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I would just like to commend you guys for doing such – up to the minute information on your website.

I have been involved with the Dusi for 4years, and this year is the first year I am not – and I have to say, being able to follow on your website, radio and see the pictures, you really allow one to feel like they are there.

Thank you!!

Kind regards,
Michelle Winstanley

Thank you to the committee, organizers and volunteers for another excellent event in 2009.

A thought for 2010 – the ‘Give me some cap’ kids along the banks are part of the race. Every paddler must have at least 10 spare caps. If you asked for them and had some large cartons at the start I am sure you will get thousands of caps to distribute to the kids.

Thanks again for a well organized and safe event.

Nigel Payne

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Records Updated!

Sunday, 24 May 2009

Thanks to the hard work of Tim Cornish, the Dusi records and results pages have been updated.

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Dusi news from around the world

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Sports

Courtesy

Swampscott resident and South African native Graeme Rockett paddles into the finish line of the 2006 Blackburn Challenge at Pavilion Beach in Gloucester. Rockett recently paddled his way to a win in the 9-mile Run of the Charles race.

Rockett grew up with kayaking, wins 9-mile Run of the Charles

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Mon Apr 27, 2009, 02:43 PM EDT

Swampscott - Graeme Rockett isn’t out to set any records anymore. He’s just trying to stay in shape and keep up his involvement in the sport he grew up with: kayak racing.

“I do it just to keep fit and keep in the water,” said Rockett, a native of South Africa. “It is one of the things I happen to be good at. If I do train, I do pretty well. Those are the reasons why I do it.”

Rockett most recently won the 9-mile race that was part of the “Run of the Charles” series of races, finishing in one hour, 13 minutes, 52 seconds. Racing in kayaks is something that was very popular on the east coast of South Africa, where Rockett was born and raised, long before moving to Swampscott in the mid-2000s.

Dramatic Rescue

Thursday, 16 April 2009

Dusi flood - near Nqumeni take out

Thursday, 05 March 2009

No going under the bridge here

Thursday, 05 March 2009

Dusi flood! Check out this video from Marianney Foley

Thursday, 05 March 2009

Updated TV Broadcast Schedule

Thursday, 05 February 2009
Highlights of the Hansa Powerade Dusi 2009 will be broadcast on Supersport from the 5th of Feb. Click on Read more below to view the full schedule.
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SABC News Report Videos

Monday, 02 February 2009
CLICK HERE to see the Hansa Powerade Dusi 2009 SABC news report videos.
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Awesome day of seconding

Wednesday, 28 January 2009

CHERRI FORSYTH

WHAT a wonderful example the Dusi paddlers set. We have seconded at the Comrades Marathon a few times and this year for the first time we did so at the Dusi. What a difference there was in the attitudes of the competitors.

We were at the station at Finger’s Neck, the last seconding table on the first day. To get to the table, the paddlers had to run up a steep hill, carrying their canoes on their shoulders, all this after two hours or more of racing. We were bowled over by their gratitude and politeness. Almost everyone thanked us profusely for helping them. What really touched us was that these people, exhausted as they were, every muscle aching and protesting, would bend down so that a young girl could pour water over their heads.

I often had to blink back the tears at their efforts to make a little girl’s day. What special people. We will definitely be back to second again next year. Well done to all the paddlers for making our day so awesome.

Source: The Natal Witness

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