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 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 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...
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 16, 2025 | General, Marathon racing, Surf ski racing
It’s been a busy time for many from the finest canoe club in the whole dam universe. On Thursday evening Dabs hosted the second GCU short course Marathon Champs, with the Guppies doing 2km’s including one portage and all other age groups doing 3km’s with two portages....
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...