{"id":53580,"date":"2014-02-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/53580\/vlc-pair-complete-the-dusiorfirst-dusi-for-vlc-ladsordusi-successor\/"},"modified":"2014-02-20T14:00:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T12:00:22","slug":"vlc-pair-complete-the-dusiorfirst-dusi-for-vlc-ladsordusi-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2014\/02\/20\/vlc-pair-complete-the-dusiorfirst-dusi-for-vlc-ladsordusi-successor\/","title":{"rendered":"VLC pair complete the Dusi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colin Ledwaba, a junior member of the Germiston-based Victoria Lake Canoe Club, finished his first Dusi with club mate Brandon Little.<\/p>\n

The 2014 Dusi, the world’s toughest canoe endurance race, 120km of gruelling cross-country and wild white water rapids over the three days, February 13 to 15, finished at the Blue Lagoon on the beachfront of Durban.<\/p>

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The pair finished in 503rd position of 775 boats, in a K2 year, where the majority of boats were doubles.<\/p>\n

They finished in an overall time of 13 hours and 36 minutes, a long, tough and exhausting challenge for the young lads.<\/p>

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While it was their first Dusi race, the club has a very proactive development programme, supported by clubs and the local Department of Sport, at Germiston Lake.<\/p>\n

The youngsters also enjoyed the opportunity to famliarise themselves with the Dusi river during the December holidays, resulting in a highly successful race, without sustaining boat damage or disastrous mistakes that could have ended their race prematurely.<\/p>\n

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