What’s Happening in 2021

What A Wow of a year was 2020? The new normal, loads of challenges and way too many cancellations!

Although we entered the year with lots of excitement and favourable resolutions, it seems as if we still need to wait a little while longer to get going. Unfortunately, we are still fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and were placed into Level 3 Lockdown again. 

So where do we stand currently?  During Lockdown 2020, Fresh Trails, together with other major trail organisers in SA formed The South African Association for Mountain Endurance Sport (SAAMES). SAAMES was formed to create an association dedicated to looking after mountain endurance sports events and athletes safely and legally. These include mountain, trail and ultra trail running events.

SAAMES has a letter of approval from the Minister of Sport for its members to host events through lockdown Levels 1 and 2 legally.
This means that you can safely participate in a SAAMES sanctioned event, knowing that your event organiser has all the legal permissions in place, including public liability insurance, adequate medical support, and also stringent COVID-19 safety guidelines under which to operate, to ensure protection for all involved with the event – from the organisers and crew through to you, the athletes.

As your safety is and always will be our top priority, we had to move a few planned dates. We hope to host the events on these dates, but will only be able to confirm final race dates closer to the time.