22 August 2015
National Liquorland Rover Winterberg Enduro
Written Riders Briefing
The Rover club wish you a warm welcome and we hope you will have a safe and
enjoyable ride.
This year’s event is somewhat special for us with it being held back where it all began.
For some of the senior and master riders I am sure some memories of yester year will
return. Many of the paths have not been raced since the early 80’s and others the mid
90’s.
The total distance of the loop is 47.2km. There are three specials namely Special 1:MX
Special (2.5km), 2: Extreme Special (3.2km) and 3: Terrain Special (8km). On the first
lap, Special 1 and 2 are counted but not Special 3. From the second lap onwards, all
the specials will be count.
Club Masters and Club Novice riders do NOT do Special 2 – Extreme Special.
National Classes and Loop sequence:
E1 and E2:
National Seniors:
National Silver:
National High School:
3 Full Loops and 1 Club Loop Bypass
3 Full Loops
3 Full Loops
3 Full Loops
For the E1 and E2, the Club Loop Bypass is on the last lap.
Club Classes and Loop Sequence:
Club Open:
Club Senior:
Club Silver:
Club Masters:
Club Novice:
3 Full Loops
2 Full Loops
2 Full Loops
2 Club Loop Bypasses
2 Club Loop Bypasses
The terrain in this area is very rocky, take care of heavy impacts. We have recently had
an abundance of rain so the rivers are full and deep. The route starts with your MX
special followed by a 6km easy ride along single track paths. This brings you to the
Extreme Special. The extreme special begins with some off camber climbs and
descents followed by a river crossing and a steep climb. Endo gorge follows, last used
in the 1996 Winterberg. You then have twin tracks all the way home with a few river
crossings. Be careful of the crossings as they are fairly deep. Their base is sold rock
which should not deteriorate during the day. From the special you then follow twin track
paths to the top of Kaal Voet, a 2 km technical river bed section. This will bring you to
the start of the Terrain Special. The Terrain Special consists of gradual climbs and
descents over rocky terrain into twin track clay paths. The remainder of the route
traverses over single and twin track paths with a variety of short climbs and descents
with the odd river crossing.
Please will ALL riders take note of the following few points.
It is compulsory for national competitors to ride with a GPS.
There are marshals along the route, including tick marshals. It is not the duty of a
marshal to direct you or to give you instructions on which way to go. There are road
crossing where the marshals will be writing down bike numbers of those riders who fail
to obey the rules applied to a stop board. The onus is on the rider to know what he/she
has to do at a stop sign.
Should you DNF during the race, We require you to come and give your name and bike
number to marshal at Main Control (start of the race) in conjunction with your incident
report form. There will be a penalty in forced to those that don’t adhere to this rule. This
eliminates the waste time by the organizes looking for riders on the route that have
already gone home.
In order to be deemed a finisher of the event, you HAVE to pass through the timing
point at the end of the race. Should you fail to do this, you will waste valuable minutes
and could end up being classed as a DNF.
Once you have finished the race, please hand your Incident Report Form in to Main
Control. This applies to both finishers and non-finishers alike.
NOTE: In your documentation envelope, you have a voucher for Liqui Moly products.
At prize giving you need to hand in this voucher in order to collect your products.
Additional meal tickets are on sale @ R50.00 a ticket.