Change A Life Academy Team eager to race in honour of Madiba
Founder of the RMB Change a Life Academy and keen multi-sport enthusiast, Martin Dreyer, will be bringing his MTB team from the Valley of a Thousand Hills to take part in the Mandela Day Marathon MTB Dash, which takes place at the Nelson Mandela Capture Site on Saturday 27 August. The mountain bike event forms […]
Ntuli and Msimango ready for the Triumph of the Human Spirit
The RMB Change a Life Academy, founded by Martin Dreyer, has seen success from its athletes in many disciplines of sport, including mountain biking. Many members of the Change a Life mountain bike family have thrived in their own skill sets on the bike, including Merchant rider, John Ntuli, who will take on the Mandela […]
RMB Change A Life Academy’s Ndumiso ‘Maza’ Dontso wins JBay Wind Farm MTB Classic
Ndumiso ‘Maza’ Dontso won the JBay Wind Farm Classic on Saturday 16 July 2016, beating local favourite Jason Meaton and co RMB rider, Luvuyo ‘Thando’ Siyasi. Maza, who hails from Molteno is part of Martin Dreyer’s RMB Change A Life MTB team. This was his first win – and indeed his first race – in […]
JBay Wind Farm MTB Classic proud to host RMB Change A Life Academy riders
The rural hamlet of Molteno in the Eastern Cape is known as the home of ‘Ouma’ Rusks and, as the town with the coldest recorded temperature in SA (-18°C June 18, 1996) but not as a hotbed for endurance athletes. That is all set to change. Ndumiso ‘Maza’ Dontso and Luvuyo ‘Thando’ Siyasi, two up-and-coming […]
MTB ‘Zulus’ anticipate celebration of Mandela’s Day
Hailed as a “triumph of the human spirit”, the Mandela Day Marathon MTB Dash’s slogan slots right in with the triumph of the spirit of KwaZulu-Natal’s RMB Change A Life (CAL) Academy, who are relishing the chance to be part of the celebration of Mandela’s Day at the Nelson Mandela Capture Site on Saturday, 29 […]
Dusi Duke’s new dusi2c valley perspective
Having dominated the Dusi Canoe Marathon for close on a decade during the late 90’s and early 2000’s “Dusi Duke” Martin Dreyer will make a return to the Valley of a Thousand Hills, on a mountain bike this time, when he and wife Jeannie Dreyer take on the Mixed Category at the upcoming BSi Steel […]
RMB Change a Life Zulus make a charge for BSi Steel dusi2c podium
Martin Dreyer’s RMB Change a Life Academy is mounting a strong assault on this year’s BSi Steel dusi2c on 20 and 21 June as the pioneering Valley of a Thousand Hills setup goes in search of another strong display on their home turf. With another foray into the Valley of a Thousand Hills for the […]
Zulus dominate opening stage of joBerg2c
Development riders Mboneni Ngcobo and Sthembiso Masango showed the pro field a thing or two as they drove the pace on the 116km neutral opening stage of the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on Friday. The muddied but unbeaten RMB Change a Life Academy duo set a solid tempo as the field of […]
Another first for RMB Change a Life Zulus
Martin Dreyer’s RMB Change a Life Academy recently enjoyed yet another historic moment in the grassroots development initiative’s journey when emerging marathon star Sthembiso Masango became the first ever black rider to be awarded KwaZulu-Natal colours for mountain biking. RMB Change a Life Academy member Sthembiso Masango (front) recently became the first ever black mountain […]