SA Marathon champs, Singapore bound!
After last years disastrous world champs in Spain Graeme Solomon and I decided to put all of our energy into being selected for the national marathon team in the K2. The SA champs was raced in bitterly cold conditions on Shongweni dam just outside Durban. It was not long before we were down to a front group of 4 boats which stayed that way for the entire race. There was always pretty good action for the spectators as the bunch came into and out of the portages. At the final portage Cam and Brandon had some admin allowing the other 3 boats to fight it out for the colour of their medals over the final kilometer. Hank and Grant took the win with Graeme and I 2nd and Mike Mbajwa/Eric Zondi in 3rd.
With 2 boats selected per race, per country this meant that Graeme and I secured a spot in the national team to race in the World Championships in Singapore at the end of October.
