The Pineapple Mountain Bike Endurance race/trail run events were hosted at Shaw Park over the weekend, with many Grahamstown athletes taking part in the various activities.
The events included a 5km, 18km, 43km and the main event, a 63km mountain bike ride for the cyclists.
For the runners there was a 5km trail run and the main event being an 18km trail run.
The Pineapple Mountain Bike Endurance race/trail run events were hosted at Shaw Park over the weekend, with many Grahamstown athletes taking part in the various activities.
The events included a 5km, 18km, 43km and the main event, a 63km mountain bike ride for the cyclists.
For the runners there was a 5km trail run and the main event being an 18km trail run.
All the longer events took cyclists and runners through the nearby farm lands and through the pineapple lands, with a number of muddy river crossings which saw a few runners and cyclists taking a tumble.
Grahamstown athletes performed well in the various events, with top local cyclists, Jason Meaton winning the main cycle ride in 2:45:38, followed by a previous winner at Shaw Park, David Wright and former Rhodes University student, CM Muller.
In the 43km, Andrico Blignaut was second overall. Samantha Meaton kept it in the family when she came in as the first woman home in the 18km cycle, while Cameron Amos was the 5km winner.
In the trail run events, Terri-Lynn Penney was the women's winner in 1:39:30, while Zelda van Onselen was second in the women's category and third overall in the 5km.
18km Cycle: 1. Lazarus Mangwebda 1:00:31 2. Ashley Gorekdre 1:09:16 3. Luke Smith 1:18:34 4. Samantha Meaton 1:26:33 5. Candice Norden 1:32:08 6. Dylan Potgieter 1:33:15 7. Simon Lloyd 1:35:53 8. Justin Shone 1:37:12 9. Rubin Schoeman 1:37:44 10. Ken Rosenstrauch 1:38:10 11. Viktoriya Field 1:42:11 12. Nicola Clayton 1:44:26 13. Richard Beyleveld 1:45:59 14. Kyle Lax 1:49:36 15. Leon Van Achterbergh 1:49:59 16. Annelize Cloete 1:52:23 17. Jeremy Beyleveld 1:57:01 18. Garad Watkins 1:52:23 19. Tarryn Craig 1:57:39 20. Matthew Nunn 1:58:03 21. Dominique De Lauwere 1:58:03 22. Pieter Myburgh 1:58:30 23. Jeanette Schoeman 1:58:32 24. Kai Teifel 2:00:04 25. Oliver Mckay 2:03:15 26. Luvo Dayiman 2:07:15 27. Helen Grapes 2:07:17 28. Courtney Mckay 2:07:46 29. Simon Cowley 2:08:29 30. Jane Cowley 2:08:34 31. Robert Viedge 2:15:40 32. Mick Tomlins 2:16:45 33. Vanessa Mckay 2:16:49 34. Melinda Grewar 2:17:02 35. Terrence Grewar 2:17:05
43km Cycle: 1. Jason Sharrock 2:21:35 2. Andrico Blignaut 2:33:45 3. Christoffel Schoeman 2:36:15 4. Jonty Rosentrauch 2:40:26 5. Shane Smith 2:47:45 6. Jandre Van Zyl 2:49:24 7. Michael Nel 3:06:05 8. Sandra Schoeman 3:08:00 9. Benji Fossati 3:12:37 10. Larry Field 3:14:14 11. Alex Lenferna 3:15:30 12. Dylan Petzer 3:20:17 13. Wayne Oosthuizen 3:22:40 14. Wayde Lax 3:26:50 15. Manil Whittaker 3:33:19 16. Auret Labuschagne 3:41:33 17. Malcolm Robinson 3:45:07 18. Christopher Kemp 3:47:28 19. Charles Young 3:47:28 20. Brendon Boonzaier 3:50:54 21. Cheryl-Anne van Vugt 4:07:05 22. Carel Schoeman 4:08:44 23. Catherine Deiner 4:12:52 24. Matthew Parkinson 4:12:52
63km Cycle: 1. Jason Meaton 2:45:38 2. David Wright 2:48:44 3. Cornelius Muller 2:48:44 4. Jason Peach 3:06:17 5. Adam Smith 3:21:57 6. Pedro Tabensky 3:36:51 7. Brad Boonzaier 3:41:23 8. Lester Tait 3:42:03 9. Francois Barker 3:57:47 10. Leon Botha 4:04:09 11. Johan Conradie 4:05:30 12. Andrew Penney 4:06:02 13. Aubrey Reeken 4:08:36 14. Dave de Coning 4:08:36 15. Kevin Barnard 4:20:40 16. Vanessa Lessing 4:44:20
5km Cycle: 1. Cameron Amos 2. Amber Tweedie 3. Patrick Bennett 4. Cullen Willows 5. Jennifer Teifel 6. Danie Jenkins 7. Michael de la Mare 8. Luke van As 9. Trevor Amos 10. Melissa Amos 11. Kendra Willows 12. Jean-Pierre Rowney 13. Till Heitmann 14. Jan Heitmann 15. Emma Cummings 16. Mila Davies 17. Shae Davies 18. Merrion Gess 19. Declan de la mare 20. Sharne Simms 21. Andrea Collofy 22. Brian Collofy 23. Colby Cockcroft 24. Margot Cockcroft 25. Khenkethile Marr 26. Joshua Dold 27. Adam Young 28. Michelle Dold 29. Susan Maclennan 30. Alexander Maclennan 31. Langalibalele Mtshani 32. Jondela Melani
18km Trail Run 1. Zandisile Dzudzudzu 1:20:16 2. Anelisa Stamper 1:23:26 3. Mkosinathi Mfanyana 1:27:05 4. Leslie Cusens 1:35:18 5. Terri-Lynn Penney 1:39:30 6. Rebecca Joubert 1:41:50 7. Siphiwo Madotyeni 1:42:58 8. Sebastiaan Content 1:43:37 9. Nicolette Brouwer 1:44:20 10. Kerry Longhurst 1:51:00 11. John van Onselen 1:51:01 12. Thembile Jekana 1:55:05 13. Schoombee Pretorius 1:55:39 14. Jeremy Whitfield 1:56:01 15. Dylan Murray 1:56:35 16. Hal Snyman 2:00:08 17. Brian Bannetyne 2:00:52 18. Neil Currie 2:01:23 19. Laura Forster 2:01:31 20. Thomduxolo Raco 2:16:30 21. Andrew Slaughter 2:24:13 22. Lynette Harbrecht 2:25:25 23. Eduard Tkalenko 2:27:45 24. Nadine Bailey 2:32:00 25. Hanlie Botha 2:32:00 26. Andulela Suka 2:45:00
5km Trail Run: 1. Sharon Fay 2. Billy Futter 3. Zelda van Onselen 4. Hendrien Coetzee 5. Monica Strydom 6. Marina Raats 7. Michelle Heard 8. Leanne van der Merwe 9. Adele Attree 10. Matthew Attree
