{"id":16643,"date":"2017-06-09T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2017\/06\/09\/kzn-xco-champs-heading-to-aloe-trails-r6641\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:43:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:43:28","slug":"kzn-xco-champs-heading-to-aloe-trails-r6641","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/kzn-xco-champs-heading-to-aloe-trails-r6641\/","title":{"rendered":"KZN XCO Champs heading to Aloe Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"

After an exciting wrap to the 2017 KZNMTB Provincial Cup Series, we are now full-steam-ahead gearing up for the KZNMTB Provincial XCO Championships which will take place this year at Aloe Wildlife Estate in Camperdown, and the province\u2019s top cross-country specialists are gearing up for what\u2019s expected to be a spectacle of mountain bike racing. Entries are open and close on Wednesday 21 June.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-81112900-1497016934.jpg\"<\/a>KZNMTB Provincial Cup Series Elite Men’s winner and defending champion Stuart Marais (centre, front) will be heading to Aloe Wildlife Estate to battle it out at the 2017 KZNMTB Provincial Championships on Saturday 24 June. Gavin Ryan\/QuickPix<\/span><\/p>\n

Defending Champ and overall 2017 Cup Series Elite Men\u2019s winner, Stuart Marais, will be heading to the trails with guns blazing ready to battle it out with some of the province\u2019s best cross-country fanatics.<\/p>\n

Other names to look out for are those Cup Series winners such as Master Men\u2019s winner Andrew Mackinnon and Grand Master Women\u2019s winner Francis Marsburg. Cian Leveridge and Tiffany Keep always give their all in the Junior category and Sub Junior overall winner Chloe Bateson has had an impressive season so far. Travis Stedman and Sabine Thies have wracked up top honours in the Youth Categories.<\/p>\n

\n\"ccs-62657-0-53098500-1497016933.jpg\"<\/a>A name to look out for in the Youth category, Sabine Thies, will be in action at the 2017 KZNMTB Provincial Championships at Aloe Wildlife Estate on Saturday 24 June. Gavin Ryan\/QuickPix<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Sean Merredew and Nadine Nunes are top scorers in the Sub Vet’s categories, and Ewan Cochran and Natalie Bergstrom are strong names in the Veteran’s category. The U23 supporters will be looking at names like Komborero Bere, Dean Wortman and Christie-Leigh Hearder.<\/p>\n

Aloe Trails, close to the Lion Park, is an exquisite venue owned by hosts Hennie and Erika, which caters to mountain bikers, runners and hikers alike. There is a variety of wildlife on the reserve to spot, and the aloe plants which surround the area are truly something to behold.<\/p>\n

There are fantastic ablution facilities available, and a great restaurant for those who need some replenishments after their ride. Those who are coming to either ride or support are reminded to please drive carefully on the Lion Park road, as there are animals that roam freely in the area.<\/p>\n

To see the overall KZNMTB Provincial Cup Series overall results, click here: http:\/\/www.kznmtb.co.za\/downloads\/results\/category\/14-2017-kzn-prov-series?download=173:2017-kzn-mtb-xco-series-overall-results<\/a> <\/p>\n

Entries for the KZNMTB Provincial XCO Championships are open. To enter, click here: http:\/\/www.roag.co.za\/eventinfo.aspx?EventID=1915<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After an exciting wrap to the 2017 KZNMTB Provincial Cup Series, we are now full-steam-ahead gearing up for the KZNMTB Provincial XCO Championships which will take place this year at Aloe Wildlife Estate in Camperdown, and the province\u2019s top cross-country specialists are gearing up for what\u2019s expected to be a spectacle of mountain bike racing. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[825,824,196],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-kzn-mtb","tag-kznmtb","tag-xco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16643"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}