{"id":17782,"date":"2016-08-04T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/08\/04\/everything-to-ride-for-at-varsity-mtb-r5341\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:50:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:50:27","slug":"everything-to-ride-for-at-varsity-mtb-r5341","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/everything-to-ride-for-at-varsity-mtb-r5341\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything to ride for at Varsity MTB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riders in the inaugural Varsity MTB Challenge, set for Franschhoek between 1 and 2 October, will have many opportunities to claim bragging rights in this unique race. Apart from overall men\u2019s and women\u2019s team titles on the line, riders will have another 13 category titles to battle it out for top honours.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-42619300-1470317181.jpg\" data-fileid=\"775621\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"775621\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-42619300-1470317181.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-42619300-1470317181.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the main objectives of the Varsity MTB Challenge is to create an MTB race aimed at both varsity students and old friends,\u201d says Trent Key, Varsity MTB Challenge organiser. \u201cThis race is unique in the sense that offers the general public the opportunity to rekindle that varsity camaraderie and rivalry. The race also allows the more serious rider to use this as good preparation, and reward, for the more competitive races.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the overall Varsity MTB race, teams of two stand a chance to win in various categories. Each rider crossing the finishing line earns points and this will be added to their university\u2019s overall points tally, which, in the end, will decide the ultimate winning university. Riders can enter into the following divisions and sub-categories:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alumni:<\/strong><br \/>Men \u2013 Father\/Son and General<br \/>Women \u2013 Mother\/Daughter and General<br \/>Mixed \u2013 Father\/Daughter, Mother\/Son and General<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Public:<\/strong><br \/>Men \u2013 Father\/Son and General<br \/>Women \u2013 Mother\/Daughter and General<br \/>Mixed \u2013 Father\/Daughter, Mother\/Son and General<\/p>\n<p><strong>Students:<\/strong><br \/>Men<br \/>Women<br \/>Mixed<\/p>\n<p>Riders can register on the Varsity MTB Challenge website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.varsitymtbchallenge.co.za\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.varsitymtbchallenge.co.za<\/a>) and select the university they wish to represent. No individual riders will be allowed to enter into any of the divisions or categories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riders in the inaugural Varsity MTB Challenge, set for Franschhoek between 1 and 2 October, will have many opportunities to claim bragging rights in this unique race. Apart from overall men\u2019s and women\u2019s team titles on the line, riders will have another 13 category titles to battle it out for top honours. \u201cOne of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[934],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-varsity-mtb-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17782","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=17782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17782"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}