Once again, the St Francis canals proved to be a great venue for the Pam Golding St Francis Bay Canal Winter Challenge on 6 August.
Pam Golding Properties, St Francis Bay, has sponsored these local canoe races for six years.
Here are a few photo highlights of last week’s race:
| Results: | ||||||
| Pos | ||||||
| 1 | Roeltin | Louw | 00:20:02.00 | 3km U(16) | ||
| 2 | Jason | Carroll | 00:28:26.00 | 3km U(16) | ||
| 1 | Michael | Birch | 00:21:49.00 | 3km U(12) | ||
| 2 | Nicol | Stewart | 00:26:26.00 | 3km U(12) | ||
| 1 | Glenn | Barclay | 01:17:39.00 | 13km-Single Men | ||
| 2 | Gavin | Birch | 01:25:17.00 | 13km-Single Men | ||
| 3 | Brian | Wells | 01:27:14.00 | 13km-Single Men | ||
| 1 | Dean | Barclay | Bruce | Green | 01:05:56.00 | 13km-Double Men |
| 2 | Byron | Andrews | Darryl | Staples | 01:10:47.00 | 13km-Double Men |
| 3 | Richard | Arderne | Eric | Stewart | 01:11:53.00 | 13km-Double Men |
| 4 | Keith | Theron | Dylan | Theron | 01:20:09.00 | 13km-Double Men |
| 1 | Stuart | Laing | 01:42:44.00 | 20km-Single Men | ||
| 2 | Steve | Honey | 02:03:09.00 | 20km-Single Men | ||
| 3 | Mike | Stark | 02:22:37.00 | 20km-Single Men | ||
| 4 | Francois | Greyling | 02:23:36.00 | 20km-Single Men | ||
| 1 | Jordan | Zeelie | Calvin | Zeelie | 01:36:02.00 | 20km-Double Men |
| 2 | Richard | Van Wildemann | Hadyn | Skinner | 01:36:14.00 | 20km-Double Men |
| 3 | Peter | King | Stephan | Vorster | 01:44:48.00 | 20km-Double Men |
| 4 | Luke | Mcnish | Dirk | Ellis | 01:53:17.00 | 20km-Double Men |
| 5 | Gavin | Mcnish | Allan | Campbell | 01:53:25.00 | 20km-Double Men |
| 1 | Kerry | Louw | Kirstin | Wessels | 01:45:42.00 | 20km-Double Ladies |
| 1 | Andre | Van Rooyen | Henry | Goedhals | 01:59:16.00 | 20km-Double Over 50 |
| 1 | Christi | Augustyn | Karine | Bezuidenhout | 01:45:49.00 | 20km-Double Mixed |
| 2 | Ernst | Linder | Janine | Linder | 01:48:41.00 | 20km-Double Mixed |
| 3 | Barry | Masters | Kay | Van Ooslen | 01:53:15.00 | 20km-Double Mixed |
| 4 | Lindi | Le Roux | Kemble | Whitfield | 01:59:15.00 | 20km-Double Mixed |
Young brothers Calvin and Jordan Zeelie from PE, were the first across the line, in an excellent time of 01:36:02.00 (ie 1hr 36 min).
