Knysna - Antoine van Heerden may have given up first place in the half marathon on Sunday, but did more than enough during the week to take the 2011 Nedcor Big5 Challenge crown.
Tim Ellerbeck came in first in the half marathon in a time just under 1 hour and 23 minutes to secure second place in the Big5 Challenge, with third place going to Christiaan Greyling.
Roelande Visser tried her best to upset Hanlie Booyens in the half marathon, taking 8th place overall in a time of 1 hour and 29 minutes, but 11th in the half marathon was more than enough for Booyens to take the ladies Big5 crown. Esther Lategan completed the podium.
The 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 final 2011 Big5 leaderboard:
The Big5 Knysna Forest half marathon 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.
Proud Big5 Challenge winners, Antoine van Heerden and Hanlie Booyens
Tim Ellerbeck came in first in the half marathon in a time just under 1 hour and 23 minutes to secure second place in the Big5 Challenge, with third place going to Christiaan Greyling.
Roelande Visser tried her best to upset Hanlie Booyens in the half marathon, taking 8th place overall in a time of 1 hour and 29 minutes, but 11th in the half marathon was more than enough for Booyens to take the ladies Big5 crown. Esther Lategan completed the podium.
The 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 final 2011 Big5 leaderboard:
Pos | Surname | Name | Age | Sex | MTB | Trail | Xterra | 1/2 mara | Total |
1 | Van Heerden | Antoine | 19 | Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Ellerbeck | Tim | 33 | Male | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
3 | Greyling | Christiaan | 26 | Male | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
4 | Pirow | Piers | 46 | Male | 23 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 38 |
5 | Ashby | Brenton | Male | 18 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 40 | |
6 | Booyens | Hanlie | 37 | Female | 6 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 41 |
7 | de Jonge | Adrian | 24 | Male | 14 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 47 |
8 | Micklewood | Paul | 41 | Male | 2 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 49 |
9 | Kriel | Hendrik | 29 | Male | 21 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 58 |
10 | Visser | Roelande | 27 | Female | 25 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 59 |
11 | Machado | Pedro | 28 | Male | 4 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 64 |
12 | Van Heerden | Andreas | 54 | Male | 15 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 79 |
13 | Willcocks | Jeffrey | 43 | Male | 8 | 32 | 17 | 24 | 81 |
14 | O Connor | Padhraic | 27 | Male | 29 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 81 |
15 | Tetteroo | Frederik | 23 | Male | 11 | 18 | 10 | 43 | 82 |
16 | Lategan | Esther | 36 | Female | 12 | 29 | 20 | 22 | 83 |
17 | Halsey | Clinton | 35 | Male | 20 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 83 |
18 | Woithe | SanMari | 42 | Female | 27 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 84 |
19 | Bezuidenhoud | Carel | 35 | Male | 3 | 14 | 7 | 64 | 88 |
20 | Rivalland | Ross | 26 | Male | 65 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 95 |
21 | Conlon | Tony | 50 | Male | 17 | 34 | 22 | 27 | 100 |
22 | Campbell | Bruce | 24 | Male | 33 | 10 | 31 | 26 | 100 |
23 | Ingpen | Paul | 43 | Male | 16 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 103 |
24 | Terrebalanche | Georg | 25 | Male | 41 | 21 | 28 | 15 | 105 |
25 | Du Plessis | Colin | 49 | Male | 22 | 31 | 26 | 31 | 110 |
26 | Zonnestein | Jan | 48 | Male | 24 | 35 | 30 | 21 | 110 |
27 | Ayres | Richard | 43 | Male | 37 | 25 | 40 | 16 | 118 |
28 | Olden | Bruce | 45 | Male | 77 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 123 |
29 | Turner | Antony | 39 | Male | 30 | 33 | 39 | 25 | 127 |
30 | Lewis | Andrew | 47 | Male | 44 | 36 | 25 | 28 | 133 |
31 | Schutte | Ico | 27 | Male | 7 | 39 | 32 | 56 | 134 |
32 | Leroux | Steph | 44 | Male | 32 | 3 | 87 | 14 | 136 |
33 | Vallance | Neil | 35 | Male | 31 | 19 | 48 | 39 | 137 |
34 | Maarsingh | Berend | 46 | Male | 10 | 47 | 29 | 53 | 139 |
35 | Grewar | John | 28 | Male | 60 | 24 | 35 | 30 | 149 |
36 | Beukes | Phillo | 41 | Male | 42 | 45 | 36 | 29 | 152 |
37 | Quan | Melvyn | 37 | Male | 47 | 23 | 33 | 55 | 158 |
38 | Samuel | Robin | 35 | Male | 35 | 50 | 38 | 36 | 159 |
39 | Kruger | Willie | 43 | Male | 36 | 22 | 19 | 85 | 162 |
40 | Baret | Christophe | 23 | Male | 51 | 38 | 41 | 33 | 163 |
41 | Koegelenberg | Hannes | 23 | Male | 52 | 30 | 27 | 67 | 176 |
42 | Joubert | Marcel | 46 | Male | 38 | 66 | 43 | 32 | 179 |
43 | Basson | Willem | 32 | Male | 26 | 67 | 46 | 47 | 186 |
44 | Mills | Caren | 40 | Female | 54 | 42 | 53 | 42 | 191 |
45 | Talmud | mark | 34 | Male | 5 | 16 | 87 | 85 | 193 |
46 | Crous | Leon | 28 | Male | 63 | 48 | 54 | 35 | 200 |
47 | van der Merwe | David-John | 25 | Male | 58 | 59 | 42 | 51 | 210 |
48 | Krige | David | 27 | Male | 53 | 44 | 49 | 68 | 214 |
49 | Klopper | Elize | 46 | Female | 86 | 37 | 74 | 18 | 215 |
50 | Otto | Daniel | 37 | Male | 40 | 71 | 55 | 50 | 216 |
50 | Van Der Walt | Jono | 29 | Male | 82 | 43 | 50 | 41 | 216 |
52 | de Villiers | Daniel | 46 | Male | 59 | 51 | 59 | 49 | 218 |
52 | Hawley | Gregory | 45 | Male | 73 | 54 | 51 | 40 | 218 |
54 | Rosch | Tanya | 31 | Female | 49 | 69 | 56 | 45 | 219 |
55 | Houliston | Thamar | 29 | Female | 79 | 41 | 66 | 37 | 223 |
56 | Malan | Nadia | 27 | Female | 43 | 60 | 37 | 83 | 223 |
57 | Bloem | Sarel | 33 | Male | 46 | 68 | 52 | 58 | 224 |
58 | Van Rensburg | Bernice | 24 | Female | 45 | 63 | 57 | 60 | 225 |
59 | Muller | Helmi | 28 | Male | 55 | 92 | 45 | 34 | 226 |
60 | Kriel | Dorette | 25 | Female | 28 | 65 | 80 | 66 | 239 |
61 | Mosdell | Tim | 47 | Male | 74 | 55 | 70 | 46 | 245 |
62 | Fitzhenry | Sid | 26 | Male | 48 | 75 | 64 | 59 | 246 |
63 | Comely | Leon | 48 | Male | 34 | 83 | 47 | 84 | 248 |
64 | Cunningham | Richard | 53 | Male | 61 | 70 | 61 | 57 | 249 |
65 | Van Lier | Ivan | 44 | Male | 39 | 49 | 87 | 74 | 249 |
66 | Andrade | Brendon | 25 | Male | 87 | 46 | 44 | 82 | 259 |
67 | Leek | Kathryn | 30 | Female | 83 | 57 | 87 | 38 | 265 |
68 | de villiers | Francois | 26 | Male | 71 | 72 | 62 | 62 | 267 |
69 | Smith | Craig | 46 | Male | 50 | 78 | 63 | 77 | 268 |
70 | le Roux | Derick | 27 | Male | 87 | 92 | 5 | 85 | 269 |
71 | Williams | Marita | 42 | Female | 87 | 64 | 58 | 61 | 270 |
72 | Olivier | Ben | 40 | Male | 56 | 74 | 60 | 81 | 271 |
72 | De Klerk | Johan | 32 | Male | 57 | 80 | 69 | 65 | 271 |
72 | Jakoby | Martin | 35 | Male | 72 | 58 | 87 | 54 | 271 |
75 | Main | Lisa | 25 | Female | 87 | 61 | 83 | 44 | 275 |
76 | Grewar | Marli | 28 | Female | 81 | 52 | 72 | 75 | 280 |
77 | Woolley | Lara Fay | 30 | Female | 19 | 92 | 87 | 85 | 283 |
78 | Baker | Craig | 40 | Male | 62 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 288 |
78 | Fritz | Ilse | 52 | Female | 76 | 56 | 71 | 85 | 288 |
80 | Crouse | Antonette | 23 | Female | 69 | 62 | 73 | 85 | 289 |
81 | Brown | Janine | 56 | Female | 67 | 77 | 79 | 73 | 296 |
82 | Brown | Guy | 56 | Female | 68 | 76 | 81 | 72 | 297 |
83 | Key | Trent | 26 | Male | 80 | 79 | 76 | 63 | 298 |
84 | Lau | Gerald | 43 | Male | 75 | 84 | 75 | 69 | 303 |
85 | Teixeira | Miguel | 39 | Male | 78 | 89 | 65 | 71 | 303 |
86 | Van Heerden | Natia | 19 | Female | 87 | 53 | 87 | 85 | 312 |
87 | McLeod | Joanne | 43 | Female | 87 | 92 | 87 | 48 | 314 |
88 | van Rooyen | Andre | 42 | Male | 70 | 87 | 82 | 79 | 318 |
88 | van den Raad | Bert | 66 | Male | 84 | 86 | 78 | 70 | 318 |
88 | Gurney | Dean | 40 | Male | 85 | 81 | 67 | 85 | 318 |
91 | Oehley | Derek | 47 | Male | 87 | 82 | 68 | 85 | 322 |
92 | Knobel | Henri | 21 | Male | 64 | 92 | 87 | 85 | 328 |
93 | Victor | Paul | 39 | Male | 66 | 92 | 87 | 85 | 330 |
94 | Lario | Paulo | 36 | Male | 87 | 85 | 87 | 80 | 339 |
94 | Bell | Shona | 47 | Female | 87 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 339 |
96 | Hanauer | Catherine | 32 | Female | 87 | 88 | 85 | 85 | 345 |
97 | de Jong | Juandre | 30 | Male | 87 | 91 | 86 | 85 | 349 |
The Big5 Knysna Forest half marathon results:
Position |
|
Name | Age | Sex | Time | |
1 | Ellerbeck | Tim | 33 | M | 01:22:59 | |
2 | van Heerden | Antoine | 19 | M | 01:24:42 | |
3 | Olden | Bruce | 45 | M | 01:27:16 | |
4 | Greyling | Christiaan | 26 | M | 01:27:22 | |
5 | Pirow | Piers | 46 | M | 01:27:28 | |
6 | Ashby | Brenton | M | 01:28:15 | ||
7 | Rivalland | Ross | 26 | M | 01:28:38 | |
8 | Visser | Roelande | 27 | F | 01:29:06 | |
9 | de Jonge | Adrian | 24 | M | 01:29:45 | |
10 | Woithe | SanMari | 42 | F | 01:33:06 | |
11 | Booyens | Hanlie | 37 | F | 01:33:39 | |
12 | Kriel | Hendrik | 29 | M | 01:34:55 | |
13 | Halsey | Clinton | 35 | M | 01:35:30 | |
14 | Leroux | Steph | 44 | M | 01:35:50 | |
15 | Terrebalanche | Georg | 25 | M | 01:35:58 | |
16 | ayres | richard | 43 | M | 01:36:40 | |
17 | O Connor | Padhraic | 27 | M | 01:36:56 | |
18 | Klopper | Elize | 46 | F | 01:37:17 | |
19 | Micklewood | Paul | 41 | M | 01:37:28 | |
20 | Van Heerden | Andreas | 54 | M | 01:37:36 | |
21 | Zonnestein | Jan | 48 | M | 01:38:01 | |
22 | Lategan | Esther | 36 | F | 01:38:08 | |
23 | ingpen | paul | 43 | M | 01:38:24 | |
24 | Willcocks | Jeffrey | 43 | M | 01:39:04 | |
25 | Turner | Antony | 39 | M | 01:39:31 | |
26 | Campbell | Bruce | 24 | M | 01:40:54 | |
27 | Conlon | Tony | 50 | M | 01:41:06 | |
28 | Lewis | Andrew | 47 | M | 01:41:35 | |
29 | Beukes | Phillo | 41 | M | 01:42:20 | |
30 | Grewar | John | 28 | M | 01:42:28 | |
31 | Du Plessis | Colin | 49 | M | 01:43:24 | |
32 | Joubert | Marcel | 46 | M | 01:43:50 | |
33 | Baret | Christophe | 23 | M | 01:44:07 | |
34 | Muller | Helmi | 28 | M | 01:44:11 | |
35 | Crous | Leon | 28 | M | 01:44:17 | |
36 | Samuel | Robin | 35 | M | 01:44:33 | |
37 | Houliston | Thamar | 29 | F | 01:44:39 | |
38 | Leek | Kathryn | 30 | F | 01:44:41 | |
39 | Vallance | Neil | 35 | M | 01:44:53 | |
40 | hawley | gregory | 45 | M | 01:45:20 | |
41 | Van Der Walt | Jono | 29 | M | 01:46:31 | |
42 | Mills | Caren | 40 | F | 01:47:04 | |
43 | Tetteroo | Frederik | 23 | M | 01:48:05 | |
44 | Main | Lisa | 25 | F | 01:48:34 | |
45 | Rosch | Tanya | 31 | F | 01:49:03 | |
46 | Mosdell | Tim | 47 | M | 01:50:00 | |
47 | Basson | Willem | 32 | M | 01:50:27 | |
48 | McLeod | Joanne | 43 | F | 01:50:49 | |
49 | de Villiers | Daniel | 46 | M | 01:50:55 | |
50 | Otto | Daniel | 37 | M | 01:51:01 | |
51 | van der Merwe | David-John | 25 | M | 01:51:20 | |
52 | Machado | Pedro | 28 | M | 01:51:24 | |
53 | Maarsingh | Berend | 46 | M | 01:51:52 | |
54 | Jakoby | Martin | 35 | M | 01:54:37 | |
55 | Quan | Melvyn | 37 | M | 01:55:51 | |
56 | Schutte | Ico | 27 | M | 01:56:48 | |
57 | Cunningham | Richard | 53 | M | 01:58:33 | |
58 | Bloem | Sarel | 33 | M | 02:00:34 | |
59 | Fitzhenry | Sid | 26 | M | 02:00:55 | |
60 | Van Rensburg | Bernice | 24 | F | 02:01:05 | |
61 | williams | marita | 42 | F | 02:01:05 | |
62 | de villiers | Francois | 26 | M | 02:06:44 | |
63 | Key | Trent | 26 | M | 02:06:55 | |
64 | Bezuidenhoud | Carel | 35 | M | 02:06:57 | |
65 | De Klerk | Johan | 32 | M | 02:06:59 | |
66 | Kriel | Dorette | 25 | F | 02:07:08 | |
67 | Koegelenberg | Hannes | 23 | M | 02:08:05 | |
68 | Krige | David | 27 | M | 02:11:44 | |
69 | Lau | Gerald | 43 | M | 02:12:41 | |
70 | van den Raad | Bert | 66 | M | 02:13:16 | |
71 | Teixeira | Miguel | 39 | M | 02:15:40 | |
72 | Brown | Guy | 61 | M | 02:16:09 | |
73 | Brown | Janine | 56 | F | 02:17:23 | |
74 | Van Lier | Ivan | 44 | M | 02:18:57 | |
75 | Grewar | Marli | 28 | F | 02:19:32 | |
76 | Baker | Craig | 40 | M | 02:20:30 | |
77 | Smith | Craig | 46 | M | 02:24:02 | |
78 | Bell | Shona | 47 | F | 02:26:53 | |
79 | van Rooyen | Andre | 42 | M | 02:28:33 | |
80 | Lario | Paulo | 36 | M | 02:31:35 | |
81 | Olivier | Ben | 40 | M | 03:06:39 | |
82 | Andrade | Brendon | 25 | M | 10:21:35 | |
83 | Malan | Nadia | 27 | F | 10:26:51 | |
84 | Comely | Leon | 48 | M | 10:44:01 |
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.
Proud Big5 Challenge winners, Antoine van Heerden and Hanlie Booyens