THE South African Inter-Provincial Canoe Polo Championships took place at the University of KwaZulu-Natal swimming pool in Pietermaritzburg recently, with fantastic growth and development visible across all the provinces with the host union claiming the spoils in both the men’s and women’s events.
The KZN and Gauteng teams have been long-running competitors for the title of South African champions, and the KZN men’s team were determined to regain the title that Gauteng has secured for the previous two years.
The home team managed to secure a 4-2 victory in an exciting final against the Gauteng A men’s side, which had the crowd gasping and cheering a number of times.
The KZN women’s team were also victorious and had to work hard to secure a 3-1 win over a determined Gauteng team. The Western Cape women’s team took the bronze medal.
National men’s coach and tournament organiser, Clive Whitton, was very happy with how the weekend went.
“It’s nice to see the Western Cape guys giving it a good run,” he said. “The third place play-off that they were involved in went to Golden Goal at the end so they were unlucky not to finish third. The standard this weekend has been very good.”
