Michelle Burn bagged the plum title in the single ski races at the Fenn SA Surfski Championships, over 26km from Durban Undersea Club to Amanzimtoti on Saturday, 10 April 2021. Burn revelled in the familiar ocean conditions to canter away...

Canoeing South Africa has taken a bold step towards safeguarding the health and integrity of its athletes by signing a partnership agreement with supplement supplier, Science in Sport (SiS). “It is imperative that all of our athletes who rely on...

Christie Mackenzie, who started the final 36km stage into Durban with an eight minute lead, made life difficult for her MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon title defence by capsizing in the full river four times, giving second placed Jordan Peek...

Christie Mackenzie retained her lead in the MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon on the tough 46km second stage on Friday, 19 March 2021, but in sharply contrasting fashion. Mackenzie started the day with an eight minute lead, determined to minimise the...

Christie Mackenzie took full control of the MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon with a juggernaut individual performance on day one on Thursday, 18 March 2021. Mackenzie overpowered the rest of the strong elite women's field on the river and on the...

With the guidance of two-time MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon champion Abby Solms, young Pietermaritzburg resident Aadila Kajee could become the first Indian woman to take on the three-day epic next week Saturday, 20 March 2021. It has been a whirlwind...

MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon title contender, Jenna Ward has found herself in an unexpected race against time as she rehabilitates an ankle injury picked in a key Dusi seeding race last month. Ward was racing through the notorious Devils Cauldron...

While she still harbours serious Olympic aspirations this year, South Africa’s most decorated sprint paddler, Bridgitte Hartley, is determined to make her mark at the 2021 MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon from 18-20 March. There is heightened interest in the three...

Surfski paddlers turned out in numbers to celebrate the return of the popular Marine Surfski Series at Addington Beach on Friday, 12 February 2021, with Michelle Burn winning the first race of the series. Burn used her years of accumulated...

While the current Covid-19 pandemic has played havoc with the plans of many paddlers, 2018 MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon champion Jordan Peek says it has given her the opportunity to fall back in love with paddling ahead of the...

As the nation prepares for this week’s announcement of further lockdown regulations to deal with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Canoeing South Africa has moved pre-emptively to shift its major events by five weeks and reorganise its...

Despite a love-affair that goes back decades, the Umzimkhulu River and Christie Mackenzie have yet to sync up in the elite women’s race over the two days of the N3TC Drak Challenge, in partnership which gets underway on 30...

Defending women's champion Jenna Ward has cleared her diary in a bid to defend her N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB title, saying the two-day classic in the Southern Berg is a not-negotiable part of her annual canoeing...

Leading women's cricket coaches Dinesha Devnarain and Claire Terblanche are midway through the CoachED Elite Accreditation coaching course masterminded by Gary Kirsten. Both coaches are enthusiastic that the knowledge they have acquired will allow them to broaden their horizons...

The thrilling N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB on the weekend served to give a very important perspective on the mental and physical preparation of the contenders for the 2020 Dusi Canoe Marathon from 27-29 February, despite the...

Jenna Ward paddled victory in the 2020 N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB on Sunday, 2 February 2020 in the Underberg classic, to earn her second title. "It is a real thrill to win this race again, particularly because...

Jenna Ward has taken a big step closer to a second Drak title with an almost flawless race on the rocky low river that managed to trip up most competitors on Saturday, 1 February 2020. "I had an absolute ball...