Orange River Canoe Race in Orange River

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Orange River Canoe Race

When: Dates to be confirmed (Monday, 22 March 2010 to Tuesday, 23 March 2010)
Where: Orange River
Categories: Sporting Events

Orange River Canoe Race
Orange River Canoe Race

The Orange River originates from the Lesotho highlands up in the Drakensberg Mountains and meanders through South Africa and the amazing Richtersveld Desert Reserve before it joins the icy Atlantic Ocean. The race lulls the competitors with its mostly easy sections and sudden, difficult rapids.

The first Orange River Wine Cellars Canoe Marathon was held on October 3 and 4, 1987 from Hopetown to the confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers at Bucklands, outside Douglas. It was the first major race that was held by the newly established Free State Canoe Union and the Bloemfontein Canoe and Triathlon Club.

Freestaters had tripped the Orange in April 1987 and two small races from Hopetown to the farm Slypsteen were born. The then Transvaal Canoe Union also held, for a few years, a race known as the Hopetown Hump over the same course.

Please Note: Dates for this event in 2010 to be confirmed.

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