songo.info Race Report: First BMX Race of the Year at Zone 7

Race Report

On Sunday the 2nd of February, the songo.info team headed through to Zone 7 BMX track just outside Durbanville for the first race of the 2025 season. It had been a long break from racing for the kids and they were all keen to get back on to the track again. I arrived at the…

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songo.info 2025 Fundraisers

Fundraise

In the build-up to and during the 2025 Absa Cape Epic songo.info will be fundraising in conjunction with the Kolisi Foundation, as well as with a number of individual supporters – including our founder Christoph Sauser. If you would like to raise funds yourself or support our education and sporting initiatives you can find all…

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Celebrating 10 Years of the songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime™️

Champions Race

On the 12th of March 2025, on the Wednesday between the Cape Town Cycle Tour and the Absa Cape Epic, the streets and fields of Kayamandi will host the 10th edition of the songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime™️. Renowned as a spectacular spectator friendly urban mountain bike event it has seen riders of the…

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songo.info Race Report from the Last BMX Race of the Season

songo.info Race Report

This past weekend, on Sunday 3 November, the songo.info team attended the last BMX race of the 2024 season. The race was held at the Overberg BMX track in Hermanus. We selected a fairly big team for this race with a mixture of very young riders, a few kids who have not raced much in…

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Nicole Murphy’s Race Report from the Zone 7 BMX WC Provincials

Nicole Murphy

Attending the last BMX Provincial race was a truly enriching experience, especially witnessing the interactions and support among the songo.info children, writes Nicole Murphy. It was something very special to see the older kids encouraging and guiding the younger ones during the races. This camaraderie and mentorship were heartwarming and inspiring. Sports, I believe, provides…

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Support the songo.info Lunch Programme

Lunch Programme

Every weekday, during the school terms, songo.info supplies 120 children from the Kayamandi community, outside Stellenbosch, with a hearty lunch. This lunch fills their tummies and gives them the energy they need to learn and play. After lunch they do their homework and then head out onto the BMX track. So not only is the…

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songo.info Race Report: SA BMX Champs

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…

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songo.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…

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songo.info Race Report: WC BMX Winter Series

songo.info Race Report

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…

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Support 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…

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songo.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…

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songo.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…

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Race 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…

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Beers 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…

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The 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…

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How 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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Race 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…

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songo.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…

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songo.info Race Report from the 2023 SA BMX Nationals

Race Report

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…

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songo.info Graduates Go To Belgium’s Bakala Academy

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…

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