South Africa 2019 – Adventure 1

2019 SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL SERIES ARCHIVE

2019 SOUTH AFRICAN ADVENTURE RACING CHAMPIONS

Merrell Adventure Addicts

Graham Bird, Hanno Smit, Grant Ross, Jessica Pollock, Leo Sorensen, Ingrid Peens

After the five rounds of the Adventure 1 South African Series, Merrell Adventure Addicts have been crowned champions after taking two wins and a second place to top the table on 285 points. KeyHealth Nevarest Teamalso took two wins in the series but only managed a 4th place in their third event, leaving them on 263 points. Last year’s champions, Jabberwock Adventure Racing completed the podium positions with 243 points.

The Merrell Adventure Addicts used the 2019 A1 series to give Jessica Pollock, Leo Sorensen and Ingrid Peens a chance to race alongside some of the teams older experienced members, Graham Bird, Hanno Smit and Grant Ross. As series winners they will head off to the world’s biggest expedition race, GODZone Adventure 2020 in Rotorua NZ, to take on the world’s best adventure racers.

Second: Keyhealth Neverest

Third: Jabberwock

2019 NATIONAL RANKING LEADERBOARD

Rank	Team	Total	WCAD	Gariep	Nevarest	Vasbyt	Nevarest
1	Merrell Adventure Addicts	285	100	85	---	100	---
2	Keyhealth Nevarest	263	---	63	100	---	100
3	Jabberwock	243	---	73	85	---	85
4	Natural Selection	123	73	50	---	---	---
5	DSV Cyanosis	100	---	100	---	---	---
6	Painted Wolf	85	85	---	---	---	---
7	BSB Rangers	73	---	---	73	---	---
7	Danger Zone	73	---	---	---	---	73
9	Flying High	64	63	---	---	1	---
10	Danger Zone	55	55	---	---	---	---
10	Proudly PE	55	---	55	---	---	---
12	Clueless but Keen	52	45	3	---	1	3
13	VelocityMadeGood	50	50	---	---	---	---
14	Bike Shop BUCO Adventure	45	---	45	---	---	---
15	Ikigai	40	40	---	---	---	---
16	Parallel	35	35	---	---	---	---
17	GeenHaas	30	30	---	---	---	---
17	Addicted2Adventure.co.za	3	---	3	---	---	---
17	Anger Management	3	---	3	---	---	---
17	BoomBean & Bros	3	---	---	---	---	3
17	Braindead Zombies	3					3
17	Kombisa Crawlers	3	---	3	---	---	---
17	Team Mountain Mammoth	3	---	3	---	---	---
17	Team Ubhejane	3	---	3	---	---	---
25	Adventure Knights	1	---	---	---	1	---
25	Elgin Rookies	1	---	---	---	1	---
25	Outlanders	1	---	---	---	1	---
25	Rustproof	1	---	---	---	1	---

* The 2019 South African A1 National Series was decided from the best 3 results of 5 races.

2019 WCAD

	Team	Members	A1 Points
1	Merrell Adventure Addicts	Graham Bird, Grant Ross, Leo Sorensen, Jessica Pollock	100
2	Painted Wolf	Robyn Owen, Mike Owen, Lance Kime, Kelvin Trautman	85
3	Natural Selection	Robert le Brun, Zane Schmahl, Xavier Briel, Naomi Brand	73
4	Flying High	Albert Rust, Alec Rust, Neel Breitenbach, Vanessa Fisher	63
5	Danger Zone	Andrew Houston, Bianca Haw, Mike Jamieson, Alan Houston	55
6	VelocityMadeGood	Johan Olivier, Jaqui Koep, Andrew Robertson, Marcelle Roos	50
7	Clueless but Keen	Luke Bax, Kevin Sheehan, Mark Sheehan, Cally Silberbauer	45
8	Ikigai	Danie Leonard, Leandro Le Roux, Carine Gagiano, Andrew van Blommenstein	40
9	Parallel	Ronald Jessop, Dirk Schreuder, Elzabi van Wyk, Theo Alkema	35
10	GeenHaas	David Krige, Martie Wahl, Christiaan van Zyl, Alexandre Vouillot	30

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2019 GARIEP AR

	Team	Members	A1 Points
1	DSV Cyanosis	Clinton Mackintosh, Nicholas Mulder, Darren Berry , Tracey Campbell	100
2	Merrell Adventure Addicts	Graham Bird, Grant Ross, Leo Sorensen, Jessica Pollock	85
3	Jabberwock	Cobus van Zyl, Craig Metherell, Janneke Leask, Alex Wagner	73
4	Keyhealth Nevarest	Michael Joubert, Jonathan Ham, Emily Clarke, Iain Peterkin	63
5	Proudly PE	Keith Buhr, hein van rooyen, Andrea shirley, tba Proudly PE	55
6	Natural Selection	Robert Le Brun, Xavier Briel, Naomi Brand, Jo MacKenzie	50
7	Bike Shop BUCO Adventure	James Stewart , Monica Taylor, Andrew Von Blommestien, Jeanette Wylie	45
Unranked	Clueless but Keen	Luke Bax, Kevin Sheehan, Franco Olivier, Cally Silberbauer	3
Unranked	Team Ubhejane	Marilyn Zimmermann, David Zimmermann, Barry Minopetros, Georgie Minopetros	3
Unranked	Addicted2Adventure.co.za	Thinus Matthysen, Jolene Matthysen, Gawie Wolmarans, Rob Crichton	3
Unranked	Anger Management	Erika Bornman, Awie Bezuidenhout, Francois Bezuidenhout, Joggie Rossouw	3
Unranked	Kombisa Crawlers	BJ Herholdt, Johannes Dijkhorst, Theresa Horn, Stefan Horn	3
Unranked	Team Mountain Mammoth	Helen Kernohan, Russell Meyer-Wilson, Tracy Meyer-Wilson, Damian Giulietti	3

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2019 NEVAREST CHALLENGE

	Team	Members	A1 Points
1	Keyhealth Nevarest	Michael Joubert, Emily Clarke, Jacques Buys, Malcolm Dunkeld	100
2	Jabberwock	Craig Metherell, Cobus van Zyl, Yolande Speedy, Louis Le Grange	85
3	BSB Rangers	Matt Fry, Rene Thijs, Beany Eb, Franco Olivier	73

FULL RESULTS

2019 VASBYT

	Team	Members	A1 Points
1	Merrell Adventure Addicts	Hanno Smit, Leo Sorensen, Grant Ross, Ingrid Peens	100
DNF	Elgin Rookies	Ryan Larkman, Tamaryn Larkman, Harold Smook, Lauren Tarling	1
DNF	Outlanders	Martin Fraser Mackenzie, Sally Fraser-Mackenzie, ,	1
DNF	Flying High	Vanessa Fisher, Andrew Damp, Ben Arnold, Melanie Damp	1
DNF	Clueless But Keen	Kevin Sheehan, Mark Sheehan, ,	1
DNF	Adventure Knights	Tim Jones, Simone Theunissen, ,	1
DNF	Rustproof	Steven Burnett, Albert Rust, ,	1

FULL RESULTS

2019 CYANOSIS AR

	Team	A1 Points
1	Keyhealth Nevarest	100
2	Jabberwock	85
3	Danger Zone	73
Unranked	BoomBean & Bros	3
Unranked	Clueless but Keen	3
Unranked	Braindead Zombies	3

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