Photos: Anthony Grote/Gameplan Media Inanda Dam – The podium in the 2015 Dusi Canoe Marathon’s ladies contest is definitely not settled as there was some movement below the podium on the second stage of the race as Jenna Ward used her flat water experience to put pressure on current second place occupant Cana Peek with Laura O’Donoghue extending her advantage…
Inanda Dam – The Dusi Canoe Marathon has confirmed that 57 year-old paddler Heine Jordaan died while competing in Friday’s second stage of the 2015 Dusi Canoe Marathon.Jordaan, a Durban dentist, started the second stage in G batch with experienced fellow Stella Canoe Club paddler Neels Meyer at 07h55 before getting into difficulty at a rapid near Big Bend Rapid, about seven kilometres from…
Pietermaritzburg – The 2015 Dusi Canoe Marathon sees canoeing icon and former champion Ant Stott set to tackle one of the most daunting and pressured outings of his paddling career and yet the four time race winner won’t even be up against his regular fellow racing snakes.The 64th edition of the iconic Pietermaritzburg to Durban paddling classic will instead see…
Perth – It was a dream debut ‘down under’ for South African canoeing star Lance Kime who managed to hold off local favourite Josh Kippin to take the 2014 Avon Descent title in Perth, Australia on Sunday.It was an impressive showing from the EuroSteel/Kayak Centre paddler as he added his first international title to the Dusi Canoe Marathon victory he notched…
Blue Lagoon – The final curtain came down on the 2014 Dusi Canoe Marathon amidst a frenzy of celebrations after Andy Birkett and Sbonelo Zondi were the first to the finish line at Blue Lagoon in Durban in front of thousands of supporters, friends and family to round out a near perfect performance by the pair over the three exhausting…
Blue Lagoon – Dusi Queen Abbey Ulansky clinched a record ninth career victory on Saturday when she and her partner, fast emerging Dusi Princess Robyn Kime, held off a valiant effort from Abby Adie and Anna Adamová to clinch a hard-fought victory in the women’s race of the 2014 Dusi Canoe Marathon. Kime and Ulansky started the day with just ninety seconds…
Dusi Bridge – The opening stage of the 2014 Dusi Canoe Marathon proved to be a case of hurry up and wait for the pair of Bob Harvey and Tony Ferguson as they were left stranded on a rock on a unpaddled stretch of river, off the conventional race course for four hours before finally being airlifted to safety by…
Dusi Bridge – On an absolute scorcher of a day the Dusi Canoe Marathon dished out its fair share of drama as one of the top contenders broke their boat early in the race but the drama unfolded further down the field as a broken rib, a few broken boats and a bunch of foreigners all made their way to…
Pietermaritzburg – The Dusi Umgeni Conservation Trust (DUCT) last week laid out a rope on Inanda Dam in an attempt to cordon off the abundant water hyacinth but in the past few days it seems that large sections of this rope have been stolen which has left DUCT Field Manager Bart Fokkens and his team with a lot of cleaning…