by admin | Aug 19, 2025 | Flat water racing, River racing, Surf ski racing
In international racing a champion was crowned in China but there were no stars in Spain, while locally Dabs cleaned up down in the Lowveld and our Navy Boys went to a 2 day challenge that didn’t have a second day… Congratulations to Hamish Lovemore on bagging two...
by admin | Aug 13, 2025 | River racing
The year the paddling stories were drowned by the party chatter… A few years back when WhatsApp chat groups had got popular, but long before the delete option became a thing, invites were sent out: “The Inaugural Masonic Reloaded Party. Rugby is at 5pm (SA vs...
by admin | Aug 6, 2025 | General
The Tugela 20’s which doubled up as the KZN School Champs were once again held near Winterton over the weekend, but this year they had to be halved. Unfortunately foot and mouth disease on local farms meant that access to the river was limited which resulted in...
by admin | Jul 30, 2025 | Flat water racing, Marathon racing, Surf ski racing
From Sprints in Portugal to Surfski in Ponta to Marathons in Pretoria, Dabs people have been paddling all over the place… The Centurion 9 Miler, renowned for cold and windy conditions almost as bad as the Berg, was for the second year in a row breathless, sunny, warm...
by admin | Jul 8, 2025 | River racing
The long 4 day race that was decided after just 1 for the guys and 2 for the girls. For day 1, the rain promised for Paarl never arrived and the first 62km stage was raced in mercifully dry but cold conditions. As is tradition, the little cannon started the...