by admin | Aug 12, 2024 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General
And just like that the World’s greatest sporting spectacle is over and all will have to wait another 4 years; to watch or compete. South Africa’s best marathon men first showed us they are fairly useful Olympic Sprinters when they forced their way into the K2 semi’s....
by admin | Aug 8, 2024 | Achievers, Canoe Polo, Flat water racing, General, River racing
The Sella Descent from Arriondas to Ribadesella in Spain is one of the most famous river races in the world. Compared to SA river races it’s relatively short at just 20km and the rapids are small, but the field is massive with thousands of canoeists creating chaos in...
by admin | Jul 23, 2024 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, Surf ski racing
Congratulations to Jordan and Alexa who made the SA Team and went to the Junior and U23 Sprint World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria to race K1s in the 500m and 1000m distances. No medals came home, but when interviewed both said it was an amazing experience. The...
by admin | Jul 8, 2024 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, River racing
Congratulations to Tom Lovemore who claimed his first Berg win, in a remarkable battle with Robbie Herreveld, who he only shook of after Ordraplek, some 10km from the finish on day 4. At 52-years-old, Robbie is double the age of Tom, but he still has that incredible,...
by admin | Jun 10, 2024 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, Marathon racing
The cold arrived in full force, and with it the first of the Dabs Derakane Winter Time Trial Series KZN Resins and Ineos. Thanks to Steve Beal for once again sponsoring the Winter Series. The deal is you need to do 8 Thursday Time Trials before the end of August to...
by admin | Jun 3, 2024 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, Marathon racing
Winter arrived on the highveld for the Gauteng Marathon Champs at Roodeplaat, so this was the first event where we have had cold weather. It was fresh for the K1s on Saturday and then on Sunday conditions got worse; but this did make the K2 racing and results...
