Huge incentive for K1 paddlers at Umpetha Challenge
K1 paddlers have the chance to win R6000.
Organisers of the Umpetha Challenge canoe race on Sunday, 19 October have confirmed a massive prize pool of R36000 for the race, with R6000 for the overall winner of the K1 category.
The R36000 prize pool is a 12,5% increase on last year’s prize money, and being targeted at K1 paddlers as next year’s Dusi Canoe Marathon will be a K1 championship year race.
Last year’s Umpetha Challenge, then known as the NCC Development Race, was won by Andy Birkett and Sbonelo Khwela, who went on to win the Dusi K2 title later in the season.
The race, run and administered by the NCC Development Team with support from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Sport and Recreation is designed to focus attention on the upcoming Dusi, and the season of qualifiers and seeding races that lead to the three day marathon in mid-February.
The race scooped the prestigious KZN Canoe Union award for the Best Organised One Day Race last year, and the race committee is determined to improve on their successes of last year.
The Umpetha Challenge takes place from Camps Drift to Bishopstowe Hall. More information can be found at https://natalcc.co.za/umpethaHome.html.
