Cricket
Knights complete Wattbike Challenge─── 09:33 Thu, 18 Jun 2015
The Knights cricket team has completed their 600km Wattbike Challenge which was done in order to raise awareness for breast cancer, albeit it 12 km’s short.
The goal was for the team to cover the distance on the challenging Wattbike within 15 hours, however the team completed an amazing distance of 588 km’s by three o’clock yesterday afternoon.
The challenge under taken in conjunction with the Sports Performance Clinic and the Love Lettie Fund saw some of the fittest athletes in Bloemfontein undertaking the ride including Adrian Saffy and Mike de Haast of Pure Adventures, Proteas all-rounder Ryan McLaren and various Knights cricketer.
Adrian le Roux of the Sports Performance Clinic who is also considered to be super fit, told OFM Sport that 40kms in an hour per rider was also going to be a stretch, but they the whole event was a success.
“The 40 km’s was always going to be a challenge, but that was part of the agreement initially. We knew that the guys would be able to do 35-36 km’s without too much hassle, in general we decided to challenge the guys with 40km’s and to be honest we thought a few would get there.
“Unfortunately the guys ended up a bit short, but that was not through a lack of effort, the guys still did very well.
“Even for a seasoned cyclist to average around 40 km’s in an hour is really good, but for a cricketer it’s actually fantastic.
Le Roux added that the puts the challenge out there to the Toyota Cheetahs, Free State Crinums and Bloemfontein Celtic!
Morgan Piek / OFM News
