Children also part of Kremetart action

Date: 26 May 2016 By: Andries van Zyl

The region’s budding young cycling stars can start entering for the popular KFC Kids Race as part of the annual Kremetart Cycling weekend.

The cycling weekend is one of the region’s biggest annual sporting events, coming up on 4 and 5 June. Saturday will see cyclists from across South Africa take part in the gruelling but extremely popular 175km stage road race, as well as a 70km race. The weekend will draw to a close on Sunday with the hosting of the Kremetart XCO. High School Louis Trichardt’s Leeupark will play host to Saturday's programme, while Komatiland plantation plays host to the XCO on Sunday.

The race organisers have not, however, forgotten about the youngsters. The kids race, sponsored by KFC, the Soutpansberg Cycling Club, Ladies Circle 4 and Soutpansberg Youth Cycling Development, will once again form part of the programme on 4 June. Youngsters can participate in six different age groups, namely a 60m ride for 2- to 3-year-olds and a 100m ride for both the 4- to 5-year-olds and 6- to 7-year-olds (with an entry fee of R50 per cyclist for all three races), as well as a two-, three- and four-lap race for the U/10s, U/12s and U/14s respectively. For the last three races, the entry fee is R100 per cyclist.

Youngsters who want to test their mettle can register to compete on the day of the race from 08:00 until 12:00, as per race. The six races, from youngest to oldest, will start at 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 14:00, 14:30 and 15:00 respectively.

Medals will be handed out to all race finishers, as well as bonus prizes for mini XCO riders. Cash prizes for both boys and girls will be handed out for first- to fifth-place winners. There is also a R1 000 cash prize up for grabs for the school or pre-school with the most entries. But don’t wait too long to enter as only the first 250 entries will receive goody bags.

“Come on, kids! Dare to spoil mom and dad with a fun-filled day,” invite the organisers.

For more information, phone Ciska from Ladies Circle 4 as race organisers at 083 686 1530 or race director Stanley Thompson at 082 493 3897. Entry forms are also available from Riana Otto at Tel 084 400 9941.

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Andries van Zyl

Andries joined the Zoutpansberger and Limpopo Mirror in April 1993 as a darkroom assistant. Within a couple of months he moved over to the production side of the newspaper and eventually doubled as a reporter. In 1995 he left the newspaper group and travelled overseas for a couple of months. In 1996, Andries rejoined the Zoutpansberger as a reporter. In August 2002, he was appointed as News Editor of the Zoutpansberger, a position he holds until today.

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