Dabs News

Our canoe polo players had at this year's Canoe Polo African Champs Event. Fifteen players from our club - ranging in age from 14 to 62 years - participated in the event. National Team: SA Men Niel Burger Ruhan Marx Kyle Hardy David Rodrigues (Dabs Alumni) Kevin...

Wowza, what a weekend! The Fish is always challenging, both on and off the river, no matter who you are. There’s the testing rapids, the willows, the weirs, the thorn trees, and the prospect of a silly swim; and there’s the contest of racing your peers and mates; you...

Heritage Day, aka Braai Day saw gale force storms wreak havoc across the Western Cape, and the winds pushed up to Gauteng. Weather watcher Mnr Goosen saw this coming and organized a downwind on the Vaal Dam. Raoul recruited 7 other TVL seamen, one wren and N’drik to...

This last weekend was the first of our local river races, the Liebensberg, billed as the Gauteng K2 Champs, and as usual the river didn’t disappoint. Some big names like McGregor and Maher along with Hamish Lovemore and the Mtolo brothers came from KZN to contest the...

The ICF Masters Canoe Marathon World Championships kicked off in Vejen, Denmark on Monday morning with our first race of interest being the 65 – 69 K1’s. Chris Visser beat Colin Simpkins in a close race for the Bronze medal, behind Spain and Norway. In the Mens 45 –...

Saturday showed some signs of summer warmth for the Florida Flat Water Race, a 20km main event and a 5km race for the Guppies. Well done to young Kyle Armdorf for claiming yet another win. In the main race Wayne and Brad took the win as expected, followed closely by...

A group of 26 under 18 canoe polo players, consisting of 8 girls and 18 boys attended the Junior International Canoe Polo Championships in Belfast, Ireland from 27 to 30 July 2023.  The squad is made up of players from all across South Africa - one player from...

The Dabs Darlings and Scarc Sistas celebrated Women's Day at the club with 70 ladies attending. The event was sponsored by NCS, Mace and Interwaste which included a fine breakfast, interesting motivational and health speakers and lots of fun and games. Two new boats...

Hi guys. Winter may still be here, but spring is on its way, which means its nearly time for the river racing season and the famous Fish, with this being a K2 year. So, find a friend and plan to do the Liebensberg which is just over a month away. Its good training,...