Enthusiastic young paddlers can share in the excitement of this great sport by entering The Unlimited Ozzie Gladwin, which is considered the premier one-day canoeing race on the South African calendar.
In the photo: Leader of the pack! Jordie Fuhri (7) in training for The Unlimited Ozzie Gladwin Guppy Race
The Ozzie Gladwin Guppy race is a special event aimed specifically at the youth and will set the scene for the start of the main event at Bon Accorde at Albert Falls on Sunday, 11 November. Paddlers between the ages of four and 12 years old are welcome to enter.
The route on the dam is approximately 2,5km long. Racing starts at 8am and will consist of round the buoys racing with some of the senior canoeists on-hand for safety purposes.
The Guppy series encourages children to get involved in canoeing by making it fun. More than 50 young paddlers took to the water last year and every guppy was rewarded with a little something for their efforts!
The Unlimited Ozzie Gladwin is South Africa’s biggest one-day canoeing race and an explosive way to kick off the unique KwaZulu-Natal summer river racing season, which will culminate in the thrilling climax of the Africa’s greatest canoe marathon, The Unlimited Dusi in February 2013.
The Ozzie Gladwin sports a unique format as it offers competitors a 26km race that includes four kilometres of flat-out racing across Albert Falls dam, then a testing one kilometre portage around the dam wall, followed by a 21km river section on the Upper Umgeni with the Albert Falls Weir and The Cascades, before the end-run of four kilometres of testing rapids into the finish at Crafcor Farm.
Be part of the action at The Unlimited Ozzie Gladwin 2012!
For more information and to enter, visit www.theunlimitedozziegladwin.co.za