ADDINGTON Beach, on the southern end of Durban’s Golden Mile, will be a hive of activity on 27 and 28 January as junior lifesavers will gather for the SPAR Sola KZN Nipper Surf Lifesaving Championships.
Hosted by Marine Surf Lifesaving Club, the event features a programme of beach and surf events, fuelling a healthy rivalry between the strong Durban clubs. These include Pirates, Durban Surf, Marine and Umhlanga Rocks as well as the north and south coast clubs.
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The weekend’s programme of swim, board, body board, run-swim-run, Iron Nipper, flags, sprint beach relay, board relay, bodyboard relay, and taplin events will feature more than 400 boys and girls between eight to 14 years old.
Durban Surf has won the overall title for the last few years and are the firm favourites to win again this year.
There is no charge for spectators. The competition will start at 1pm on Saturday afternoon and at 7.30am on Sunday morning.
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