It is imperative that the candidates prepare well for this examination.
B-Manager preparation:
The course will start at 11:00
The course will consist of 1 hour theory.
Examination questions will be from the UCI Rules, Part 1 – General, Part 2 – Road, the UCI Guidelines for vehicle circulation in the convoy, CSA Rules Part 1 – General, CSA Part 3 – Road.
Candidates need to study the above thoroughly in preparation for the examination.
The exam will be 3 hours
The exam will be a closed book exam
Candidates must obtain at least 80% to become a B-Manager
The above study material must be obtained from the UCI Website and Cycling SA Website.
C-Manager Course preparation:
The course manual will be forwarded to those candidates who pay and attend the C-Manager Course.
Candidates must take note of the following:
They need to have a soft or hard copy available during the course.
They need to study the contents of the manual thoroughly in preparation for the course.
The duration of the course is at least 6 hours, subject to the number of clarity seeking questions received from the candidates.
Examination will be 2 hours
The exam is a closed book exam
Candidates must achieve at least 80% to pass the exam
Venue Details:
Maties Sport – Jannie Marias House, Coetzenburg Way, Coetzenburg (Stellenbosch)
Course Fees
C Licence R550 – B Licence R 750
The banking details are as follows:
Western Cape Cycling, ABSA – Oudtshoorn
Cheque Acc – Nr 40 8194 0489
Ref: Name of person attending
For further information please contact the following persons:
Provisional Calendar
11th June – Wingfield Military Base – Criterium
18 June – Atlantis Circuit Race
2 July – Somerset West – Criterium
9 July – Knysna Cycle Tour
16 July – Paarden Eiland – Criterium
23 July – Lady Loch, Wellington – Road race
30 July – Killarney Circuit
13 August – Fesantekraal – Road Race
all the above events have been applied for at the events office – entries will open in due course.
VIP – CSA Courses
Team Managers Courses for Cape Town in June
Cycling South Africa’s Technical Commission will be hosting a Team Managers Course in Cape Town from 15 to 18 June 2017.
Team Managers Course (members of WPCA affiliated clubs will be sponsored)
• This course is for those interested in managing a cycling team.
Space is limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.
For more details and to apply, please contact Wynand Pretorius by email: wapretorius57@gmail.com or call 082 901 8504 in order to secure your seat.
On Sunday 9 April, the Killarney Race Track played host to vehicles of a different kind – ones that run on pedal power! Local cycling club, The Outriders, together with Just Property and Western Province Cycling Association (WPCA), celebrated a festival of cycling which had something for everyone, from kids as young as two years old to the elites who were out to score points on the League board.
The Category 2 riders racing up the finishing straight. Picture credit: Double ST
The events included circuit racing for the serious riders (split into category 1, 2 and 3), Juniors and Schools racing, a Criterium, as well as an inter-club, ladies only, and kids’ races, the last three providing non-licenced riders the opportunity to experience the thrill of racing at Killarney. The Just Property kids races took place on the adjacent karting track, with the top three in each age group receiving medals. All participants went home with a certificate.
The future is bright for cycling in South Africa
The day’s events culminated in a 20-minute criterium. Designed for maximum spectator value, the course took the riders on a technical and tricky route through the pits. ”I loved the crit format”, Category 1 winner Martin Fryer enthused. “It was quite nerve-wrecking, but it was technical, short, interesting, and great for the public – we should have more races like this in the Western Cape.”
Killarney provided the perfect venue, with its smooth, car-free surface, as well as being safe and spectator-friendly. Organiser of the event and Chairman of the Outriders was thrilled with the success of the Festival, “It was a fun and family-friendly event. We really wanted to provide something for every level of cyclist and it’s safe to say we succeeded in doing that. However, the event couldn’t have been pulled off without the support and commitment of the club members.”
The Outriders meet every Saturday morning outside Planet Fitness in Parklands and encourage riders of all levels to come and join in their rides. Visit www.theoutriders.co.za for more about the club and the various ride times on offer.
Martin Fryer took the win in the Criterium Category 1 in a nail-biting finishing, just pipping Jayde Julius to the post. Picture credit: Double ST
Provisional Results (Awaiting Confirmation From WPCA Timing)
WP Track hosted yet another successful event to identify riders to represent Western Cape at the Track Nationals in April at Bellville Velodrome. With a limited number of spaces available for final selection riders raced full steam from start to finish with the hope of making the squad.
WP Cycling is able to share with you the first events for the 2017 calendar. We have applied for and awaits event permission from the City events office. The first 7 events are:
11 Feb 2017 – 99’er – Road Race. The 99’er is a new addition to the calendar and WPCA look forward to building a solid relationship with the organisers of the event. Cyclist times will count towards their WP seeding for the rest of the league season and will also score points towards the leader board.
18 Feb 2017 – Saldanha Bay/Sports Trust – Road Race. 130km for Cat 1 and 2, 80km for Cat3 and all scholars. All youth riders of 18 or younger ride for free.
5 March 2017 – Century City – Criterium Race. The event is hosted as part of the annual Century City Sports Festival. Cycling is just one of the events hosted by the center during that weekend and it is a technical circuit with cobble stone sections.
26 March 2017 – The Lady Loch Circuit near Wellington – Road Race. The 4 hills along the 12.6Km circuit always make for a challenging race.
2 April 2017 – Big Bay – Circuit Race. A new race in the Big Bay area close to the Seaside Village shopping centre.
22 April 2017 – Red Hill – Road Race. A road race via Red Hill through Simon’s Town over Smitswinkel.
29 April – 1 May 2017 – 3 Day Stage Road Race – Durbanville. WPCA will be hosting a 3 day stage race at the end of April just starting just past the R312 and R304 intersection to wards Wellington. There will be team categories and day one will start with a TT prologue in the morning.
The road season will then continue towards the end of July. Updates of the additional events will be available on the WPCA website.
Many people have asked us about why these two important events are held over the same weekend. Unfortunately this is a result of events outside of our collective control. Let us try explain.
Event organisers start planning for their events long in advance and picking a date tends to be one of the first decisions to be made. As it happened both organisers fixed their dates, on two consecutive weekends, more than 6 months ago. However, subsequently the African Continental Cycling Championships were announced on the same dates as the SA Road Championships which created the initial conflict.
Cycling South Africa has to be supportive of the continental event and needs to host its national event prior to that, so the SA Road Championship had to be moved. It was therefore decided to move it one week earlier, now unfortunately coinciding with the date of the 99er.
With most of the arrangements already made for that weekend it was not possible to move the 99er’s dates at this late stage. Further, it would be unreasonable of us to request that they change, as they have secured the date in advance, with us and with CSA.
We, the Western Province Cycling Association, would therefore like to continue to show our support (and gratitude) to the 99er event committee and we encourage those riders not participating in the SA Road Champs to support this wonderful event.
WP Cycling would like to wish Morné, Debbie and their team success with their 19th event!
Christhonie Geldenhuys
Public Relations Officer
WP Cycling
We have lined up 3 endurance races in the country side. These races were chosen to complement the longer distance races hosted by other organisations during the same time.
Please enter timeously so that you can be seeded in a Category in which we believe you will be competitive – don’t leave the entry process to the last minute.
25 September – Piketberg (“So You Think you can Climb”) (85 kms)
Route Description – depart Piketberg , ride out to the right turn to Eendekuil , ride past the town of Eendekuil toward the N7 and make a U Turn in the road and return the same route to Piketberg. Category 1 and Category 2 will make the right turn to ‘So you think you can Climb’ up Versfeld Pass.
Route Description – Start at Opstal Cellars and follow the Slanghoek Valley Road to the left turn onto the Goudinin Road then turn left onto the Ceres/Worcester Road. Just before the Bergsig Cellers turn left on to the Slanghoek Valley Road and cross the ‘drift’ over the river to race the undulating route back to the start. Category 1 and 2 will race 3 times around the 40 kilometre circuit.
20 November – Caledon (“Stairway to Heaven and Earth”) (85kms)
Competitors will race around a 3 kilometre circuit in the town of Caledon before turning onto the road to Hermanus. Riders will race down towards Hemel & Aarde before making a U Turn in the road to negotiate the two out of category climbs back up to Caledon. Participants will have 7.7 kilometres to close the gap on those that have escaped up Shaws Mountain Pass.
Herewith the results for the Lights By Linea #HEROChallenge held on Sunday 6 August 2016. We would like to thank Wayne Roberts, Lights by Linea and his team for making this race possible and proving the venue.
We are now moving towards the business end of the season in the Western Province Cycling Associations Autumn and Winter League and we take this opportunity just to recap and inform you of some of the amendments to the 2nd half of the season.
League standings as at Riebeeck Kasteel TTT
Category One
1st.Rohan Du Plooy – (Lights by Linea), 2nd Tim Jenkinson (Team Giant), 3rd JP Jacobs – (Team Aurecon).
Category two
1st Robin Harris – (Cycles Direct CC), 2nd Oswin Booysen – (Siphiwo CC) , 3rd Guy Le Ray Cook (ind)
Category Three
1st Tyrone de Schmidt (Cycle Teknix) , 2nd Jono Weltman (Velokhaya ), 3rd Ashley Accom (Cedar CC)
Ladies
Leizel du Preez (Cycle Teknix) and Bianca Holtzkampf (City CC) are currently tied for 1st place, 3rd Maroeskja Matthee (Bestmed)
Category three – Club Competition
1st Cycles Teknix CC , 2nd Outriders CC , 3rd Cedar CC , 4th City CC, 5th Cape MultiSport
10 July – Life Path Health – TEAM TIME TRIAL – Riebeeck Kasteel
17 July – Lights by Linea Hero Challenge – Burgundy Estate
24 July – Fesantekraal Road Race – Cape Multi Sport (125 kms)
7 August – Lights by Linea Hero Challenge – Paarden Eiland
14 August – Life Path Health – TEAM TIME TRIAL – Riebeeck Kasteel
21 August – Killarney – Cycle Teknix Series
28 August – Paardeberg Road Race (125kms)
Notes to the above
Life Path Health – Team Time Trial – teams to consist of 2 riders. Riders may also take part in the individual competition as well.
The last Lights by Linea has been moved to the 7th August as the Lights by Linea team will be competing outside of the country in the 2nd half of August.
Road Commission
The current team welcomes any constructive criticism and advice on how to improve future WPCA League Series. Thank you to those members and participants that have made suggestions so far.
We are currently working on a few events in Sept/Oct/Nov which will fill in the gaps in the racing calendar.
SA Road & Time Trial Championships will be held in the Paarl region in February 2017, the official announcement will be made soon.
Cycling South Africa Youth Festival
The Western Province youth cyclists are currently competing at the CSA Youth Festival in Oudtshoorn and we trust they are enjoying the racing. A loud “well done” to O’Ryan Bruintjies, his team of assistants and parents who prepared, coached and cheered our young cyclist at all the events in preparation for this festival of Cycling – we know you are doing us proud.
Commissaires, Timekeeping & Judging, and Team Managers Course for Cape Town in July
1 June 2016 – Cycling South Africa’s Technical Commission will be hosting a Road and Track Cycling Commissaires Training Course, a Timekeeper and Judges Course and a Team Manager’s Course in Cape Town from 22-26 July 2016.
Commissaires Course
Candidates must be qualified and licensed Timekeepers and Judges to be considered for this course.
Timekeepers and Judges Course
Persons interested in becoming a Timekeeper and Judge will be considered. Upon successful completion of the course, candidates will be required to do practical training in order to become accredited and licensed.
Team Managers Course
This course is for those interested in managing a cycling team.
Space is limited so book early to avoid disappointment. For more details and to apply, please contact Wynand Pretorius by email wapretorius57@gmail.com or call 082 901 8504 in order to secure your seat.
Western Province Riders in Europe
Daniyal Matthews, Devin Shortt and Greg de Vink will be leaving for Europe soon to race for a few weeks as part of a CSA squad in preparation for the Road World Champs later in the year. This is a feather in the cap of our Road Commissioner Mike Aaron whose races have been great breeding ground for the CSA Youth Teams.
