THE surfski community in St Francis in the Eastern Cape jumped at the opportunity to add a surfski downwind race to the weekend of the SA flatwater marathon canoeing races, after national lockdown restrictions were eased.

Canoeing South Africa rubber-stamped the China Silver Asset Management SA Surfski Championships sponsored by the World Surfski League on 10 October as the SA S1 Champs.

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This will see the country’s best ocean racers battle it out for the national single-ski titles.

These championships will form part of the PW Harvey & Carey Olsen St Francis Paddle Fest 2020, giving paddlers three consecutive days on which they can challenge for national honours, with the surfski race preceding the K1 and K2 flatwater marathon canoeing racing on the St Francis estuary on 11 and 12 October.

This year’s national will be hosted by the St Francis Paddling Club.

For more information visit www.canoesa.org.za

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