Loads of action at FNB Schools MTB League

Saturday morning saw heaps of action in the third FNB Schools Mountain Bike league fixture of the season, which took place at the IJG Trails Play Pit on Farm Windhoek.

There were some hotly-contested races with the u12 girls having a sprint finish for first place, with Cari van der Westhuizen just getting her front wheel over the line ahead of Qara Volschenk. 

The u14 boys was convincingly won by Julius Braun who finished almost three minutes ahead of Theodor Janse van Rensburg, while Bianca Nell beat league leader Nicole Suren in the u14 girls category. 

The older age groups were donning their new league leader jerseys, which they only keep if they maintain their lead. The u16 boys and girls league leaders managed to hold onto theirs with Roger Suren and Delsia Janse van Vuuren both taking the top spot. 

The u18 girls category was won by Marie Louw, with Angela Kamati in second place and still the league leader. 

The u18 boys league leader, Kevin Lowe, who was also recently crowned national u18 champion at the MTB National Championships in Swakopmund, won the race to keep his jersey. 

Namibia’s Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, Alex Miller, who also started out as an aspiring young MTB rider in the FNB Schools League, was present at the event and brought some of his international cycling peers along, including Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Annie Last of Great Britain and former junior world champion, Simon Andreassen of Denmark, who are in Namibia for a training camp. “It is great to have such a fantastic developmental league to grow the sport,” commented Last.

“You have a fantastic cycling community and this league really helps support young and upcoming riders.” 

Andreassen added: “I was not so lucky to have anything like this when I started cycling, you are very fortunate to have this league to support development.”