Wily old master and the young gun locked together at the Berg

BRIDGETOWN – The wily old master and the young gun worked together to turn the 2024 Berg River Canoe Marathon into a two-horse race on the second stage on Thursday. Six-time winner, 52-year-old Velddrif local Robbie Herreveld, and Knysna’s Tom Lovemore started the second stage side by side and then worked together to build a […]

Tom wins, but Robbie rolls back the clock at Berg River Marathon

ZONQUASDRIFT – The opening day of the Berg River Canoe Marathon on Wednesday set up a remarkable battle between six-time winner Robbie Herreveld and Tom Lovemore, one of the country’s exciting young prospects aiming for his biggest canoeing victory. Lovemore won the 62km opening stage from Paarl to Zonquasdrift, but it was a lot more […]

Maher and Lovemore looks like the pair to beat at Berg 2024

PAARL – A bunch of relative young guns will line up with the hope of starting a new era of domination at the 2024 Berg River Canoe Marathon from Wednesday to Saturday this week. The two paddlers to beat in the race from Paarl to Velddrif look like being last year’s runner up Jeremy Maher […]