Kira Bester and Melanie van Niekerk Defend Their Freedom Paddle Title
Defending champions Kira Bester and Melanie van Niekerk successfully reclaimed their Prescient Freedom Paddle title around Robben Island, holding off a determined challenge from Rosie Edwards and Saskia Hockly in Cape Town on Freedom Day.
Homegirl Jade Wilson Races to Career-Best Pete Marlin Surfski Win
It was hard work out there but hometown Jade Wilson read the conditions well to race to a career-best first place in the 2024 Pete Marlin Surfski Race, finishing ahead of Nix Birkett and U23 world champ Georgia Singe in East London on Saturday
Kira Bester and Pippa McGregor Steam Away to Win Freedom Paddle Around Robben Island
Kira Bester and Pippa McGregor were in a class of their own in a strong women’s field to notch up their first victory together when the two took an early advantage win the 27km Prescient Freedom Paddle around Robben Island on Saturday
Nix Birkett and Jade Wilson Race to 2023 SA Surfski Doubles Championship Win in East London
Nix Birkett and Jade Wilson beat contenders in flat conditions to win the 2023 SA Surfski Doubles Championship at the Pete Marlin Surfski Race at Yellow Sands Beach in East London, Eastern Cape on Sunday
Kira Bester Surges to Pete Marlin Win to claim the 2023 SA Surfski Champs Title in East London
Kira Bester put her fears and a close encounter with a whale behind her to claim the 2023 South African Championship title after winning the opening day of the Biogen Pete Marlin Surfski Race in East London, Eastern Cape, on Saturday, 4 November
Abby Solms Wins Drak Challenge First Stage Race
Eight-time women’s race champion, Abby Solms, completes dream comeback ahead of chasing pack to win the first stage of the N3TC Drak Challenge on Saturday.
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Drak Canoe Marathon Contender Christie MacKenzie in Race against Time
After her solid second place in the 2020 N3TC Drak Challenge canoe marathon, Christie Mackenzie is hoping to shrug off the effects of Covid-19 in time to challenge for the 2022 title at the end of January
Bridgitte Hartley Shines on SA Canoe Marathon Champs Day 1
Bridgitte Hartley demolished the Short Course field to exemplify the cream of the country’s marathon paddlers battling the cold Cape conditions on the first day of the SA Canoe Marathon Championships, at Zandvlei on Friday. #GoGirls
Jordan Peek Keen for K1 Dusi Challenge Shot
2018 MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon champion, Jordan Peek, hopes to earn a spot on the podium at this year’s K1 Dusi Challenge.
Canoeing SA Amends Calendar
Canoeing South Africa president Kim Pople confirms that the sports federation will amend its 2021 race calendar to ensure full compliance with lockdown restrictions to combat spread of the ongoing Covid-19 virus
Hartley Reflects on Fifteen Years of Competing
As she eyes out a potential spot at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, South Africa’s most decorated sprint canoeist, Bridgitte Hartley, reflects on her career that has spanned more than a decade and a half.
Hartley Causes Stir with Opening Surfski Series Win
Euro Steel star Bridgitte Hartley showed her incredible diversity as she claimed the win in the women’s race at race one of the 2017 FNB Surfski Series on Friday