Unique mountain-bike race aims to transfer skills
As part of the 2015 York Enduro, York partnered with Qhubeka by introducing the Employee Purchase Programme to offer 100 employees the opportunity to purchase a Buffalo bike at 50 per cent discount.
York Timbers recently hosted the third York Enduro Mountain Bike Rally. This is not a standard stage race, but a test of various disciplines within mountain biking. Corporate teams partnered with a leading professional cyclist who rode with their team. The professional cyclists socialised with corporate teams and riding together provided an opportunity for skills transfer throughout the duration of the event.
As part of the 2015 York Enduro, York partnered with Qhubeka by introducing the Employee Purchase Programme to offer 100 employees the opportunity to purchase a Buffalo bike at 50 per cent discount. This initiative aims at improving their lives through simple, faster and safer sustainable transportation.
The event raised close to R120 000 which went towards the balance of the bike-purchase price. The Buffalo bike handover ceremony took place on the opening day of the 2015 event.
York Timbers created the York Adventure Club which aims to provide the community with an exposure to the York culture as well as the passionate York people in terms of their work, involvement in the community and the environment.
The goal is to bring people to Sabie and the surrounding Lowveld areas in order to showcase what the area has on offer and to encourage them to explore the tourism potential of the region.
By investing in this unique mountain-bike event, York aims to provide a platform for a comprehensive “York experience” open to its customers, suppliers, employees and the community.
Once the dust settles after the end of the York Enduro Mountain Bike Rally, the facilities created for the event become a training ground for professional athletes and other amateur adrenaline seekers to enhance and test their skills.
