March 2014

Another gruelling day, with paddlers starting at Camps Drift at 5:30am, and attempting to complete the race to DBN in one shot! The start was frantic as always, with a faster pace than last year being set by the leading two K2 boats. From Cambell's onwards it was set to be a two horse race, between Kime/Mbanjwa and Zondi/Mcgregor. These two teams stuck together until the start of day 2 when Zondi/Mcgregor started opening the gap which then slowly increased in size. The final winning margin was 20min. The ladies race between the Adie sisters and Robyn Kime (in a K1),

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