3 February 2009
Wow!!! What a weekend!!! I am deeply thankful that we had a wonderful and accident free “super cycling” weekend. Above all ...., the teamwork, friendship and good spirit that were experienced during the weekend will long be remembered!!
Last night the last two cyclists (Wiseman and Matwa) were put on the bus to Cala and I believe they have arrived safely.
I am busy with the reports to SADSF and will post results and info on our web site (blog) shortly. Remember that a CD of ± 500 photos of the weekend is available @ R40 – 00 and the orders will be posted shortly.
Congratulations!!! To each of the cyclists that took part and especially our PODIUM guys!! They were:
Road Race:
1) Johan Reyneke
2) Terence Parkin
3) Christo Botha
Time Trial:
1) Terence Parkin
2) Johan Reyneke
3) Christo Botha
The top six performers of the weekend were: Johan Reyneke, Terence Parkin, Christo Botha, Ashley Abrahams, Bennie Botha & Charles Easton. These names will be given to SADSF and we would wait for their recommendations and suggestions.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all that were part of our activities this weekend. I will publish a special “thank you” list of all involved.
More news were that MTB racing and development were discussed and we plan to get that section of Deaf Cycling up and running as we do have a lot of Deaf MTB riders out there.
As far as the Deaflympics (PS only 217 days to go) are concerned, we would take the selected group and start with proper fitness tests and then training programs (based on the fitness test outcomes) and possibly 2 training camps afterwards.
Yours in Cycling,
Jurg Reyneke
SA Deaf Cycling Convener
