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songo.info Race Report: SA BMX Champs
From the 27th to the 29th of September, the songo.info team attended the final two rounds of the 2024 SA BMX Cup series as well as SA BMX Champs. The event took place at the Zone 7 BMX Club on the outskirts of Durbanville. We have been preparing for this event for several months and…
Read Moresongo.info Race Report: WC BMX #9 – Hermanus
On Sunday the 8th September the songo.info team headed to Hermanus for the 9th leg of the Western Cape BMX Provincial points series. It has been a long winter with very little racing so it was great that the weather played along and we were able to race again. The team consisted of 12…
Read Moresongo.info Race Report: WC BMX Winter Series
On Sunday, the 1st September, I met the songo.info team at the clubhouse in Kayamandi, Stellenbosch, writes Bradley Stow. It was a beautiful first day of Spring and the ten songo kids who had been selected to race were all eagerly waiting for me along with Ntlantla. We finished packing the bikes onto the trailer…
Read MoreSupport songo.info This #MandelaDay
Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July honours our nation’s founding father’s birthday – and his legacy of justice, equality and compassion – through acts of service and kindness. Throughout South Africa people come together to dedicate 67 minutes of service on Mandela Day to honour the 67 years he dedicated to public service. “Sometimes it…
Read Moresongo.info Race Report: SA BMX Cup – Giba Gorge
On Wednesday the 19th of June myself, Bradley Stow, and my partner Nicole Murphy met five very excited kids at the Songo clubhouse in Kayamandi, Stellenbosch. We packed their five bikes as well as our two bikes along with all our luggage for the next week into the Toyota van which Specialized Bicycles had kindly…
Read Moresongo.info BMX Race Report: Hermanus – Western Cape Provincial BMX
On Sunday the 26 May Brad Stow met the songo.info team at the clubhouse in Kayamandi. Myself and my partner Nicole arrived at about 6am and with the help of Ntlantla and Svig we started packing the bikes and getting the kids ready for the 1hr30 drive to Hermanus. The team we chose for this leg…
Read MoreRace Report: WP XCO at Bloemendal
On Saturday 18 May, Brad Stow and Ntlantla Nonkasa accompanied seven songo.info riders to Bloemendal wine farm, in Durbanville, to take part in a WP XCO provincial race. songo.info was represented by the following riders: Ntlantla Nonkasa, Mihlali Stuurman, Ovayo Ntsege, Zizo Tshingana, Uviwe Tshali, Lakhanya Skhobongwane, Likho Mayekiso, and Khanya Xhapha. We arrived early so that everyone could do a quick practice…
Read MoreBeers and Terpstra Storm to Champions Race, presented by fibertime™️, Victories
After a three-year hiatus the 2024 songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime™️, proved once again why it was a mainstay of the packed March cycling calendar, on Wednesday evening. Riders and fans alike were treated to a late afternoon of fantastic racing and an electrifying atmosphere; as the streets and footpaths of Kayamandi played host…
Read MoreThe songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime™️, is Back!
The greatest mountain biking spectator event, the songo.info Champions Race is back from a three year hiatus, with fibertime™ as the new presenting sponsor. As ever the event will be staged in Kayamandi on the Wednesday before the Absa Cape Epic and some of the world’s best MTB racers will turn out to hone their…
Read MoreHow to Fundraise for songo.info With a GivenGain Campaign
March is a great month for cycling in South Africa. The action gets underway with the Cape Town Cycle Tour, the largest timed bicycle race in the world, and continues with the songo.info Champions Race and the Absa Cape Epic. Both the CTCT and the Epic are great fundraising vehicles for so many charities and…
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Read MoreRace Report: 2023 WP BMX Championships
On Sunday the 12th November I met Ntlantla Nonkasa and the songo.info kids at the clubhouse in Kayamandi, writes head BMX coach Brad Stow. I arrived earlier than planned but when I drove down towards the clubhouse I was pleasantly surprised to see that the bikes had already been loaded onto the trailer and all…
Read Moresongo.info Cycling Progress Report – October 2023
2023 has been a busy year of riding and racing for the children in the songo.info programme. Having joined as senior coach this year Brad Stow reflects on the progress which has been made and where there is room for growth in the remainder of the year and heading into 2024. songo Tots: It’s quite…
Read Moresongo.info Race Report from the 2023 SA BMX Nationals
On Wednesday the 4th October myself, Brad Stow, along with my partner Nicole Murphy and her sister Christine Yiannakis left Durbanville and met five very excited kids at the songo.info clubhouse in Stellenbosch. We loaded our bikes and luggage into the Toyota Quantum that was very kindly loaned to us by Bobby Behan and James…
Read Moresongo.info Graduates Go To Belgium’s Bakala Academy
Zola Ngxakeni and Ntlantla Nonkasa won a trip to the Bakala Academy, at the University of Leuven, in Belgium as part of their Exxaro Jersey victory at the 2023 Absa Cape Epic. For nearly a decade each edition’s Exxaro category winners have visited the Bakala Academy, which also serves as the training base for Soudal…
Read Moresongo.info Race Report: Round 7 of the WC BMX Series
On Sunday, 3 September, ten kids from songo.info participated in the 7th round of the WC BMX Provincial points series. This was the first provincial race after a long winter break during which the songo kids focused on academics. Needless to say, they were all very keen to get back on to the race track.…
Read Moresongo.info Auction Two Limited Edition Specialized Bicycles to Raise Funds for Trail Building Programme
Specialized Bicycle’s Soil Searching programme is a movement to recognise and support the trail builders who help shape our sport and ensure our stoke. Since 2018, it has provided financial, organisational and outreach support for trail systems around the world. In 2021 two songo.info graduates were funded by Soil Searching as they embarked on internship…
Read MoreRace Report: #6 of the Western Cape BMX Series in Hermanus
This past weekend Sipho, Ntlantla and Mama Amelia and Brad Stow accompanied 10 kids to the 6th leg of the provincial BMX series which took place at the Overberg BMX Club in Hermanus. The fairly long drive from Stellenbosch to Hermanus was made comfortable and safe for the team thanks to Specialized and Toyota giving…
Read MorePraising Tsholofelo Letlola
There’s no recipe for success or a linear curve for personal growth. At songo.info each child enrolled in the programme has their natural ups and downs. Struggling with the normal teenage issues, or battling with a particular subject at school. Not infrequently the problems are more serious and sustained; the lure of drinking and drugs…
Read Moresongo.info Race Report: SA BMX Cup 1, 2 & 3
Over the Easter weekend, Bradley Stow and Ntlantla Nonkasa accompanied 10 kids to the first BMX national event of the year, which took place at the Kraaifontein BMX track near Durbanville. It was a very special moment for Western Cape BMX as the last time a national race took play at this track was well…
Read Moresongo Race Report: WP BMX #5 – Kraaifontein
This past Sunday, 2 April, 11 children accompanied by myself and Ntlantla Nonkasa traveled to the newly rebuilt BMX track at the Kraaifontein Sports Club. This was an important race as it served as a trial run for the SA Cup that is taking place this coming Easter weekend. Wrote Bradley Stow. Songo.Info was represented…
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