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Race report 4 July 2022
At least two topics for this morning’s report, probably more as I get going. I’m writing this from Trouthaven, the support station before...

Mike Roy
Jul 4, 20224 min read
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Winter RASA 2022 – Rugby and Red Wine
So, the Springboks narrowly beat the Wales Dragons 32 to 29. As most who watched the game will agree, South Africa was lucky to win, what...

Leon Erasmus
Jul 3, 20224 min read
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Race report 2 July 2022
There may well be a double report today, one early edition (this report) and possibly one later today from Freedom Writer (and rider)...

Mike Roy
Jul 2, 20225 min read
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Snap, Crackle, Pop – Winter RASA 2022 | 30 June
A little-known fact for this year’s event is (or was) the participation of a ex pat Saffa, now Aussie, Gawie du Plessis on a Cambelt...

Leon Erasmus
Jul 1, 20223 min read
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ANOTHER DAY CLOSER TO A BLANKET – RASA Update 29 June
Mark Basel is a man in a hurry. He seems to have fired his afterburners and after overnighting in Rondavel, he's sped past the comforts...

Fiona Coward
Jun 29, 20224 min read
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Race Report 27 June (Day 15) Women’s Race 2022
So many riders have dropped out of this year’s RASA, most of them men. As a consequence I have decided to use this report to focus on the...

Mike Roy
Jun 28, 20223 min read
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Winter RASA 2022 - Day 14 - Freedom
By: Leon Erasmus Mel Gibson played the role of William Wallace in the historical flick Brave Heart. One of the most remembered scenes is...

Leon Erasmus
Jun 26, 20223 min read
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RASA Day 13 18h00.
The Race 2 Rhodes is now done and dusted. Nigel and Beth finished this afternoon…well done guys. With the last RASA rider filtering...

Roger Nicolson
Jun 25, 20224 min read
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Winter RASA 2022 - Pearshaped
Daily report by Leon Erasmus ( 24 June) Whenever anyone embarks on a challenging journey, we plan every detail and every turn. But like...

Leon Erasmus
Jun 24, 20223 min read
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Race Report 23/24 June
It was John Barrow’s birthday yesterday. He was holed up last night with his riding buddies (Mike Potgieter, Mike Patchitt and Paul...

Mike Roy
Jun 23, 20224 min read
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RASA – Winter is here – Season 9 “The Hunger Games”
Being a self-diagnosed Freedom Challenge junky, I wait for this time of the year like a 5 year old for Santa Claus. Can’t remember if I...

Leon Erasmus
Jun 22, 20224 min read
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“The Racing Batch”:
The last batch of RASA riders leave Pietermaritzburg at 6am tomorrow. The “Dot Watchers” (DW’s) be watching the “Racing Batch” intently....

Roger Nicolson
Jun 21, 20224 min read
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Race Report | 20 June
In the early hours of this morning I woke to the sound of rain. Given that my cottage here in Rhodes has a zinc roof there was no doubt...

Mike Roy
Jun 21, 20224 min read
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RASA Daily Report | 18 June
To lean on a baseball term - the RASA 2022 bases are loaded! As I write the the ant trail of Freedom riders stretches from the Umko...

Mike Woolnough
Jun 18, 20224 min read
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News from the Trail
It’s Saturday 18 June, early morning, and the 2022 Race Across South Africa is well underway. Six batches are already on the route....

Mike Roy
Jun 18, 20224 min read
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Freedom is in the air
June in Johannesberg, when the green of summer gives way to the dull brown of winter. Fields of maize once bold stand withered, heads...

Mike Woolnough
Jun 11, 20222 min read
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