{"id":122996,"date":"2016-05-30T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/122996\/paddlers-take-to-the-river\/"},"modified":"2016-05-30T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T10:00:32","slug":"paddlers-take-to-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/05\/30\/paddlers-take-to-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddlers take to the river"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaco Esterhuyse, a member of the Victoria Lake Canoe Club, managed the rapids during the recent Klip River Canoe Race, building his resume to qualify as an A-grade paddler.<\/p>\n

This was his first K1 river race and he finished the 23km race in two hours, 16 minutes.<\/p>

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The race was hosted by the Florida Lake Canoe Club and ran from Meyerton to Three Rivers, giving paddlers an opportunity to train for the upcoming, long A-grade races and to enable beginners\/novices to gain the experience required to do those races, as well as to do the qualifying races required, for A- grade river status.<\/p>\n

The Gauteng paddlers have started the river race season and are preparing for their first A-grade river race which takes place in October, in Cradock, on the Fish River covering a distance of 80km over two days.<\/p>

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Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n

Boats damaged in river race<\/a><\/p>\n

Paddlers off to SA champs<\/a><\/p>\n

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