Active Bodies successfully defended their title at the Double Century in Swellendam today.
The 12-man team, which consisted of Dylan Girdlestone, Nico Bell, Matt Beers, Willie Smit, Clint Hendricks, David Maree, Kent Main, Chris Jooste, Steven van Heerden, Morne Van Niekerk, Jayde Julius and Alex Worsdale, also broke the course record.
They finished in a time of 4:23:18, beating Alfa Bodyworks/Giant and Hartlief Deli Powerbar into second and third respectively.
View more results below.
Men teams
1. Active Bodies (Matthew Beers, Nico Bell, Willie Smit, Kent Main, Dylan Girdlestone, Morne van Niekerk, Clint Hendricks, Steven van Heerden, Chris Jooste, David Maree, Alexander Worsdale & Jayde Julius) 4:23:18
2. Alfa Bodyworks/Giant (Brandon Christians, HB Kruger, Rainhardt Marais, Shaun-Nick Bester, Nolan Hoffman, Jaco Venter, Jean-Pierre Lloyd, Bradley Gouveris, Reynard Butler, Daniyal Matthews, Pieter Seyffert & Titus Juries) 4:29:50
3. Hartlief Deli Powerbar (Theuns van der Bank, Chris Cronje, Christiaan Janse van Rensburg, Jack van Wyk, Jaco Davel, David Garrett, MC Dreyer, Jacques Lloyd, Cobus Swanepoel, Ignus Oosthuizen, Craig Boyes & Gustav Basson) 4:37:36
4. Bluff Meat Racing Team (Luke Chambers, Donovan Geldenhuys, Brandon Downes, Johan van Rooyen, Asher Biggs, Rocco King, Flavio Venceslau, Wessel Swanepoel, Kent Kirkwood & Michael Rowland) 4:38:09
5. Payflex Sub-vets (Werner Roux, Mark Elliot, Jannick Thirion, Adolph Krige, Gadi Chait, Rory Button, Franco Ferreira, Marc Rodrigues, Gert Fouche, Drikus van der Walt, Jacques Greeff & Richard Baxter) 4:38:34
Women’s teams
1. Private Client Holdings Ladies (Anneke Lund, Simone van Aardt, Hayley Preen, Tarryn Povey, Lara Tennent, Mari Rabie, Saskia van der Merwe, Robyn Williams, Courteney Webb & Amy Tait) 5:48:12
2. The Tiletoria Train (Liezel Jordaan, Bianca Holtskampf, Desray Neale Foyn, Sarita Louw, Anneke Jacobs, Desiree Strydom, Nadia Visser, Annemie Koen, Chanel Hannah, Aluis Inglis & Hanli Cilliers) 5:56:15
3. STS/Specialized Ladies (Vicky van der Merwe, Kelsey Nel, Georgia Grobler, Kylie Hanekom, Annemie Kruger, Lene du Bois, Louisa de Jongh, Andrea Turkovic & Almari de Milander) 6:02:27
4. Pure Savage Ladies (Jenny Close, Alexandra Antonakis, Carrie van Rensburg, Lesyl Potgieter, Christelle Hattingh, Marike van Niekerk, Kelly van der Toorn, Tania Fourie, Karin van Niekerk, Robyn Perry & Yvonne Stevens) 6:02:48
5. Tiletorians (Ischen Stopforth, Jane Seggie, Marleen Lourens, Fienie Barnard, Esther Lategan, Hanlie Booyens, Dene Conroy-De Wet, Michelle Lombardi, Marina Wege, Desiree Loubser, Jennie Stenerhag & Martha Koekemoer) 6:17:25
Mixed teams
1. UFO (Alex Lindeque, Gabriel van Deventer, Derek Venter, Lloyd Robinson, Jono Cloete, Mark Cheyne, Ulrich Roux, Dewald de Beer, Lucy James, Parys Edwards & Joanna van de Winkel) 4:55:46
2. Bekker Steel Racing (Egon Campbell, Marcus Marinus, Jaco van Dyk, Dana Coetzee, Massimo Guglielmi, Johan Botha, Stefan Oberholzer, Taneal Otto, Carla Oberholzer, Elaine Saaiman & Claudia Gnudi) 4:58:41
3. Enjoy dormakaba (Michael Posthumus, Oliver Lennard, James Tennent, Andreas Studer, Tom Briggs, Matthew Wentworth, Nick Allen, Ricky Lawrence, Linda Hitchings, Laura Stark & Amy McDougall) 5:00:13
4. Pure Savage Mixed Race (De Wet Albertyn, Andrew Cook, Kris Coetzee, David Dommisse, Kilian Hagemann, JP du Plessis, Nicola Walker, Helene Rabie, Susan Lea Melmed & Jana Kruger) 5:26:50
5. Bangers & Brazilians (Timothy Kock, Andrew Mcpherson, Adrian Franken, Roger Fuller-Good, Juan Pierre Prinsloo, David Power, Steve Meyer, Marie-Zanne de Kock, Nicola Biani, Jodileigh Zulberg & Bronwyn Hamilton) 5:36:49
