National MTB Champs on cards

WINDHOEK – The WCE Namibian National Mountain bike (MTB) championships will be held this Sunday, a week prior to the African Mountain bike championships, set to take place on the same track.

The venue for the competition will be in the area of the Pfadfinder Hall, opposite Centaurus High School. Namibia’s top riders will all be at the starting line.Mannie Heymans and Arno Viljoen have done four weeks of preparation in Europe, participating in some important marathons.Unfortunately, Viljoen fell at the last race and broke his hand and will be out of contention, said Team Manager Sigi Bassinghtwaighte.Marc Bassingthwaighte has also been to Germany for 10 weeks preparing for these very important events.These three mountain bikers have participated in various South African events during this season doing exceptionally well and sharing the podium with their South African counterparts on several occasions.Ermin van Wyk and Jacques Celliers, were doing most of their preparation work on the road cycle and are currently in good shape.The top women riders, Heletjé van Staden and Carmen Bassingthwaighte, have both participated in mountain bike events in South Africa and did excellently.Among the junior boys, Jan-Hendrik Verdoes and Kim Joerges, have both done a lot of training and are looking forward to competing against their African counterparts.The team management would like to thank their sponsors Windhoek Consulting Engineers (WCE) for once again generously sponsoring this event.Registration will start at 08h00 and the race will commence at 09h00.The prize giving will be at 12h00 at the venue.NampaNamibia’s top riders will all be at the starting line.Mannie Heymans and Arno Viljoen have done four weeks of preparation in Europe, participating in some important marathons.Unfortunately, Viljoen fell at the last race and broke his hand and will be out of contention, said Team Manager Sigi Bassinghtwaighte.Marc Bassingthwaighte has also been to Germany for 10 weeks preparing for these very important events.These three mountain bikers have participated in various South African events during this season doing exceptionally well and sharing the podium with their South African counterparts on several occasions.Ermin van Wyk and Jacques Celliers, were doing most of their preparation work on the road cycle and are currently in good shape.The top women riders, Heletjé van Staden and Carmen Bassingthwaighte, have both participated in mountain bike events in South Africa and did excellently.Among the junior boys, Jan-Hendrik Verdoes and Kim Joerges, have both done a lot of training and are looking forward to competing against their African counterparts.The team management would like to thank their sponsors Windhoek Consulting Engineers (WCE) for once again generously sponsoring this event.Registration will start at 08h00 and the race will commence at 09h00.The prize giving will be at 12h00 at the venue.Nampa