Dear Ovies, fellow runners and friends
Thank you to those of you who attended our very successful spring braai. Also a big thank you to those who helped with the arrangements. Our club depends on members like you!
MONTHLY CLUB BRAAI
Our October club braai will be held on 4 October. We will provide the coals. Hoping to see you all there!
PROVISIONAL FIXTURES FOR 2018
AGN is in the process of finalising the fixtures for 2018. Go to Fixtures – Calendar 2018 on our website for the latest but bear in mind that some details may still change.
OVIES RACE 2018 IMPORTANT DATE!!!
We will host our fourth race on 17 March 2018. Please diarise this date for next year. Further details to follow!
CROSS COUNTRY SA CHAMPIONSHIP IN POTCHEFSTROOM ON 9 SEPTEMBER
Congratulations to Assie van Aswegen who finished the 6km race in 39:03 and Piet van Aswegen who finished the 4km race in 32:07.
CLUB HOUSE
The good news is that the Education Department has given us the go-ahead for the building of our club house! Johan is currently working on setting up a date for a site meeting. We will keep you posted.
Here is a draft of the plans for the new club house:
TIME TRIALS
Please make yourself available for timekeeping as we have many gaps in our duty list.
LEAGUE AND OTHER RACES
Details of all races are provided in the Annual Programme which is available on our website on the Calendar page. However, you can also click on the following links to obtain full up-to-date details of upcoming races:
The next league race is the SABS Jacaranda City Challenge on the 14th October. Let’s make an effort to be there.
BIRTHDAYS
Congratulations to the members who celebrate their birthdays in October!
Morne van Zyl: 1 October
Willie Engelbrecht: 4 October
Stephanie Marais: 22 October
Bonni Van Tonder: 26 October
Vicky van Staden: 26 October
Sandi Van Duyker: 29 October
OUR CLUB TURNS 20 IN 2018
Our club will be 20 years old in 2018. Please provide us with interesting photos that you may have and if you have an interesting story or two, please send it to us. Ex-members who have moved away but still receive the Newsletter, please let us hear for you.
Happy running!
Jeanne