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Event Details 

DATE : Saturday, 18 May 2024
VENUE : Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - De Rust, DE RUST
REGISTRATION   Friday: 17h00 – 19h00 / Saturday: 06h00 – 07h00
EVENT START TIME : From 07h40
DISTANCES :
MTB | 19.5km | 38km | 61.5km |  61.5km E-Bikes & Tandems |

TRAIL RUN | 9.5km | 19.5km | For Trail Run entries, please follow this link (Link) or enter/add at check-out 

ONLINE ENTRIES CLOSE ON: Thursday 16 May at 16H00

The 8th edition of the Meiringspoort MTB Challenge will take place on Saturday, 18 May 2024, at De Rust (Meiringspoort). 

The event is a CSA sanctioned event and riders must therefore either have a current CSA Membership or License - if not you need to purchase a Temp Day License.

Enquiries

• Event Specific: Henkie du Plessis 082 396 4094 / [email protected]
• Accommodation: Lizelle 062 348 0752 / [email protected]
• Online Entries: Juan Botes 071 678 7147 / [email protected]

Entry Fee

Food & Beverages

Steak Braai - Steakbraai with beer tent from 18h00 on Friday evening. Booking Essential: Email to Organiser

Refreshments - Beer tent and food stalls will be available at the venue on race day. 

Route & Profile Maps

(click on image for online map and route profile information)

7:40am	7:50am	8:10am	8:30am

RULES

• This race will be held under the rules and regulations of CSA
• NO helmet, NO ride, NO Go Pro’s permitted
• Cyclists on ALL distances will need at least a CSA Membership
• If you are not in possession of CSA Membership, you will have to buy a day license (R50 each)
• Minimum age for 19.5km distance:  8 years and older;  38km : 15 years and older AND 61.5km distance: 19 Years and older
• A rider may receive technical assistance along the course from a fellow competitor but not from anyone outside of the course
• No following vehicles apart from the sweep vehicles of the race organizer will be allowed on the route
• If a rider is anywhere on a public road, general traffic rules must be obeyed
• Start chutes close strictly at 07:30 on race day for compulsory race briefing. Arrivals after this time will not be allowed to start. 
• MEDALS TO ALL FINISHERS.

GENERAL

• E-Bikes & Tandems start at 07H40 as a separate 61.5km group
• Start & Finish at NG Church grounds, De Rust.
• First aid is available on most of the route and at the finish.
• Ablution facilities will be available at start and finish.
• Race results available at finish and at www.meiringspoortchallenge.co.za
• Pre entries close as soon as entry cap is reached or on 16 May 16H00 2024 whichever occurs first.
• Late and Race day entries, if available, will attract a R50 premium on the Friday and R100 premium on the Saturday.
• Donations in aid of the “Eljada Kairos Skool”, Oudtshoorn can be made, voluntarily, along with entry fees. 
• No substitutions will be allowed. No refunds.

PRIZE GIVING

Equal prize money for male and female cyclists.