The Elite Athlete Development Programme (EADP)
The Elite Athlete Development Programme (EADP), delivered in partnership with sport federations and high-performance institutions, is a direct response to the KZN Provincial Government Cabinet Lekgotla of 20-21 February 2014. The Lekgotla resolved that; ‘talented athletes are identified and developed through the implementation of a structured system of talent support and promotion of high performance.’ […]
BMX SA Cup and SA Champions in Cape town
Whilst the weather conditions weren’t on our side on Sunday, the riders rode like champions in the rainy, windy weather. Our young athletes have returned with impressive results: Sanele Shozi secured the title of SA Champ, Ntuthuko Shozi finished 5th, Asanda placed 4th among the fastest 12-year-olds, Nzama took 2nd in the 17 and over […]
KwaMashu Action
The ongoing activations in and around Durban – especially in areas like KwaMashu and Newlands East – continue to grow in popularity and the rider development is on an augmented curve through the efforts of all involved. Due to the large areas to be covered and the large numbers of schools and riders in the […]
KZN Cycling and Bambisanani Partnership train local coaches in Nkandla
The fantastic association that KZN Cycling has with the Bambisanani Partnership took yet another step forward yesterday when a joint project day was undertaken in Nkandla with over 90 x learners involved from six schools in the area that saw training of local coaches undertaken with skills development training sessions being done with the youngsters, […]
Ground-breaking international partnership will bring cycling to thousands of children in rural South Africa
An innovative partnership has been developed between organisations from the UK and South Africa to establish a specialist cycle hub which will enable thousands of children in rural South Africa to learn how to ride and maintain bicycles. Since 2016, the University of Leeds and the Bambisanani Partnership have devised and delivered a Cycling to […]
KZN District Final
In the week of 25th – 30th April, 110 x young riders from all 11 x districts were transported to Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 25th April to take part in the KZN District Final, with training activities and competitions taking place in all four major cycling disciplines, namely Road, Track, MTB & BMX. This event was […]
Leading Development Programme
For the past number of years, all involved with the KZN Cycling Development plan have been making continual improvements and innovations and now, the programme is recognised as the leading development programme on the African Continent and there are very few programmes anywhere in the world that can rival what has been achieved in KZN […]
Capacity Building Programme Bearing Fruit
Apart from introducing young riders to the sport through the clinics programme and nurturing the talented riders in the higher performance element of the project, a significant pillar of the KZN Cycling Development programme is to undertake capacity building programmes across all the districts. This programme is structured so as to be able to provide […]
New Year Update
Since the start of the New Year, it seems that things have been moving in fast forward around the development programme with all that has been going on of late. The district officers have been at the schools on a regular basis making sure that the clinics programme across all eleven districts are ongoing and […]
End of Year Update
It has been a very busy period of the year in the development programme these past months. In October alone there have been 112 scheduled clinics held which 4742 children attended and this far more than 23 000 children having come through the development programme this year. As well as clinics, there have also been capacity building courses that have been held this […]