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Owen Hemmingway promises a comeback
Prominent amongst the early entries for the N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB on 29 and 30 January was that of 58 year-old Owen Hemmingway, marking a return to the famous race for the Maritzburg paddler who for decades held the record for most races completed. After taking …
Title defence a priority for Nisbet
After winning the last edition of the N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB, Durban-based paddling star Jenna Nisbet has set her sights on retaining that title on 29 and 30 January as the start of a wholescale reset of her sporting priorities. The event was the first major …
Paddlers flock to enter Drak 2022
Paddlers have shown they are eager to get back to the N3TC Drak Challenge Canoe Marathon in partnership with FNB on the weekend of 29 and 30 January 2022, after a successful restart to the national canoeing calendar in 2021 following the pandemic lockdown block on sporting events. The …
Underberg paramedics get major boost
In the wake of the cancellation of the sporting events that make up the FNB Drak Adventure Week in Underberg, the sponsors have stepped in to help out community organisations that normally derive income from helping out at the three races, starting with the hard-working Underberg Emergency Medical Services. …
Surprise McGregor victory at FastDrak
Eleven times world champion Hank McGregor rattled the cages of the aspirant paddlers training for the N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB at the end of January by winning the annual FastDrak on Wednesday. While he has won the race twice before, it has not been part of …
Canoeing a family affair for the Hocklys
When the big field of paddlers sets off from Castleburn Bridge at the start of the N3TC Drak Challenge Canoe Marathon in partnership with FNB the four members of the Hockly family will be scattered around the valleys of the Southern Drakensberg as the Durban family’s affair with paddling …
Christie Mackenzie ready to make her mark
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 with FNB, which gets underway on 30 January. The young Varsity College/Euro Steel star, who …
Nzimande eyeing another strong Drak showing
As the surprise package at the 2020 N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB, Team MyLife’s Khumbulani Nzimande is hoping to replicate his scintillating day two form by backing it up with a strong day one at the Southern Drakensberg classic from 30-31 January 2021. Nzimande showed his huge …