TUINROETE NUUS - GEORGE OCC is known as the Outeniqua wheelchair challenge. 

A wheelchair race exclusively for disabled athletes and every year it is getting bigger and better.

Athletes in racing wheelchairs, adapted bicycles, hand cycles, basketball chairs and ordinary wheelchairs have made this into the premier sporting event for the disabled on the South African sporting calendar. 

It undoubtedly has the potential to develop into one of the best events of its kind in the world. 

Categories include the 42,2 km marathon, 21,1 km half marathon, 10 km race and a five kilometer fun event.

For the past 14 years, the City of George successfully hosted this event which is endorsed by the South African Sports Association for the Physically Disabled (SASAPD), South African Sports Confederation (SASCOC) and Disability Sports South Africa (DISSA). 

On the day, the community of George unites in an epic exertion to ensure that all participants enjoy this event which tests the competitive ability of the broader disabled community.

The number of entries has increased dramatically, with disabled athletes and other persons in wheelchairs flocking to this annual event. 

The Challenge is not only unique as being the first and only event exclusively for the disabled in South Africa, but it is staged in the picturesque town of George, in the heart of the spectacular Garden Route in the Western Cape, situated at the foot of the splendour of the Outeniqua Mountains.

Airports Company South Africa’s George Airport and George Municipality has always substantially supported the OCC as sponsors.

The City of George annually welcomes more than 1500 of national and international participants and with the cumulative-monetary and logistical support of ACSA George and George Municipality an event of international standards is put forward.

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