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Thank you to those of you that have paid your Worlds deposits.  To the rest that haven’t done so as yet, please take note that the deadline is 16th March 2012.  If your deposits have not been made by this date, you will unfortunately be removed from the squad.  All payment notifications are to be [...]

National Selectors vacancies:  Over the past 2 years the National selectors have done an awesome job with the selection of the National team. Unfortunately their term of office is now up and if you think you have the skills to become the next National BMX Selector, kindly forward your CV to alan@design80.co.za .  Current selector [...]

World Cycling Centre BMX trainees: focus on the Worlds and the Olympics Over the next seven months, the lives of 14 talented young BMX athletes will revolve around the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. These three women and 11 men from nine different countries have nearly all arrived at the centre in Aigle, Switzerland, [...]

  BMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL NOTICE Final entries and deposits must be made before Friday the 16th March 2012. Time is running out and failure to confirm and make deposits will lead to your exclusion to the upcoming event. Requirements: ·       Copy of passport ·       R2000 deposit for 1 discipline, R3000 for 2 disciplines The [...]

  UCI code 3 points race. This past week has flown by like I said in my last update I feel time is flying faster than usual. My training has been good and I’m happy to have very few distractions during this period. Being able to focus 100% on the task at hand each day is [...]

Cycling South Africa ABSA Acc #: 1000744839 code: 632005 Beneficiaries name:     ? (Worlds 2012)

  WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP NOTICE: All riders who would like to attend the World Championships to be held in Birmingham England from 24th – 27th May 2012, please email Alan Dodd at alan@design80.co.za confirming your intention to attend the event: Requirements: Race category 20” or 24” Race age D.O.B Copy of passport Deposit required R2 000.00 [...]

Confident boost for Nhlapo’s Olympic Qualification 18.1.2012 2008 Bmx Olympian Sifiso Nhlapo showed once again that injury does not slow the young South African down but that he bounces back to top form every time. Spending a week at the Red Bull DTC with his coach Herve Krebs testing strength & speed the two were [...]

Skizo starting 2012 Olympic Qualificiation 12.1.2012      It feels like yesterday, the thought of 2008 BMX’s Olympic debut. Its been four years since MTN/Qhubeka BMX rider Sifiso Nhlapo competed in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games where BMX was being show cased for the first time. Skizo at that stage had the pressure of the nation on his [...]

Joris Daudet, current Elite Men French Champion, European Champion, World Champion and Supercross Champion training at Giba Gorge last night. Joris is on vacation in South Africa and leaves straight from here to go and train in the USA for 3 months leading up to the Olympics.