As the summer rains replenish water stocks throughout the Southern Drakensberg, paddlers from all over the country will be making the journey to Underberg to tackle what is expected to be one of the best N3TC Drak Challenge’s in a number of years when the race gets underway on Saturday. The small town of Underberg…
The competitive river racing year is set to get under way in spectacular fashion as a star-studded field of some of the planets top river paddlers square up to one another and the full uMzimkhulu River at the 2017 N3TC Drak Challenge in the Southern Drakensberg from 21-22 January. Into its 24th year, the 65km,…
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, certainly in the mountainous Eastern…
When Kirsten Oliver completes the 2017 N3TC Drak Challenge on Sunday 22 January she will become the fourth paddler to reach the elusive milestone of completing the popular two-day race twenty times. The prospect excites the bubbly 38 year old Deputy Director of Conservation Projects at Wildlands, who rates the 65km outing as the highlight…
As the organising committee prepares to roll out the 24th edition of the popular N3TC Drak Challenge Canoe Marathon, schools and community organisations are poised to once again be the biggest winners at the event. The unique structure of the race, which has grown into one of the biggest on the national calendar, hinges on…
Consistently steady rainfall in the Southern Drakensberg has reassured canoeists that the end is in sight for the La Niña drought and boosted entries for the popular N3TC Drak Challenge on 21 and 22 January. Regular heavy rains have left the uMzimkhulu River between Castleburn and Early Mists Farm that is used for the annual…
As the recent rains in the Drakensberg get paddlers excited for the upcoming N3TC Drak Challenge, Sbonelo Khwela has decided to go about his business in a more discreet way as he eyes an improvement in his previous results with his marker set to break into the top ten at the popular two-day race from…
After producing the standout performance of the 2016 N3TC Drak Challenge, Owen Gandar is keen to repeat or even better, his 2016 third place effort when the two day canoe marathon takes place on the uMzimkulu River in the Southern Drakensberg on 21 and 22 January. While not quite being in the same shape as…
Having withdrawn from the 2016 N3TC Drak Challenge with illness halfway through, 2012 champion Hank McGregor feels that a different approach to the race is in order as he prepares to take on the 2017 river marathon season after a successful period in his surfski when the popular Drakensberg showdown takes place from 21-22 January….
Murray Starr sounded an early warning shot ahead of the N3TC Drak Challenge by winning the tough FastDrak ultramarathon that covers the entire two-day Drak Challenge route in one paddle. The cheerful Stellenbosch University paddler took full advantage of the excellent water conditions to canter home six minutes clear of the on-form Maritzburg College schoolboy…
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