PLEASE NOTE: ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY 28 MAY 2025 AT 12H00

LATE ENTRIES ONLY POSSIBLE AT THE EVENT AND WILL CARRY A LATE PENALTY FEE. 

Series Events, Venues & Dates

• 31 May - Riversands Farm Village
• 21 June - HTS John Vorster (Pretoria)
• 16 Aug - Eye of Afica Estate
• 30 Aug - Steyn City 
• 13 Sept - Monument Hoërskool
• 4 - 5 Oct - National Finals

1. Distance, Entry Fee & Starting Times:

Single event entries @ R250 per athlete 

Distance approx 4.7 km and 90m ascend. 

 Start times will be communicated in the race brief that will be sent to the team managers 

Points Structure:

The format of Cycle Lab Schools MTB Series allows for all finishers across all categories to score series points. 

2. Rules & Regulations Click On Below Link: 

 https://schoolscyclingsa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SCSA-MTB-REGULATIONS-2022.pdf

3. Info on Team Managers 

Every school’s controlling body shall appoint an official Team Manager. Training of team managers will be done by Schools Cycling SA. Schools can have more than one team manager but only one will be authorized to communicate with the event organisers.

The team manager is the only person that is allowed to handle pupils’ information; to comply with the POPI act.

4. Categories

• Sub-junior Boys & Girls 13-14
• Youth 15 Boys & Girls
• Youth 16 Boys & Girls
• Junior 17 Boys & Girls
• Junior 18/19 Boys & Girls

5. Terms & Conditions

Races cancelled due to bad weather will not be refunded.

Events will be run under School Cycling SA’s rules.

No show, no refunds

No payment, no result

Refunds will be at organisers discretion.

6. Seeding

• Seeding will be based on the accumulative points from all the events in the Cycle Lab MTB Schools Series. 
• Seeded riders will enjoy grid position according to their seeding. Seeding list will be communicated in the week leading up to the event.
• Sub Juniors riders seeding will be based on previous year's Primary School series.

 7. Pre-race program and registration info Friday (Subject to change!)

• 08:00 -14:00 Setting up of course, start, finish areas and tech/feed zone
• 08:00 -14:00 Brand activation
• 15:00 Registration opens
• 15:00 Paramedics on site
• 14:00 Course opens for training
• 17:00 End of training
• 17:00 Registration closes

8. Race day info & program (Subject to change!)

The race program for the day will be as follows:

 Start times will be communicated in the race brief that will be sent to the team managers 

9. Affiliation to School Cycling SA: 

The events in the Cycle Lab MTB School Series have been sanctioned by Schools CyclingSA via the Gauteng School Affiliates:

https://mysportevents.co.za/c-sys/auth/auth_register_school.php

10.Prizes & Winners Jerseys.

• Gold Medal For first place in all age categories for both boys and girls.
• Silver Medal For second place in all age categories for both boys and girls.
• Bronze Medal For third place in all age categories for both boys and girls.
• Winners jerseys will be awarded to the series points leaders at the end of each race weekend for each age category. For top placed boy and girl for all categories.
• Points will count towards provincial selection and qualification for Cycle Lab National Finals.
• Finisher medals will only be given to participants who finished all 5 events.
• Prizegiving will be indicated on the race brief that will be communicated to team managers.

11. Trophies

• Top School – Floating trophy
• Top Men’s Team
• Top Women’s Team
• Top Men and Women per category
• All Star School (top 5 performing athletes from each school)