The 2024 Sappi Scottburgh MTB & Trail Run Weekend will take place on Sunday 22 September 2024. For the first time the start/finish will be held at Crocworld just north of the town of Scottburgh. The event includes both Trail Running and MTB Events. The Trail Running events which start at 7am comprises of 5km and 12km routes, with the MTB events starting at 8.30am have 12km, 20km and 45km routes. We would like to thank all the landowners who have graciously given us permission to use their picturesque properties on the KZN South Coast.
Pre Entries are open on www.wardevents.co.za and www.myactive.co.za The first 200 pre-entries will receive a race garment and goodie bag. Pre-Entries will close on Wednesday 18 September at 8pm. Late Entries will be accepted on Sunday 22 September at Crocworld from 6am.
Finally, we would like to thank all sponsors including Sappi our primary sponsor, together with Premier Hotels & Resorts – Cutty Sark, Hyundai, Ward Events and MRK Wellness.
For further information email events@wardevents.co.za or call 082-4921955
KZN MTB Calendar 2024
Herewith the KZN MTB Calendar for 2024 as at 08 December 2023
SA National MTB XCO Championships
At the recent SA National MTB XCO Championships in Cape Town, the KZN flag was flown high by a number f riders with some excellent results being achieved and KZN Cycling was able to play a role in ensuring that KZN remains a Winning Province.
In the Junior Men category, Daniel van der Watt had a great ride in this extremely competitive age group and finished third taking home the bronze medal. His progress has been really good this year despite the trying times and this result is sure to set him up for future success. Henry Liebenberg made the trip to Cape Town as the defending U23 Men’s jersey holder, without any expectations of a good result (as he has recently recovered from some health issues and has not been able to train for a number of weeks) but his class and natural ability was on show and he walked away from the event with a very credible 5th place which in the circumstances, was a huge achievement.
While our young men did well at the event, the main accolades of the weekend went to Frances Janse van Rensburg who is the new U23 Women’s National Champion. Frances has predominantly been a road and track cyclists and has achieved great results in both these disciplines at both national and continental levels, and has recently taken up mountain biking in a serious way and with the result on the weekend, it has obviously been a successful transition.
Well done to all