by admin | Mar 5, 2024 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, River racing
The last Saturday of February saw over 50 newbies attending the first of our Dabulamanzi Open Day’s. The program started with talks and advice from two of South Africa’s finest paddlers (Christie and Clint) along with lessons from some real teachers (Karen) and a lot...
by admin | Feb 19, 2024 | Achievers, General, River racing
Twenty years ago, the Dusi K2 years used to have almost 1000 boats finishing (977 in 2002, 969 in 2004, and 970 in 2006) but with the steady decline in participation ever since, only 207 boats finished this year. The Dusi may not attract the same sort of numbers it...
by admin | Feb 6, 2024 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, River racing
February kicked off with a flurry of activities, featuring Sprints at Dabs, River Races down South on the Dusi and up North on the Elands, and even with all that we still had guys go trip the Liebensberg… Dabs has never hosted a Sprint event, mainly because our...
by admin | Jan 29, 2024 | Achievers, General, River racing
300 boats were entered for the Drak, 285 finished, 27 of which were from Dabs. Interestingly there were 60 doubles that finished – all of whom would have been terrified at the prospect of a low top section on day 2, from Castleburn down to Underberg. As it happened,...
by admin | Jan 18, 2024 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, Surf ski racing
Dabs kicked of 2024 by hosting the Dambusters, which was a great success. We had almost 100 entries, the sharp end racing was exciting and the weather was glorious, so it was a fine way to spend a Sunday morning. Participants were given 4 different options of paddling...
