When she tasted victory at the KZN Mixed Doubles Champs on a full uMzimkhulu River in mid-December with her brother Hamish Mackenzie, Christie Mackenzie signalled her intentions to return to the N3TC Drak Challenge on 28 and 29 January to go one better than her runner-up result of last year. She was full value for…
After announcing his arrival on the big-time canoeing stage by winning the Dusi K2 title with Andy Birkett in February, Dave Evans has set his sights on the podium at the N3TC Drak Challenge on 28 and 29 January as part of his preparation for the K1 Dusi a few weeks later. Last year Evans…
Olympic sprint medallist Bridgitte Hartley will return to the foothills of the Southern Drakensberg for her seventh N3TC Drak Challenge on 28 and 29 January with a totally new outlook on the challenging two-day canoeing race on the uMzimkhulu River. Since she started taking river marathons seriously she has been a continual threat to the…
The heavy early summer rains may have caused headaches in some parts of KwaZulu-Natal but for the paddlers and farmers in the Southern Drakensberg all signs point to more steady rains that will leave the farmers happy and the canoeists heading for the N3TC Drak Challenge on 28 and 29 January enthusing about another race…
As entries opened for the 2023 N3TC Drak Challenge canoe marathon at the end of January, the Underberg-based Canyon Kayak Club is continuing its fifteen year-old campaign to rid the uMzimkhulu River valley of the Black Wattle alien invader trees. In 2009 the Canyon Kayak Club committee set aside funds from the hosting of the…
After enjoying some of the best river conditions in the race’s history, the 29th edition of the N3TC Drak Challenge canoe marathon on the uMzimkhulu River through Underberg is expected to draw a huge field of eager paddlers on 28 and 29 January 2023. The first post-Covid event in 2022 drew a large entry of…
Underberg – While the race winners basked in the limelight on Sunday afternoon mountain biker Anthony Halliday emerged as the real hero of the weekend after stepping in to rescue a paddler in trouble on the uMzimkhulu River. Halliday was riding in the Euro Steel Drak Descent in partnership with FNB with his partner Geoff…
Underberg – Andy Birkett won his eighth title at the iconic N3TC Drak Challenge canoe marathon in partnership with FNB while Abby Solms marked her return to the two-day classic by winning her ninth women’s title, in the process becoming the race’s most decorated champion. Birkett and Hank McGregor started the 39 kilometre final stage…
Andy Birkett and Hank McGregor ended a thrilling first stage of the N3TC Drak Challenge in partnership with FNB canoe marathon side-by-side as the 26km opening stage on a full uMzimkhulu produced a day of dramatic racing. The two paddlers who have dominated the race over the past decade traded places through the technical big…
The big field of paddlers gathered in the foothills of the Southern Drakensberg for the 28th edition of the iconic N3TC Drak Challenge Canoe Marathon, in partnership with FNB, will hold their breath as the character of the race looks set to be moulded by a storm expected over the Southern Drakensberg on Friday evening,…
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