{"id":100300,"date":"2015-09-22T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/100300\/last-river-race-before-the-marathon\/"},"modified":"2015-09-22T09:14:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T07:14:44","slug":"last-river-race-before-the-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/09\/22\/last-river-race-before-the-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Last river race before paddlers tackle Fish marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Rand Kayak Club, based in Benoni, hosted a river race from the Vaal River Dam wall to Three Rivers on September 19.<\/p>\n

The river race was the last in Gauteng and enabled paddlers to prepare for the upcoming A Grade Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon.<\/p>

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The marathon, an 80km challenge, is scheduled to take place in Cradock, in the Eastern Cape, in October.<\/p>\n

The river races also provide opportunities for paddlers to gain qualifying points for an A Grade status which enables them to participate in A Grade events.<\/p>

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Victoria Lake Canoe Club (VLC)\u2019s Buti Lamola, who partnered with Kanyisa Mancoba, have earned their grading and proved their skills and ability with a number of good podium finishes, including a win in the junior category.<\/p>\n

They finished in a time of three hours and 21 minutes.<\/p>\n

Lamola and Mancoba are part of VLC\u2019s development programme and are students at Germiston High School.<\/p>\n

The 33km river race involved a number of highly challenging river rapids and 26km of hard flat water resistant against the head winds.<\/p>\n

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