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BMX Race Report: SA BMX Nationals from the Overberg BMX Club in Hermanus
Race Report by Bradley Stow. The first BMX National of 2025 took place this past weekend, 5 & 6 April, at the Overberg BMX club in Hermanus. Songo.info was fortunate enough to be able to select 12 riders from the programme to participate in the race. Usually we can only take 5 or 6 riders…
Read Moresongo.info Race Report: First BMX Race of the Year at Zone 7
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…
Read MoreCelebrating 10 Years of the songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime™️
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…
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 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 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 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 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…
Read Moresongo.info Race Report: Western Cape BMX #4 Hermanus
On Sunday, the 12th of March ,13 children accompanied by myself, Brad Stow, Ntlantla and Asabonga traveled to Hermanus BMX track to take part in the 4th leg of the Western Cape BMX provincial points series. songo.info was represented by the following riders: Likho Mayekiso, Onesimo Ndzonyana, Lakhanya Skhobongwane, Alunamida Mathafeni, Kanya Xhapha, Mihlali Stuurman, Juju Mbikahlobo, Uviwe Tshali, Awethu Mtekeli, Tsholofelo Letlola, Mihlali Nyembezi, Lilitha…
Read Moresongo.info Vacancy: Finance & Admin Manager
songo.info is hiring a Finance and Admin Manager to oversee the programme’s financial and administrative functions. Roles and Responsibilities General Administration: Manage Trust administration. Support legal Trustee with management of legal requirements and structures regarding contracts and the Trust etc. Risk Management of the clubhouse and programme. Financial Management: Monitor cash flow and support…
Read More2023 BMX Season Kicks of at Zone 7
On Sunday, 28 January, songo.info had 10 riders compete in the first WC Provincial BMX race of 2023, which was held at Zone 7 BMX Track outside Durbanville. The event was a double header, which means that 2 race legs are held on one day. It was very hot and windy but the racing was…
Read Moresongo.info Race Report from the 2022 BMX National Championships
The final round of BMX Nationals and SA BMX National Championships took place on the 9th of October, at the Alrode BMX Track in Johannesburg. The Nationals were during school holidays so we decided to drive up in the Songo van, Darryn Stow reported. The Alrode Track is one of the oldest tracks in South…
Read Moresongo.info Race Report from 2022 WP BMX race #9
On Sunday, 18th of September 2022, 12 children and 1 coach travelled to Overberg BMX club to take part in the ninth WP BMX race of the season. songo.info was represented by: Awethu, Luminathi, Lakhanya, Mihlali Sturman, Mivuyo, Qhawe, Khanya, Alakhe, Lunathi, Ovayo, Uviwe and Tsholofelo Letlola. All the kids where the top performers of…
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