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St Davids boy in big splash

“The Junior Boys (K1) race of the SA Marathon championships at Keurbooms River in Plettenberg Bay ended in a dramatic final sprint.

Brandon van der Walt of Parktown Boys High School, taking line honours ahead of St Davids Marist’s Murray Burgess. The two had managed to break away early on in their race and finished over two minutes ahead of the chasing bunch.

Race conditions were tough throughout the day, with the low tide and gusting wind throwing in another dimension to the competition. The Keurbooms River gorge protected the field for most of the time, but they had to deal with random headwinds and tailwinds, as well as sand banks and shallow water.

Racing the next day, in overcast drizzle the boys’ races ended in two-boat end-sprints with the combination of Van der Walt and Burgess, who had placed first and second in the race, proving to be too strong for other competitors.

Published on July 3, 2009 at 11:14 am