IMAGES Clint Lawson Two young National Canoe Polo teams took part in a two week tour of Belgium in August to gain some experience towards qualifying for the World Championship in Rome 2020. A u21 Mens’ team comprising of players from Gauteng, KZN and the Western Cape were coached 74 THEPADDLEMAG.CO.ZA
and managed by Don Wewege (WC). They were joined by a mostly u18 ladies team with the only non u18 player being their coach and manager, Laurel Oettel (KZN). Only the managers and one of the girls’ players had ever toured internationally before so this was a
real eye-opener for the kids! The teams took part in two tournaments, the Gekko tournament in Gent followed by the De-Paddle tournament in Ieper. In between the tournaments, the teams were joined by a number of different teams for training sessions