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Our Academy Track Riders did extremely well in the recent KZN Championships held at Cyril Geogehan Track in Durban. Special mention to Lauren Burnett who broke a KZN record in the Individual Pursuit event. See the results - Read More.

Inter Provincial Track Racing is returning to KZN with the first one being held in Durban on 29th August 2010... click here for the information sheet.

MTN SA National MTB Championships - Cross Country (Olympic Format)
17-18 July - Pretoria

Our Academy traveled to Pretoria this weekend and we are extremely proud of their achievements.

Cameron Wright placed 2nd in the Nipper category (Cameron lost his saddle and rode the last 5kms without it). Daimon Wright placed 6th in the the Sprog Cat and Channing Smith came in in 7th place (Channing was the youngest in the Youth section... so watch this space).

Amy Jackson came 1st in the Nipper Girls Category making her our youngest SA Champ.

Check out the pics...
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CycleLab Supercycling Club KZN team members can get their entry forms below. The event takes place at the Cyril Geoghegan Stadium on the 24th and 25th of July 2010. The categories include U10, U12/U14 Boys & Girls, U16, Junior Boys & Girls, Elite / Vets 34-39, Vets 40-49, Vets 50-59, 60+, Ladies Open + Ladies Junior and Open Section.

Come and see the provinces top riders competing against each other for provincial colours.

Track Champs Entry Form - 24/25 July 2010

Cameron Wright had a great weekend again... taking a 2nd place podium at the SA Nationals XC Cup. Cameron has been focussing on winning both the KZN and National MTB XC Cup series, and his results are impressive....

SA NATIONALS XC Cup No.3 - GEORGE - 15 May 2010
Nippers
2nd Overall - Cameron Wright

MTB KZN XC Cup Finals - 4 May 2010
Nippers
1st - Cameron Wright

Having at the eleventh hour finally agreed about who would ride at the back of the tandem, we soon found ourselves sizing up the competition in the starting lineup, hoping at least to be competitive. Sure enough there were plenty of well defined athletes with impressive kit and rigs and as was to be expected, an appetite for attacking on the hills which duly happened on the first M7 climb.

A huge well done to all the CycleLab SuperCycling KZN Club members who braved the 9 days & 930 off km of terrain from Heidelberg to Scottborough. Myles Tyler & Steve McMaster came in 17th overall (11th in their category). Dean Black & Brad Rolfe had an incredible journey, and came 61st (18th in the category).

Considering that Brad (pictured right with Lauren Drummond, their Physio, and Dean Black) only started MTBing seriously about 6 months ago... this was a huge achievement, and inspiration to any MTBer thinking of doing an Epic or Sani. Well done!

Other riders to mention... David Simpson & Yusuf Kadwa: Over 58h30 of riding! Ow.
Andrew McLean & Shan Wilson: 38h22 (winners of the race). Nice.
The Cycle Lab KTM team... Johan Labuschagne & Yolande de Villiers came in 4th (1st in their category)
And Cyclelab 3; Mark Thijs & Graeme Eliott came 28th (7th in their category).

Photo: Lauren Drummond (worth clicking to see the beauty of the Berg!)

On Saturday the track meeting took place at the Oval near St. Georges Park. We ran through the Junior events first before the Seniors took to the tack at 11 am. By that time the wind was picking up the sun was getting pretty strong. I did the 1000m time trial and around an hour later the 3000m pursuit. There were no other competitors in my category, but was competitive in comparison to the category above my classification.

Team Biogen Toyota’s Anriette Schoeman made history on Sunday when she won the women’s category at the 109km Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour for a record sixth time.
 
The 32-year-old Port Elizabeth-based professional outsprinted a strong international field to clock a winning time of three hours and six minutes. Robyn de Groot (MTN Energade) finished second with British rider Catherine Williamson (Team Bizhub) rounding out the podium places.
 
Until this year, Schoeman shared the record of five victories with former South African professional, Willie Engelbrecht, who recorded his wins in the late 1980s and early 1990s. But Sunday’s win makes her the most prolific Elite category race winner of South Africa’s highest profile race.

 

2010 BONITAS SUNDAY TRIBUNE MIDLANDS ULTRA TRIATHLON
7 March 2010

The Midlands Ultra Triathlon came down to the wire, with the local brothers Anton and Brad Storm racing neck and neck over the final 15km trail run section. The lead changed 4 times over the 15km trail run route which then left the battle for the finish tunnel. Brad Strom eventually clinched first place but by only half a meter on his younger brother Anton.