Hluhluwe delivers a great ride

THE beautiful track laid out by Julian Simon for the fourth race in the Bell Big 5 MTB Series, saw 83 male and 20 female 50km finishers, while in the 25km race 118 males and 54 females finished.

Compared to last year’s searing heat, participants in the Hluhluwe Rhino Charge on Sunday could enjoy the race as it wound through the False Bay Section of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.

All the top riders gained valuable points before the final race, the Monzi on Sunday, 1 October.

Results

Male 50km

Overall – 1 Tyronne White (1:51:22); 2 Christian van Dyk (1:51:46); 3 Klaas Meintjes (1:53:44)

Senior – 1 Christian van Dyk (1:51:46); 2 Jedson Tooms (1:53:44); 3 Sakhile Mtembu (2:03:20)

Sub Veteran – 1 Tyronne White (1:51:22); 2 Klaas Meintjes (1:53:44); 3 Andrew Johnson (1:54:49)

Veteran – 1 Werner Moolman (2:01:37); 2 Peter Moss (2:02:17); 3 Dirk Barnard (2:10:04)

Master – 1 Riaan Swanepoel (2:06:22); 2 Jasper van Vessem (2:09:59); 3 Tony Stark (2:11:17)

Grand Master – 1 Russell White (2:06:22); 2 Quentin Beningfield (2:24:08); 3 Rob Raaijmakers (2:29:03)

Female 50km

Overall – 1 Hayley Smith (2:09:01); 2 Desiree Verwey (2:09:02); 3 Ilsa van Niekerk (2:30:36)

Youth – 1 Taylor Munro (2:47:48); 2 Courtney Munro (2:52:52)

Senior – 1 Hayley Smith (2:09:01); 2 Jill Lynch (2:36:02)

Sub Veteran – 1 Desiree Verwey (2:09:02); 2 Telaine Grobler (2:37:32); 3 Christa du Toit (2:52:04)

Veteran – 1 Lize Swanepoel (2:37:41); 2 Christa Potgieter (2:43:32); 3 Sarah Jane Stewart (2:45:22)

Master – 1 Ilsa van Niekerk (2:30:36); 2 Elmarie Thole (2:34:48); 3 Elizabeth Clark (2:53:40)

Male 25km

Overall – 1 Matthew Opperman (1:03:22); 2 Halalisani Ndebele (1:03:41); 3 Ernest Franzsen (1:03:58)

Sprog – 1 Evan Moolman (1:19:24); 2 Alexander Niebuhr (1:44:37); 3 Jarrod Fisher (1:56:01)

Youth – 1 Matthew Opperman (1:03:22); 2 Thembinkosi Dlamini (1:06:23); 3 Philangenkosi Gumbi (1:16:46)

Sub Junior – 1 Warren Moolman (1:07:12); 2 Brett Drummond (1:25:28); 3 Adam Brading (1:31:41)

Junior – 1 Halalisani Ndebele (1:03:41); 2 Thimothi Gumede (1:13:19); 3 Siyabonga Mlambo (1:14:10)

Senior – 1 Ernest Franzsen (1:03:58); 2 Zethembe Jobe (1:11:22); 3 Abela Gumede (1:11:49)

Master – 1 Ronald Ackerman (1:05:54); 2 Willem Prinsloo (1:17:42); 3 Pieter Searle (1:20:33)

Sub Veteran – 1 Mbongi Ndlovu (1:06:41); 2 Mthokozisi Fakude (1:06:42); 3 Regardo Muller (1:07:11)

Veteran – 1 Werner Pienaar (1:06:41); 2 Coenraad Holl (1:10:01); 3 Richard Stone (1:14:38)

Grand Master – 1 Quinton Gower (1:14:13); 2 Cliff Pretorius (1:14:14); 3 Jozua Badenhorst (1:23:01)

Female 25km

Overall – 1 Chloe Bateson (1:05:55); 2 Christina Durand (1:19:21); 3 Mare Pieterse de Jager (1:22:22)

Youth – 1 Megan Hunter (1:39:17); 2 Thulelani Fakude (1:55:12)

Sub-Junior – 1 Chloe Bateson (1:05:55); 2 Grace Engelbrecht (1:34:58)

Junior – 1 Bo-Dene Scott (1:26:44); 2 Nokwanda Ndabeni (2:03:38); 3 Megan Peddie (2:16:36)

Senior – 1 Cindy Potgieter (1:26:30); 2 Kirsten Evans (1:28:00); 3 Kirren Howcroft (1:29:30)

Sub Veteran – 1 Marie Pieterse de Jager (1:22:22); 2 Anita Small (1:32:38); 3 Melinda Gregory (1:33:40)

Veteran – 1 Christina Durand (1:19:21); 2 Johanna Pienaar (1:29:05); 3 Mitch Wallis (1:29:20)

Master – 1 Catherine Burmeister (1:31:05); 2 Heather Baxter (1:35:32); 3 Aletta Coetsee (1:37:55)

Grand Master – 1 Melinda Vermeulen (1:45:13); 2 Juliette Scholtz (1:53:12)

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