Extreme weather conditions; a testing track and competitive racing action contributed to an exciting H-TEC Junior National, the first round of the 2012 Junior National Off-road Championship that took place in the Hankey area in the Eastern Cape this weekend where young motorcycle and quad competitors between the ages of seven and seventeen opened their scorecards with the first points.

The H-TEC Junior National will kick off the 2012 Junior National Championship season and will take place on 3 and 4 February in the Humansdorp area in the Eastern Cape. Young off-road motorcycle and quad competitors between the ages of seven and 17 from all over the country will compete in various classes in the junior and senior categories in this event organised by the Humansdorp Trail and Enduro Club (T-TEC).

Friday 25 November, Lesotho – It became quite clear that the New Zealander and three times Roof of Africa winner, Chris Birch and former winner, Jade Gutzeit from South Africa as well as the race newcomer from the UK, Graham Jarvis, will battle it out for the top spot of the 2011 Roof of Africa that is taking place in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho.

Thursday 24 November, Lesotho – Mr Price Yamaha’s Marc Torlage posted the fastest time for the short 50km time-trial in the Thaba Bosiu area on the first day of the Roof of Africa that kicked off this year’s 44^th event outside Maseru in Lesotho today in weather conditions that varied from hot and shiny to a hail storm with extreme wind.