Last week was the 10th edition of the Sani2c race and much like the previous 9 still remains a huge hit scattered with compliments and praise from all that have been fortunate enough to take part in this event.
Our team didn’t have a specific team entry for the event but with a few last minute scrambles two of our gang, Yolande and Arno joined forces with other teams and headed for Underburg. Arno paired up with the talented Brandon Davids from Trek SA and although having a bumpy ride the first 2 days they pulled it together for the final stage into Scotborough and after a good battle with the Kargo pro team they managed to win the day and finish an impressive 5th overall. Then in the women Yolande paired with Garmin's Yolandi Dutoit where they rode a consistent race and despite a big crash on day 2 which sent Yolande and her chin for 2 rows of stitches they finished in 2nd place overall!
Then in other parts of the country new academy rider Allan Britnell headed down to Sondela where he raced in both the road and mtb marathon events. In the Saturday road race he got caught up in a crash where his bike and wheels were written off but thankfully he was alright despite some grazes and bruises. However he turned things around on the Sunday and finished a fantastic 2nd overall in the marathon.
Voortrekker Monument was again the venue for the fourth round of the xco Provincial series. The organizers changed up the course from the previous event and offered more climbing and technical sections. After some delay at the start it was racing as usual and our guys were there in force. Our KZN rider Alan Hatherly was up for the weekend and showed why he rides in the SA champ shirt winning the junior men’s cat in style. Genevieve and Azulde won the junior and youth women, Christine took a hard raced 3rd spot while our sprogs from Fiksberg both made the podium as well! The u23’s did nicely, not making the podium but put up some close racing none the less. Then last but not least vet Alan Van Coller from Limpopo won his cat making sure his daughter (Genevieve) doesn’t outshine him too badly :p
Next up is the MTN Rooiberg marathon and half marathons as well as Mankele National xco both this weekend. Alan Hatherly has left for the African Youth Games taking place in Botswana next week and supported by Sascoc which looks to be an amazing experience.
We wish everyone good luck this coming weekend and hold thumbs they can put in some good results.
Until next time, happy trails!
Paul
Our team didn’t have a specific team entry for the event but with a few last minute scrambles two of our gang, Yolande and Arno joined forces with other teams and headed for Underburg. Arno paired up with the talented Brandon Davids from Trek SA and although having a bumpy ride the first 2 days they pulled it together for the final stage into Scotborough and after a good battle with the Kargo pro team they managed to win the day and finish an impressive 5th overall. Then in the women Yolande paired with Garmin's Yolandi Dutoit where they rode a consistent race and despite a big crash on day 2 which sent Yolande and her chin for 2 rows of stitches they finished in 2nd place overall!
Then in other parts of the country new academy rider Allan Britnell headed down to Sondela where he raced in both the road and mtb marathon events. In the Saturday road race he got caught up in a crash where his bike and wheels were written off but thankfully he was alright despite some grazes and bruises. However he turned things around on the Sunday and finished a fantastic 2nd overall in the marathon.
Voortrekker Monument was again the venue for the fourth round of the xco Provincial series. The organizers changed up the course from the previous event and offered more climbing and technical sections. After some delay at the start it was racing as usual and our guys were there in force. Our KZN rider Alan Hatherly was up for the weekend and showed why he rides in the SA champ shirt winning the junior men’s cat in style. Genevieve and Azulde won the junior and youth women, Christine took a hard raced 3rd spot while our sprogs from Fiksberg both made the podium as well! The u23’s did nicely, not making the podium but put up some close racing none the less. Then last but not least vet Alan Van Coller from Limpopo won his cat making sure his daughter (Genevieve) doesn’t outshine him too badly :p
Next up is the MTN Rooiberg marathon and half marathons as well as Mankele National xco both this weekend. Alan Hatherly has left for the African Youth Games taking place in Botswana next week and supported by Sascoc which looks to be an amazing experience.
We wish everyone good luck this coming weekend and hold thumbs they can put in some good results.
Until next time, happy trails!
Paul
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