National Downhill MTB Cup Series Round 4 Hakahana

Round 4 of the National Downhill MTB Cup Series took place at Hakahana Trails in Gauteng over the weekend. Dry and warm conditions paired with a newly built course made for some interesting and exciting racing.

Christopher Philogene

Riders were treated to a brand new course that kicked off with a double leading into a gnarly whoop section before heading into the rest of the course featuring drop-offs, rocks, switchbacks and rock gardens. Did we mention rocks?

The technical course made it challenging for riders to link together a perfect run. The seeding runs resulted in a loose and blown out track as riders prepared for their final runs. Those that could master their lines, get through the rock sections clean and keep the momentum throughout their run scored the best times of the day.

Frank Meyer

Christopher Philogene put down the fastest run of the day to take the overall with a time of 1:57,857. Frank Meyer looked on form all weekend long and missed 1st place by a meer 0.112 second to finish in 2nd place with a time of 1:57,969. Cullen McMaster (Junior) was the 3rd quickest on the day with his time of 2:04,895.

A big shout-out goes to all that made this event possible, especially to those that built and made sure the course was ready in time for the national. Round 4 saw a record number of entries, a great result considering this was the first Downhill National held in Gauteng in the past few years.

Cullen McMaster