The Ekurhuleni Kayak Club based at Homestead Dam in Benoni hosted the Gauteng Canoe Union Marathon Championships recently.<\/p>\n
The K1 (single discipline) raced on the Saturday and this included juniors from the schools league aged from u-8 to 18 years old, as well as members of the senior and masters sections.<\/p>
The misty frosty morning of the Saturday changed to a wonderfully sunny warm Highveld winter\u2019s day on the Sunday for the K2 (doubles) event.<\/p>\n
The championships serve as trials for the team selection for Gauteng to represent the province at the South African Marathon Championships.<\/p>
The SA Marathon Championships are due to take place from June 15 to 17 in St Francis Bay.<\/p>\n
Here, the team for South Africa is selected to represent the country at the World Marathon Championships in Portugal later this year.<\/p>\n
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