{"id":43690,"date":"2013-09-09T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/43690\/determined-canoeistsora-grade-marathon-coming-uporcanoeists-take-on-icy-waters\/"},"modified":"2013-09-10T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T07:42:17","slug":"determined-canoeistsora-grade-marathon-coming-uporcanoeists-take-on-icy-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2013\/09\/09\/determined-canoeistsora-grade-marathon-coming-uporcanoeists-take-on-icy-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Canoeists take on icy waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bedfordview residents Wade and Danny Steven are a son and father combination who paddle for the Germiston-based Victoria Lake Canoe Club.<\/p>\n<p>The duo, who have only been river canoeing since last year, are still cautious and wary as they gain experience, skill and ability, especially in the icy weather where mistakes can land paddlers in the cold water.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>They are, however, enthusiastic and keen.<\/p>\n<p>Recently the East Rand Kayak Canoe Club, based at Homestead Dam in Benoni, hosted a 22km training river race on the Klip River in Meyerton in which the Stevens took part.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The race was held just as the winds arrived bringing the icy cold front from the Western Cape, to indicate the end of winter and the only really cold day of the Gauteng winter season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the cold, canoeists turned out in large numbers to participate in the training race, preparing for the major national A Grade Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon which takes place in Cradock at the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 200 paddlers braved the ice-cold gusty winds and chilly water.<\/p>\n<p>Most paddlers, suitably dressed for the wind, ploughed their way through the waves and rushed for comfort and food at the finish line.<\/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='259906fe75ccb82413807004cf730c03'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Grade marathon coming up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":43691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[508,11,3],"tags":[1669,1296,1012,1672,979,1670,1671,1673,1674,1119,1142,1675],"class_list":["post-43690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-a-grade-marathon","tag-canoeing","tag-east-rand","tag-east-rand-kayak-canoe-club","tag-germiston","tag-homestead-dam","tag-icy-waters","tag-klip-river","tag-meyerton","tag-sport-2","tag-victoria-lake","tag-victoria-lake-canoe-club"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["A grade marathon","canoeing","East Rand","east rand kayak canoe club","germiston","Homestead Dam","icy waters","klip river","Meyerton","sport","Victoria Lake","Victoria Lake Canoe Club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43690","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=43690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}