Amanzimtoti Cycling Club news
A whole group of mountain bikers are training for Sani2C and a few for Joburg2c which kicks off on 24 April. This is a whole nine days of off-road racing.
AMANZIMTOTI Cycling Club has been bubbling with activities over the past few weeks. Happy cyclists had a great long weekend over Easter to do plenty of additional pedalling and there are another two long weekends coming up.
Great rides are planned for both.
There has been a whole lot of serious training going on in both road and mountain biking. The roadies have been hard at work, training for the Tour D’urban to be held on 26 April on the North Coast. This also has a mountain bike race attached to it, so both disciplines of the club will be racing.
A whole group of mountain bikers are training for Sani2C and a few for Joburg2c which kicks off on 24 April. This is a whole nine days of off-road racing.
Four crazy Toti riders entered the 361km race in Oudtshoorn over the weekend. This race surely tests one’s endurance. The 361km race had a 36.1-hour cut-off limit. That is a whole lot of continuous riding to be done, Well done to Malcolm Wallace, Billy Bridge, Corries and Girtie Steenkamp. Big kudos to you four.
The Spur children’s mountain bike school challenge was held at Lords and Legends cycle track on Saturday, 18 April. This saw over 100 children participating in a cross-country type event. The ages ranged from eight years and under to high school. A few children from local schools took part and it was fantastic to see so many school PE shirts flying past on the track. This is a sport to be encouraged at the schools.
On Sunday, the famous Bushlife Adventure outride was once again held at Rocky Bay. Another spectacular day of riding was enjoyed by a huge crowd of people. Again, the orange Toti cycling shirts were plentiful at the ride.
Toti’s C and D group riders entered into the Sugar Rush mountain bike race on the North Coast and made the club proud with their achievements.
Toti CC’s Compendium Sugar Rush Classic results:
25km: First Devon Baird (sub junior boys) 1.02.44, 11th Liam Richard Theunissen (nipper boys) 1.14.43, 40th Rienie Beneke (vet women) 1.22.34, 42nd Brandon Wheeler (senior men) 1.22.54, 91st Melissa Saunders (senior women) 1.33.26.
45km: First Tyronne White (sub vet men) 1.37.55, 45th Timothy Theunissen (vet men) 2.02.38, 73rd Julieann Hampson (sub vet women) 2.10.13, 158th Carl Freyer (grand master men) 2.39.07, 165th Shelley Freyer (senior women) 2.41.15, 202nd Shaun Michael Heinze (master men) 2.54.52, 208th Anton Booysen (master men) 2.57.22, 219th Hardus Burger (sub vet men) 3.03.50, 237th Danie Beyleveld (vet men) 3.11.33, 247th Petrus du Plessis (sub vet men) 3.18.24, 249th Quinton Rutherford (vet men) 3.19.21. 250th Cindy Rutherford (vet women) 3.19.22.
On Thursday night, there will be a club gathering at Lords to ride the track, but beware, the ride will be reversed and riders will do it backwards for something different.
Saturday morning will see the Toti Mambas zoot up to Virginia farm for a good morning of training. This is an excellent venue to ride for those training for Sani2c. The club will braai afterwards.
Next week Friday, the plan is to head down to Port Edward and explore the clearwater trails.
The roadies leave Rockview Road Engen garage at 5am on weekday mornings and 5.30am on weekends for different road routes.
More rides for the long weekends will be posted on the Facebook groups.
The Hibiscus Coast Cycle Festival from 1 to 3 May is bound to be fun for the whole family,
Support the elite UCI riders finishing in Margate on Friday at about 1pm. Then on Saturday, 2 May there is total road closure, finishing off with an amazing cocktail party at 7pm. On Sunday morning, bright and early, riders will be back out supporting the UCI elites on their final race day. Enter online through ROAG.
The Chainworx KZN series is on 16 May, 21 June, 26 July and 9 August. This safe event is for the whole family, including roadies and MTB riders.
The 2.5km circuit racing is on a closed route. Enter online through ROAG.
They are also bringing in a team time trial challenge as a tester after the first series finishes with four riders per team at a cost of R200 per team. The entry fee will be used for the TT prize money. Entry for the team time trial will be done on the day of each event.
Go to www.amanzimtoticycle.co.za for more club information. If anyone would like to ride with the club, call Caryn on 082-357-5287.
