Adventure News: Gauteng MTB Finals Promises Great Cycling Action

Adventure News: Gauteng MTB Finals Promises Great Cycling Action - Ndorfin, South Africa

HOME | ABOUT | CONTACT | SEARCH | ADVERTISE WITH US

Adventure News

Home > News

Friday, 07 September 2012
Gauteng MTB Finals Promises Great Cycling Action

Lauren Peters of Spur give Waterkloof High a thumbs up and R1000 Spur gift voucher for Sportmanship
(Photo Courtesy Peridot Communications)

More than 400 pre-entries have been received for the Gauteng finals of the 2012 Anatomic Spur School Mountainbike Series this weekend at Groenkloof in Pretoria on Saturday.

This three-event series forms the Gauteng leg of the National Spur Schools League where schools participate in provincial events to qualify for an invitation-only national final on the weekend of 21-23 September.

According to Gauteng league co-ordinator Deon Steyn, they are expecting to pass the 600 entry mark and look forward to fierce competition. He further stated that the currently leaders in the individual categories will also have to pull out all the stops as there are no clear winners for the coveted yellow jerseys. The rain will certainly add to the difficulty of the already quite technical course with a lot of single track stretches.

Current leaders on the school log Waterkloof High will have to pull out all the stops as Centurion High is in a close second and chasing the top spot. With only four points separating the four schools vying for third position the race is wide open. The winning school will receive R 1000 Spur vouchers, while the category series winners will get the popular Anatomic winners jerseys and much more.

There is map on the website www.highschoolmtb.co.za. Enter as normal for the Fountains and follow the arrows! The parking behind the Restaurant is reserved for the Sponsors only.

STARTING TIMES

07:30 Course opens for practice

07:30 � 8:30 Late entries at R100.00/entry

08:30 Team Managers Meeting

08:45 Loading of Sub-Juniors start

08:45 Welcoming by MC

08:45 Course closed for training.

08:55 Briefing � Sub Juniors

09:00 Sub-Junior Boys start = 3 laps

09:05 Sub-Junior Girls start = 2 laps

09:45 Loading of Youth-15�s start

09:55 Briefing Youth-15�s

10:00 Youth-15 Men start = 3 laps

10:05 Youth-15 Girls start = 2 laps

10:45 Loading of Youth-16�s

10:55 Briefing Youth-16�s

11:00 Youth-16 Men start = 3 laps

11:05 Youth-16 Girls start = 2 laps

11:45 Loading of Juniors start

11:55 Briefing Juniors

12:00 Junior Men start = 4 laps

12:05 Junior Girls start = 3 laps

13:15 One lapper for mechanics, teachers and parents � and there is a prize!

13:45 Prize giving or earliest convenience

For more information, league calendar and results, visit www.spur.co.za/mtb or contact Amarider on 021 8844547. Riders will be able to follow results on the Spur website and can also register on the Spur High Schools Mountain Bike League page on Facebook.

Ferdi Botha of Centurion High finished second in the Junior Men Category of the Anatomic Spur School MTB League Race at Hartebeespoort High
(Photo Courtesy Peridot Communications)