We are planning ahead for the 2022 Drak, and with FOMO rife after missing out in 2021 (when the river was superb!!) we are on track to stage the race on the last weeke3nd in January 2022, so diarise it now.
In the meantime, please stay safe and healthy!!!
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Underberg paramedics get major boost from sport sponsors
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. …
2021 Drak is cancelled
Underberg – As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strike communities and families across South Africa, the organisers of the popular annual FNB Drak Adventure Weekend have agreed to cancel the three sporting events and the music concert that made up the popular family weekend in …
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 which gets underway on 30 January. The young Varsity College/Euro Steel star, who claimed her …
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 …
Underberg local Stew Little eyes Drak podium
After finishing second in 2019 and fourth this year, Underberg local Stew Little is hoping to reclaim a spot on the podium at the N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB on the weekend of 30 and 31 January 2021. Little has quickly made his mark as an Under …
Jenna Ward back to defend Drak women’s crown
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 plans. The 27 year old Durbanite, who scooper her maiden …
