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Roof of Africa 2015 September Newsletter
So, it is only three months to go…..
From your side, we hope you are training hard and staying focussed on your goal – to finish the Roof of Africa. Whatever class you have entered, you have challenged yourself to an incredible challenge of your own ability and we wish you Good luck!
On the organising side, things have been going quietly ahead. The last few months we have been out most weekends looking for new links and passes and we are now 90% done and now just need to put it all together and finalise the logistics like distances, fuel points, service and spectator points. This is never an easy exercise in Lesotho to try and keep everybody happy!
Obviously we are not going to tell you the route, but what we can tell you is that it will be a shorter, more compact route, but just as demanding as the Roof always dictates! We will tell you that the Start and Finish will, following on last year’s success, be at Ha Patrick. This area was hugely popular as it provided easy access, ample space and parking for everybody as well as a spectacular finish line.
What’s new this year? Well, not a lot; the last two years saw Extreme Off Road Promotions introduce all sorts of new innovations such as the transponder scoring system and the satellite tracking system to bring the Roof of Africa to the forefront in standards expected of International extreme enduro events. These innovations were hugely successful and contributed greatly to the smoother and safer running of the event and we will continue with these.
Last year the tracking system was un tested and we were hesitant to make too big a deal about making the tracking available to the public, however it was a great success and all spectators, service crews and fans will this year be able to follow competitors via their cell phones or tablets from anywhere in the world via the Yellow Brick App. Having said that, there is nothing like experiencing the Roof live as a spectator and with the December date, we hope that many families turn out to be part of this event.
Last year the Round the Houses was changed significantly, by taking the event in to the Maseru Soccer Club “Arena” This really worked well in terms of creating a real spectacle along with the enormously popular FMX show. We will be sticking by this winning formula.
In a bid to showcase the event and the riders, technical inspection has been scheduled for Gold Class competitors. This will be held on Wednesday afternoon in one of Maseru’s popular and busy Shopping Malls and will give the general public a chance to mingle with their heroes and get autographs signed. The technical inspection will be kept to the minimum and will be pretty much confined to a decal check and recording of frame and engine numbers. Press and Media Interviews will take place at the same venue and we are confident that this will be a popular event with the teams, competitors, spectators and general public alike.
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