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Cape’s Notten to debut at 2022 Drak Challenge

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[…]

Hartley hungry for Drak Challenge title

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[…]

Drak team entry option gets thumbs up

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[…]

Race celebrates original pioneers of the Drak Challenge

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,[…]

2018 – Birkett races into record books

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,[…]

FNB Drak Music Experience set to take Drak to the next level

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[…]

Birkett beats McGregor at his own game while Solms wins her seventh Drak

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[…]

N3TC Drak by numbers

0 – the number of compulsory portages on the race 1 – the number of international winners of the race – Max Hoff (Germany) in[…]

Drak entries match rising water levels

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[…]

Birkett and Solms unstoppable at N3TC Drak Challenge

  Overnight leaders Andy Birkett and Abby Solms were in a league of their own throughout the second stage of the 2016 N3TC Drak Challenge[…]