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...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 3, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Mike Roy
- Jul 2, 2022
- 5 min
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)...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 1, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Fiona Coward
- Jun 29, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Mike Roy
- Jun 28, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jun 26, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Roger Nicolson
- Jun 25, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jun 24, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Mike Roy
- Jun 23, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jun 22, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Roger Nicolson
- Jun 21, 2022
- 4 min
“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....
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Mike Roy
- Jun 21, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Mike Woolnough
- Jun 18, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Mike Roy
- Jun 18, 2022
- 4 min
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....
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Mike Woolnough
- Jun 11, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Christopher Fisher
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1 min
RTW 2022 Results
Mike Woolnough 2d 11h58 Daniel Otto 2d 14h40 Anthony Avidon 2d 16h12 Christopher Mortimer 2d 22h23 Mark Basel 2d 22h23 Grant Cowen 3d...
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