The Fundraising Cycle From Swaziland to Cape Town has been completed!! Click the here to read the diary. updated 28.9.11NEWS
06.4.12 New 'Regulations' page up and running! You'll find a new tab added at the top of the homepage. Rules and Regulations is where you'll find all the information regarding the regulations of the sport of cycling in Swaziland. **New on there today** > SOCGA Antidoping Rules 2009 > WADA Prohibited List 2010 05.4.12 Mafutseni Dups Race coming soon! The Dups Mafutseni race is definately on come 19 May.This makes the event only 6 weeks away.This time it is 100 km for the main event which turns @ Madlangempisi,50km for the intermediate and 20km for the baby race. We are expecting a bigger turnout than last year owing to the 100% growth in sponsorship,thanks to Dups and Liberty Life.All this means is a beta race for you.Our expectation from you is put in more and more saddle time so that you do very well.We will be advising you soon when we will do our pre ride so you can have a feel of the route while gaining fitness and mastering riding in a group or peloton. Our hands are open to those who will not be riding on the day to assist us where they can. Mbusi Motsa Newcom Wheelz Cycling Club 15.3.12 Our guys at the Cape Argus Click here for the official riding times for the Swazi cyclists that took part in the 2012 Cape Argus cycle tour.The Cycling Association of Swaziland (CAS) would to congratulate the cyclists for their achivevements.Our sincere gratitute goes to the National Sports Council, cyclists and other stakeholders.Lastly as an Asssociation we aspire to stage a cycling event of the cape argus magnitude someday. 18.2.12 Provisional membership It is with great plesure to announce that the Cycling Association of Swaziland (CAS) has been granted provisional affiliation to Union Cycling International (UCI) until the UCI Congress 2012. The provisional affiliation will enable CAS to participate in international competition e.g regional competitions (all africa games, world champions mtb in petermariusburg,Olympic games etc.) 12.2.12 Champions of the road The Cycling Association of Swaziland(CAS) is pleased to announce the 2012 national road champions.CAS would also like to congratulate the winners and wishes them a successful reign.We believe they will be champions on and off the bike.The list of champions follows: Master: Ean Sauerman Vet: William Kelly Sub vet: Carlos Malinga Sub vet:Female Shirley Kenny Senior: Tiago Oliveria Junior: Jason Young Youth: Ethan Young: Sub Junior: Jaydon Sussman The junior, youth and junior champions in are in line with CAS 2020 vision.We hope that in the championship we will see more ladies . 6.2.12 National Titles I hope you are all in good shape,the Nhlangano Swazi milling 94km race is a road national championship event. Underlisted are the national titles road 2012 for both men & ladies. 94km senior 19-29 yrs sub vet 30-39 yrs vets 40-49 yrs masters 50-59 yrs 40km juniors 17-18yrs youth 15-16 yrs By end of business saturday we will have new champions and may i also wish the defending road champion Thulani a speady recovery.Wishing you all the best. 5.1.12 First Time Trial of the Year! On the 14th Jan at Ezulwini sun we will be having our first road "tt" in 2012. As usual we will be starting at 0700hrs. It sad to learn that the cycling family started the year on a bad note, two cyclists were killed on the S A roads.Please refer to the first page of today's STAR. 23.12.11 Message from the President! A very Merry Xmas and a very prosperous New Year to the cycling fraternity in particular and to all mankind in general! If 2011 did not deliver all your wishes, then it is my wish for you that 2012 will be a much kinder year in more ways than one. The outgoing year brought us a few road traffic accidents involving cyclists but thankfully no fatalities were recorded. We pray that we will not see any such collisions in 2012. In conclusion, enjoy the festive season and stay safe on that iron steed! Keep those pedals turning. Yours in cycling, Mandla SimelanePresident - Cycling Association of Swaziland 8.12.11 Looking back on a good year Seasons greetings!May i take this oppurtunity to thank all the cyclists, race organisers, sponsors, sport council,SOCGA and all media houses for making cycling a blast in 2011. Also i would like to Royal Swaziland Police for ensuring safety in our activities.I am looking to bigger & better 2012 cycling season.Lastly, this is a reminder that on saturday 10 december starting @ 0700hrs from Ezulwini sun 40km road time trial.Drink,drive & ride responsible over the festive season 17.11.11 Momentem 94.7 Click here to see the summary of the 94.7 results.Well done to the finishers and by the way over 26 local cyclists took part in the race. It was the biggest contigent riding in a south african race.Definately next year it will be bigger.I hope more cyclists will be inspired the achievements Ian Mcloud, Calvin Louw and William Kelly if you look at the winning time of Arran Brown a professional cyclist riding for MTN (his winning time of 02:11:46). The results were sourced from RACE TEC. you all in next TT at Ezulwini sun on the 10 December starting at 0700hrs and Ian still holds the record of 01:08 for the TT. 24.10.11 Madness in Mozam! Yesterday morning 19 cyclists headed to Aru Sul, Mozambique for the 80kms classica de Goba.The race started at 0850hrs and the sun was out and blazing,the first 5kms was sort of neutral.The pace gradually picked up before the turn to Namaacha Lomahasha/Goba Mhlumeni), at the first climb of the Race the pace just shot up and peleton become segmented. On the turn to Goba/ Mhlumeni the pace was up again averaging between 40km/hr-45km/hr on all the false climbs.We had to constsantly asked for water and drink half the bottle & the reminder pour it over our heads to keep the body temperature down. 40kms into the race temperatures soured between 42-45 degreees and the peleton had no intentions of dropping the pace. At the Goba hill, its was where the winner was decided.There were challenges on the day,but the spirit of the cyclists couldnot be detered .The back up vehicles did a great job at trying to give hydration despite the challenges of trying to keep everyone attended to.The heat claimed casualities as some of the cyclists couldnot finish the race.However Shirley and Lungile did well as they came in 1st and 2nd after cycling 65km. Yours truly and William Kelly did finish the 80kms and am still waiting for Mario for the official results.ll of us came back from the race with different experiences. Lastly to all the cyclists that took part in classica the Goba i am proud of you all, as went to Hell's gate & back and still standing especially our local cyclists that went to Moz.Next is the momentum 94.7 JHB,South Africa. 28.9.11 Maputo Criterium Race Click the picture to see the flyer for our Maputo race this coming Sunday, 2nd of October. I'd sent out a portuguse version a few weeks ago as it's all I had at the time - apologies. If any of you are interested in participating please let us know in advance so we know to expect you. I know that there's the Goba-Siteki race on the Saturday (a Maputo contingent of cyclists will be taking part in that) but both days are short distances, so we really do hope to see some of you joining us. Regards, Mario Traversi +258-84-3036150 7.9.11 Cross Country was a blast! Yo yo yo...The turn out yesterday was really impressive and more so because we had beginners. Not even the punctures would deter the spirit of the riders,pity to the youngster that couldnt finish due to mechanical challenges. My garmin reports that we cycled: lap(1) 18.42km in 1hr45min avg 11.1km/h lap(2) 18.42km in 0hr59min avg 18.7km/r Total distance cycled 36.90km in 2hr44min and to all that attended the training ride thank you. All roads now leads to Simunye country club for the SWAZI TRAC 3 RESERVES and by end of business sat 10sept we will have new mtb national champions. | 2500 bikes is our goal
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