TRIPLE CHALLENGE on YouTube - Thx Go-Boy!

TRIPLE CHALLENGE - BROADCAST TIMES
Wednesday 16 December
SS6 & SS6A                          20h30 (Premier)
 
Saturday 19 December
SS6 & SS6A                          22h30 ®
 
Tuesday 22 December
SS5 & SS5A                          16h30 ®
 
Sunday 27 December
SS7 & SS7A & SS10           19h30 ®
 
Tuesday 29 December
SS5 & SS5A                          12h00 ®
 
Thursday 31 December
SS2 & SS2A                          13h00 ®
 
Friday 1 January 2010
SS5 & SS5A                          20h30 ®
 
ENJOY !
MAX and the MCSMcc Team

Hugo and Hackland take Multisport line honours
  

Triple Challenge, Inanda Dam. Dan Hugo ( dghugo.com ) successfully defended his title at the 8th Triple Challenge for the fourth consecutive year. An outstanding performance from Change A Life’s Eric Zondi saw him take second place ahead of Capetonian’s Cas van Aardenne.
Ideal cool racing conditions greeted the field of a hundred multisport individuals at 5am in Pietermaritzburg for the start of the 100km challenge. The Change A Life squad set an unbelievable pace over the 20km trail run with Hugo arriving at the first transition in Camperdown amidst the lead group. Onto the testing 52km mountain bike leg Hugo set his wheels in motion to open a significant lead, despite several mechanical setbacks. Once on the water, there was no looking back as the lean Stellenbosch multisport pro reveled in his glory to clock a superb five hours, seventeen minutes and 52 seconds. Zondi was all smiles as he took a deserved second place ten minutes back. This is a fantastic achievement for the Change A Life squad who were only introduced to mountain biking earlier this year. Van Aardenne, no stranger to the rigours of Triple Challenge, was a worthy third place finisher.
Pre-race favourite Jean Hackland took control of the women’s race during the bike leg and paddled home to a sweet victory in six hours, twenty-five minutes and 49sec. Veteran Jenny Reynolds completed a successful race in second place ahead of Jenny du Pisanie. 

RESULTS – Multisport. Men overall: D Hugo (dghugo.com) 5h17.52, E Zondi (Change A Life) 5h27.49, C van Aardenne (Jeep) 5h30.33, C Carter-Brown 5h33.46, N Cele (Change A Life) 5h41.40 / K Mhlope (Change A Life) 5h41.42. Women overall: J Hackland (Jeep) 6h25.49, J Reynolds 6h51.22, J du Pisanie 7h06.40.




It was all action in the MultiX event – Cape Town’s Raoul de Jongh proved unstoppable after a moment of panic in the second transition nearly cost him his victory. Aggressive racing amongst the men saw Bertus van Zyl place second ahead of Justin Porteous. Kerry Koen was queen of the women’s race arriving home in a time of four hours, forty-five minutes and 32 sec. The Scott sisters; Kirsty and Sarah, completed the women’s podium.

MultiX, Men Overall: R de Jongh 4h06.07, B van Zyl (Jeep) 4h08.06, J Porteous (Jeep) 4h09.02, D van Gelder 4h15.27, C da Costa 4h20.33. Women overall: K Koen 4h45.32, K Scott 4h53.39, S Scott 5h01.22.

With over 60% of the 500 strong field being made up of team combinations, there was some intense racing amongst the racing combinations while for many it was a team building challenge. Fastest time of the day went to Mr Price’s Prodigal Khumalo, James Reid and Nic Stubbs in a time of four hours, fifty minutes and 5sec. However, the ladies combination of Tracy Zunckel, Eszter Erdelyi Cluer and Michelle Eder recorded a fast five hours, thirty-one minutes and 33sec and the mixed title was won by New Balance team of Justin Hand, Andrew Warr and Donna Winter in 5h04.47.
 
Well done to everybody who took part - we hope that you enjoyed the event. Please send all feedback to bex@maxcluer.com


Feedback!
Hey Max and team!
What an awesome Triple Challenge! The whole series starting with the 1st Albert Falls Jeep/Msinsi up to yesterday’s event have been slick and very well organized. I can only guess at the amount of planning, networking, route marking, and herding athletes together and in the right directions as being one seriously massive task only achievable with a truly dedicated team.
As a member of the “fish and chips” portion of the event I entered the series to keep myself motivated and fit through the winter months and have something to do. The fun and enjoyment and value for money have all been a big bonus and way beyond my expectations. It is the small things like having the opportunity of joining in for the training days that have added a huge amount of added value for me. I even enjoyed getting close and personal with the new single track added this year!
Please pass my sincere thanks and congratulations on a job very well done to all involved in the series and yesterday’s event. It has been a true highlight of the year for me and I wear the T-shirts and Hoodie with pride and I’m already looking forward to next years events.
Trevor Maarschalk 


Awesome single track guys. The tarmac sections were ok - if you could convert some of the road sections to off road - that would be even better.
Don't get me wrong - this was my first time doing the event (I did the team event) and it was great. I will travel from whereever I am in the country to do it (and might just attempt the individual entry)
Thanks again
Peter O'Farrell 


Thanks Max, to you and the team, for yet another really well organized Triple Challenge yesterday. The bike was absolutely awesome and showed off the true beauty of the 1000 hills valley, right here on our doorsteps.
Peter de Groot
Hey man – what can I say. What an event. The first stage was great – guess it was the perfect running weather. The bike was OK until we dropped into the valley. Max – whoever worked out that route – hold onto him (dare I say it was as good as Nic’s Pass). Next year you have to include PheZulu.
The final run was magical.
What an event – well organised (as usual), fantastic vibe at the finish.
Thanks again
Grant Cowen 


Please pass on my congratulations to the whole team on a well organized and enjoyable Triple Challenge 2009. Once I have acquired a mountain bike and learned to use it I will seriously consider entering the individual section, which is the true challenge.
Dave Still 


Hey you two, thanks so much for the most incredible little day out yesterday, the comp entries and such an awesome vibe. Cape Town boys had to come up and show you guys how to do it...
So dam sorry I didn't win anything - I'll have to return.
A big thanks to your sponsors / partners, I mean HELLO those prizes were fantastic and I'm sure you worked hard to get them - I know just how hard it is to get some flags and banners out of them, let alone gallons of mash, :-) you guys are very lucky, keep it up and look after them.




 
 
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