Uganda top after fierce leg 1 MX battle
KENYAN riders set the pace in four of the five classes, but their Ugandan counterparts had the last laugh in the Fresh Cuts FIM Central Africa Motocross challenge on Sunday.
By Douglas Mazune
KENYAN riders set the pace in four of the five classes, but their Ugandan counterparts had the last laugh in the Fresh Cuts FIM Central Africa Motocross challenge on Sunday.
Team Uganda riders gathered 1722 points, beating the visitors by 762 points in the contest at Shell Garuga race track in Entebbe. The return leg is set for Nairobi in October.
In a fierce and eventful MX 1 battle that pitied Uganda’s Asaf Natan and Arthur Blick against Kenyan ace Shivam Vinayak, the Kenyan emerged supreme with 64 points.
Vinayak claimed the second heat that saw Natan retire after a clash with another rider.
Asaf won the first and third heat but settled for third position, having not scored points in the second.
Blick was second having finished second in the first and third heat, and third in the last heat.
Uganda ’s Maxim Van Pee beat Kenyan Cruz Mungai to come top in the MX 2 class.
Kenyans Ivan Guya, Githuku Munga and David Murigi topped the 85cc, 65cc and 50cc categories.
Ugandan infants Butt Uzear, Rols Tiara, Ali Omar and Alister Blick reaped big for the team when they finished second, third, fourth and fifth respectively.
“I am impressed we performed well in such a tough contest. We piled pressure on them. We definitely have to up our game to beat them in Nairobi,†Uganda’s team captain Arthur Blick said.
Central Africa Motocross results:
Uganda 1722 points
Kenya 960
MX 1:
V. Shivam 65 points
A. Blick 64
B. Orland 56
D. Stephane 53
A. Natan 50
MX 2:
M. Van Pee 67
C. Mungai 64
T. Maina 61
O. Van Pee 61
J. Kalama 55
85c.c:
I. Guya 75
A. Mbuki 66
T. Kiggundu 60
M. Mwangi 56
T. Wanday 54
65c.c:
G. Mungai 66
C. Murungu 62
W. Kuria 61
J. Waithaka 54
A. Mungai 52
50c.c:
D. Muringi 67
B. Uzear 66
R. Tiara 64
A. Omar 57
A. Blick 57
KENYAN riders set the pace in four of the five classes, but their Ugandan counterparts had the last laugh in the Fresh Cuts FIM Central Africa Motocross challenge on Sunday.
Team Uganda riders gathered 1722 points, beating the visitors by 762 points in the contest at Shell Garuga race track in Entebbe. The return leg is set for Nairobi in October.
In a fierce and eventful MX 1 battle that pitied Uganda’s Asaf Natan and Arthur Blick against Kenyan ace Shivam Vinayak, the Kenyan emerged supreme with 64 points.
Vinayak claimed the second heat that saw Natan retire after a clash with another rider.
Asaf won the first and third heat but settled for third position, having not scored points in the second.
Blick was second having finished second in the first and third heat, and third in the last heat.
Uganda ’s Maxim Van Pee beat Kenyan Cruz Mungai to come top in the MX 2 class.
Kenyans Ivan Guya, Githuku Munga and David Murigi topped the 85cc, 65cc and 50cc categories.
Ugandan infants Butt Uzear, Rols Tiara, Ali Omar and Alister Blick reaped big for the team when they finished second, third, fourth and fifth respectively.
“I am impressed we performed well in such a tough contest. We piled pressure on them. We definitely have to up our game to beat them in Nairobi,†Uganda’s team captain Arthur Blick said.
Central Africa Motocross results:
Uganda 1722 points
Kenya 960
MX 1:
V. Shivam 65 points
A. Blick 64
B. Orland 56
D. Stephane 53
A. Natan 50
MX 2:
M. Van Pee 67
C. Mungai 64
T. Maina 61
O. Van Pee 61
J. Kalama 55
85c.c:
I. Guya 75
A. Mbuki 66
T. Kiggundu 60
M. Mwangi 56
T. Wanday 54
65c.c:
G. Mungai 66
C. Murungu 62
W. Kuria 61
J. Waithaka 54
A. Mungai 52
50c.c:
D. Muringi 67
B. Uzear 66
R. Tiara 64
A. Omar 57
A. Blick 57