Records Tumble as Kime Targets Blue Lagoon
Robyn Kime bends her boat but overcomes the kinks to set a second consecutive stage record on Day two from Dusi Bridge to Inanda Dam on Friday, and mishaps excepted, she’s in pole position to enter Durban’s Blue Lagoon first on Saturday, to claim The Unlimited Dusi 2013 title
Kime Shatters First Stage Dusi Record
Race favourite and defending champion, Robyn Kime shattered the first stage record on day one of The Unlimited Dusi canoe marathon, finishing nearly 14 seconds ahead of fierce rival Abby Adie.
Adie’s Time to Shine
Abby Adie has been in fine form on the water in recent times and credits a significant shift in her training over the last two years for her change in fortune. Adie is tipped for a big finish at The Unlimited Dusi Canoe Marathon in February.
Abbey Tames All in Berg River Marathon
Defending champion Abbey Miedema took control of the Isuzu Berg River Canoe marathon with a solo charge that secured a tactically significant thirty second lead over Graeme Solomon on a very full and fast-flowing river.
Abbey Wins Wild Water First Stage
The 62km opening day of the Isuzu Berg River Canoe Marathon from Paarl to Zonquasdrift was raced on a very full and rising Berg river, and despite an eleventh-hour rule change for women paddlers, South Africa wild-water canoeing queen Abbey Miedema comfortably conquered all for a commanding early first place.
Abbey Eyes Another Berg Win
Abbey Miedema is lining up a hat-trick of wins in the Isuzu Berg River Canoe Marathon that starts in Paarl on Wednesday July 9, but is anticipating a tough race-within-a-race for the top women, for an outcome that will materially effect their prize-money.
Abbey and Alexa in Record Win
Proud 2008 Dusi phenomena champions Abbey Miedama and Alexa Lombard have emerged as worthy winners, after breaking records once again. Picture courtesy Dusi.co.za Top-rated Alexa Lombard and Abbey Miedeman finished the 2008 Hansa Powerade Dusi Canoe marathon in first place, after leading the three-day event all the way from Pietermaritzburg to Durban at every stage […]
Leaders Extend Dusi Advantage
Team Alexa Lombard and Abbey Miedema extended their lead on the women’s by five minutes over the second-placed K2 partnership of Laura Thompson and Robyn Kime, to stay in control of the 2008 Hansa Powerade Dusi, a final stage down to the finish in Durban beckoning victory, disaster aside.
Alexa and Abbey Shoot to Pole Position
A very unruffled K2 pairing of Alexa Lombard (front) and Abbey Miedema after finishing Day 1 of the 2008 Hansa Powerade Dusi Canoe marathon well in front. Picture © MyPicture.co.za Favourites to win the 2008 Hansa Powerade Dusi Canoe women’s title, Alexa Lombard and Abbey Miedema finished the first day’s action in pole position, after […]
Dusi Girls Off Early on Thursday
The K2 team of Abbey Miedema and Alexa Lombard will pose a grave threat to any of the other 300 women participants aiming to win the 2008 Hansa Powerade Dusi Canoe women’s title, with the 2007 defending champion in last year’s K1 event well established in her canoeing team-up with Lombard.
Miedema Peerless on Low River
Abbey Miedema won her first Drak title in a relentless display of domination for an emphatic victory on day two of the Hansa Powerade Drakensberg canoe marathon on Sunday.
Relaxed Abbey Ready for Drak
The course for this weekend’s Hansa Powerade Drakensberg Challenge Canoe Marathon hangs in the balance, as big black clouds hold tantalizing promise of rain for the parched Umzimkulu River catchment area.