Canoeing SA announces national champs dates

As the 2023 national canoeing calendar continues to forge ahead, Canoeing South Africa has confirmed the various national championship events to be scheduled around the country throughout the year, with the Eastern Cape set to host four of the national-title deciders.

The battle for national glory started a few weeks ago with the staging of the SA Canoe Polo Championships across all age groups at Portland Manor in Knysna, while the highlight of the domestic flatwater sprinting calendar will take place at the Victoria Lake club in Gauteng on the final weekend in April.

This year will see South African paddlers look to make their marks at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cups in Europe as well as the Junior and Under 23 Sprint

World Championships in Italy before the senior Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

Nigeria will host the 2024 Olympic Games Continental Qualification in November which will offer South African paddlers the continental qualification route for the Paris Games next year.

After its successful debut hosting the national marathon championships in 2020, the canals of St Francis will once again decide the flatwater marathon championships in K1 and K2 classes in mid-June, and will also serve as the national trials for the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships to be held in Vejen in Denmark early in September.

The venue for the national slalom champs has yet to be confirmed.

Canoeing South Africa national championships 2023:
SA Sprints and SA Schools Championships – April 28 to 30 in Gauteng
SA Marathon Championships – June 15 to 17 June, in St. Francis
SA K1 River Championships at Berg River Marathon – July 5 to 8 in Paarl
SA K2 River Marathon Championships at Fish Marathon – October 6 to 7 in Cradock
Sa Surfski Championships at Biogen Pete Marlin – November 4 to 5 in East London
SA Slalom Championships – Date and venue to be confirmed.

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