by admin | Jan 18, 2024 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, Surf ski racing
Dabs kicked of 2024 by hosting the Dambusters, which was a great success. We had almost 100 entries, the sharp end racing was exciting and the weather was glorious, so it was a fine way to spend a Sunday morning. Participants were given 4 different options of paddling...
by admin | Nov 7, 2023 | Achievers, General, Surf ski racing
There was a fair amount of trepidation amongst the Transvaal Navy last week; Windguru predicted a howling Easterly on the Thursday and Friday, and if that had pushed through into the weekend there may have been many non-starters. Fortunately, Saturday presented...
by admin | Nov 1, 2023 | Achievers, General, River racing, Surf ski racing
Last Thursday was the third and final leg of the SolaSafe Mixed Doubles Series. We had a really great turnout of 36 mixed doubles, one mixed K3 and 73 paddlers. There was some tight racing and 1st place went to Alexa G with Young Luke in a time of 46.33, followed by...
by admin | Jul 24, 2023 | Achievers, General, Marathon racing, Surf ski racing
This weekend’s race was beyond our borders, on the other side of the Boerewors Curtain, there in Centurion, by Rietvlei Dam. It was damn cold, overcast, windy and not overly pleasant, but 45 boats still lined up at the start. As expected Wayne and Brad took the win....
by admin | Jul 2, 2023 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, Marathon racing, River racing, Surf ski racing
Down in Durban, it was the King of the Bay race last weekend. It’s a race with a difference in that this is one of the few opportunities where one can paddle out of the Durban harbour mouth. Well done to Tex and Gary for flying the Navy’s flag and for coming second in...
by admin | Jun 19, 2023 | Achievers, Flat water racing, General, Marathon racing, Surf ski racing
Winter arrived properly in the second week of June, but that didn’t deter the stalwarts of the Tuesday Morning School as about 15 braved the near subzero temperature before sunrise while the sensible remained in slumber. With most of our racing snakes being out of...
