Rally drivers ‘revving’ up for national rally in Tzaneen next week

The Tzaneen National Rally, which will see drivers from all over the country competing against each other, will take place on Friday, August 12, and Saturday,13 on the roads in and around Tzaneen.

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Theuns Viljoen, rally route director; Piet Bruwer, Merensky Timber forestry manager; Ivan Saayman, secretary of the rally organising committee and Naomi Excell from Agri-Letaba.

This was officially confirmed during a sponsors’ meet and greet event held at the NTT Isuzu offices in Tzaneen on Wednesday, July 27. At the event, Ivan Saayman, secretary of the rally organising committee, thanked all the sponsors, organisers, drivers, and media houses involved in marketing the upcoming event.

Sponsors of the event, Marco Lottering and Henry de Beer of NTT with local rally champion, Theuns Joubert.

Rally drivers Erik de Jager and Theuns Joubert.

Corrie Large, Jackie Large, Paul Prinsloo and Yolande Aucamp.

Four local teams that are set to participate in the race are Theuns Joubert, who is the 2021 national champion; Peter Pilusa and his navigator Kabelo Sekgobela; Eddie Simpson and navigator, Louis Menge and Eric de Jager.

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Menge told the Herald they are excited to be racing on home soil as they are familiar with the terrain. Meanwhile, Joubert will also be looking to attain a podium position that can afford him enough points to stay on top of the log in order to defend his title. The pre-event inspection and scrutineering will take place on Thursday between 18:00-20:00 at NTT Toyota Tzaneen. The day one ceremonial start will be held from 11:00 at NTT Toyota as well as the end of day one event will be at NTT Isuzu.

Meanwhile, the ceremonial start for day two will start at 10:00 at NTT Toyota, and the end of day two event will also take place there at 16:10. Spectators are invited to come and witness the electrifying event, but are also warned to be extremely careful as the sport can be dangerous. At the time of going to press, both the times and routes were not officially confirmed. Read next week’s edition to get a full update on the routes and programme.

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Anwen Mojela

Anwen Mojela is a journalist at the Letaba Herald. She graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Journalism at the Tshwane University of Technology. Including an internship and freelancing, Anwen has four years’ experience in the field and has been a permanent name in the Herald for nearly three years. Anwen’s career highlights include a water corruption investigative story when she was an intern and delving into wildlife and nature conservation. “I became a journalist mainly to be the voice of the voiceless, especially working for a community newspaper. Helping with the bit that I can, makes choosing journalism worth it.