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 | May 15, 2025 | Flat water racing, General, Marathon racing
Two months ago, the Morning School crew put up a Memorial Bell in the clubhouse, in honour of Mark Feather and all our paddling friends who have passed on. This past Thursday evening, the bell was rung for the first time since then – for Brian Jordan. Giles...
by admin | Apr 8, 2025 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General
This year’s SA Sprint Championships and the SA Schools Sprint Championships were hosted by the KwaZulu-Natal Canoe Union at Roodeplaat, which was nice and convenient for the people from our pond, but not so nice for the people from KZN, as there was mayhem on the N3...
by admin | Jan 17, 2025 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, Marathon racing, Surf ski racing
Dabs is full of amazing characters – but Moolies Moolman is in an extraordinary league of his own; now having written history in making the fastest ever solo crossing of the Atlantic. But no Moolies trip is without a bit of drama and a tale or two; it wasn’t all plain...
by admin | Dec 4, 2024 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, River racing, Surf ski racing
Absent last year (although he did have a doctor’s note) the Puppy couldn’t defend his title, but when he lined up for the 2024 Dabulamanzi 10-in-1, there were few who would have bet against him. He didn’t set a new record, (7mins 43 was slow by his standards and some...
