ATHLETIC CLUB - HERMANUS 

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Welcome to the Whalers Athletic club Home Page.  The Club is based in Hermanus in the Boland Region of the Western Cape and has around 60 members.  Whalers are friendly people, welcoming all members of the community and visitors. We cater for a wide range of athletic abilities and aspirations (Runners and Walkers). The club has some good athletes who thrive on the competitive aspects of the sport, and also those who just want to run for pleasure or to keep fit. 

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NEW : 2012 2Oceans training schedule

Annual Whalers Prizegiving for Time Trials & Races in 2010

Whalers AC Library

Latest RACE RESULTS: Dangerpoint 10km   and 21km  ONRUS 10km

RACE RESULTS: Comrades  2Oceans  Whale 1/2M  Latest: ONRUS 10km

PB's & SB's

LINKS: Hermanus sports clubs:     

Comrades 2011 Results:

  Comrades 2010

Back: Johan de Kock; Jeremy Browne; LP le Roux; Jean de Villiers; Barney Louw; Christiaan de Wet; Rudolf du Plooy; Hugh Waters; Wilhelm Cooper
Front: Mikki Milne; Yvonne Lerm; Valerie van Deventer; Karen de Bruyn;Christine Hibberd; Carina van der Merwe; Norma Wheeler; Christa Siebrits;
Anzel du Plessis; Baba Seitumeng; Rudolf van der Berg; Hein Human
Seated: Les Hanna
Absent: Bernard Nel; Marc Rolfe; Rian Nortje

Personal Bests:

• 3km Run
• 5km Run
• 8km Run
• 3km Walk
• 5km Walk
• 8km Walk  

Time Trials are held on Thursdays at 6pm at the Hermanus Cricket Club. During mid-winter (1 May to 31 August) the time changes to 5.30 pm. Drinks will be available at a reasonable price after the time trial.  Participants can choose to run or walk the 3km, 5km or the 8km route. 

Time Trial Results: Last Week

 3km:   8:34 (Brine Nofotyo: 2007 )

 5km: 16:23 (Alasdair Russell:Dec '05)

 8km: 26:43 (Brine Nofotyo: 2007 )  

Click here to see the official kit

Results:  

• 2011 TOTAL Whale Half marathon
• 2010 TOTAL Whale Half marathon
• 2009 TOTAL Whale Half marathon
• 2008 TOTAL Whale Half marathon
• 2007 TOTAL Whale Half marathon
• 2011 Onrus 10km
• 2010 Onrus 10km
• 2009 ONRUS 10km
• 2008 ONRUS 10km 
• 2007 ONRUS 10km

PO Box 1251, Hermanus, 7200 or carina@cegela.co.za

Committee Members:   

Chairman:               Les Hanna              028 3163820 Club Captain:           Mikki Milne                             Treasurer:              Ronel Bootha                                 Secretary:              Louise Erasmus                             Race  coordinator:  Carina v.d. Merwe  028 3163450 Social/Walking:       Arlene Ehrenberg   028 3162037  Running Kit:            Louise Erasmus                             Track & Field:          Leo Benning          028 3164960

a 3km time trial was introduced on 1 September 2005: which as we hoped, attracted more walkers and schoolchildren. 

Ode to the 3km:  

Spring has sprung, the time has come

To get rid of that bulging tummy

Spread the news, put on your shoes

Get out and start some running

The new time trial, is like a smile

You scarcely know you’ve done it

Only three kays long, just like a song

You’ll enjoy it as you run it!

                                        Hugh Waters

For those of you who missed any of the Newsletters:

• November 2011
• May 2011
• February 2011
• November 2010
• August 2010
• May 2010
• February 2010
• November 2009
• August 2009
• May 2009
• February 2009
• November 2008
• August 2008
• May 2008
• February 2008
• November 2007
• August 2007
• May 2007
• February 2007
• November 2006
• August 2006
• May 2006
• February 2006       

ANNUAL WHALERS PRIZEGIVING for Time Trials & Races in 2010

Click Here for a list of prize winners : Prize Winners

Click Here for a list of Race Performances with Age Graded Percentage: Performances

There are 3 Worksheets on the spreadsheet (tabs on bottom left of spreadsheet)

• Click on the first Tab "Alphabetical" to see an alphabetical list of race performances
• Click on the second Tab "Ladies" to see a list of race performances for the ladies
• Click on the third Tab "Gentlemen" to see a list of race performances for the gentlemen

Whalers AC Library:

Willie Loedolff has very kindly donated a number of very good running books to Club which he has collected over the years. Due to chronic knee problems which he has been experiencing, forcing him to downscale from running to walking, he decided to make these invaluable sources of information available to the club by means of a Library. Arlene Ehrenberg has volunteered to be the official librarian and has the books documented with a short note about the contents of each book. Club members are welcome to contact her and “take out” books for a period, affording all members the opportunity of enjoying these quality books.

The books donated are;
The Lore of Running by Tim Noakes (1st Edition),
Running your Best by Tim Noakes,
Galloway’s Book of Running by Jeff Galloway,
The Complete Book of Running by James Fixx,
Everyman’s Guide to Distance Running by Norrie Williamson,
Precision Running by Roy Benson,
Comrades by Bruce Fordyce,
Running Injuries by Tim Noakes and Stephen Granger,
Cures for Common Running Injuries by Steven I. Subotnik,
Running Injury-free by Joe Ellis,
Die Sport Dieet by Karen Inge and Peter Brukner,
Stretching Book by Nell Weaver,
How to Run a Marathon by Tony Benyon and Kevin Macey and
The Inner Athlete .

Leo Benning has also very kindly donated four books to be added to the Library. These are:
The Running Foot Doctor by Steven I. Subotnik,
Jogging with Arthur Lydiard by Garth Gilmour,
Be Fit or be Damned by Percy Cerutty  
The Varied World of Cross Country, Runners World Book 2.