The country's best canoe marathon paddlers will battle it out for national titles and the coveted spots on the South African team at this week's South African Marathon Championships at Hazelmere Dam from 16-18 June.
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The Berg River Canoe Marathon will return to its traditional date of the first week of July, with the 61st installment of the four-day race from Paarl to Velddrif taking place from 6-9 July.
The 2020 Fish River Canoe Marathon is the latest iconic South African sporting event to be cancelled following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The race had been scheduled for 25 and 26 September.
Following the re-opening of amateur golf under lockdown level 3, Canoeing South Africa has again revisited its submission document to government as the federation seeks a swift return to training for professional/elite paddlers.
The Berg River Canoe Marathon is the latest big sporting event to have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. This year’s four-day race, from Paarl to Velddrif in early July, has been cancelled.
Andy Birkett paddled to a runaway victory in the 2020 N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB and in the process became the sole holder of the most number of titles in the Underberg classic.
The new K2 crew of Andy Birkett and Khumbulani Nzimande laid down a bold marker ahead of the 2020 Dusi Canoe Marathon by winning both the 50 Miler and the Mfula to Inanda races.
Three South African paddlers raced into the top six positions at the 2015 Maui Jim Molokai Challenge surfski ultra marathon between the Hawaiian islands of Molokai and Oahu on Sunday.
Two new names were engraved on the Hansa Fish River Canoe marathon winner’s trophies as Hank McGregor and Abby Adie claimed memorable victories in the hotly contested men’s and women’s 2014 clashes respectively on Saturday.
On a day where the top paddlers felt the effects of a slightly fuller river, the class of Hank McGregor shone through as the five-time Canoe Marathon World Champion won the first stage of the 2014 Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon on Friday and holds a slender 54 second lead over Andy Birkett while Abby Adie and Michele Eray will fight it out for the women’s title on Saturday’s second stage.