{"id":19521,"date":"2015-08-04T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2015\/08\/04\/kargo-pair-seek-scottburgh-mtb-supremacy-r3248\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T14:14:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:14:37","slug":"kargo-pair-seek-scottburgh-mtb-supremacy-r3248","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/kargo-pair-seek-scottburgh-mtb-supremacy-r3248\/","title":{"rendered":"Kargo pair seek Scottburgh MTB supremacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brendon Davids and Alan Hatherly\u2019s participation in the 2015 Sappi Scottburgh MTB Race that takes place this Sunday, 9 August has added a new dimension to the battle for overall supremacy in the popular South Coast clash.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sappi Scottburgh MTB Race should be a pretty cool race for both Alan (Hatherly) and I this weekend!\u201d confirmed an enthusiastic Davids.<\/p>\n

While the duo may not have tackled the 45km Sappi Scottburgh Classic \u2013 the feature event of the three-race programme \u2013 previously, the Kargo Pro MTB team mates are eager to get a positive result under their belts for differing reasons.<\/p>\n

\n\"ccs-62657-0-25946700-1438694861.jpg\"<\/a>The entries of Kargo Pro MTB Team’s Brendon Davids (front) and Alan Hatherly (back) has added a new dimension to the race for the overall spoils at Sunday’s Sappi Scottburgh MTB Race. Gavin Ryan\/ Finishline Photos\/ Gameplan Media<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve never ridden this race before but fortunately I got a win in the final stage of the sani2c in 2014 so I should at least be familiar with the last part of the course,\u201d said Davids.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a great opportunity for Alan to hone his race sharpness as he builds towards the UCI MTB World Champs while for me, hopefully this is the turning point in my luck this season!<\/p>\n

Hatherly\u2019s strong season recently saw him narrowly missing out on claiming the elite men\u2019s cross country national jersey despite being in just his first year of Under-23 competition, however, on the other end of the spectrum, 2015 has been a frustrating year for Davids.<\/p>\n

The Pietermaritzburg resident\u2019s race-ending back injury at the recent SA Cross Country Champs in Stellenbosch contributed greatly to the ending of his UCI MTB World Championships dreams before a costly puncture while leading last weekend\u2019s 60km Illovo Marathon meant his title hopes were shattered there too.<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunately the guys at Prime Human Performance Institute have been fantastic and helped me through my back injury so that I am back racing again,\u201d said Davids, a member of the KZN Department of Sport and Recreation backed Elite Athlete Development Programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cEston added to my long list of frustrations for the year but my luck has to change at some point, hopefully it will be in Scottburgh this weekend!\u201d<\/p>\n

The South Coast race\u2019s shortened nature suits the cross country expertise of both Hatherly and Davids while the pair\u2019s ability to work together will also be tough for others to overcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll probably just look to go out there gun blazing and see how things pan out!\u201d chuckled Davids. \u201cTo have Alan with me will also be great as we complement each other really nicely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure we\u2019d both really like to win but so long as we get a result for our team then we\u2019ll be really happy!\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2015 Sappi Scottburgh MTB Race takes place on Sunday 9 August. Food and drinks will be available for purchase at the race venue while entries can be submitted via www.roag.co.za<\/a> and more information can be found at www.facebook.com\/pages\/Scottburgh-Mtb-Race\/221420711386243?fref=ts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brendon Davids and Alan Hatherly\u2019s participation in the 2015 Sappi Scottburgh MTB Race that takes place this Sunday, 9 August has added a new dimension to the battle for overall supremacy in the popular South Coast clash. \u201cThe Sappi Scottburgh MTB Race should be a pretty cool race for both Alan (Hatherly) and I this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[134,959,1065,1066],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-19521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-alan-hatherly","tag-brendon-davids","tag-sappi-scottburgh-mtb-race","tag-scottburgh-mtb-race"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19521","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=19521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19521"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=19521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}