GO 7 November 2019

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Karting season ends in full throttle
GO REPORTER
Last Saturday morning dawned
with near perfect weather
conditions for the final Border
Karting Championship, after a
blustery Friday practise session
at the East London Grand Prix
C i rc u i t .
The Bambino Class saw
Caleb Odendaal with his hands
full as an all-conquering Port
Elizabeth fraternity swept to
victory, snatching all three steps
on the podium.
Caleb Moss won the day,
ahead of Rhoderick Simpson
and Jack Moore.
Odendaal finished fifth on
the road, but clinched the
championship ahead of Lincoln
Randall and Traiton Boshoff in
second and third place
r e s p e c t ive l y.
Redd Scholtz continued on
his winning ways in the Mini
Rox Class, but could not close
the points deficit to take the
championship from Jordan van
der Merwe.
Van der Merwe drove a
sensible race to finish second on
the day, ahead of Myles Krause,
who capitalised on the absence
of Timothy Ball to take third
place in the championship.
Meanwhile, Odendaal
romped home to three wins,
with Randall in second place
ahead of Josh Moore of PE.
Tyler Stephen’s bad day at
the office still netted him
enough points to claim second
place in the Championship
ahead of Scott Heideman in
Tight and action-packed racing delivers thrilling, successful event
IT’S A WRAP: Competitors celebrate as the successful Border Karting season’s final race ended last Saturday at the East
London Grand Prix Circuit Picture: SUPPLIED
third. One of the “finds” of the
season has to be Jacques du
Preez, who put his kart on pole
position overall, ensuring that
for 2020 he will definitely run in
Clubmans Max Class A.
On his way to Class B victory
du Preez mixed it with Brady
Choudree for the overall win,
narrowly losing out but, in the
process, serving notice that he
will indeed be a force to be
reckoned with next season.
Jono Stephen missed the
event due to illness, but Eli
Vergara stepped into Jono’s kart
and ended up second for the
day, in a welcome return to
Clubmans.
Geoff Stephen clinched the
championship in third place.
The Class A 2019 champions:
● 1. Geoff Stephen
● 2. Jared de Kock
● 3. Keagan Rhind
Du Preez won the day ahead
of a resurgent Ethan Springfield,
who made a strong showing in
second place ahead of Melindre
Marais in the Clubmans Max
The Class B 2019 champions:
● 1. Ryan Gudmanz
● 2. Kyle Heideman
● 3. Duwaune Venter
In the DD2 Class, Geoff
Stephen scored three wins
ahead of PE’s James Moore with
Jared de Kock coming home
third.
Another familiar face was
Craig Borges, ending up fourth
in Jono Stephen’s kart.
The champions podium:
● 1. Geoff Stephen
● 2. Jared de Kock
● 3. Kevin Vosloo
Derek Pratt got all his ducks
in line and delivered a polished
performance to claim the top
spot on the podium ahead of
Brady Choudree and Leeroy
Randall in the 4 Stroke
Clubmans A.
The championship went to
Choudree, ahead of Leeroy
Randall and Derek Pratt in third
place. In the 4 Stroke Clubmans
B, Jayson Collins had some
gremlins creep in to prevent the
win on the day, which went to
an ever-improving Andre Shrier,
with Junay de Kock taking
second ahead of Collins.
Before the final round,
Collins had an unassailable lead
in the championship, but
second place went to Junay de
Kock with Shrier placing third in
the 2019 championship.
Juan Venter took the win
ahead of Morgan Petzer, making
a welcome return, and Aphelele
Majabu in third spot in the
Academy class.
The Driver of the Day Award
went to young Caleb Moss.
Anyone interested in joining
the sport can contact the Border
Karting chairperson Jo e
Borges on 082-442-7467 or e-
mail j o e @ b i g j o e ra c i n g . c o m
DIVE IN
WELL DONE:
Young swimmers take the plunge at the recent Aquanova Junior Star Gala held at Cambridge Primary School. A full list of results is
available on Aquanova’s Facebook page. Picture: MATTHEW FIELD
Oxford Striders’ Mndeni Zulu celebrates finishing
the recent 42km Soweto Marathon in a time
of 2.58.22 Picture: HELEN PRETORIUS
TALENTED PLAYER
SURF’S UP
WELL DONE
Lilyfontein Grade 8 pupil Damien Sansom, above, has been
selected to attend the SA Rugby Elite Performance
Directive (EPD) camp in November Picture: SUPPLIED
Merrifield grade 9 pupil Daniel Emslie recently went
up against 132 other young surfers from 44
countries in the U16 category of the Vissla World
ISA Junior Surfing Championship in the USA. Emslie
placed fifth, making him the fifth-best U16 surfer in
the world. Picture: SUPPLIED
Hudson Park
High School
students
Zimkhitha
Weston, left,
and Laila
Williams were
re c e n t l y
selected to take
part in the SA
Hockey U21
High
Performance
Squad Camp
which will be
held in
Stellenbosch in
D e c e m b e r.
P i c t u re :
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