http://www.songo.info FUNDRAISING FOR KAYAMANDI BMX TRACK Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:13:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The track is now complete - it has been "rolled" and is ready to rock! Stellenbosch has had some bad weather forecasted over the weekend, so we will probably only be able to get out there next week and give the track a go. http://www.songo.info/bmx-track-update/   Erica Green, the project manager, and her team have been doing a fantastic job onsite. Shipment of 15 MONGOOSE MENACE BMX bikes from Omnico - these are not racing bikes, but bikes on which the first group of kids will learn to ride on-were recived. http://www.songo.info/songoinfo-bmx-track-is-becoming-a-reality/ (report by team manager Bobby Behan) (photos: gary perkin) Today was personal for many reasons Personal for Susi’s mum, Benno, the team and I. Corina(Susi’s mum) has been there forever, Benno has been his mechanic since 2003 and Susi has been a great friend to me since 1999. We have seen the ... http://www.songo.info/christoph-sauser-2008-xc-mountainbiking-champion/ The Songo.info Charity initiative was birthed with Christoph Sauser’s will to ride the 2008 Absa Cape Epic for a charitable cause. He’s heart has been to give back to South Africa, to his winter training base town of Stellenbosch, and more directly to the community of Kayamandi. http://www.songo.info/a-dream-come-true/ Erica Green, the project manager, has set a date for the first bit of earth to be moved....9 of June, that is in 4 days! Everything is now set up for the building of the BMX track. Erica, Songo and JAG have worked very hard over the last couple of ... http://www.songo.info/project-managers-update/ Written By: Team Manager Bobby Behan Photos: Gary Perkin When we arrived in Andorra on Tuesday the heavens were pouring down on us, but thankfully the weather picked up through to Friday. http://www.songo.info/christoph-sauser-and-burry-stander-as-if-for-songoinfo/ Songo Fipaza, the man behind songo.info, has been working alongside the municipality to ensure that the piece of land demarcated to the bmx track, does in fact get given to the project.  Below is the email from Songo, confirming that the municipality has awarded us the land! "Hey guys, I hope that ... http://www.songo.info/stellenbosch-municipality-agree-to-give-songoinfo-the-piece-of-land-for-bmx-track/ On the 15th of May the JAG Sports & Education Foundation hosted their Year in Review. The function was a great success all around, but especially with regards to the items that were auctioned off for the songo.info bmx project. Marco Carvalho's painting, which he donated to the project, was ... http://www.songo.info/r30-000-injected-into-songoinfo-through-the-jag-foundations-year-in-review/ We are finally nearing the end of the Public Participation Process! Due to the fact that our BMX track is ear marked to be built on public, municipal land, we have had to go through a 21 day process whereby the public of Stellenbosch decides if they are satisfied with ... http://www.songo.info/songoinfo-bmx-track-progress/ Race Report on Christoph Sauser race was written by Team Manager Bobby Behand. Photos are courtesy of Gary Perkin. Not known for his starts, Susi was a little out of the action in the opening laps, but became a feature when the real racing commenced. A bunch containing all of the ... http://www.songo.info/christoph-sauser-gets-2nd-and-burry-stander-gets-7th-at-offenburg-world-cup/