Pietermaritzburg – It was hot and humid, but MyLife’s Msawenkosi Mtolo and Euro Steel’s Thabani Msia looked surprisingly untroubled by the challenges that the 2024 Non-Stop Dusi had thrown in their path when they cruised into the finish at the...
Pietermaritzburg – Former World Champion and Dusi crown prince, Andy Birkett, put himself one stage away from his 14th title when he and Matthew Fenn won Day 2 of the Dusi Canoe Marathon on Friday and all but snuffed out the hopes of their challengers. A mistake early...
Pietermaritzburg – Next weekend’s three-day K2 Dusi Canoe Marathon on February 15-17 could come down to a two-horse dice in the quest for overall honours in the men’s race. The pedigree of 13-time champion Andy Birkett means he remains the paddler to beat, and his...
Pietermaritzburg – Andy Birkett won his first Dusi Canoe Marathon in 2010, a K2 race, partnered by Jason Graham. Since then, he has not been defeated in a K2 race at the event and the only blemish on his record since that maiden win was in 2016’s K1 race when a rare...
Pietermaritzburg – Msawenkosi Mtolo and Sbonelo Khwela fired the first salvoes in the Dusi war and won the first battle when they edged to victory in the Kindo Covers Ozzie Gladwin, the opening leg of the John Oliver Dusi Series, on Sunday. Mtolo and Khwela emerged...