"Beast Challenge and SA OCR partnered up the beginning of this year. We have enjoyed and love how SA OCR have tried to put OCR on the map. Here at The Beast Challenge we want to challenge our Elites and press them to the max of their physical and mental abilities. Our Wild and our Tame, we have taken that “impossible” factor out and focused on the fun factor. With SA OCR and The Beast Challenge we cannot forget the guys who make the sport – those are our average weekend warriors. The people who we want to show that they can do a lot more than they think they can, while having fun. We hope to see SA OCR grow the sport more come 2017, more awareness, more acknowledgement for the age group racers looking to compete, but don’t have the time to be an Elite and more funding for our Team SA OCR Athletes for World’s. Yes it’s a tough task and our sport is still small, but it’s steps that need to be taken for this sport to grow – and it starts with the ego boost of our average weekend warriors."

"As a training facility owner I can agree that this is one of the fastest growing sports in SA. In having such a fast growing sport we enjoy the fact that there is a central point been "SA OCR" for all latest results, events, race organising (national and international), interviews, race reports and so much more. I personally appreciate everything Alec Avierinos has done to help grow the sport and his involvement and we can be lucky to have him on board. I know our next step should be a SA OCR board perhaps a few facilities been the board and appointed by Alec who will lead up this. OCR in SA has changed lives and I can get to see this daily. Excited to see what the future holds."