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GREG MINNAAR RACING and MONGOOSE 2011 DOWNHILL SERIES CUP 5# FINAL DATE AND VENUE CHANGE

Francois — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:00:28 +0000

The 2011 Downhill racing season is nearing it’s end with the announcement of the final leg of the Greg Minnaar Racing and Mongoose DH series cup #5…

Hi Everybody,

It was brought to my attention that the Cycling Calendar has not been updated with the last in the KZN Provincial Cup Series Downhill event.

PLEASE NOTE: VENUE AND DATE CHANGE 10 JULY 2011 GIBA GORGE BIKE PARK

I will provide a full track report and registration information e-mail next week as I am meeting with the track builder/designer and Giba over the weekend.

Regards/Groete

MORNE ODENDAAL

CSA COMMISSAIRE

KZN MTB DOWNHILL COMMISSIONER

Tel. 033 347 0468 (home)

Office 031 300 0254/ 033 355 4014

Cell. 082 498 8088

e-mail: morneodendaal7@gmail.com

Thaine O’Keeffe edit

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:22:22 +0000

Downhill was the winner at the GP vs. ZN Inter-provincial – 26 Sept 2010

admin — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:28:12 +0000

This past long weekend in September saw downhill riders from Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal descend on the Giba Gorge Bike Park outside Durban (KZN) for the inaugural GP vs. ZN Inter-provincial Downhill race, sponsored by Mongoose, NSRMTB and Scooters Pizza. The race followed both an individual scoring as well as a group scoring for the province that would walk away with the fantastic floating trophy…

This inter-provincial race between Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal was the brainchild of Gravity All Stars Downhill MTB Club, or GAS DH for short, a downhill specific club from Gauteng. Since it was a long weekend, the Gauteng riders arrived already on Friday, Heritage Day, to play around on the Giba Gorge Bike Park trails. The weather was great and all had a fantastic time, making the most of the jump park, cross-country, freeriding and downhill courses. Most of them were camping at Giba and got a bit worried towards the afternoon when the clouds starting building. Well, their fears were warranted as the whole night they were treated to the gentle patter of a coastal drizzle on their waterproof – yeah right – tents.

Saturday was official practice day and also saw the arrival of the KZN riders. Practice started at 10:00 and run the whole day until 16:00. The day was marked by sporadic spells of this coastal drizzle that made the course very interesting to say the least. Yet all the riders made the most of it and the two shuttle trucks were constantly full with riders going up and enjoying the course. A big thank you must go to First Line and Fine Metals who sponsored the shuttles. The medics were also out in full force and were looking after our riders. One of the novices had a pretty bad fall just before the step-up jump and riding was stopped for a while to treat the rider. He was later stretchered away by ambulance. The end result is a broken rib and concussion but he was discharged that same night. Fortunately he was wearing a Leatt brace and protective armour that prevented him from a serious neck injury. The riders then went on undeterred with practice, with the final riding being done at the jump park. Both GP and KZN dirt jumpers treated the onlookers to some awesome tricks. That evening all the riders got together for a catered braai and it was great to see everyone hanging around until late, swapping stories of the day and just chilling with their fellow downhillers. There was no sense of competition; only some friendly banter and challenges being passed around. This was the spirit of downhill at it’s best.

Sunday morning started early with practice from 08:30. The riders were treated to an excellent sunny day, with the track already dried out from the previous day, making for some exciting and fast racing. The race itself would be determined with a single race run only, very much World Cup style where one run counts everything. The riders were seeded in their provinces and we saw 28 riders from KZN and 19 riders from Gauteng make their way up to the start line. Both provinces selected their top 3 riders, being 1 Elite, 1 Sub Vet and 1 Junior who would come down last – representing their province. The official race run started at 11:00 sharp, with Dave Dinkelman making the first run down at the historic GP vs. ZN Inter-provincial downhill race. Spectators were then treated to wave after wave of riders coming down, each competing against his own time while contributing points for their province. Points were allocated to each of the 47 riders, with the total scores from the top 17 times from each province adding up to the overall score.

So just before midday noon, all the riders completed their runs, leaving only the top 3 from each province to come down. All the riders then walked up the course to line the sides, cheering on their riders. First rider out was Tim Bentley, Junior rider for KZN on his GT Fury. He was then followed by David Hogan, the Junior from Gauteng, also on a GT Fury. Tim however made the most of the track in a time of 1:36.18 (placing him 2nd overall), vs. the 1:50.23 of David, who placed 13th overall. Both these riders will move up to Elites in 2011 and it is encouraging that we have such talent moving up in the ranks. Then it was time for the Sub-Vets with Dean Henning from KZN coming down in a time of 2:01.87, but he was no match for Matt Smith, the top Sub-Vet rider from Gauteng, who finished the course in a time of 1:49.87, placing him 12th overall. Matt rides a pimped up Mongoose Boot’r and his win will make the Mongoose family happy. The last 2 riders up were the top Elites from KZN and Gauteng. Hayden Brown represented KZN and he just destroyed the track in the fastest time of the day at 1:35.86 on his Mongoose Boot’r. He was followed by Brad Illingworth from Gauteng with a valiant effort on his Giant Glory, but his time of 1:40.25 was not enough to pip the Elites class. Brad placed a well deserved 3rd overall. So when all the points were finally added up it was clear – and somewhat expected – that KZN won with 634 points versus the brave effort from Gauteng with 479 points.

KZN - the Overall Winners - Trophy held by Hayden Brown

“For us this race was all about creating a fun but professional event in the off-season involving most of our provinces. We are extremely happy with the outcome and the exposure for our sponsors. The sport of Downhill was the winner here today” said Christiaan Viljoen, event organiser and chairman of GAS DH. Brian Dinkelman from KZN MTB said that “Our riders had a fantastic time, they loved the format and this informal rivalry between KZN and Gauteng. This event has raised the bar in Downhill racing and we look forward to make this event an annual institution”.

The top 3 riders in each province all received prize vouchers from Scooters Pizza. They were:

Gauteng:

1st – Brad Illingworth 1:40.25

2nd – Dirk van Schalkwyk 1:45.15

3rd – Gian-Pierre Orselli 1:49.32

Kwazulu Natal:

1st – Hayden Brown 1:35.86

2nd – Tim Bentley 1:36.18

3rd – Tiaan Odendaal 1:42.79

Overall Results:

Pos	No.	Name	Prov	Class	Race Time
1	1	Hayden Brown	KZN	EM	1:35.860
2	3	Tim Bentley	KZN	JM	1:36.180
3	1	Brad Illingworth	GTG	EM	1:40.250
4	4	Tiaan Odendaal	KZN	YM	1:42.790
5	6	Alan Hatherly	KZN	SJ	1:43.860
6	27	Jonathan Philogene	KZN	SJ	1:44.070
7	5	Alasdair Fey	KZN	JM	1:44.860
8	17	Dirk Van Schalkwyk	GTG	EM	1:45.150
9	9	Kelvin Purchase	KZN	EM	1:46.600
10	16	Mark Malherbe	KZN	EM	1:48.140
11	8	Gian-Pierre Orselli	GTG	EM	1:49.320
12	2	Matt Smith	GTG	SV	1:49.870
13	3	David Hogan	GTG	JM	1:50.230
14	10	Shane Martin	KZN	YM	1:50.590
15	5	Cornel Claassen	GTG	EM	1:51.220
16	23	Peter Bentley	KZN	YM	1:51.410
17	9	Marius Snyman	GTG	EM	1:52.450
18	21	Louis Smith	KZN	JM	1:55.070
19	24	Mark Sydney	KZN	SV	1:56.920
20	8	Norman Hatherley	KZN	VM	1:58.010
21	7	Patrick Alexander	GTG	EM	1:58.840
22	16	Anthony Brookes	GTG	EM	1:58.950
23	15	James Morland	GTG	SV	1:59.750
24	30	Dave Dinkelman	KZN	EM	2:00.470
25	4	Vivian Viljoen	GTG	JM	2:00.830
26	12	Josh Liebenberg	GTG	EM	2:01.040
27	22	Fabien Lemasson	KZN	EM	2:01.270
28	11	Andrew Martin	KZN	SJ	2:01.400
29	2	Dean Henning	KZN	SV	2:01.870
30	10	Andries Van Wyk	GTG	EM	2:01.930
31	19	Steven Jackson	KZN	JM	2:03.770
32	21	Sean O-Flynn-Madden	GTG	SV	2:05.000
33	12	Dave Drummond	KZN	SV	2:07.110
34	7	Nic Venter	KZN	EM	2:07.290
35	17	Conrad Davies	KZN	SV	2:07.380
36	19	Mike Kemp	GTG	SV	2:12.120
37	14	David Blackman	KZN	YM	2:16.720
38	28	Gregg Brown	KZN	SJ	2:16.810
39	25	Mike Bradly	KZN	SV	2:19.510
40	11	Warren Garbutt	GTG	EM	2:20.070
41	20	Brett Peckham	KZN	JM	2:26.750
42	13	Craig Richards	KZN	EM	2:29.370
43	18	Brandon Fortmann	KZN	YM	2:29.450
44	26	Mfanfikele Mzhize	KZN	EM	2:31.060
45	13	Tynan Usswald	GTG	SJ	2:53.600
46	6	Des Ellis	GTG	SV	5:27.000
47	26	Tyrone Minnaar	GTG	JM	DNS

Thanks to Stephanie Davies for the pictures of the action. To see more of the photos please visit www.radiate.co.za

The Top 3 riders from each Province

KZN regional DH results from Giba Gorge

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:02:10 +0000

1 Tim Bentley JM 1.37.03
2 Hayden Brown EM 1.40.30
3 Justin Cope EM 1.40.76
4 Travis Browning EM 1.41.19
5 Tiaan Odendaal YM 1.41.60

Full results after the click…

6 Simon Dinkelman JM 1.44.35
7 Nigel Hicks SVM 1.44.45
8 Kelvin Purchase EM 1.45.70
9 Ian Duxbury EM 1.48.21
10 Alasdair Fey JM 1.48.39
11 Peter Bentley YM 1.49.25
12 Jonathan Philogene SJB 1.50.48
13 Andrew Smale SVM 1.51.20
14 Kyle Davids YM 1.51.73
15 Mark Malherbe EM 1.51.84
16 Darren Bonochris JM 1.52.12
17 Kyle Gifford EM 1.52.88
18 David Dinkelman EM 1.54.89
19 Sven Pottow YM 1.55.10
20 Devlin Fogg SVM 1.56.39
21 Shane Martin YM 1.56.83
22 Michael Reid YM 1.58.82
23 Sam Bull YM 1.59.35
24 Raymond Acutt YM 2.00.44
25 Norman Hatherly VM 2.02.28
26 Mark Sydney SVM 2.02.71
27 Deran Mackenzie YM 2.03.17
28 David Moores YM 2.03.24
29 Robbie Smith VM 2.07.81
30 Dean Henning SVM 2.08.21
31 Steve Jackson JM 2.09.42
32 Conrad Davies SVM 2.10.50
33 Chris Rigby SJB 2.10.60
34 Christopher Philogene Sprog 2.12.07
35 Kyle Du Toit EM 2.13.90
36 Dave Drummond SVM 2.14.27
37 Martin Upton SVM 2.15.25
38 Alan Hatherly SJB 2.15.39
39 Neil Cocker SVM 2.18.89
40 Gregg Brown SJB 2.28.96
41 Craig Richards EM 2.29.31
42 Tayla Brown JW 2.32.20
43 David Matthews SJB 2.41.29
44 James Bentley MM 2.42.08
45 Dennis Leppan MM 2.47.17
46 Peter Hoyer MM 2.55.21
47 Craig Jarret SJB 3.13.35

Downhill featured on YO TV

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 17:25:23 +0000

This is a segment filmed for YO TV by Jeremy Martin that aired a few weeks ago. There was a song that I removed for copyright reasons and the audio only plays out of one channel.

Giba national BMX track preview

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:34:34 +0000

Here is a video preview of the track where the nationals will be held next week at Giba Gorge.

Morewood team riding shots

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:07:18 +0000

Fabien “CousCous” Cousinie and new team mate Florent Payet were around for some photos while they train in our good weather…

Payet who was on the Subaru team with Fabien Barel in 2009 joins the Morewood fold and has to be the tallest rider on the World Cup circuit. CousCous is fresh off having a broken toe operated on and is looking for better luck this year. If ever there was a rider who knew how to market himsef its Fabien. Even the boss Pat Morewood came out, rode and provided the laughs for the day. Several other videographers and photographers from France were present doing their thing so hopefully we can get a link to their footage when it is released.

Giba Gorge lowers annual membership cost

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:44:32 +0000

The park thats all about the riders has a new deal on annual memberships which is very reasonable. To read more about it click here

Giba Freeride course being revamped

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:32:51 +0000

Tim Keep from Pure Adventure Wear has been reworking the Freeride course at Giba Gorge…

From Tim:

With summer rolling in, the Pure Adventure Wear Freeride Trail at Giba Gorge is receiving a bit of a make over: with upgrades to the existing trail and a couple of new lines being worked on.

The see-saw at the end of the north-shore laddering has been replaced with a launch. The see-saw is being moved to run as an alternative line off the laddering for those who are not quite ready to launch themselves into mid-air.
There will also be a new line that will run off the existing trail. This new line will incorporate a couple of rock-drops with more laddering and a new exit back onto the 3 Bridges Trail.
A whole new run in to the trail has already been built, with a narrow ladder bridge over a sink-hole to get you into the ‘zone’. The new entrance starts 50 metres earlier and still runs off the existing ‘Main Line’ trail. Just look out for the big Pure Adventure Wear board at the new entrance.

COMPETITION: Win a season pass to Giba Gorge.

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:08:26 +0000

This week we are giving away a season pass to Giba Gorge mountain bike park valued at over R2000.00!

This week we have our biggest competition yet. We have teamed up with the good folks at Giba Gorge and are giving away a years free membership to Giba Gorge to one lucky NSRMTB supporter. Giba Gorge is arguably the best MTB park in South Africa, with some of the best facilities you will ever see. Situated in KZN, they have 100’s of kilometers of trails, Freeride, DH, Super D, dirt jumps, a BMX track, and thats just the stuff you can ride.

They also have an on sight bike store, conference center, picnic facilities, as well as an awesome resturant. To stand the chance of winning a years free entry to the park all you have to do is the following.

SMS the word NSRGIBA to 34378. SMS’s cost R2.50 and the contest will run until July 3rd. COMPETITION IS CLOSED.

Rules:
• You may enter as many times as you like.
• The prize may not be exchanged for money.
• Judges decision is final.