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Dutch Olympic BMX team visit Songo.info in Kayamandi
The Dutch BMX team were out in Stellenbosch for a two week training camp to escape the winter back home in Europe and we were fortunate enough to have them out in Kayamandi for a few hours this last weekend to give the kids a little bit of an exhibition as well as show some of the hard work that must happen in training to take you right to the top.
Head coach Bas de Bever started out by going through some of the basic stretching and strength workouts to get them warmed up…
Teachers showing the kids how it is done on the BMX Track
This week two of the staff from Kayamandi High School came to join some of the kids at the track for some fun. Mrs Eunice Myataza was a teacher till August this year and according to Songo she will be joining the some of the easy rides to inspire women in Kayamandi to start getting more involved.
Mrs Victory Hani is the deputy principal of the school
Track Day in Kayamandi
This last weekend we all joined up at the BMX track in Kayamandi for a bit of a fun/training day with the mountain bikers as well as BMX kids. There was an official race happening in Cape Town but Songo had decided that it would be better to spend the time training in preparation for the next league race in 2 weeks time. It’s not often that the mountain bikers come and ride on the track so there was much banter and good spirit as to who would be the fastest on the day.
Our first race for the day was picking the 5 fastest mountain bikers and putting them against the 5 fastest BMX guys in an elimination race. The one crossing the start/finish line last would be taken off the track each lap till there was just one left. The mountain bikers were allowed to start in the front as they were not used to much time on the track but it was evident within one lap who was on home turf.
Songo.info hosts its first BMX League event in Kayamandi.
This past Saturday Songo.info had the opportunity to host its first BMX League event at their home track in Kayamandi.
The three clubs taking part were Songo.info/Cycling4Kayamandi, Velokhaya and Mitchell’s Plain and there were about 60 riders taking part in the various age categoties as well as a couple of elite riders from the Stellenbosch are that came to join in the fun for the day.
Warming up and checking all the lines on the track
