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 | 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 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 | Mar 10, 2025 | General, Marathon racing, River racing
It was a very busy weekend with pretty much all the different disciplines in play, what with the Non Stop and the One Hop, Mbanjwas to Josephines, Sprints and Kayak Cross down in KZN, Marathons at Florida Lake and novice trips on the Vaal River. On Friday a few...
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...
