{"id":22021,"date":"2013-08-21T01:39:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T23:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cape-town-honours-cape-epic-founder-kevin-vermaak\/"},"modified":"2013-08-21T01:39:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T23:39:43","slug":"cape-town-honours-cape-epic-founder-kevin-vermaak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cape-town-honours-cape-epic-founder-kevin-vermaak\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town honours Cape Epic founder Kevin Vermaak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=14022\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14022\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14022 \" alt=\"Founder and director of the Absa Cape Epic, Kevin Vermaak. Photo: Mountain Biker\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/1845b_ACE_Kevin-Vermaak-600x401.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Founder and director of the Absa Cape Epic, Kevin Vermaak. Photo: Mountain Biker<\/p>\n<p>Absa Cape Epic founder Kevin Vermaak was awarded the Cape Chamber of Commerce (AHI) and Die Burger\u2019s South Africa Ambassador of the Year in the Mother City on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>This award is given to the person who has best built South Africa\u2019s reputation internationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m humbled by this award. I feel enormously privileged to be able to do something that I\u2019m passionate about and this nod from the Cape Chamber of Commerce (AHI) and mainstream media is wonderful,\u201d said Vermaak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I started out 10 years ago, it was unthinkable that, in a country where the nation is passionate about team sports like rugby and cricket, a niche sport like mountain biking could grow as it did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCape Town as well as the Western Cape have always been the ideal area for the race and support from the region has been phenomenal. From my side, I\u2019d like to use this opportunity to thank everyone involved in <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/buys-and-beukes-confirm-epic-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\">making the Absa Cape Epic such an exciting and well-supported event<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more Cape Epic news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/absa-cape-epic\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b7ac0_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder and director of the Absa Cape Epic, Kevin Vermaak. Photo: Mountain Biker Absa Cape Epic founder Kevin Vermaak was awarded the Cape Chamber of Commerce (AHI) and Die Burger\u2019s South Africa Ambassador of the Year in the Mother City on Friday evening. 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