Mantshwabisi spectators a menace to competitors

Motorsport spectators.PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Motorsport spectators.PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

There are concerns over the behaviour of some of the off-road enthusiasts who thronged the mining town of Jwaneng for yet another edition of the 1000km Toyota Desert Race (TDR) last weekend.

Mantshwabisi, as local fans commonly call the event, remains the most attended sporting event in the country with close to 200,000 spectators attending the three-day spectacle. Last weekend, South African biker, Bernhart Hofman-de Vries who was competing in the High School category, was hit by a spectator’s vehicle on Saturday morning. The vehicle entered the terrace and hit the biker just before noon leaving the young biker with a broken femur while his bike was crashed. Hofman-de Vries is hospitalised in Johannesburg.

Speaking to Mmegi Sport yesterday, Botswana Motor Sport vice president, Vincent Crosbie stated that spectators have been a menace to the competition as they put both their lives and those of the bikers in danger.

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