Legendary Ironman, Raynard Tissink, won the first round of the Glacéau Vitamin Water Triathlon Summer Series held in Nelson Mandela Bay this morning (Friday 16 December) competing against a large field of celebrities and top local triathletes. Tissink won the sprint distance triathlon, which comprised of a 750m swim at Pollok Beach, a 20km cycle to Schoenmakerskop and a tough 5km trail run along the picturesque Sacramento Trail, in a fast time of 1hr 4min 7sec. Also in the field of over 100 participants was former Springbok rugby player Ollie le Roux who placed 97th along with friend Okkert Britz, a former World Champion pole vaulter. 2010 Series ladies champion, Liza Bright, won today’s ladies category in a time of 1hr 13min 25sec to place 7th overall, one position higher than current World 70.3 Ironman 50+ age group champion Alec Riddle.
In the Men’s category, Tissink was followed home by Ryan Peter (1hr 07.52) and Dan Howitz (1hr 08.04) whilst Bright was followed home in the ladies category by Jade Hooke (1hr 19.42) and Ingrid Brown (1hr 24.13).
The first team home was the father and son pairing of Gerrit and Morne Olivier in a time of 1hr 17min 13sec. Second home in the team category was the junior team of Camryn and Jamie Riddle and Ashleigh Vaughan.
The triathlon, the first of 3 being held in the next two weeks, attracted participants from around the country and now heads for Port St Francis for Round 2 on Monday 26th December. The final race of the Series will be held in Port Elizabeth on Thursday 29th December.
Glacéau Vitamin Water Summer Series Triathlon Results – Friday 16/12/2011
- Men: 1 Raynard Tissink 1:04:07; 2 Ryan Peter 1:07:52; 3 Dan Howitz 1:08:04; 4 Nathanle Roux 1:11:24; 5 Bruce Campbell 1:11:42; 6 Michael Kingston 1:13:24; 7 Alec Riddle 1:13:54; 8 Derek Creed 1:14:02; 9 Craig Black 1:14:22; 10 Dewald Allers 1:15:32; 11 Ryan Johnston 1:16:20; 12 Rinaldo Morgia 1:16:50; 13 Nick Davidson 1:17:24; 14 Ross Helliwell 1:18:39; 15 Wiaan Kriel 1:18:49; 16 Joost Kessels 1:19:02; 17 Mike Palframan 1:19:05; 18 Danie Serfontein 1:19:09; 19 Silvio Scribante 1:19:27; 20 Kevin Raine 1:20:37; 21 Stephen Van niekerk 1:22:21; 22 Roger Hooke 1:22:29; 23 Bernard Playdon 1:22:46; 24 Justin Ryan 1:23:13; 25 Neil Currie 1:23:38; 26 Nick Chapman 1:24:28; 27 Iain Barrow 1:24:50; 28 Hennie Venter 1:24:57; 29 John van Onselen 1:25:26; 30 Richard Gilbert 1:25:37; 31 Colin George 1:25:42; 32 Gregory George 1:25:43; 33 Du raan Badenhorst 1:27:32; 34 Brendon Jopson 1:28:21; 35 Hugo Leuenberger 1:28:23; 36 Clyde Abrahams 1:28:27; 37 Murray Krug 1:29:37; 38 Robert Bodley 1:30:39; 39 Justin Knott 1:31:16; 40 Henk Spoormaker 1:31:38; 41 Ralph Ketzner 1:31:42; 42 Fulvio Falco 1:34:25; 43 David Enslin 1:34:53; 44 Duncan Milne 1:35:13; 45 Aydin Vehbi 1:35:17; 46 Graham Richards 1:35:42; 47 Mike De st pern 1:36:35; 48 Steven Schaefer 1:37:19; 49 Dirk Groeneveld 1:37:31; 50 Jared Jordan 1:37:34; 51 Dale Moulton 1:39:08; 52 Willem Jurgens 1:39:31; 53 Chris Viljoen 1:39:32; 54 Martin Croucamp 1:39:34; 55 Rob Ermes 1:39:39; 56 Gerrit Radder 1:40:50; 57 Severius Janse van rensburg 1:41:23; 58 Allan Leslie 1:41:38; 59 Slade Francis 1:44:44; 60 Peter Meyer 1:45:03; 61 Hercules Van Rensburg 1:45:07; 62 Louis Vivier 1:46:15; 63 Paul Coetzee 1:47:21; 64 Charlie Hills 1:48:32; 65 Reon Van rensburg 1:49:01; 66 Morne Coetzee 1:51:37; 67 Etienne Roussel 1:52:50; 68 Richard Mcintyre 1:53:17; 69 Kevin Stephens 1:56:13; 70 Michael Copeland 1:59:41; 71 Wikus De swardt 2:02:35; 72 Andre-henri Le roux 2:08:23; 73 Okkert Brits 2:08:25; 74 Braam Botha 2:18:34; 75 Izak david Coetzee 2:18:35;
- Ladies: 1 Liza Bright 1:13:25; 2 Jade Hooke 1:19:42; 3 Ingrid Brown 1:24:13; 4 Kerry Longhurst 1:24:41; 5 Adele Van de venter 1:25:27; 6 Jodie Berry 1:33:52; 7 Odessa Perelson 1:36:36; 8 Corne De swardt 1:37:44; 9 Marieke Roux 1:38:42; 10 Sharne Andrade 1:41:34; 11 Helen Kernohan 1:42:28; 12 Janet Viljoen 1:42:46; 13 Lou Furstenberg 1:45:28; 14 Lee-anne Collyer 1:45:30; 15 Nicolene Waters 1:46:16; 16 Penelope Fick 1:46:24; 17 Mariska Le roux 1:52:36; 18 Tracy Going 1:53:36; 19 Katjana Ott 1:54:11; 20 Jenny Venter 1:59:51; 21 Amanda Shaw 2:00:08; 22 Karen Webb 2:03:38; 23 Trevlyn Lotz 2:06:16; 24 Claudia Temlett 2:06:26; 25 Michelle Arpin 2:07:25; 26 Cheryl Witte 2:08:37; 27 Sharon Wilson 2:16:23;
- Team – Men: 1 Gerrit Morne Olivier 1:17:13; 2 Carmryn Jamie Riddle Ashleigh Vaughan 1:21:42; 3 Retief Charl van der Merwe Mondre Gouws . 1:25:31; 4 Gavin Moore, Alison Critchley Melanie Norden . 1:25:40; 5 . Tertius, Leonardo Jurgen 1:27:06; 6 Irene, Deane Darren Ketzner 1:42:47; 7 Andrea, Rachael, Joshua Leslie 1:49:11; 8 Abbey Martyn 1:52:46; 9 Maria Mary-Anne Stott 2:01:45;
Raynard Tissink. Image: Leon Hugo
