Swellendam -- Hank McGregor and Uli Hart gave themselves a perfect final preparation for the World Marathon Championships later this month when they wrapped up victory in the Breede River Marathon on Sunday.
PARIS – When the four South African kayakers started their competition at the Olympics in Paris on Tuesday, there was another prominent Gauteng administrator literally following in their paddle strokes at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium this week.
Tom Lovemore (left) and 52-year-old Robbie Herreveld worked together to build a big lead on Day 2 of the 2024 Berg River Canoe Marathon this week.
BRIDGETOWN – The wily old master and the young gun worked together to turn the 2024 Berg River Canoe Marathon into a two-horse race on the second stage on Thursday.
Six-time winner, 52-year-old Velddrif local Robbie Herreveld, and Knysna's Tom Lovemore started the second stage side by side and then worked together to build a commanding 15-minute lead over their nearest rivals in the 46km second stage from Zonquasdrift to Bridgetown.
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Tom Lovemore just outsprints 52-year-old Robbie Herreveld at the finish of the opening day of the 2024 Berg River Canoe Marathon this week.
ZONQUASDRIFT – The opening day of the Berg River Canoe Marathon on Wednesday set up a remarkable battle between six-time winner Robbie Herreveld and Tom Lovemore, one of the country's exciting young prospects aiming for his biggest canoeing victory.
Lovemore won the 62km opening stage from Paarl to Zonquasdrift, but it was a lot more difficult than the Eastern Cape resident expected. The 26-year-old looked set for an easy paddle home when his nearest...
Thomas Lovemore (right) and Jeremy Maher fighting for podium places in the 2023 Berg River Canoe Marathon.
PAARL – A bunch of relative young guns will line up with the hope of starting a new era of domination at the 2024 Berg River Canoe Marathon from Wednesday to Saturday this week. The two paddlers to beat in the race from Paarl to Velddrif look like being last year's runner up Jeremy Maher and third-placed Thomas Lovemore – the two who pushed 45-year-old Hank McGregor all the way in 2023 as the veteran notched up his 13th win. At just 22 years old, Maher has been quietly collecting so...
Jeremy Maher outsprints Thomas Lovemore for victory at the end of Day 1 of the 2023 Berg River Canoe Marathon. The pair are likely to be prominent in the lead group once again this year. Pic: John Hishin PAARL - With 13-time race winner Hank McGregor confirming this week that he will not be taking part in the 2024 Berg River Canoe Marathon, the main protagonists look likely to fight out a battle of the ages – with an international twist. Even without the 46-year-old defending champion, the podium battle in the four-day event from Paarl to Velddrif on July 3-6 looks like being a strug...
