CYCLING AND CANOEING
Drak canoe marathon woos with bumper package
The race looks certain to attract close to 1,000 paddlers keen to test themselves against the mighty uMzimkhulu
The popular two-day 62km N3TC Drak Challenge Canoe Marathon celebrates its 25th anniversary on January 20-21, with the event well established as one of SA’s three best supported canoe races. Entries for the 2018 race opened this week and look certain to attract another field of close to 1,000 paddlers keen to test themselves against the fabled sections of the uMzimkhulu River as it flows out of the Southern Drakensberg mountains through Underberg, finishing at Early Mist Farm close to Coleford resort. Andy Birkett, who won his fourth Drak title in 2017, will be back to defend his crown. Timed to coincide with the best of the summer rainfalls in the region, the event will share the same weekend — usually the last weekend of the end-of-year holidays — with the Thrombi-XFest for kayakers that runs through Thrombi Gorge, below the canoe race finish. Making it a bumper weekend for the region, and keeping accommodation, restaurant and supermarket tills ringing, the two-day sporting bonanz...
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