Press Release: Team Valencia represents at SA
Road Champs and season opener of the MTN National
Marathon series.
Last week riders from all over the country, across all ages descended upon Durban in hopes of earning the green and yellow stripes of the SA Champs jersey.
For Tyneale Terry, this was her first SA Champs experience. In the 21km Time Trial on Friday she came 9th in the highly competitive junior category. Two days later she achieved yet another top 10 when she came 10th in the 72km road race in an impressive time of 2:29:25.
The talented youngster is elated with her result and motivated to improve and set new goals for the future. "SA Champs was a great experience for me as a Junior lady. I was happy with my performance and look forward to the upcoming season! Thanks to Valencia for making it possible."
Last week riders from all over the country, across all ages descended upon Durban in hopes of earning the green and yellow stripes of the SA Champs jersey.
For Tyneale Terry, this was her first SA Champs experience. In the 21km Time Trial on Friday she came 9th in the highly competitive junior category. Two days later she achieved yet another top 10 when she came 10th in the 72km road race in an impressive time of 2:29:25.
The talented youngster is elated with her result and motivated to improve and set new goals for the future. "SA Champs was a great experience for me as a Junior lady. I was happy with my performance and look forward to the upcoming season! Thanks to Valencia for making it possible."
Damon Halderman also
competed in both the Time Trial and road race. For the 18 year old it was his second and most
successful experience at an SA road
championships. Halderman also competed in the Time Trial and Road Race. In the Time Trial, the promising young
rider achieved 14th place and in the grueling
126km road race in a time of 3:46:36.
"The racing was hard and close, with only seconds making the difference! The time Trial was windy but a fantastic route. The support from the locals and my team was incredible! It was a huge improvement on last year thanks to my coach Bosseau Bossoff from the Infinita Academy. This experience would not be possible without the support of Naeem Omar from Valencia and my fellow Valencia teammates." Says Halderman.
"The racing was hard and close, with only seconds making the difference! The time Trial was windy but a fantastic route. The support from the locals and my team was incredible! It was a huge improvement on last year thanks to my coach Bosseau Bossoff from the Infinita Academy. This experience would not be possible without the support of Naeem Omar from Valencia and my fellow Valencia teammates." Says Halderman.
Demarco Pillay raced the
Time Trial in the U16 category. He finished in a competitive time of 36:50 for the 21km. Pillay
was forced to forfeit the road race due to an unfortunate crash.
Ryan Terry, younger brother of Tyneale Terry raced in the U14 category in the road race. Also his first experience at SA Champs he achieved
On the other end of the cycling spectrum the first race of the National mountain bike marathon series was held in the high altitude town Dullstroom with recent rain making for a muddy experience for everyone!
Representing Valencia in the Elite Women's category was Samantha Sanders and Amy Beth McDougall. The ladies raced on the top end of the race against the best in the country. Both were lying in
the top 5 for the majority of the race. Sanders kept a good strong pace for the full 77km coming 3rd overall and third in her age category. "The racing was really top notch. Robyn and Ariane set a hot pace from the start so when I lost a bottle in the first 10km I decided to rather stick with them in the break. The two mountain goats dropped me on the climb.I rode in a lonely 3rd place until I passed Arianne who had punctured. The hour I spent without hydration caught up with me and so did Jeanie Bombford. We rode the last 10km together but in the chaos of the bee infested single track home she managed to edge ahead of me to take 2nd."
Ryan Terry, younger brother of Tyneale Terry raced in the U14 category in the road race. Also his first experience at SA Champs he achieved
On the other end of the cycling spectrum the first race of the National mountain bike marathon series was held in the high altitude town Dullstroom with recent rain making for a muddy experience for everyone!
Representing Valencia in the Elite Women's category was Samantha Sanders and Amy Beth McDougall. The ladies raced on the top end of the race against the best in the country. Both were lying in
the top 5 for the majority of the race. Sanders kept a good strong pace for the full 77km coming 3rd overall and third in her age category. "The racing was really top notch. Robyn and Ariane set a hot pace from the start so when I lost a bottle in the first 10km I decided to rather stick with them in the break. The two mountain goats dropped me on the climb.I rode in a lonely 3rd place until I passed Arianne who had punctured. The hour I spent without hydration caught up with me and so did Jeanie Bombford. We rode the last 10km together but in the chaos of the bee infested single track home she managed to edge ahead of me to take 2nd."
McDougall had a slow start
lying in 6th place for the first 20km but got stronger working her way up to 4th overall and 1st
in her age category. "The route was
hard with loads of climbing and the high altitude
and kilometres of mud adding to the challenge! I am really enjoying the
handling and feel of my new Scott Scale 29er. I was happy with my result but am looking forward to achieving
better results and reaching my goals with
the assistance from my new coach Bosseau Bossoff
from the Infinita Academy and the fantastic support and sponsorship from Valencia Cycles."
Down in Durbanville Cape
Town, Emily Clarke achieved her spot on the podium coming 3rd in the
99er MTB Marathon says Clarke: “There was loads
of awesome single track and plenty of climbing, which made it a fun but
challenging day out. Thanks to Valencia for the support and making it
possible!”
The sponsorship and enthusiastic support from Naeem Omar of Valencia sifts through to the riders as he makes it possible for the riders to work hard towards achieving their goals in a positive environment.
This coming weekend Valencia will be well represented at round 2 of the Mpumalanga provincial XCO series will be held at Curro College in Nelspruit.
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