New world champion Jasper Mocké has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons with an eleventh hour Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon entry, taking the number of recently crowned Marathon World Champions set to take part in this year’s Eastern Cape spectacle to four. Mocké joins fellow senior men’s K2 victor Read more…
Having just returned the ICF Canoe Marathon World Champs, 2013 K2 Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon champion Abby Adie has her sights firmly set on a debut visit to the top step of the women’s Hansa Fish K1 podium when the race finishes at the Cradock sports fields on Saturday Read more…
Former Under-23 Marathon World Champ Andy Birkett feels his new focus on marathon racing will help him to be competitive at this year’s Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon that takes place in Cradock on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 October. It wasn’t long ago that the 23 year-old talent had Read more…
With 1700 paddlers set to converge on Cradock for the Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon on 10 and 11 October, few rivalries can match the intriguing race-within-a-race involving the infectiously enthusiastic Haw family. Dad Glen, son Murray and daughters Bianca and Tamika – all ably assisted by super-second mom Mandy Read more…
Former Junior and Under-23 Canoe Marathon World Champion Grant van der Walt feels he has an advantage over several of the elite stars going into this year’s Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon in Cradock, Eastern Cape on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 October, and is eager to take full advantage Read more…
Cloaked in mystery and guarded with a vigilance befitting a state secret the massive gathering of paddlers that will converge on Cradock for the Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon on 10 and 11 October always ask, and never get an answer to questions about the legendary Karoo lamb potjiekos dinner Read more…
Dusi champion Sbonelo Khwela has set his sights on the hugely popular Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon on 10 and 11 October, using his solid midyear base as a springboard to challenge for a place amongst the gold medallists. A top ten finish has somehow eluded the popular Shongweni hero, Read more…
Triple world champion Hank McGregor has his sights firmly set on winning the Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon K1 title on 10 and 11 October, a title that has somehow managed to elude the most successful river paddler this country has ever produced. McGregor will first have to fly to Read more…
Fresh from his victory in the Breede River Canoe Marathon on the weekend, Eastern Cape local Greg Louw is eyeing glory in his hometown major at the Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon in Cradock on 10 and 11 October. Louw partnered four times Dusi champ Andy Birkett to a stunning Read more…
The women’s title race of the 2014 Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon received an exciting shake-up upon the recently confirmation that defending champ and former Eastern Cape local Michéle Eray will in fact be making the trip out from her new base in Oklahoma City, USA for the 33rd edition Read more…