BIATHLE INTERPROVINCIAL FEBRUARY 2009 EAST LONDON

Interprovincial Biathle in East London. 15 February 2009.

Sunday 15th: We had planned to drive through to East London for an inter-provincial Biathle. It was good to be just the three of us for a while. Gave Barbara & I a bit of time to chat about what was going on and what we had planned for the next few months. Ally had said that she was hungry and so when we passed Port Alfred, we came across a new shopping centre and stopped off at the Woolworths there. Ally found a Hamburger that she had warmed up. I was fortunate to see some slacks on a rack. I tried them on and to my great delight they fitted perfectly. So I now had two new pairs of trousers for the Jhb trip the next day. The activities of the Biathle started at 12.00 at the Joan Harrison Pool. I found a small group of people that we knew from PE there: Steven and Ryan Peter, Lynette the Afrikaans teacher from Grey and some of Ally’s friends. We got together for a bit of a warm up run. Ally had 18 Girls in the Youth D section and managed a 6th place. She had to work very hard for this place as the competition was strong and the finish was a close affair. There were just three men in my event and I managed a third place. There were also three ladies in our group and I managed to beat one of them. Biathle is a fun event that almost anyone can do and it gives you the opportunity to represent Eastern Province as well as SA if you are good enough. Unfortunately not popular with PE people like it is in East London and Cape Town but we have a fair group of juniors and a smattering of adults who take part. We left after my event and did not stay for a prize giving. Ally wanted a KFC and then we purchased some of the Milkshakes that the Friesland café is famous for. It rained most of the way home and we had to drive quite cautiously. We had a quick stop at the new Nanaga Store where we bought a coffee. As we approached PE we came across two horrific accidents. Quite sobering!