{"id":18183,"date":"2016-05-12T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/05\/12\/south-african-track-grand-prix-series-heads-to-durban-in-august-r4766\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T08:16:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T08:16:41","slug":"south-african-track-grand-prix-series-heads-to-durban-in-august-r4766","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/south-african-track-grand-prix-series-heads-to-durban-in-august-r4766\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Track Grand Prix Series heads to Durban in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cycling South Africa is proud to present the South African Track Grand Prix and National Series, with rounds one and two taking place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, at the Cyril Geoghegan Cycle Track from 7-9 August 2016. The event is classified as a UCI CL 2 event, drawing attention not just from South Africa, but other African countries as well in a bid to afford our track cyclists the opportunity to earn valuable UCI points at a local event.<\/p>\n<p>The never-ending \u201csummer\u201d of the City of Durban will provide a warm welcome to all during the August days. A lucrative prize purse of over R60 000 will entice the track cycling stars, and perhaps some newcomers to the sport, to rise above their peers for a shot at the prize.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-23482200-1463057497.jpg\" data-fileid=\"725602\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"725602\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-23482200-1463057497.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-23482200-1463057497.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><span class=\"italic text-sm text-slate-500 block mt-1 mb-4\">Cycling South Africa is proud to present the South African Track Grand Prix and National Series, with rounds one and two taking place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, at the Cyril Geoghegan Cycle Track from 7-9 August 2016. Photo: Supplied<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This event will be run under the auspices of Cycling South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal Cycling and the UCI Rules (Version 15.03.16) will be enforced. Under-10s to under-U16s will be allowed to enter on presentation of a Cycling SA Membership, whereas Masters can enter on presentation of a Cycling SA Domestic Racing Licence. Junior and Elite category riders require an International Racing Licence to enter.<\/p>\n<p>The under-10, under-12 and under-14 riders may race together, depending on the amount of entries, but separate medals per age category will be awarded. Under-16 boys and girls will race together for the bunch races but will also receive separate medals per category.<\/p>\n<p>Entries for the South African Track Grand Prix Series 1&amp;2 are open and close on Friday 15 July 2016 &#8211; no late entries will be accepted. Without a signed indemnity form, riders will not be permitted to race.<\/p>\n<p>To download the entry form, click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingsa.com\/s\/20160512_SA-Grand-Prix-National-Series-07082016-09082016-Entry-Form.pdf\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cyclingsa.com\/s\/20160512_SA-Grand-Prix-National-Series-07082016-09082016-Entry-Form.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To download the indemnity form, click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingsa.com\/s\/20160512_SA-Grand-Prix-National-Series-09082016-Indemnity-Form.pdf\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cyclingsa.com\/s\/20160512_SA-Grand-Prix-National-Series-09082016-Indemnity-Form.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please e-mail entry form, indemnity form, proof of payment and copy of licence to kzn.track.cycling@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>For more information, click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingsa.com\/2016-sa-track-grand-prix\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cyclingsa.com\/2016-sa-track-grand-prix\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cycling South Africa is proud to present the South African Track Grand Prix and National Series, with rounds one and two taking place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, at the Cyril Geoghegan Cycle Track from 7-9 August 2016. The event is classified as a UCI CL 2 event, drawing attention not just from South Africa, but other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1696,2763],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-18183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-track","tag-track-grand-prix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18183","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=18183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18183"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=18183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}