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...
by admin | Jul 1, 2025 | Flat water racing, General, River racing
This week we take a look at the Long and the Short of paddling – with respect to distances and to people… In our canoeing circles we have some Long almost giraffe like people, along with some Short, almost little people, but even more distinctively, we also have...
by admin | Jun 17, 2025 | Flat water racing, Marathon racing
Upington and the Orange River hosted the 2025 SA Marathon Champs, with the elite racing snakes vying to represent South Africa in Gyor, Hungary at the World Marathon Championships in September, while others – including many from Dabs, SCARC and the Ridge – were simply...
by admin | Jun 10, 2025 | Achievers, General
Respect to all who lined up for Comrades 2025, but unfortunately not all who started made it – sorry guys and girl. Well done to Chad Andrews who got his monies worth, staying out on the road for 11 hours and 56 minutes. Christine Clark was a bit quicker at 11 hours...