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Press Release - Varsity College Marine Surfski Series - Race 1 - Borland Surfski Challenge

2012-01-14 15:28:48 by Barry Lewin

Press Release - Written by Game Plan Media.

Wise old heads take early lead in Varisty College Marine Surfski Series

Durban – The Borland Financial Services Surfski Challenge got the 2012 Varsity College Marine Surfski Series underway on Friday evening with the vastly experienced Herman Chalupsky the first of the record field of over 350 surfski paddlers across the line in testing conditions.

Chalupsky g...

2011-06-27 05:34:28 by Barry Lewin

Written by Game Plan Media - Pic by Anthony Grote

Durban – Hank McGregor snagged his third Dunlop Surfski World Cup title showing the rich vein of form he is in at the moment beating a very powerful field and an uncooperative flat ocean to comfortably win the 26km race and the hefty R40000 winner’s prize.

18km into the race, as the new world record field of paddlers snaked past the Umhlanga lighthouse, the contest had been red...

2011-03-27 12:49:47 by Barry Lewin

Press Release - Written by Game Plan Media www.gameplanmedia.co.za

Durban - Hank McGregor and Michelle Eder secured their overall series victories in the Varsity College Marine Surfski Series on a night of racing that saw Western Cape lifesaving star Dominic Notten snatch the boys SA Schools title and Toti flyer Kerry Segal retain her title in the girls division.

McGregor had to down a feisty Grant...

2011-03-25 02:01:03 by Barry Lewin

Press Release - Written by Game Plan Media www.gameplanmedia.co.za

The top teenage surfski paddlers from across the country descend on Durban this week for Friday night’s eagerly anticipated Varsity College SA Schools Surfski Championships.

The best surfski prospects from schools in the Western and Eastern Cape will line up alongside the cream of the local talent for the final leg of the Varsity C...

2010-10-18 07:30:19 by Barry Lewin

Press Release by Game Plan Media

Editors Note: Sean is the Captain of the Varsity College Sports Life paddling club in Cape Town, check out how cool the Varsity College branding looks on his boat!

Cape Town - Sean Rice upstaged world champion Dawid Mocké in a thrilling finish to win the first race of the summer Discovery Sunglass Hut Surfski Series raced in hot flat conditions at Simonstown on Sunday.

Rice went t...

2009-12-09 07:31:08 by Barry Lewin

Press Release - Full Stop Communications - Coetzee Gouws

South Africa hung on by the skin of their teeth to claim a famous victory against Australia in the four-day Southern Shamaal International Surfski Challenge that finished in East London on Tuesday.

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2009-12-09 07:18:45 by Barry Lewin

Press Release - Full Stop Communications - Coetzee Gouws

Team Australia’s chances of making up lost ground on South Africa were dealt a cruel blow on Monday when day three of the Southern Shamaal International Surfski Challenge was cancelled due to the prevailing misty conditions.

After the race start was initially delayed until noon, organisers called halt to proceedings shortly before midday when it became apparent that the conditions were becoming progressively worse.

The third day, a 66-kilometre stretch of ru...

2009-12-06 14:39:22 by Barry Lewin

Press Release - Full Stop Communications - Written by Coetzee Gouws

Team South Africa consolidated their lead after an excellent all-round performance on the second day of the Southern Shamaal International Surfski Challenge between Port Elizabeth and East London.

Due to weather concerns, the singles and doubles were set off on the same 22-kilometre course between West Beach in Port Alfred and Kenton-on-Sea instead of the normal r...

2009-12-05 15:16:13 by Barry Lewin

Press Release - Full Stop Communications - Written by Coetzee Gouws

Team South Africa rallied on the second stage of day one to take the overall lead after the first day of the Southern Shamaal International Surfski Challenge between Port Elizabeth and East London.

2009-12-04 13:57:54 by Barry Lewin

Press Release - Written by Coetzee Gouws - Southern Shamaal

A young Team South Africa believe they have a fighting chance to turn the tables on Australia in the annual Southern Shamaal International Surfski Challenge that will take place over 240 kilometres between Port Elizabeth and East London from December 5 to 8.

Last year, the home team lacked spark and received a humiliating 45-minute drubbing at the ha...

2009-06-14 18:02:05 by Barry Lewin

Written by Game Plan Media. www.gameplanmedia.co.za

Tough Durban swells bring Bouman and Eray their sixth series title

Durban - Rough seas played havoc with the Hi-Q Marine race which formed the sixth leg of the popular Discovery Men's Health Surf Ski Series but this didn't stop the series pacesetters Matt Bouman and Michéle Eray from winning, and extending their unbeaten runs in this winter's series.

The men's race was shrouded in drama after Herman Chalupsky arrived at the finish of the 15 kilometre, two lap race a full six minutes ahead of Bou...

2009-06-01 05:39:29 by Barry Lewin

Written by Game Plan Media. www.gameplanmedia.com

Durban - Series pace setters Matt Bouman and Michéle Eray claim their fourth successive wins in the Discovery Men's Health Surf Ski Series at the Hansa Five Beaches held at Marine after race organisers changed the course of the popular race due to strong swells on the South Coast.

The format was changed to a two lap trip from Marine to Blue Lagoon making the long course a hard 20 kilometr...

2009-05-24 11:04:33 by Barry Lewin

Written by Game Plan Media. www.gameplanmedia.co.za

Matt Bouman secured a hat-trick of wins in of the Discovery Men's Health Surf Ski Series with a dramatic win in the McCarthy Toyota King of the Bay surf ski race, after he took an early break out of the harbour on a boat wave and never looked back.

Bouman, together with Eastern cape star Richard von Wildemann and Barry Lewin broke away from the pack once out of the harbour, ...

2009-05-17 15:31:33 by Barry Lewin

Written by Game Plan Media. www.gameplanmedia.co.za

Durban - The defending champion in the Discovery Men's Health Surf Ski Series Matt Bouman won the 14 kilometre Powerade Dairy Beach race which formed the second leg of the popular winter series ahead of Barry Lewin and the brothers Herman and Oscar Chalupsky, continuing the impressive form that saw him win the European Surf Ski World Cup title ...

2009-05-11 14:32:02 by Barry Lewin

By: Gameplanmedia. www.gameplanmedia.co.za

Durban - Defending series champion Matt Bouman charged to victory at the New Balance Grading race which formed the first leg of the Discovery Men's Health Surf Ski Series. The twelve kilometre race from uShaka beach in Durban enjoyed calm conditions with very little swell and was the perfect start to the popular winter series.

Bouman lead from the start while Barry Lewin and Grant Van der Walt worked together to k...

2008-11-14 09:46:13 by Barry Lewin

Press release written by Dave Macleod (www.gameplanmedia.co.za)

Durban surf ski star Barry Lewin is aiming to defend his title in the Hansa Knysna Sedgefield race on Saturday, and in the process earn his first national paddling title.

The 25 year old won the race last year, beating the first of the double ski crews to the finish at Sedgefield, where he managed to outwit the crunching shorebreak that accounted for many weary paddlers at the end of the 35 kilometer race.

However Lewin has pointed to another gam...

2008-08-05 23:16:44 by Barry Lewin

Perth - Durban canoeist Barry Lewin smashed the 25 year old K1 record in winning the Brookfield Multiplex Avon Descent singles race on a very full Avon and Swan rivers.

Lewin covered the 136km two-day race in 7:53.03 hours, breaking Darryl Long's 1983 record of 8:04.50 hours, thanks to the fast flowing water in the rivers swollen by heavy rains and dams opened to ease pressure from the localised storms.

Lewin was fifteen minutes inside record pa...

2008-07-28 08:51:29 by Barry Lewin

Written by Dave Macloud - Gameplanmedia!

Durban North canoeists Barry Lewin and Clint Pretorius jet off to Australia this week to try and extend the South African stranglehold on the Brookfield Multiplex Avon Descent kayak title.

The two Varsity College students are aiming at extending the unusual run of dominance by South African paddlers on the overall K1 title as well as the kayak pairs competition in the tough two-day 132km race that ends in Perth....

2008-05-16 05:04:36 by Barry Lewin

Hawaii – Durban North surf ski paddler Barry Lewin is part of a major South African challenge for the worlds toughest ocean race, the Epic Molokai Challenge that takes place between the Islands of Oahu and Hawaii on Sunday.

Widely touted as the world championships of surf ski paddling, this year’s Molokai forms the penultimate leg of the newly formed Surf ski World Series, and has attracted a virtually all of the worlds be...

2008-04-14 03:10:36 by Barry Lewin

Durban – Chesterville teenager Stembiso Mbatha announced his arrival on the thriving surf ski circuit with a win in last summer ski series races.

Paddling with seasoned Durban paddler Barry Lewin, the duo coasted to home to win the tenth leg of the Kia Marine series, in a race laced with unexpected drama.

Lewin and Mbatha were leading the strong doubles field from the start at Addington beach when they encou...

2007-12-22 12:34:46 by Barry Lewin

Perth – Durban surf ski paddler Barry Lewin will form part of a strong South African challenge for the Perth World Cup this weekend, hoping to continue their domination of the last few international races.

With Dawid Mocke, the winner of the Hong Kong Dragon Run and the Dubai Shamaal, already in Australia for the Australian World Cup, Lewin is eager to assert himself on a course th...

2007-12-22 11:43:50 by Barry Lewin

Durban – Barry Lewin flies into the bustling Emirate city of Dubai this week to challenge for the prestigious Dubai Shamaal surf ski crown, now the richest paddling race in the world, offering the winner R142 000,00.

The 24 year old Varsity College student goes into the event on a high, after his recent wins in the Soualiga Challenge in the Caribbean, the US national double ski champs...

2007-12-22 10:08:17 by Barry Lewin

Knysna – Durbanite Barry Lewin snatched victory in a drama-laden Hansa Knysna Sedgefield surf ski race that saw the huge surf at the finish at Sedgefield cause havoc with the big field.

Lewin also bagged the incentive for a single ski paddler finishing ahead of the double skis, as he raced to the finish well clear of the classy crew of Eastern Cape stalwart Peter Mote and Gauteng's ...

2007-12-22 10:03:02 by Barry Lewin

Durban – Barry Lewin will start this weekend’s Hansa Knysna Sedgefield surf ski race as the hot favourite to bag the prestigious national title, and complete his preparations for the major internationals in the coming month with a confidence boosting performance.

It will be Lewin’s second attempt at the tough 32km race, after he finished second to Paul Marais as a teenager taking part in the 2004 edition, which was run from Victoria Bay to Sedgefield due to the prevailing Southerly weather.

“For me it is the perfect way to end of my bu...

2007-12-22 09:33:32 by Barry Lewin

San Francisco – Durban paddler Barry Lewin won the US national double ski title with Tahitian star Lewis Laughlin, ending his month long international tour on a high note.

Lewin and Laughlin were part of a frantic three boat scrap for the title, raced in calm conditions around the picturesque Golden Gate Bridge, close to the island that houses the legendary Alcatraz prison, involving fellow South Africans Bevan Manson and Darryl Bartho, and the local crew of Zsolt Szadovszki and Robert Clegg.

Bartho and Manson gambled by taking a wider line to try and e...

Soualiga Challnge... My story

2007-12-21 13:18:58 by Barry Lewin

Finally I have got a chance to sit down after a very long day on the Island of St Martin. Today I raced the Soualiga Challenge which is a major race on the international surfski calendar from the island of St Barts t the Island of St Martin. I had a great day n the water winning the race and breaking the record in unfavourable conditions.

Where do I start, I have been on the island of St Martin for 9 day...

2007-12-21 13:11:37 by Barry Lewin

St Martin – South African paddler Barry Lewin shattered the race record despite the unfavourable conditions to win the Soualiga International Surf Ski Challenge between the Caribbean Islands of St Barts and St Martin on Sunday.

The Varsity College student from Durban lowered the course record, racing against a strong fielding in difficult sidewind conditions with almost non swell running to assist the racers during the 25 kilometer c...

2007-12-21 13:01:22 by Barry Lewin

Durban paddler Barry Lewin will start the major international surf ski race between two islands in the Caribbean this weekend as one of the favourites to scoop the overall race title, as the contestants anxiously watches a major cyclone skirting close to the area.

Lewin jetted to the island of St Martin this week from the United Kingdom, following his victory in the Liffey Descent in Ireland. The Soualiga C...

2007-12-21 12:42:27 by Barry Lewin

Dublin- Durban canoeist Barry Lewin scooped his first major international title by winning the Liffey Descent in Ireland on the weekend, adding further lustre to a red-letter day for South African paddling, with Grant Van Der Walt winning the junior world marathon champs title in Hungary.

Lewin started the race well, against a very strong field, racing on the annual controlled flooding of the Liffey Val...

2007-12-21 11:48:19 by Barry Lewin

London - Durban canoeist Barry Lewin starts a five week international competition campaign with the famous Liffey Descent in Ireland, as he seeks to make his mark on global river marathon and ski racing competition.

For the modest 24 year old, the whirlwind whistlestop trip around the globe is a vital part of his development as an elite paddler. He was a fast finishing eighth inn the high...

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