 | Crous | Leon | 28 | Male | 63 | 48 | 111 |
54 | Otto | Daniel | 37 | Male | 40 | 71 | 111 |
55 | Bloem | Sarel | 33 | Male | 46 | 68 | 114 |
56 | Comely | Leon | 48 | Male | 34 | 83 | 117 |
57 | van der Merwe | David-John | 25 | Male | 58 | 59 | 117 |
58 | Rosch | Tanya | 31 | Female | 49 | 69 | 118 |
59 | Houliston | Thamar | 29 | Female | 79 | 41 | 120 |
60 | Klopper | Elize | 46 | Female | 86 | 37 | 123 |
61 | Fitzhenry | Sid | 26 | Male | 48 | 75 | 123 |
62 | Van Der Walt | Jono | 29 | Male | 82 | 43 | 125 |
63 | Hawley | Gregory | 45 | Male | 72 | 54 | 126 |
64 | Mosdell | Tim | 47 | Male | 73 | 55 | 128 |
65 | Smith | Craig | 46 | Male | 50 | 78 | 128 |
66 | Jakoby | Martin | 35 | Male | 71 | 58 | 129 |
67 | Crouse | Antonette | 23 | Female | 68 | 62 | 130 |
68 | Olivier | Ben | 40 | Male | 56 | 74 | 130 |
69 | Fritz | Ilse | 52 | Female | 75 | 56 | 131 |
70 | Cunningham | Richard | 53 | Male | 61 | 70 | 131 |
71 | Grewar | Marli | 28 | Female | 81 | 52 | 133 |
72 | Andrade | Brendon | 25 | Male | 87 | 46 | 133 |
73 | Baker | Craig | 40 | Male | 62 | 73 | 135 |
74 | De Klerk | Johan | 32 | Male | 57 | 80 | 137 |
75 | Leek | Kathryn | 30 | Female | 83 | 57 | 140 |
76 | Van Heerden | Natia | 19 | Female | 87 | 53 | 140 |
77 | de villiers | Francois | 26 | Male | 70 | 72 | 142 |
78 | Brown | Janine | 56 | Female | 67 | 76 | 143 |
79 | Muller | Helmi | 28 | Male | 55 | 92 | 147 |
80 | Main | Lisa | 25 | Female | 87 | 61 | 148 |
81 | williams | marita | 42 | Female | 87 | 64 | 151 |
82 | Brown | Janine | 56 | Female | 87 | 77 | 164 |
83 | Knobel | Henri | 21 | Male | 64 | 92 | 156 |
84 | van Rooyen | Andre | 42 | Male | 69 | 87 | 156 |
85 | Lau | Gerald | 43 | Male | 74 | 84 | 158 |
86 | Victor | Paul | 39 | Male | 66 | 92 | 158 |
87 | Key | Trent | 26 | Male | 80 | 79 | 159 |
88 | Gurney | Dean | 40 | Male | 85 | 81 | 166 |
89 | Teixeira | Miguel | 39 | Male | 77 | 89 | 166 |
90 | Oehley | Derek | 47 | Male | 87 | 82 | 169 |
91 | van den Raad | Bert | 66 | Male | 84 | 86 | 170 |
92 | Brown | Guy | 61 | Male | 78 | 92 | 170 |
93 | Lario | Paulo | 36 | Male | 87 | 85 | 172 |
94 | Hanauer | Catherine | 32 | Female | 87 | 88 | 175 |
95 | Bell | Shona | 47 | Female | 87 | 90 | 177 |
96 | de Jong | Juandre | 30 | Male | 87 | 91 | 178 |
The Big5 Featherbed trail run results:
Pos | Surname | Name |
|
Sex | Time | |
1 | van Heerden | Antoine | 19 | Male | 01:01:51 | |
2 | Ellerbeck | Tim | 33 | Male | 01:04:15 | |
3 | Leroux | Steph | 44 | Male | 01:05:12 | |
4 | Machado | Pedro | 28 | Male | 01:05:51 | |
5 | Rivalland | Ross | 26 | Male | 01:06:03 | |
6 | Greyling | Christiaan | 26 | Male | 01:06:39 | |
7 | Pirow | Piers | 46 | Male | 01:07:10 | |
8 | Ashby | Brenton | Male | 01:07:19 | ||
9 | olden | bruce | 45 | Male | 01:08:27 | |
10 | Campbell | Bruce | 24 | Male | 01:09:15 | |
11 | de Jonge | Adrian | 24 | Male | 01:09:28 | |
12 | Visser | Roelande | 27 | Female | 01:09:39 | |
13 | Kriel | Hendrik | 29 | Male | 01:09:41 | |
14 | Bezuidenhoud | Carel | 35 | Male | 01:09:47 | |
15 | Booyens | Hanlie | 37 | Female | 01:11:03 | |
16 | talmud | mark | 34 | Male | 01:12:27 | |
17 | Micklewood | Paul | 41 | Male | 01:12:48 | |
18 | Tetteroo | Frederik | 23 | Male | 01:12:54 | |
19 | Vallance | Neil |
35 | Male | 01:13:08 | |
20 | O Connor | Padhraic | 27 | Male | 01:13:15 | |
21 | Terrebalanche | Georg | 25 | Male | 01:13:18 | |
22 | Kruger | Willie | 43 | Male | 01:13:23 | |
23 | Quan | Melvyn | 37 | Male | 01:13:31 | |
24 | Grewar | John | 28 | Male | 01:14:21 | |
25 | ayres | richard | 43 | Male | 01:14:33 | |
26 | Woithe | SanMari | 42 | Female | 01:14:36 | |
27 | Halsey | Clinton | 35 | Male | 01:15:15 | |
28 | Van Heerden | Andreas Jonathan | 54 | Male | 01:15:38 | |
29 | Lategan | Esther | 36 | Female | 01:16:15 | |
30 | Koegelenberg | Hannes | 23 | Male | 01:16:23 | |
31 | Du Plessis | Colin | 49 | Male | 01:16:38 | |
32 | Willcocks | Jeffrey | 43 | Male | 01:16:44 | |
33 | Turner | Antony | 39 | Male | 01:16:52 | |
34 | Conlon | Tony | 50 | Male | 01:17:24 | |
35 | Zonnestein | Jan | 48 | Male | 01:17:28 | |
36 | Lewis | Andrew | 47 | Male | 01:17:59 | |
37 | Klopper | Elize | 46 | Female | 01:18:42 | |
38 | Baret | Christophe | 23 | Male | 01:19:23 | |
39 | Schutte | Ico | 27 | Male | 01:20:27 | |
40 | ingpen | paul | 43 | Male | 01:20:36 | |
41 | Houliston | Thamar | 29 | Female | 01:21:30 | |
42 | Mills | Caren | 40 | Female | 01:21:34 | |
43 | Van Der Walt | Jono | 29 | Male | 01:21:45 | |
44 | Krige | David | 27 | Male | 01:21:58 | |
45 | Beukes | Phillo | 41 | Male | 01:22:08 | |
46 | Andrade | Brendon | 25 | Male | 01:22:12 | |
47 | Maarsingh | Berend | 46 | Male | 01:22:15 | |
48 | Crous | Leon | 28 | Male | 01:22:43 | |
49 | Van Lier | Ivan | 44 | Male | 01:22:51 | |
50 | Samuel | Robin | 35 | Male | 01:23:48 | |
52 | Grewar | Marli | 28 | Female | 01:24:11 | |
51 | de Villiers | Daniel | 46 | Male | 01:24:11 | |
53 | Van Heerden | Natia | 19 | Female | 01:24:33 | |
54 | hawley | gregory | 45 | Male | 01:24:34 | |
55 | Mosdell | Tim | 47 | Male | 01:25:11 | |
56 | Fritz | Ilse | 52 | Female | 01:25:19 | |
57 | Leek | Kathryn | 30 | Female | 01:25:40 | |
58 | jakoby | martin walter | 35 | Male | 01:26:15 | |
59 | van der Merwe | David-John | 25 | Male | 01:26:26 | |
60 | Malan | Nadia | 27 | Female | 01:27:28 | |
61 | Main | Lisa | 25 | Female | 01:27:43 | |
62 | Crouse | Antonette | 23 | Female | 01:28:41 | |
63 | Van Rensburg | Bernice | 24 | Female | 01:28:54 | |
64 | williams | marita | 42 | Female | 01:28:54 | |
65 | Kriel | Dorette | 25 | Female | 01:29:37 | |
66 | Joubert | Marcel | 46 | Male | 01:29:40 | |
67 | Basson | Willem | 32 | Male | 01:30:52 | |
68 | Bloem | Sarel | 33 | Male | 01:30:52 | |
69 | Rosch | Tanya | 31 | Female | 01:31:05 | |
70 | Cunningham | Richard | 53 | Male | 01:31:14 | |
71 | Otto | Daniel | 37 | Male | 01:31:52 | |
72 | de villiers | Francois | 26 | Male | 01:34:18 | |
73 | Baker | Craig | 40 | Male | 01:35:02 | |
74 | Olivier | Ben | 40 | Male | 01:36:38 | |
75 | Fitzhenry | Sid | 26 | Male | 01:36:59 | |
76 | Brown | Guy | 61 | Male | 01:38:46 | |
77 | Brown | Janine | 56 | Female | 01:40:09 | |
78 | Smith | Craig | 46 | Male | 01:40:21 | |
79 | Key | Trent | 26 | Male | 01:40:44 | |
80 | De Klerk | Johan | 32 | Male | 01:41:19 | |
81 | Gurney | Dean | 40 | Male | 01:42:12 | |
82 | Oehley | Derek | 47 | Male | 01:42:12 | |
83 | Comely | Leon | 48 | Male | 01:44:38 | |
84 | Lau | Gerald | 43 | Male | 01:46:34 | |
85 | Lario | Paulo | 36 | Male | 01:47:55 | |
86 | van den Raad | Bert | 66 | Male | 01:49:26 | |
87 | van Rooyen | Andre | 42 | Male | 01:51:56 | |
88 | Hanauer | Catherine | 32 | Female | 01:56:46 | |
89 | Teixeira | Miguel | 39 | Male | 01:59:34 | |
90 | Bell | Shona | 47 | Female | 01:59:41 | |
91 | de Jong | Juandre | 30 | Male | 02:00:56 |
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.
The two leaders - Antoine and Hanlie