{"id":131131,"date":"2016-08-21T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/131131\/germiston-duo-win-category\/"},"modified":"2016-08-22T10:08:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T08:08:52","slug":"germiston-duo-win-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/08\/21\/germiston-duo-win-category\/","title":{"rendered":"Germiston duo win category"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a glorious morning when Canoe Concepts hosted the annual Mixed Doubles Championships race, recently.<\/p>\n<p>The race takes place from The Makery in Henley-on-Klip, to the Danie Maclean Park in Meyerton, a distance of 20km.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Gauteng Canoe Union\u2019s annual prize giving recognises the doubles and single kayak champions annually, as well as the mixed doubles (male\/female combination) in a race specifically dedicated to those teams.<\/p>\n<p>While Richard Carter from the Germiston Lake-based club Victoria Lake Canoe Club is an experienced long time river canoeist, it was his wife Linda\u2019s first ever canoe race.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The pair outdid themselves, finishing in one hour and 20 minutes, to claim the first spot in the sub grand master age group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/128616\/local-paddlers-take-on-the-mighty-berg-river-canoe-marathon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Local paddlers take on the mighty Berg River Canoe Marathon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/120697\/novices-learn-the-ropes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Novices learn the ropes<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='3b4b01d135b3dc4906155767967c4afe'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard and Linda Carter from VLC took top spot in the sub grand master age group in the Mixed Doubles Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":131132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[1296,979,969,2734,1297,1119,1675,2822],"class_list":["post-131131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-canoeing","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-paddling","tag-sport-2","tag-victoria-lake-canoe-club","tag-vlc"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["canoeing","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","paddling","sport","Victoria Lake Canoe Club","VLC"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}