Jordan Peek showed her impressive knowledge of the uMzimkhulu River as she steered Johan Fourie to victory in the KZN Mixed Doubles Championships on a low uMzimkhulu River on Sunday. The former Dusi winner has made Underberg a favourite training base and spent many hours training on the river at …
Following his top five finish in the last edition of the N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB, Team MyLife star Khumbulani Nzimande is hoping to replicate that form when he takes on the 2022 edition of the race from 29-30 January. Nzimande blitzed to the second fastest day two …
After dealing with the frustration of the cancellation of the N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB last summer, Underberg-raised local Stew Little is making a top Drak result a priority this summer, and expects his younger brother Scott to be snapping at his heels in his hometown major. The …
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 that …
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 canoeing …
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 race …
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. The …
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 his …
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 enters …
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 claimed …
