Rikus Booyens and Charne Howard won the men’s and women’s junior races of the Schools MTB League in the first Mpumalanga event in Secunda on Saturday.
Lydenburg HS’ Booyens won the men’s six-lap race in 52:17, beating Witbank HTS’ Jeandre Gautier into second. Curro Nelspruit HS’ Reynard van der Berg completed the podium.
Rikus Booyens and Charne Howard won the men’s and women’s junior races of the Schools MTB League in the first Mpumalanga event. Photo: facebook.com/pg/SpurMTBLeague/
Curro Bankenveld HS’ Howard completed the women’s four-lap race in 42:18, with her schoolmate Rozel Montgomery and Uplands College HS’ Patricia Notten finishing off the podium.
HTS Middelburg’s Jean du Plessis and Lydenburg HS’ Bernice van Wyk won the boy’s and girl’s youth races respectively.
View more results below.
Junior men (six laps)
1. Rikus Booyens (Lydenburg HS) 52:17
2. Jeandre Gautier (Witbank HTS) 53:59
3. Reynard van der Berg (Nelspruit HS) 54:45
4. Zegert Nieuwoudt (Secunda HS) 55:47
5. Riaan Smit (Home School) 58:15
Junior girls (four laps)
1. Charne Howard (Curro Bankenveld HS) 42:18
2. Rozel Montgomery (Curro Bankenveld HS) 42:51
3. Patricia Notten (Uplands College HS) 43:58
4. Monique Swart (Nelspruit HS) 44:24
5. Trinity Pulvenis (Rob Ferreira HS) 47:11
Youth boys (five laps)
1. Jean du Plessis (HTS Middelburg) 43:34
2. Jean van der Merwe (Nelspruit HS) 46:57
3. Waldu Bakker (Secunda HS) 46:59
Youth girls (three laps)
1. Bernice van Wyk (Lydenburg HS) 28:54
2. Simone van Wyk (Lydenburg HS) 30:47
3. Suzanne Mare (Nelspruit HS) 31:09
