[Event] 2018 The Munga

[GaryvdM]

http://mikewoolnough.blogspot.com/2018/11/munga-2018-develop-good-race-habits.html

 

Don't tell Mike you will see how you feel. ????

[Andrew Steer]

Gotta love his blogs... really hoping by some miracle he can sneak a win one day. Age not on his side, but he's definitely one of those 'age is just a number' guys...

 

http://mikewoolnough.blogspot.com/2018/11/munga-2018-develop-good-race-habits.html

Don't tell Mike you will see how you feel.

[taito]

some good points there. When you are really tired you make silly mistakes.Remember to sign out guys,its something easy to forget. As everyone is getting going you walk past the sign out table.

 

Be careful before Britstown and loxton and Ceres. The route takes you of the tar a few kilos before these towns ,when your brain is fried you can easily follow the road into town and its a serious time penalty. Its really a pain in the butt ----you can see the town right there but you turn off into the veld.

[Shebeen]

Gotta love his blogs... really hoping by some miracle he can sneak a win one day. Age not on his side, but he's definitely one of those 'age is just a number' guys...

 

 

Plus plus plus to this.

 

he must just stop giving away all his tips!

[RFC311]

 

Time to pick your dots......

 

Wessel Van Der Merwe

Johannes Smit

Ettienne Kok

Elaine Vermeulen

Nicky Booyens

Roelof Van Huyssteen

Pierre De Jager

Clinton Halsey

Freek Van Tonder

Carlo Gonzaga

Dave Mitchell

Madie Leonard

Danie Du Plessis

Jurjen Draaijer

Pieter Hugo

Erik Vermeulen

Ernst Horn

Francis Visser

Janine Stewart

Martin Davies

Jp Marais

Braam Nel

Daryl Wilson

Philip Kleijnhans

Mimmo D Cutino

Mashabela Esau Tlhone

Martin Bain Venn

Kevin Van Deventer

Vibeke Moore

Ryan Katz

Marcus Maree

Leonard Martin

Conrad Maree

Freddie Pienaar

Broglia Alain

Roy Nattrass

Mike Woolnough

Annalie Smith

Johan Swanepoel

Karina Britz

Henk Gouws

Lonnie Tiegs

Bruce Biccard

Henry Verhoeven

Chris Van Zyl

Sarel Louw

Riaan Van Zyl

Jan Viljoen

Bryce Hennessy

Colin Anderson

Riaan Potgieter

Peter Roux

Rob Walker

Denzil Glen Mallett

Andrew Eve

John Jones

Joggie Rautenbach

Wayne Mac Farlane

Dion Guy

Johan Venter

Willie Mouton

Sarah Atmore

Devan Kruger

Charl Venter

Hein Knacke

Jaco Kamfer

Peter Maritz

Marco Martins

Johny Tauyatswala

Gertjie Harmse

Paul Krynauw

Darrell Breetzke

Neil Zietsman

Hendre Terblanche

Sam Marx

Ramses Ramses Bekkenk

Janine Oosthuizen

Leon Erasmus

Sean Wheeler

Cobus Fourie

Dawid Malan

James Trubshaw

Brand Pretorius

Alex Vigouroux

Jane Horton

Gavin Horton

Eric Stricker

Stephan Meyer

Rene Venter

Daniel Newman

Wayne Mc Duling

Michael Mc Dermott

Massimo Mancini

Fanie Venter

Lange Jaco

Roque Fernandez

Stephan Grobler

Anri Parker

Tiaan Ronne

Daniel Alikisente

Hermanus Francois Joubert

Nina Long

David Long

Jacques Swart

Mark Blewett

Fietie Rocher

Jodi Zulberg

Gert Marx

Nico Coetzee

Anru De Wet

Riaan Rynders

Piet Laubscher

Lazarus Mashishi

Johan Joubert

Adrian Vincent Saffy

Gerhard Boshoff

Andrew Gowans

Simon Rollo

Theunis Francois Esterhuizen

Guy Jennings

Kobus Drotschie

Johan Oberholzer

Gavin Robinson

Jose Frazao

Regardt Ferreira

Richard Baufeldt

Andries Gous

Gerald Cele

Kevin Benkenstein

Andries Sebona

Thubalethu Shange

Rowan Mckenzie

Hennie Olivier

Gerhard Strydom

Jason Peach

Thinus Redelinghuys

Sthembiso Masango

Grant Usher

Sarah Van Heerden

Estelle Gous

Michael Potgieter

Fanie Stofberg

Maurice Mdlolo

Ryan Lewis

Heinrich Visser

 

 

 

My pick is  Dion Guy

 

 

https://inthebunch.co.za/2017/12/dion-guy-breaks-the-munga-record-with-broken-rib/

Edited November 14, 2018 by RFC311

[Long Wheel Base]

Gotta love his blogs... really hoping by some miracle he can sneak a win one day. Age not on his side, but he's definitely one of those 'age is just a number' guys...

 

 

I watched a short interview with him(think it was 2 years back) and not only is he just amazing on the endurance side but he is mentally very strong and he is smart. He has thought about everything on his bike and it's purpose. I would also love to see him pull of the W one day. I would be rooting for him for sure(unless I am racing against him ).

[Long Wheel Base]

 

Time to pick your dots......

 

Wessel Van Der Merwe

Johannes Smit

Ettienne Kok

Elaine Vermeulen

Nicky Booyens

Roelof Van Huyssteen

Pierre De Jager

Clinton Halsey

Freek Van Tonder

Carlo Gonzaga

Dave Mitchell

Madie Leonard

Danie Du Plessis

Jurjen Draaijer

Pieter Hugo

Erik Vermeulen

Ernst Horn

Francis Visser

Janine Stewart

Martin Davies

Jp Marais

Braam Nel

Daryl Wilson

Philip Kleijnhans

Mimmo D Cutino

Mashabela Esau Tlhone

Martin Bain Venn

Kevin Van Deventer

Vibeke Moore

Ryan Katz

Marcus Maree

Leonard Martin

Conrad Maree

Freddie Pienaar

Broglia Alain

Roy Nattrass

Mike Woolnough

Annalie Smith

Johan Swanepoel

Karina Britz

Henk Gouws

Lonnie Tiegs

Bruce Biccard

Henry Verhoeven

Chris Van Zyl

Sarel Louw

Riaan Van Zyl

Jan Viljoen

Bryce Hennessy

Colin Anderson

Riaan Potgieter

Peter Roux

Rob Walker

Denzil Glen Mallett

Andrew Eve

John Jones

Joggie Rautenbach

Wayne Mac Farlane

Dion Guy

Johan Venter

Willie Mouton

Sarah Atmore

Devan Kruger

Charl Venter

Hein Knacke

Jaco Kamfer

Peter Maritz

Marco Martins

Johny Tauyatswala

Gertjie Harmse

Paul Krynauw

Darrell Breetzke

Neil Zietsman

Hendre Terblanche

Sam Marx

Ramses Ramses Bekkenk

Janine Oosthuizen

Leon Erasmus

Sean Wheeler

Cobus Fourie

Dawid Malan

James Trubshaw

Brand Pretorius

Alex Vigouroux

Jane Horton

Gavin Horton

Eric Stricker

Stephan Meyer

Rene Venter

Daniel Newman

Wayne Mc Duling

Michael Mc Dermott

Massimo Mancini

Fanie Venter

Lange Jaco

Roque Fernandez

Stephan Grobler

Anri Parker

Tiaan Ronne

Daniel Alikisente

Hermanus Francois Joubert

Nina Long

David Long

Jacques Swart

Mark Blewett

Fietie Rocher

Jodi Zulberg

Gert Marx

Nico Coetzee

Anru De Wet

Riaan Rynders

Piet Laubscher

Lazarus Mashishi

Johan Joubert

Adrian Vincent Saffy

Gerhard Boshoff

Andrew Gowans

Simon Rollo

Theunis Francois Esterhuizen

Guy Jennings

Kobus Drotschie

Johan Oberholzer

Gavin Robinson

Jose Frazao

Regardt Ferreira

Richard Baufeldt

Andries Gous

Gerald Cele

Kevin Benkenstein

Andries Sebona

Thubalethu Shange

Rowan Mckenzie

Hennie Olivier

Gerhard Strydom

Jason Peach

Thinus Redelinghuys

Sthembiso Masango

Grant Usher

Sarah Van Heerden

Estelle Gous

Michael Potgieter

Fanie Stofberg

Maurice Mdlolo

Ryan Lewis

Heinrich Visser

 

I passed (going opposite directions) a lady this morning and I thought it looked like Jodi. But I saw the bike and it had all the added bags, bottles, bars etc on and I thought no it can't be her as she is a hard core roadie. This confirms it was indeed her I saw. O and kudos to her as she was riding with some dude and he jumped a red robot and she stopped at it till it went green(just this gives her points in my book so I will be backing her).

[Shebeen]

This munga thing is a disease

 

from the top20 last year, 15 are back

 

MarcoMartins     1 DionGuy     1 KevinBenkenstein     1 SthembisoMasango     1 FreekVanTonder     1 JeannieDreyer     0 RiccardoStermin     0 MikeWoolnough     1 ArnoCrous     0 GuyJennings     1 StevenWolhuter     0 FanieVenter     1 WynandVanVuuren     0 JanineStewart     1 PietLaubscher     1 SimonRollo     1 MartinBainVenn     1 DanielAlikisente     1 ClintonHalsey     1 ColinAnderson     1

 

 

10 from the 2016 top20

7 from the 2015 top20

Edited November 14, 2018 by Evans_Cuddles

[Sepia]

Arno Crous

Brand Pretorius

 

For the outsiders  surprise?

[Long Wheel Base]

I wonder why the sheriff has never entered again? He had such bad luck with his early crash 2 years? back. Surprised he hasn't come back to settle the score.

[Mailman7412]

Some real Bloem Hardmen entered as well.

Adrian Saffy (google him). He has done some incredible stuff off bike.

Suprise package Sam Marx. Never seen anyone put so much effort in preparing. He is looking incredible.

Maybe not two for the the win but for sure dots to track

[Mailman7412]

duplicate

Edited November 15, 2018 by Mailman7412

[Vetseun]

I am very interested to see how Hein Visser matches up to the rest. We have to be realistic in accepting that the race has evolved somewhat since his win two years ago. There are now some hardcore international and local riders competing. Seeing how he does will be very interesting for me.

 

Keen to see Adrian Saffy compete. The man is an animal. Few years ago, he ran the Comrades, got to the finished, turned around and ran back to the start. He is a hardcore endurance machine. He doesn't have to prepare for Munga, he is permanently prepared.

 

Very happy to see that all round good guy Erik Vermeulen is riding. He was race director last year. 

 

Gutted to see that Jeannie Bomb isn't riding. 

 

My special dot that I will be watching permanently will be Sam Marx. I have had the pleasure of doing some miles with him. The guy is focused, lean, mean and with the level of dedication that he has shown in preparation, he will have a fantastic ride no doubt. Sam also has a very special reason for doing this ride and I wish him the absolute best of luck. 

 

Best of luck to all riding. I will be at the start to see you all off.

 

Kick Ass!

[Vetseun]

Some real Bloem Hardmen entered as well.

Adrian Saffy (google him). He has done some incredible stuff off bike.

Suprise package Sam Marx. Never seen anyone put so much effort in preparing. He is looking incredible.

Maybe not two for the the win but for sure dots to track

plus one  meelion

[GaryvdM]

Mike giving away more secrets:

 

http://mikewoolnough.blogspot.com/2018/11/munga-2018-art-of-power-napping.html

[Calculus Bikes]

All cheers for Heinrich from our side and he will also be taking a secret weapon to the race...

 

I am very interested to see how Hein Visser matches up to the rest. We have to be realistic in accepting that the race has evolved somewhat since his win two years ago. There are now some hardcore international and local riders competing. Seeing how he does will be very interesting for me.

 

Keen to see Adrian Saffy compete. The man is an animal. Few years ago, he ran the Comrades, got to the finished, turned around and ran back to the start. He is a hardcore endurance machine. He doesn't have to prepare for Munga, he is permanently prepared.

 

Very happy to see that all round good guy Erik Vermeulen is riding. He was race director last year. 

 

Gutted to see that Jeannie Bomb isn't riding. 

 

My special dot that I will be watching permanently will be Sam Marx. I have had the pleasure of doing some miles with him. The guy is focused, lean, mean and with the level of dedication that he has shown in preparation, he will have a fantastic ride no doubt. Sam also has a very special reason for doing this ride and I wish him the absolute best of luck. 

 

Best of luck to all riding. I will be at the start to see you all off.

 

Kick Ass!