An awesome day, awesome cyclists, and awesome volunteers! Thank you to all the cyclists for making this day possible. Without you we cannot have this amazing ride in the most beautiful park in Africa…great sightings and NO broken bones and NO bait meat either. To the visitors on the roads that were used… Thanks for your patience and encouragement. To the volunteers, you guys are my rock! I cannot thank you enough for your contribution to this event… Lottie Marais and Steve Dell who spent so much time preparing for the cyclists and always having faith in this event… Thank you.
Chris Stafford for running the operations each year with such great precision and attention to detail, thank you.
Jason who assisted Chris on the day. Cathy du Toit for keeping me on track and being my right hand lady, thank you. Makanyane Staff Ed Lemke, Jacquie Lemke, Wendy, Nic Bruchhausen(emergency response), Crystal Moir, Jill Ann, Alexandra Price, Hendrik and Kiewiet Landsberg… For the ground work, the food catering and shopping, thank you. Wilderness Leadership School… Uli Goebel, Uwe Hohl, thank you for the ground work. Honorary officers – Maria Cazzavillan, Monica and Piet Grove, Sue Temple. Gary Needham from Core Specialized Emergency Solutions for arranging all the paper work so this event can happen legally!
Mankwe Gametrackers and Philip Buitendag and Morné Karsten, for the 2 x 25 seat game viewers to transport our cyclists in, thank you. Bakubung Lodge and Andre van Rensburg for the loan of the grass cutter tractor and for mowing the track, thank you. Bakgatla Resort Management, Ann Dacey, and her team for discounted rates for the cyclists and for the use of the boma area to register, thank you. Ivory Tree Lodge – thank you for the ice we got from you. Francois Mare for assisting on the ground. Park Technical Staff for standing by to move cycles after the event. Jethro Dell and Francois Botha for assisting on the track… Finally Pilanesberg National Park Management for making this possible!
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