Safari guide and wildlife photographer Geoff Mayes and Scottish born Jamie Mactavish successfully guided their SPV class V8 rally raid car to a top twenty overall position and third in class on the just finished KCB Safari Rally.
This years event saw crews face two and a half challenging days in the Great Rift Valley over terrain more suited to a Dakar event than a flat out motor rally. Attrition was high as cars succumbed to rocks, ruts, dust and even encounters with wild animals but through it all the Landrover continued. Mayes and Mactavish did have their own dramas, an unmarked ditch in the organisers notes saw the raid car flung into the trees at high speed, emerging with body damage but only minimal time loss. Read More »
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Zimbabwean born safari guide Geoff Mayes and his Scottish codriver Jamie Mactavish have realized a life-long dream when they guided their rear wheel drive Toyota Levin to fifth in class on the just ended KCB Safari Rally. The three day marathon saw over half the field drop out through a variety of problems, but Mayes and Mactavish successfully guided their Silverspread Meru and Maxxis Tyres supported Toyota to the finish line on Sunday evening. 
Zimbabwean born Geoff Mayes will join the Silverspread Meru Rally Team for the forthcoming KCB Safari Rally. Mayes will be joined onboard his two wheel drive Toyota Levin by Scotsman Jamie Mactavish as the pair once again use this world famous event to raise awareness for “Hands off our Elephants”, the global social media campaign aimed at raising awareness about elephant poaching. 
Zimbabwean born safari guide, Geoff Mayes, is all set to make his driving debut on the forthcoming KCB Safari Rally. Having first worked as a professional photographer on the rally and then co-driven on the past two editions Geoff will now swap seats for this, the 62nd edition of the world famous event. And Geoff will once more be raising awareness for a cause that is very close to his heart, the plight of the African elephant, by promoting the “Hands off our Elephants” campaign on his rally car. Geoff will be driven by Scotsman Jamie Mactavish. 
The Rally Queens rally team once more enjoyed a successful outing in the Kenyan National Rally Championship when Samira Khan and co-driver Chantal Young drove their Classic Ford Escort Mk1 to a podium position in the Classic Cup on the recent 60th jubilee KCB Safari Rally. 
The Kick Energy Rally Team enjoyed a successful 60th edition of the world famous KCB Safari Rally when Simon Sharpe set times good enough for a top five overall finish in his supercharged Platz hybrid whilst Peter Horsey recovered from loosing time early on to end the three day rally fifth overall at the wheel of a Mitsubishi Evo X. 
The Rally Queens, Samira Khan and Chantal Young have clinched a vital new sponsor to join them in the action when this weekends 60th anniversary KCB Safari Rally gets underway on Friday afternoon. The pair, at the wheel of a classic Ford Escort Mk1, are aiming for a strong run on the three day marathon event.