📹 Real change starts with a clear WHY—and ours is unmistakable.  📹

We are dedicated to addressing the plight of SASSA pensioners by establishing much-needed old-age care facilities in Heidelberg, Gauteng. The need is massive, and our goal is to provide accommodation, essential care, material support, and frail care facilities for the elderly who have nowhere else to turn.  You can be part of the change. 

FAMILY FUN DAY - Entries are open!!!

The Western Insurance Race 4 Hope is not just about making a difference in the lives of people: it’s also about having a great time with family and friends, surrounded by nature’s beauty. Running and cycling trail. Some stages will be through game camps with spectacular scenery of the Johannesburg skyline in the distance. 

Get ready for a LEKKER Family Fun Day packed with Lekker Vibes with our LEKKER FM Radio station, fuelled by the Lekker beats & ALOT of Give-aways!!!  - Just BE Lekker!

Distances and Costs (subject to change)

X-Country:

5km - Entry Fee: R 80 

10km - Entry Fee: R 110

15 km – Entry Fee: R120

MTB:

5km - Entry Fee: R 80

10 km - Entry Fee: R110

20km - Entry Fee: R160 

35km - Entry Fee: R 220 

60km - Entry Fee: R 350 

Kids Play area

We’re busy planning a fun kids entertainment area for the race day!  Activities and details will be announced soon – watch this space.    

• Parachute Rocket
• Pillow Bash
• Shooting tunnel
• Jumping castle
• Dodge Ball
• Face Painting 

Event Schedule:

• Online entries close on 22 May 13:00
• Race Number & Goody Bag Collection - 22 May 2026 from 13:00 till 18:00 at RVLTN, 14 Voortrekker street, Heidelberg GP or @Event on 23 May 2026 from 6am. Late entries also available at RVLV 
• Late Entries close 20 min before your Race Start
• Late Entries are welcome, admin fee of R50 per late entry.

Race Day Schedule: on 23 May 2026 (all below times subject to change)

• Registration and Late Entries
• Open at 06:00 and closes 20min before your Race Start
• Race Briefing – 10min before your Race Start
• MTB 60 km Race Start - 07:30am
• MTB 35 km Race Start – 08:40am
• MTB 20 km Race Start – 08:55am
• MTB 10 km Race Start – 09:10am
• MTB  5 km Race Start – 09:25am
• X Country 15km Race Start – 09:40am
• X Country 10km Race Start – 09:55am
• X Country 5km Race Start – 10:10am
• Prize Giving 12:00 am

Important:

• If you are not registered within the allocated time frame for Registration, you will not be allowed to race.  
• No Helmet no Ride
• Race briefing is important and should be respected and adhered to.
• Tandems as well as E-Bike are welcome.
• No refunds will be allowed.  If you can't participate in the event you agree to donate your entry to the event.
• Weather is out of our control and in the case of the event being affected by bad weather, the necessary calls will be made to ensure the safety of all riders.
• All routes are within the boundaries of the Poortjie farm venue with marshals and volunteers on the routes to ensure a safe cycling and running environments for all participants. 

Google Maps Location Link:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/K2W5jVsBHvoT7iCL7

5km – Enjoy the flat, scenic route with your family and friends with beautiful views of the farming environment. 

10 km - Expect an easy and enjoyable ride around the farm fields of the Poortjie Farm venue on non-technical jeep and single tracks.

15 km - Enjoy a scenic 15 km route with easy climbs, flowing trails and manageable terrain.  Perfect for all fitness levels.

20km – For an easier and more relaxed ride with beautiful scenery and minimum elevations, enter the 20km event.

35 km - a Fast and flat start on wide open farm roads after which riders can expect undulating terrain with short punchy single-track climbs taking you into the wildlife camp with springbok, ostrich and blesbok roaming on the horizon.

60 km – Sharing the start of the 30km route, this fast start on an open farm roads & jeep tracks lead riders into the wildlife camp to enjoy the wildlife and scenery of the Johannesburg skyline in the distance again exit onto the flat fast flowing roads leading past a picturesque poplar bush and through the wattle bush where rustic mining buildings are still visible from the golden mining era of the area. 

Enjoy the last 15 - 20 km of single track & farm roads before racing back to the finish line!?

ATHLETE RACE GUIDE – Check your emails for the guide closer to the race day.