Kyle Symons and Rosemary Bailey won the respective men’s and women’s race in the first event of the Madibaz MTB XCO Series in George on Sunday.
Symons finished the course in a time of 1:24:29. Hayden and Luke Cocksedge claimed second and third respectively after 1:27:23 and 1:27:48.

Kyle Symons won the men’s race in the first event of the Madibaz MTB XCO Series in George on Sunday. Photo: John Boucher
Fourth place went to Hendré Terblanche, while Shaun Smith came fifth.
Bailey won the women’s race in a time of 1:18:07. Anuschke Smith claimed second after 1:30:20.
Leendert Cronje and Jean-Marié Roelofse won the men’s and women’s U23 races.
View more results below.
Elite men
1. Kyle Symons 1:24:29
2. Hayden Cocksedge 1:27:23
3. Luke Cocksedge 1:27:48
4. Hendré Terblanche 1:29:03
5. Shaun Smith 1:29:13
6. Petri Stander 1:30:08
7. Rohan Swanepoel 1:31:00
8. Brandon Hulley 1:32:08
Elite women
1. Rosemary Bailey 1:18:07
2. Anuschke Smith 1:30:20
U23 men
1. Leendert Cronje 1:24:37
2. Ian Jantjies 1:26:38
3. Douglas Wood 1:30:28
4. Sean Gooden 1:37:31
5. Reinhardt Scholtz 1:42:30
U23 women
1. Jean-Marié Roelofse 1:28:12
2. Britney Wilmans 1:30:27
Junior men
1. Tristan Nortjé 1:00:08
2. Casper Pretorius 1:02:55
3. Leon Claassen 1:04:16
4. Ian Burger 1:04:49
5. Hans-Willem Moolman 1:07:33
Junior women
1. Kristin Roelofse 1:04:39
2. Mia Bester 1:14:33
Sub vet men
1. Nico Kruger 1:25:41
2. Adrian de Jonge 1:27:50
3. Roan Blom 1:31:29
Sub vet women
1. Zané Coetzee 1:25:14
2. Lizé Martin 1:29:48
3. Lydia van Tonder 1:13:03
Vet men
1. Deon Barnard 1:28:39
2. Nico Vreken 1:33:37
3. Anthony Martin 1:34:14
Vet women
1. Marike Vreken 1:24:20





