EAST LONDON – World-renowned marathon canoeist, Andy Birkett, proved to be double trouble for his rivals at the Biogen Pete Marlin Surfski Race weekend in East London as he won the SS2 race with Matt Fenn on Sunday to add to his singles victory on Saturday.
EAST LONDON – The Biogen Pete Marlin Surfski Race attracts paddlers from near and far, and that was reflected in the tight battles for the titles with Andy Birkett securing a popular home-town win while New Zealand's Dani Richards squeezed home as the women's champion on Saturday.
EAST LONDON – A sprinkling of recently-crowned world champions will be battling for more glory at one of the country's most popular events, the Biogen Pete Marlin Surfski Race on Saturday and Sunday in East London.
DURBAN -- Youth and experience triumphed at the singles races of the ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships in Durban on Sunday, with Australian Cory Hill taking his fourth men's title and Kira Bester repeating her win from 12 months ago in the 34km race from the Durban Undersea Club to Westbrook.
DURBAN -- The ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships began with drama and a South African clean-sweep of major mixed doubles titles on Saturday – which the local singles paddlers hope is a precursor to a flood of medals at the main singles event on Sunday.
DURBAN -- South Africans made a clean sweep of major medals on the opening day of the ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships with local paddlers winning the overall, U23 and junior mixed doubles titles.
The waiting is almost over and the world's best are eagerly looking forward to the weekend action as Durban, the "Home of Surfski Paddling", prepares to host the 2025 ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships.
DURBAN – Defending World Champion, Cape Town's Kira Bester, could not hide her delight as she talked about the course and conditions chosen for the ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships in Durban this weekend.
DURBAN – The race schedule for the 2025 ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships was confirmed on Wednesday with the two championship races set for Saturday and Sunday.
