Breathtaking Winter Views Across Grootbos and...
The parting shot this week is actually in two parts taken across the landscape today, which was a glorious winter's day.
Medal Haul for Stanford Canoe Club at Nationals
Fourteen athletes from Team Stanford took part in the South African Canoe Sprint Championships in Pretoria, ranging from U12 to 55+ age groups. The event spanned three intense days of racing, featuring K1 and K2 distances of: 1000m, 500m, 200m, and the ‘long distances’ 2km and 5km. Our Stanford athletes gave their absolute all and were incredible to watch on the race course, making their way into finals and some even placing on the podium.
We are immensely proud to announce the following medal winners:
-U14 Sakhe
1000m K1 silver
500m K1 bronze
200m K1 bronze
5km K1 bronze
Victrix ladorum bronze
-U18 Emma
1000m K1 silver
1000m K2 bronze
500m K1 silver
500m K2 silver
200m K1 silver
200m K2 silver
5km K1 gold
Victrix ladorum gold
-U23 Hayward
1000m K2 silver U23
1000m K2 bronze senior
500m K2 bronze
200m K2 gold
-U23 Sibongeleni
1000m K2 silver U23
1000m K2 bronze senior
500m K2 bronze
200m K2 gold
200m K1 gold
Victrix ladorum bronze U23
-55-60 age group Sean Privett
1000m K1 silver
500m K1 silver
200m K1 silver
5km K1 gold
Victrix ladorum silver
Thank you for the incredible support and generous donations from...
- Costa Farming Trust
- Wessel Vermaas from ICON Financial Services
- Pip Lorentz from Stanfordvilla.co.za
- William Stephens from Lady Stanford @theladystanford
- Klein River Association of Boating (Adriaan Swart as Chairperson)
- Neil Raymer from Labourwise Compliance Solutions
- Kathryn Marshal from Klein River Property Owners Association
- Paddlesports SA @paddlesportsa
This support ensured the team could travel to the SA National Sprint Championships and gave them the perfect conditions under which to excel and race at their very best.
One of the proudest highlights was CJ being crowned the Under 23 South African champion for the 200m sprint.
Hayward and CJ won gold medals in the K2 200m making them the fastest under 23 combination in SA.
We are so proud of these two young men who have been a part of our canoeing programme since the first trip to SA champs eight years ago where most of the Stanford paddlers finished close to the back of the field in all their races. We are so proud to see persistence and dedication paying off.
