CANOEING
Rooky Maties canoeists to tackle the Berg
The unique make-up of the Maties club will help the team navigate the 240km Berg River Canoe Marathon
A core group of five students from the University of Stellenbosch have committed to taking on their 2017 Berg River Canoe Marathon, many of them Berg novices, undaunted by the distance of the four-day race or the consequences of the drought ravaging the region.Maties canoe club captain Evan Knight says the group has been putting in the hours on the nearby Berg River dam, and will approach the 240km race to the West Coast town of Velddrif with different goals."We are taking it as a challenge," said Knight. "We all want to test ourselves and be pushed to the limit. Individually the guys have set their goals, but as a group the challenge is to finish the Berg."He joins Alan Houston, Brandon Macleod, Mike Jamieson and Carlise Hartman in Maties colours for the race that starts on July 12 in Paarl. Houston has a fourth in the FNB Dusi to his credit, racing with his older brother Andrew in a K2 race, and also started the 2016 Berg before going "missing in action".Knight tipped Houston to f...
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