Waylon Woolcock and Carmen Buchacher are the 2017 Nissan Trailseeker Western Cape Series champions. The final points standings for the popular series were confirmed after the fourth and final round was completed at Hemel & Aarde, Hermanus last weekend.
Despite going off the course at Sunday’s event, where he ended up finishing fifth, Woolcock’s top three performances in the Series see him conclude with a total of 11 402 points. The Team BCX rider won Round 1 at Tulbagh in April, finished second at Round 2 in Grabouw in June and third in Wellington in August.
Port Elizabeth-based Marco Joubert (Momsen Bikes) finished the series in second place on 10 942 points with Dominic Calitz claiming third place on 10 653.
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“I’m super happy with the series win. It’s nice to have won both the Nissan Trailseeker Gauteng Series, back in 2012, and now the Western Cape Series,”said Woolcock.
He added, “I’ve never been much of an overall series contender because I usually take a bit of a break from racing in the winter and miss one or two of the Trailseeker Series events or arrive to race under conditioned. This year my racing schedule was different and I was in good form at three of the four events.”
The women’s series saw Buchacher conquer with consistency. Although the Velocity Sports rider never won any of the three rounds she competed in, she got two second places and a third to give her a total of 10 779 points.
“I didn’t win any of the events but the racing standard was always quite high. I had a problem with my shock at Wellington, which definitely cost me time, but fortunately I had steady results at the other events to give me enough points to win the series,” said Buchacher.
Reflecting on the season, she added: “I have loved racing the Nissan Trailseeker Series. The organisers chose some of the best local mountain biking locations for the events and the organisation was always of a very high standard.”
Courteney Webb claimed second place in the Series with 9 891 points, narrowly beating Louise Ferreira who had a total of 9 847 points.
In the popular Half-marathon Nissan Trailseeker Series, Western Cape, JuniorRossouw Bekker’s perfect win record saw him claim the male title, while another Junior, Allison Morton, secured the top female prize.
Nissan Trailseeker Series Western Cape 2017
Final Series Standings
Leading category results
Marathon Men:
1 Waylon Woolcock (Team BCX) 11 402
2 Marco Joubert (Momsen Bikes) 10 942
3 Dominic Calitz 10 653
4 HB Kruger (Team BCX) 10 537
5 Dylan Rebello (Imbuko Momesn) 10 395
6 Robert Hobson 9 809
7 Chris Wolhuter (Imbuko FWC) 9 523
8 Nico Pfitzenmaier (dormakaba) 9 405
9 Charl-Pierre Esterhuyse 9 309
10 Nicholas Lambrecht 8 985
Marathon Women:
1 Carmen Buchacher (Velocity Sports Lab) 10 779
2 Courteney Web 9 891
3 Louise Ferreira 9 847
4 Tandi Kitching 8 738
5 Leorine de Wet 8 629
6 Dene Conroy-De Wet 8 573
7 Janice Venter 8 091
8 Jennie Stennerhag 8 000
9 Kate Munnik 7 789
10 Jana Kruger 7 593
Half-marathon Male
1 Rossouw Bekker 12 000
2 Stian Pretorius 11 035
3 Joshua Laughton 10 665
4 Philip Dicey 10 445
5 Thomas Hudson 10 376
6 Johan Hendrik Kruger 9 993
7 Daniel Moolman 9 742
8 Rudi Koen 9 625
9 Mulder Oosthuizen 9 550
10 W.G Van der Walt 9 483
Half-marathon Female
1 Allison Morton 11 164
2 Stefke Tolmay 10 511
3 Michaela Beaton 9 785
4 Julia Marx 9 300
5 Heidi Brett 8 661
6 Nadia van Niekerk 8 467
7 Mia de Villiers 8 000
8 Lesley Morillion 7 904
9 Jaqui Jackson 7 817
10 Karli Moolman 7 690
For full 2017 Nissan Trailseeker Series overall standings, visit www.saseeding.co.za
Source: Inside Line
