Tackling the Fish River Canoe Marathon

will also see some of the country's top K2 pairs taking each other on over the two day race.

According to Rhodes Canoe Club chairman, Jason Aubin, members have been working on their fitness over the past few months.

He says that the majority of the Rhodes paddlers will be taking part in the Fish canoe marathon for the first time and they will be looking to just finish the two days without any incidents.

“It’s quite a technical river and paddlers often break their canoes,” said Aubin.

Aubin and Pierre Schweyer have been training hard and are both hoping for a top 30 this year.

Although Aubin says this will be tough test as “some of the world’s best paddlers are coming down specifically for Fish, so it is going to be very competitive”.

Schweyer recently returned from the World Marathon Ca- noe Championships in Gyor, Hungary.

The Rhodes Canoe Club members taking part in this weekend’s race are: Jason Aubin, Pierre Schweyer, David Goble, Wesley Pons, Richard Gardiner, Roger van Tonder, Kyle Smetherham, Adam Klaas, Joshua van Schalkwyk, Rachel Johnstone, Kyle Johnstone, Glenn Cuthbert, Luke Cuthbert, Angela Chappel, Sean Herd-Hoare and Bruce McClure.

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