Bespreek jou sitplek op die Ukuveza toeskouer bus om die HMC Nasionale Kampioenskap Tydren op 13 en/of 14 Mei te sien.

For the English Rally Enthusiasts

Book your seat on the Ukuveza spectator bus to watch the HMC National Championship Rally on 13 and/or 14 May 2011.

Day 1

We will leave Pretoria at 9h00 and arrive at the rally start at approximately 10h30. The rally starts at 12h00.

This will give us time to view all the cars as well as the activity in the service park before proceeding to the first spectating point. Taking the number of entries into account we estimate that we will spectate the stages until 18h00 before starting the trip back to Pretoria to arrive at approximately 19h30.

Day 2

We will leave Pretoria at 06h00 and join the rally in the Bronkhorstspruit area. The scheduled time for the TV prize-giving is 16h30.  After the prize-giving we will return to Pretoria, arriving at 18h30.

The cost is R150 per person per day.

Please take your enough food and liquid refreshment along  to see you through the day.

Call  0827727331 Now  to share in the excitement of the first National Championship rally to be presented by the Highveld Motor Club.

On the Saturday we will have an early start to get us to the first special stage in good time. We will continue to spectate  for the rest of the day up to the last stage that ends in Nelspruit.  We will then travel to our accommodation in Marloth Park and leave for Pretoria after a game drive the following morning.

Food and drinks for your own account.

The price for this unique getaway weekend is R850 per person.

We will leave Pretoria at approximately 12h00 on the 24th of March 2011 and arrive in Margate around 20h00.
After a hearty breakfast we will be off to Durban to attend scrutineering and then find a good spectating point on the first special stage, which will start at 13h30.
After the day’s spectating we will sleep over at Margate, and rise early to have breakfast and follow the rally for the rest of the day. After prize giving (17h30) we will return to Margate and leave the following day at approximately 12h00.  That will leave us time to spend the morning on the beach.
Judging by the previous tours and the feedback from the pace note crew this rally spectating trip is again going present us with a lot of fun and excitement.

The cost of R950 per person includes travel and accommodation.

Food and drink is for your own account.
Call 0827727331 to join in the fun and excitement of this rally spectacle!!!

*Please note that a minimum of 8 people is required for the tour to run.

*Please follow the link to view the self catering accommodation that will be used.  http://margateholidayaccommodation.com/

Should you have any suggestions regarding accommodation, please forward us the details. (Click Here).

Pieter Smith and his son agreed to drive the Zero Car while I worked the controls of the bus. Although it was overcast and misty we managed to get to Sabie in 3h30min. All in good time to off load luggage and prepare the Ford Ranger for its role as Car 0 on the event. The spectator team braved the cold weather and made their way to SS1 in good time to see all the cars and stayed there until the leading cars passed for the re-run which was SS3. SS5 was next on their agenda and I saw them briefly on the slopes of the hill side as I passed them while navigating Car 0.

The Sabie town stage was once again well attended and all the cars were seen going through with no serious incident occurring in that stage.

The team hit the sack early in order to get an early start to enable them to travel to Nelspruit to find a good spot from which the Spaghetti stage could be spectated. The spectating  point they  wanted was found and they promptly ordered me to bring them coffee from the Wimpy, which I did despite many offers from co-spectators to relieve me of the burden of carrying the coffee all the way.

The next stage to be spectated was SS10 and they stuck to that point until the last car passed doing SS15.

Back at their lodgings the day’s action was discussed and the subsequent braai together with the Keith Delport rally team was great fun. As every party has a clown Ettienne did his bit to keep us entertained until late.

The following day was cold and very misty but we decided to do some scenic traveling after a quick breakfast at the Sabie Wimpy. The first stop was at the “pinnacle”

which was shrouded in mist but still visible from the vantage point. This sight made the decision for us that we need to get to places where the objects we wanted to look at were much closer considering the prevailing weather. We left for Pilgrims Rest and looked at the Natural bridge just outside of Graskop and also visited the Bonnet Herb Farm on our way there. The visit to Pilgrims Rest was all too brief and we only managed to work our way through a few of the shops and museums in the allocated 45 minutes.

The trip back was difficult in the beginning through the Long Tom pass as mist made the going tough. The condition of the road surface between Lydenburg and Dulstroom  was bad and missing potholes was the main objective along that route.

The rest of the journey to Pretoria was uneventful and we got back at 18h30. My heartfelt thanks to all my friends who supported the tour and helped me to make a success of it.

Check out the Pics here

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