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SA K1 RIVER CHAMPIONSHIPS RACE – TWO DAY KLIP – 31 JAN / 1 FEB!! Wow what an exciting two days of river racing!! (Photos taken at both days races can be viewed on www.facebook.com/GautengCanoeUnion….)   With the river fuller than previous weeks after some Gauteng downpours, some of the rapids were mightily exciting and […]

N3TC DRAK CHALLENGE – 24 / 25 JANUARY 2015 REPORT/FEEDBACK ON GAUTENGERS AT DRAK! The Drak Challenge is a popular race among Gautengers and is known to be an interesting, challenging and very enjoyable river, albeit a long drive there and back, with rain dependent water levels! Andy Birkett and Abby Adie held on to […]

THANKS FROM RACE ORGANISER MALCOLM STOTHARD: Morning All I would just like to thank all who supported The Euro Steel Highveld Croc this weekend and especially those that helped marshal over the two days. We had great water and a good turn out. Thanks also to all the out of province paddlers that made the […]

EUROSTEEL TEAM OF TOP DUSI CONTENDERS TACKLE THE JUKSKEI RIVER IN JOHANNESBURG The two day Eurosteel Dusi seeding race hosted by Dabulamanzi Canoe Club on the Jukskei River, to Hartebeespoort Dam overflowed with potential Dusi winners, past, current and potential future possibilities in the race for top seeding positions .  With a full river after […]

THE DABS JOZI DUZI ASSAULT – SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 – EMMARENTIA DAM Photos: GCU Website The Jozi Duzi Assault  Dusi training event, replaced the old Dabs Dambusters with a new look and image as well as sponsored food and prize monies from Standard Bank & Adreach, with Lucozade breaking through the Hansa barrier to […]

THE ERK DUSI SEEDING RACE – 10 JANUARY 2015 – HOMESTEAD DAM, BENONI Photos  – See Album on GCU Website! Although the ERK Dusi training race took place early in January before some companies and schools re-opened, the popular enjoyable race at Homestead Dam attracted a good field of over 80 canoeists, mostly those striving […]

The charge of the Gauteng paddlers at the 50 Miler Lettie Paddle Canoe race which took place on 6 and 7 December, on the Dusi river through the Dusi valley from Pietermaritzburg to Inanda Dam, a distance of some 80km was led by Loveday Zondi who finished in 3h55, as the 7ths K1, followed seconds […]

THE FLCC KLIP – FINAL GAUTENG RIVER RACE OF 2014 Check out the photos and in return LIKE our page – HERE!   It was a super race and most paddlers took the time to thank the organisers and marshalls for a really super enjoyable race….granted the better water condition and pleasant weather conditions played […]

THE GAUTENG K2 RIVER CHAMPIONSHIPS RACE – JCC VAAL RIVER MARATHON – 1 /2 NOVEMBER 2014 Photos  HERE The annual Gauteng Canoe Union K2 (Doubles) River Championship race, hosted by the Johannesburg Canoe Club,  took place on the weekend 1 and 2 November, from the Vaal dam wall near Deneysville, 32km on Day 1 to […]