Container project produces cycling champs

Containers and cycling
champions are unlikely
bedfellows, but thanks to
a Safmarine Containers in
the Community project in
Khayelitsha the ubiquitous
box is not only providing
recreational space for
township children but is
also proving to be a fertile
breeding ground for new
South African cycling
champions.
Launched two years
ago, the Velokhaya BMX
programme has already
produced a World Number
Six rider in female BMXer
Anita Zenani while two of
its young male BMXers,
Bayanda Ganyaza
and Xolisa Makubalo,
won three gold medals
each at the SA BMX
Championships earlier this
year.
According to Glyn
Broomberg, CEO of
Velokhaya, one of the
2010 objectives for the
Velokhaya BMX Oval was
to upgrade the containerbased
BMX start ramp
facility. Velokhaya also
wanted to make better
use of the container space
under the ramp.
The top of the
container-ramp has been
upgraded with the addition
of a deck and railing
which provides more
security for riders and a
better starting gate area.