2022 BREEDE RIVER CANOE MARATHON

Robertson - The 54th edition of the popular Breede River Canoe Marathon will take place between Robertson and Swellendam on the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of September, and will decide the Western Cape K2 River Championship honours for 2022. After a successful Berg K1 season, the attention shifted to double kayaks this past weekend when the doubles season got under way in earnest with the Nekkies to Eilandia race. With the Breede valley feeling the brunt of the changing weather patterns in the last five years, the paddlers will be excited to see the regular cold fronts making landfall on the Western Cape and filling the regions rivers and dams. With the Breede Marathon falling a few weeks before the ICF World Marathon Championships in Ponte De Lima in Portugal, the event will form an ideal competitive training opportunity for many of the junior, Under 23, senior and masters age groups…