adminZimbabwe will host the second annual BMX African Continental Championships from Wednesday 11 through Saturday November 14 2015 at BMX Club, Old Georgians Sports Club, in Harare.
The Championships pitch neighbouring South Africa’s elite and junior elite riders against those of Zimbabwe in a range of elite and non-elite age group categories.
South Africa and Zimbabwe enjoy a solid BMX relationship with healthy regional competition growing at junior levels as the sport develops locally.
Elite and junior elite riders will be competing for precious UCI points in BMX, which can lead to qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Non-elite riders will also be competing in the challenge categories, but do not earn UCI points in their races.
Wednesday and Thursday, November 11-12 will see practice sessions from 2-6pm, with the official proceedings beginning on Friday, November 13 with Elite and Junior elite time trial seeding.
Racing begins at 9am on Saturday November 14, with the finals expected to start at 2pm and the prize giving ceremony to close off the proceedings at 3pm that afternoon.
Harare hosts the annual Africa Challenge, which this year will take place on Sunday November 15 as a second event after the championships.
Last year, seven-year-old Zimbabwean Rebecca Oberholzer won her age category of the UCI BMX World Championships in Rotterdam, Holland and subsequently was named the ANSA Junior Sportswoman of the Year.
Recently, Zimbabwe’s motocross eleven-year-old wonder girl, Tanya Muzinda, was awarded ZIWA’s Sportswoman of the Year award in the UK.
Accomplished junior road and mountain bike cyclists, U6 students Skye Davidson of Hellenic Academy and Stacey Hyslop of Peterhouse Girls’ School, also will enter this BMX AfCon for the first time on the track in competition. — SSN
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