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The focus of the 2025 Berg River K1 Canoe Series is to encourage participation in the Western Cape Berg River Races. Just completing the 2025 Berg River Marathon provides an opportunity for paddlers from outside the Western Cape to participate in the series and be part of the lucky draw for the Salt Kayaks K1 […]

The long paddle to the Berg River Marathon starts on February 1 when the West Coast Canoe Challenge kicks off the Western Cape river season – and paddlers have some exciting incentives to tempt them to an early start to their preparations in 2025. The 12th annual Appliance World West Coast Canoe Challenge (WCCC) in […]

VELDDRIF – Knysna’s Tom Lovemore duly secured his first Berg River Canoe Marathon win when he swept across the line ahead of the leading bunch at the finish of the 57-kilometre Stage 4 in a sunny Velddrif on Saturday afternoon. In doing so, Lovemore denied 52-year old Robbie Herreveld – who won the event six […]

ZOUTKLOOF – Knysna’s Tom Lovemore will take a narrow advantage into the 57km final stage of the 2024 Berg River Canoe Marathon after he edged out local veteran Robbie Herreveld in the final dash for the line for the third day in a row on Friday. After the long 75km Queen Stage from Bridgetown to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

PAARL – As the sun sets on this year’s Berg River Canoe Marathon from July 3-6, “Oom Jannie” Malherbe will hope to have crossed the line for the 51st time, equaling the most number of finishes with his great friend, the late Giel van Deventer. Malherbe (84) paddled his first Berg in 1962, finishing fourth […]

PAARL – With 13-time race winner Hank McGregor confirming this week that he will not be taking part in the 2024 Berg River Canoe Marathon, the main protagonists look likely to fight out a battle of the ages – with an international twist. Even without the 46-year-old defending champion, the podium battle in the four-day […]

PAARL – Rene Boehm is an exception to the rule that men cannot multitask. Having turned 70 in March this year, Boehm will climb into his canoe and tackle his 40th Berg River Canoe Marathon on July3-6 — while he is also the event’s main organiser. It’s the second year he has put his hand […]

PAARL – Irish professional canoeist David Horkan faces a task as daunting as his rugby compatriots when he tackles the 2024 Berg River Canoe Marathon on July 3-6. The 2023 Irish Adventure Paddler of the year is expecting to complete the tough four-day canoe marathon from Paarl to Velddrif on the same day the Ireland […]

PAARL – While the general population in the Western Cape may not be so excited to see the soaking wet weather arrive in the province this week, the farmers are joined by the canoeing community in sending small prayers of thanks for the steady rain. For the farmers, the annual wet season is the lifeblood […]

Velddrif — Hank McGregor underlined his position as South Africa’s most successful canoeist when he cruised to his 13th win in the Berg River Marathon and added yet another SA title to his collection of championship medals on Saturday. The “Berg” is one of South African canoeing’s majors and 45-year-old McGregor’s phenomenal record of 13 […]

Velddrif — Defending Champion Hank McGregor cruised home to win the final stage and wrap up his 13th Berg River Canoe Marathon title on Saturday, and with it claim the 2023 South African K1 River Marathon title. McGregor was always the man to beat, and the only times it seemed he was not on course […]

Zoutkloof — Defending Champion Hank McGregor is just one stage away from claiming his 13th Berg River Marathon title, but the fight for second looks likely to go down to the final sprint at Velddrif on Saturday. In the long 75km stage from Bridgetown to Zoutkloof on Friday, the four leaders broke away after the […]

Eleven-time World Marathon Champion Hank McGregor took control of the Berg River Canoe Marathon on Thursday’s Stage 2 from Zonquasdrift to Bridgetown, but he was not in control of things for much of the day and admitted to being a bit worried for a while. The Team Euro Steel paddler opened up a solid lead […]

Zonquasdrift — The talk of the Berg River Canoe Marathon before the start was Hank McGregor’s last-minute entry into the race, but it was young Jeremy Maher who stole the limelight at the end of Day 1 on Wednesday. Maher won the four-way tactical battle to eke out a slender two-second lead at the end […]

Paarl – Multiple World Champion and one of South Africa’s sporting heroes, Hank McGregor, caught organisers by surprise on Tuesday afternoon when he slipped in a very late entry for the 2023 Berg River Canoe Marathon and  SA Championships which starts on Wednesday morning. While the Market Road Bridge in Paarl was always expected to be a […]

The Market Road Bridge in Paarl will be a hive of activity on Wednesday morning when the 2023 Berg River Canoe Marathon gets underway with paddlers set for an exciting four-day journey to Velddrif on the West Coast. The Western Cape has experienced intense rainfall and flooding in some parts of the province in a […]