Prestige Ultra 2014

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I did the race yesterday! Swim was good, just k*k swimming back with the sun in your eyes, I couldn't really see the boys so just swam towards the sun and hoped for the best.

I got a reading of 88.9kms for the ride! Was nice and flat but the way 2nd lap was a little tougher as 1st as the wind picked up.

The run was great through the suburbs and flattish, also finished with a 19.8km reading on my garmin.

Thanks for a well organized event! Legs are feeling it today but happy with the event overall!!

 

@Faceplant - you seem to be involved in the event. If TSA withdrew from Prestige event, why do we pay for the TSA Temporary license? Should we not get our R100 back as this is an amount paid to TSA?

I would like to hear your response on this matter

 

HI Stiggy

 

You will be receiving correspondence via email shortly about the reimbursement of the temp licenses! you are correct that the temp license money would be paid to TSA for a sanctioned event, but because this was an unsanctioned event the money will be reinburst to you as soon as we have resolved the "how to" part of it

Edited February 17, 2014 by Face Plant

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I received this in an email from Central Gauteng Triathlon on Friday afternoon. What was this all about?

 

"Urgent Athlete Information - Prestige UltraTriathlon 2014

Triathlon South Africa (TSA) has already posted on the TSA Website (

Click here

)the

withdrawal of sanctioning

of the Prestige Ultra Triathlon 2014. TSA has acted in this manner in the best interest of athletes as the event organiser, as Spectrum Sport, failed to comply with the TSA sanctioning requirements.

Athletes are informed that TSA has advised all the authoritive role players (SASCOC, FS Sport Confederation, SAPS, Cyclelab and others) of the withdrawal of sanctioning.

 

Athletes are again reminded that the 2014 South African Long Distance Triathlon Championship is co-hosted with the Midlands Ultra Triathlon"

 

 

Hi Davem

 

without going into too much details, please see official correspondence we sent out on Friday regarding this matter. The matter is being dealt with by our Lawyer at the moment so i would prefer not to get into the details. None the less, Our event did go on without the sanctioning of TSA

 

Dear Triathlete

 

It has come to our attention that malicious allegations have been made by TSA that the Prestige Ultra Event is non-compliant in terms of the technical requirements pertaining to hosting of sporting events. After consulting with our Legal advisor we can gladly confirm that the Prestige Ultra and sprint event complies with the requirements as set out in the No. 2 of 2010: Safety at Sports and Recreational Events act, 2010 We can therefore reiterate that based on Legal opinion the Prestige Ultra and sprint event WILL take place as we are fully compliant with all the specified requirements and have all the required approval documentation to prove this. We consequently ensure that a high quality, safe event will presented to the athlete. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the support you have shown us in the past and we truly hope that this support will continue going forward.

[davem]

Looks like an unhappy situation. Hopefully it gets resolved for the good of the sport.

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Guys the photos of the Prestige are up on http://kiekievat.co.za/