Welcome to a new year and a new season!
Our first event this year kicks off on 16 March, compared to our first event in 2023, which was on the 6th of May. By starting our season earlier, we can avoid hosting events in June with its short days and where pupils are focussed on mid-year exams.
Our events for 2024:
| Event | Date | Venue |
| 1 | 16 March | Stettyn Family Wines, Villiersdorp |
| 2 | 6 April | Ridgeback Wines, Wellington |
| 3 | 25 May | Spice Route, Paarl |
| 4 | 27 July | Bethlehem Farm, Kylemore |
| 5 | 24 August | Bloemendal, Durbanville |
Affiliation
Only cyclists of schools affiliated to WCSC (and by implication to Schools Cycling South Africa) may participate in our events. This was a barrier for some cyclists in 2023, so this year we aim to make it more accessible for cyclists. (Affiliations is explained in detail under ‘entries’).
Who may take part in our league events? The youngest participants must be 7 years old on 31 Dec 2024 and the oldest 19 on that date. Nobody younger or older may take part.
Website
We started our website virtually from scratch in March 2023. This year we intend utilizing it for issuing invoices for schools to affiliate to WCSC, rider registration, event entries and various categories of log points, amongst other things. We want school managers to be able to monitor their school’s entries on the web. We also want to make available all the categories of points on the web as used by SCSA at the National Finals.
Venues
We are indebted to the owners of Stettyn, Paarl Trails (Ridgeback and Spice Route), Bethlehem Farm and Bloemendal who have partnered with WCSC by offering us their venues for free or at a remarkably reduced fee.
Education
‘Schools League’ is woven into the fabric of what education entails. It is not only the youngster who learns, but also the administrator, manager, coach and parent. Our aim with the Schools’ MTB League is to make it attractive so that kids will want to take part in it. Nothing will give us more joy than seeing our young participants develop into healthy, balanced, confident men and women.
Best wishes to all our role players. I sincerely hope we can build on from where we left off last year!
Francois du Toit
WCSC Chairperson 2023