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It’s that time of year again!!! Get ready for an epic weekend of live music, West Coast vibes, camping, and incredible food! Join us at the Malkop Summer Music Fest on Saturday, 14 December 2024 for a lineup featuring some of South Africa’s finest artists, all set against the beautiful backdrop of Lambert’s Bay.

Featured Performers:

• • Gian Groen
  • Nick Turner
  • Herman Kleinhans
  • Cornel Weskus
  • The Govt.
  • Millennium
  • Richard Pryor’s Gin Wiz
  • Droomsindroom

Event Details:
Date: Saturday, 14 December 2024
Time: 15:00 – 23:00
Location: Malkoppan Guest Farm (across from Muisbosskerm Open-air Restaurant)

Plus, indulge in local flavours at the iconic Muisbosskerm!
Book your lunch for Saturday or Sunday at info@muisbosskerm.co.za.

Gather your crew for a weekend of camping, great company, and relaxed beach vibes.

From soulful sounds to high-energy beats, this West Coast festival has something for everyone. Don’t miss out on this unforgettable summer celebration – get your tickets today and make the best Weskus memories with us at Malkop 2024!

 Tickets Available Here:
https://computicket-boxoffice.com/e/malkopfees-2024-4m3iRo

Join us for some incredible music surrounded by the best people in the most amazing setting.

Get your tickets here:
Malkop Summer Music Festival

The festival will run over 2 days, 24 & 25 November, on the Malkoppan Farm 6km outside of Lambert’s Bay on the Weskus. You will be able to locate the venue across the road from the world renowned Muisbosskerm.
The campsite is located next to the festival grounds and walking distance from the stages, bars and food stalls.

NO drinks will be allowed in and out of the festival grounds.
Bars will be available on site. The bars will be cashless and drink tickets will be sold at an allocated stall close to the entrance.
There will be plenty of food stalls on the premises, but campers are welcome to cook/braai and prepare snacks at the campsite if they please.

For camping, please remember to bring all your own gear. Tents/caravans and trailers are welcome.
Parking for the campers will be at their campsite. There is also sufficient parking for all the day visitors on site.

There will be security on site 24/7.

Gates open Friday 14h00
Gates open Saturday 11h00

Who you can expect on stage:
Sunset Sweatshop
Richard Pryor Band
Gian Groen
Millennium
Van Der Aven
Jack & June
The Govt.
Jake Gunn & Willim Welsyn
Wilbur
Gerry Liberty
Viz’Ics (DJ)
Noize Complaint (DJ)

Travel safe and see you soon at the only place to be!!!

#malkopfestival
#combustiontechnology
#combustiontechnologysponsorship

Combustion Technology was one of the sponsors at the MALKOP Summer Rock Festival was held on 9 and 10 December 2022 in the beautiful West Coast town of Lambert’s Bay.

Malkoppe, which included all music lovers, campers, stall holders, sponsors, band members and organisers, braved the cold and wet weather to make it one of the best festival yet!

Bands included:
Albert Frost
Deon Meiring
Die Heuwels Fantasties
Glaskas
Adeline Mocke
Gian Groen
Matty & The Cartoon Graveyards
Millennium Band
Nick Turner Music

#Malkoppe
#combustiontechnologysponsorship
#lambertsbay
#weskusbeskus

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What an honour it was being part of The Great Optimist race again in 2022!
The event this weekend was a huge success and the organisers expressed their gratitude towards every sponsor, skipper and supporter.

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A warm welcome awaited the SA SUP Team at Cape Town International Airport!

Well done to Elmari and fellow team members on a successful ICF SUP World Championship 2022 Tour!!

You have been a fantastic ambassador for the sport, our country and especially for us as a sponsor, Elmari!

We will most definitely have your back again in 2023!!!

A GREAT PERFORMANCE BY ELMARI AND THE SA TEAM AT THE ICF SUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2022

Combustion Technology was one of the proud sponsors of the South African team taking part in the ICF SUP World Championship in Poland!

SPRINTS  

On day 1 Elmari (Team Captain) entered the Women’s 50+ division, and went on to start with a magnificent win in her first heat. Her time was 1:08:98 (winning by 00:05).

During the semi-finals it was hard to see Elmari’s race finish as the camera angle just missed the line, but she ended up with a 5th place and a time of 1:08:41, only 1:23 off the winner’s time of 1:07:18!

Unknown to the local supporters, Elmari had protested her results. It wasn’t visible on screen, but there was interference (skew paddling out of lanes) by a nearby paddler. A great justice was done – the protest was upheld, and everyone was happy to hear she was through to the final! She had to do a running sprint just before her actual race too, as they only advised her at the last minute that she was in! Resulting in an amazing 8th place result of 1:09:62 (she was behind the winning time of 1:04:48 by only 5:14)!

DISTANCE 

A sombre grey sky and a fierce wind reset the clocks on day two of the ICF World SUP Champs, causing the organisers to twice amend the start times just to wait out the gusts!

The conditions were the worst many of the athletes have seen!

Elmari took her own sage advice and decided to save her paddling strength for another day and discipline.

TECHNICAL

The lingering cold weather on day three did nothing to stop the pressure and pace set by the technical race heats!

Elmari got off to a good start, but due to a few falls, landed in 4th place which she held comfortably until the end, “strolling” up onto the beach to take her place in the semis. Elmari finished in a time of 7:46:59 (39:85 off of the winning time).

During the semis Elmari again got off to a fantastic start, but sadly the three falls she had over the duration of the course set her back into 4th place. Her finishing time was 7:33:40, just 1:03:46 off the winner’s time of 6:29:94. This was sadly just not enough to proceed to the finals, but what a good performance she delivered nonetheless.

Elmari reflecting on her journey to Poland and what it is like to compete at an international level:

“My second World Championship done and dusted.  Although I didn’t get the results I was hoping for in the sprints, I felt strong in the Technical race & know that I have what it takes to do really well. It was a great learning curve for me and the most important lesson I will take away with me, is that you have to race the board that you train on.  Also, for me personally, it’s better to focus on the disciplines that you are the strongest at, then you stand a better chance to do well.  I really enjoyed the experience and had fun and now I have some new goals to work towards.”

You have been a fantastic ambassador for the sport, our country and especially for Combustion Technology, Elmari!

We will most definitely have your back again in 2023!!!

PEBBLEMAN’s Latest single from their new Album ‘Call of Fate’ available at their Record Label GROOVEYARD RECORDS in New York Checkout here

Jesse Jordan     Vocals
Dean Coche     Vocals
Morne Toua    Keyboards
Richard Pryor  Guitar
Kevin Gibson   Drums
Rob Stemmett Bass

Included in your Entry Ticket is FREE Entry into the LUCKY DRAW on the night.
Great Prizes up for grabs including a Fender Guitar, a Cash Prize from Combustion Technology and 2 x Tickets to the Table Mountain Blues Summit on the 11th April.

Book Now on Webtickets or ph 021 7892538 for more info R140pp

***PLEASE NOTE DINNER FROM 7PM SHOW AT 8.30PM

This show features the RICHARD PRYOR BAND with

Jesse Jordan                   Vocals
Tauna Fern                     Vocals
Wayne Pauli                   Guitar & Vocals
Richard Pryor                 Guitar
Rob Stemmett                Bass
Madmouth Mike            Harmonica
Steph Nortje                   Drums

Also included is our Free Entry LUCKY DRAW where you could win
– a Fender Guitar,
– Cash from Combustion Technology
– R500 music voucher from Paul Bothner Music
– & 2x Tickets to the Table Mountain Blues Summit on 11th April

Get your Mojo up to speed & phone 021 9764959 or email book@thequarry.co.za to book your action table.
Otherwise see you on the day for casual Seating, Dancing and Good Times. R120pp

The wonderful Boulevard Blues were in the engine room with the Powerful Vocals of Jesse Jordan, Nhoza Sitsholwana and Doctor John taking us on a Blues Rock rollercoaster ride.

Adding sophistication and complex flavours of Jazz to the evening we had the very talented Marc de Kock on Saxophone. Richard Pryormania will kept his Fender Guitar on fire while Greg ‘Turkey Neck’ Smith kept the fire burning with Blues Harmonica. Graeme ‘The G’ Abbott made sure the Band Engine was fully fueled & finely tuned as Rob ‘Lowdown’ Stemmett locked down the Groove.

With a line-up that blew everyone’s blues shoes off, stunning venue and one of the hottest blues festivals not to be missed.

A venue that takes you to one of the hottest blues festivals not to be missed this Summer. Join us on 05 December 2015 at Hillcrest Quarry if you are ready to get your mojo working

Featured Artists:

Frank Freeman
Aidan Martin Band
Jonathan Peyper Band
Gerald Clark
The Studerbakers
Wayne Pauli Trio
Guy Collins
The Boulevard Blues
Albert Frost Trio
The Black Cat Bones
Basson Laubscher & The Violent Free Peace
Bandeleros

Biggest Blues Event of the YEAR!
Combustion Technology was once again a proud sponsor at 2013’s annual Table Mountain Blues Summit, where all the best Blues and Rock artists of SA came together to show what they’ve got! This year featured an incredible line-up and the show was definitely one to remember.

A Blues Story with a Summit of a Twist
Once upon a time there was a little girl… Eh? No… That’s another story.
OK, once upon a time, back in the day when Boulevard Blues first started out in 1998 it was hard to find a blues gig, never mind a blues festival. But they continued to ply their trade throughout South Africa and relentlessly had their say for many years targeting even small towns like Albertinia and even the likes of places where there were no towns like Ronnies Sex Shop in the Klein Karoo. Many of these small towns and places were pillaged and many a house, rap and trance were wiped out in the ensuring brigade. Boulevard Blues continued to spread the Blues Gospel for many years and with them they had an avid supporter of the band and a blues protagonist in the making. His name was Mike Combrinck.

Mike eventually managed Boulevard Blues for a couple of violent years and in 2006 decided a Blues Festival would be the order of the day. The brain child of the Blues Summit he started the festival on the 15th November 2006 at the Tafelberg Tavern in Cape Town. In 2006 this festival saw the reunion of the Blues Broers for a special summit performance and with the help of Boulevard Blues, Albert Frost, Dan Patlansky, Delta Blue, Piet Botha and Southern Gypsey Queen, it was a great success. Musically it was resoundingly good, but financially things could have been much better. Mike took the financial hit on the chin for the sake of the blues and paid each and every band member out of his own personal account. This was a defining moment for the blues crusade and secured the festival’s future growth.

In 2007 Mike entered into negotiation with long time bastion of Blues Rock, Richard Pryor to co-partner him in managing the Blues Summit. Richard, (a solid man of Rock) had an axe to grind and was sharpening his blues pencil to take the summit up a notch. His mandate was a musically successful summit with financial independence. Tapping into his own musical resources, databases and blues Ouija board, Richard secured the sponsorship of Combustion Technology to help out financially. Grant Renecle (CEO of the company) was a loyal blues crusader and he put his money where his mouth was: straight into local music. So, with Mike and Richard at the helm and Boulevard Blues sitting closely in support, 2007 was all systems go. By 2008, due to the rapid growth of the event, it was a SOLD OUT affair and this l’il blues puppy had outgrown the Tafelberg Tavern. The Blues Summit needed to move onto bigger and better things. It was starting to blow a hard blue breeze over the Cape Town metropolitan area.

One of the unsung heroes of ‘Blues in the Cape’ was Mike Crawford. He had been punting, plotting and planning Blues events for many years in the Durbanville area and beyond. A renowned ‘Knight of the Blues Table’ he squashed many a house, trance and rapper in its backtracks. Many residents in the area were unaware of the brutal blues onslaught that this man was ensuring. An avid blues crusader and keen blues harp player he knew Boulevard Blues very well through countless jams with the band. Amongst many other things he was the events manager at Bloemendal Wynhuis. And so, with Boulevard Blues and Co having played many gigs at Bloemendal before, Mike Combrinck and Richard Pryor knew it was the perfect place to continue the Summit attack after it outgrew the Tafelberg Tavern. 2009 was the beginning of a new blues era which continued and grew happily for 3 years.

2009 was a watershed year for the Summit when it doubled in size from a 400 crowd to nearly 1000 people through the door. The Blues was alive and growing with insidious dexterity at Bloemendal Wine Estate. With Combustion Technology now firmly behind the Blues Summit, Paul Bothner Music was introduced and they have been a mainstay supporter and sponsor ever since. Fender threw some muscle into the event as well by offering a Genuine Fender axe giveaway at every summit. This added to the Blues Brutality that was about to begin.
2010 Built on previous foundations and we started seeing many more young blues soldiers starting to take shape and move on up in the Blues/Rock ranks. Then finally in 2011 the Blues Summit saw its biggest crowd ever, in excess of 1,600 people on a single blues day. It was a great day for the Summit through hard work and dedication by this great blues family. Young blues bands were thriving and blues gigs and festivals were cropping up all over the place. It was finally a time where you could be spoilt for choice if you were an avid blues/rock fan.
In 2012 It was then decided to upgrade the festival to a 2-day encounter for the very first time. It was all systems go and things were looking great, but disaster loomed! On the 9th of November 2012 The City Council declared war on Bloemendal and prohibited it from hosting the Summit and also prohibited all future events. With only 3 weeks to go at the time an almost impossible task of finding a new venue lay before the organisers. Knocking on the doors of all the wine farms in the region was not enough; and none were able to accommodate this burgeoning blues/rock army. We were facing a crisis situation.

After a week of searching, and heavy negotiating the Cape Town Ostrich Ranch on the N7 stepped in and saved the Summit from a deathly City Council blow. This really was the strongest band line-up to date and the first time the Summit had offered overnight camping. But Alas with only 2 weeks to go until the actual summit date the crowds in 2012 did not translate well to the sudden and abrupt venue change. And with half the numbers and double the expenses it was 2006 all over on a much bigger scale. A musical success, but a financial headache for the organisers. However, they bit the bullet hard, cracked some teeth and continued their musical crusade to wipe out Bieberism and backtracks.

The journey steamed towards November 2013 where the Summit returned to Durbanville and hits hard at the popular Hillcrest Quarry on Hillcrest Wine Estate. With the continued musical directions delivered from Blues Gospel Crusaders: Mike Combrinck, Richard Pryor, Boulevard Blues, Mike Crawford, Combustion Technology, Paul Bothner Music, Fender and YOU the extended blues family, we ensured that the spirit of blues/rock continued well into 2013 and beyond.