With a field already stacked with the best river marathoners in the country, the race for men’s title at the N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB took an unusual twist with the confirmation that new surfski world champion Nicky Notten will be on the startline. The Capetonian is a …
Olympic paddling heroine Bridgitte Hartley has set her sights on adding the 2020 N3TC Drak Challenge canoe marathon title in partnership with FNB, from 1-2 February, to her impressive resume of paddling achievements. The London 2012 500m K1 women’s bronze medallist has a jam-packed schedule again this season, having just …
Paddlers entering the N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB will have the option of entering in a team following confirmation from the race organisers that they will retain the format that was introduced as an experiment last year. The concept is largely social and allows two paddlers to enter …
As paddlers continue to enter the 26th edition of the popular N3TC Drak Challenge canoe marathon in partnership with FNB on 19 and 20 January, tribute is being paid to the two locals who pioneered the paddle down the section of the Umzimkhulu River that now hosts the popular two …
Andy Birkett bagged a fifth consecutive win at the N3TC Drak Challenge on Sunday to equal Ant Stott’s record for the most overall race wins, racing away from his FNB Dusi partner Hank McGregor in a gruelling duel on the lowest river in the race’s 25 year history. Birkett started …
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the popular N3TC Drak Challenge Canoe Marathon on 20 and 21 January has been taken to a new level by the introduction of the FNB Drak Music Experience concert on the Saturday afternoon headlining the hugely popular local singer songwriter Matthew Mole. The concert is designed …
Andy Birkett scooped his fourth N3TC Drak Challenge title as he out sprinted the reigning world champion Hank McGregor at the end of a riveting 65km canoe marathon that also entrenched Abby Solms as the race’s most successful paddler when she won her seventh women’s title. From the first stage …
0 – the number of compulsory portages on the race 1 – the number of international winners of the race – Max Hoff (Germany) in 2007 2 – the number of weirs on the race 3 – the number of athletes to have won three consecutive titles – Abby Solms, …
Buoyed by a month of exhilarating paddling on the full uMzimkhulu River, entries are pouring in for this weekend’s N3TC Drak Challenge canoe marathon in the Southern Drakensberg. The steady rainfall since the New Year seems to confirm predictions that the lean two year La Niña drought have been broken, …
Overnight leaders Andy Birkett and Abby Solms were in a league of their own throughout the second stage of the 2016 N3TC Drak Challenge as they completed the successful defence of their men’s and women’s titles. In a day that saw then men’s top ten shaken up dramatically when …
