Oom Jannie aiming for a bittersweet record
PAARL – Finishing the Berg River Canoe Marathon is by any standard a significant achievement, but there is one paddler in this year’s event whose participation will be extraordinary. If Jannie Malherbe makes it through the four days from Paarl to Velddrif on Wednesday to Saturday, in what promises to be cold and wet conditions, […]
2025 Berg River Marathon a race for the ages
VELDDRIF – The 2025 Berg River Canoe Marathon is shaping up to be a race for the ages with two of the event’s legends facing up against the new generation. Tom Lovemore may have been living in the shadow of his world-beating brother Hamish over the past 18 months, but the 26-year-old from Knysna carved […]
Maties Canoe Club leads the pack
The Stellenbosch-based Maties Canoe Club is leading the pack in terms of the largest club entry countrywide this year, with at least 17 paddlers committed to starting the 63rd Berg River Marathon in Paarl next week. The group, charged mainly by the “Turbo Toppies” as all 50-year-old plus paddlers at the Maties Canoe Club are known, […]