Sunday’s Illovo Eston MTB Challenge, one of the province’s stand-out mountain biking events on the calendar and which many cyclists flock to annually, also serves as a key fund raiser for the Beaumont Eston Farmers’ Club – the region’s principle sporting, social and business hub. Click here to view the article
Women’s defending champion, Frankie du Toit is relishing the opportunity to switch from cross country mountain biking to the season’s remaining marathon racing circuit at Sunday's 60km Illovo Eston Marathon, the feature race of the 2016 Illovo Eston MTB Challenge at Eston Farmers’ Club in the KZN Midlands. Click here to view the article
In what turned out to be one of the most competitive fields in years the 2015 Illovo Eston MTB Challenge saw two new champions crowned as recent national cross country champions James Reid and Junior women’s champion Frankie du Toit proved too strong for their respective fields on Sunday. Click here to view the article
Some chilly yet clear conditions are expected in Eston this weekend for the much anticipated 2015 Illovo Eston MTB Challenge and a last-minute entry from Brendon Davids has thrown the men’s race wide open as he looks to claim his maiden title at the event when he heads off on the 60km Illovo Marathon on Sunday, 2 August. Click here to view the article
Following what has been a reasonably long road to recovery, KZN North Coast resident Tyronne White is back and feeling close to his best once more and will be hoping that he can put his past misfortunes at the Illovo Eston MTB Challenge to bed when he sets off from the Eston Club on Sunday, 2 August. Click here to view the article
The unusually wet cold front that swept across KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend may have left many shivering, but it has also left mountain biking fans grinning ahead of the upcoming Illovo Eston MTB Challenge that takes place at the Eston Club on Sunday 2 August. Click here to view the article
Participants of this year’s Illovo Eston MTB Challenge are in for yet another dose of fast, free flowing action as the event’s course designers look to include a few fresh additions to last year’s hugely popular routes ahead of another memorable day of mountain biking adventure on Sunday 2 August. Click here to view the article
The plight of the rhino worldwide has rightfully been well documented and sugar giants Illovo, title sponsors of the Illovo Eston MTB Challenge that takes place at the Eston Club on Sunday 2 August, have joined forces with the Tala Game Reserve to help in trying protect the rhino in the reserve as well as increase their involvement in the surrounding Eston community. Click here to view the article
Defending champion James Reid has confirmed he will be on the start line of this year’s 60km Illovo Eston Marathon, the feature race of the Illovo Eston MTB Challenge on Sunday 7 August, before jetting off to Rio de Janeiro less than a week later to represent Team South Africa at for the 2016 Olympic Games. Click here to view the article
The 18km STIHL Tala Family Ride remains a key attraction of the annual Illovo Eston MTB Challenge, which takes place at Eston Farmers’ Club on Sunday 7 August, as mountain biking look to safely adventure through the spectacular wilderness of Tala Collection Private Game Reserve alongside family and friends. Click here to view the article
First and third place respectively for James Reid and Alan Hatherly after a four-rider end sprint at Sunday's 60km Illovo Eston Marathon, the feature race of the 2016 Illovo Eston MTB Challenge, served as the perfect final race preparation ahead of the pair's departure for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, while Cherie Redecker claimed the women's title. Click here to view the article
Thousands of riders and spectators will flock to the Beaumont Eston Farmer’s Club on Sunday, 7 August for one of the country’s premier one day classic’s, the Illovo Eston MTB Challenge, as Rio Olympic Games bound James Reid and Alan Hatherly have one last tussle before they join forces as part of Team South Africa at the global showpiece. Click here to view the article
As the 2016 Illovo Eston MTB Challenge at the Eston Farmers’ Club on Sunday 7 August draws nearer, event title sponsors, Illovo Sugar and 18km race route partners, Tala Collection Private Game Reserve have reaffirmed their commitment to the protection of the region’s rhinos. Click here to view the article
Under-23 mountain biking sensation Alan Hatherly has confirmed he will include the popular 60km Illovo Eston Marathon – the feature race of Sunday 7 August’s Illovo Eston MTB Challenge – in his final preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Click here to view the article
Another memorable, family focused day of mountain biking action in the KZN Midlands awaits participants of the 2016 Illovo Eston MTB Challenge which takes place at Eston Farmers’ Club on Sunday 7 August. Click here to view the article
