Welcome
We invite all spectators to join us on Friday and Saturday to enjoy the racing. You can choose to follow along route via car or sit and relax from inside the Spectator Zone at the Port Alfred River and Ski Boat Club.
You also have the option to Chase the Race, and follow along from start to finish in a motorboat on the river.
It is an exciting weekend with action packed races.
Port Alfred River and Ski Boat Club
This area operates on a ticketed entrance basis.
Tickets for Friday, Saturday or the whole event are available from our event shop.
Adults: R40.00 per day. Children under 12: R20 per day.
Friday 6th December
The Ski Boat Club again offers its famous Fish and Chips lunch with salads from 11:30 – 2:00 pm. R110.00 pp.
Booking is required; contact Mandy (Restaurant Manager) at 063 271 2693 to make your booking. Please note that we can only seat 200 people, so please book early.
Friday Racing Times:
2.00pm – Junior Women’s Heads Race
4.30pm – Junior Men’s Heads Race
(Live-Stream of racing will be displayed on TVs in the restaurant)
Sundowner drinks at the Upper Deck
The St Andrews College Parent Support Group would like to invite all rowing parents and supporters to join them for a sundowner and some snacks upstairs at the Ski-Boat Club after the racing is finished for the day, from 5:00 – 6:00 pm. A cash bar will be available.
Saturday 7th December
7.30am Junior Men’s Reserves final
8.00am Junior Women’s Reserves final
8.30am – 4.00pm Finals H-A
5pm Prizegiving at the Halyards Hotel
A, B and C finals will be live-streamed on Supersport Schools and shown at the Ski Boat Club
Food and drink will be available throughout the day from the Ski Boat Club Restaurant and Bar. Coffee and pastries will be available from early
Halyards Hotel and Spa Boat Launch Area
All crews launch from the jetties in front of the Hotel Halyards and Spa. You may watch the crews get ready and onto the water from here. It’s a great place to get photos of the crews getting ready before their race, and watching them come back in.
Killing Fields Viewpoint
A great viewing spot of the crews rowing down the Killing Fields on Mentone Road.
There is limited space for parking so get there early.
Bay of Biscay Viewpoint
A spectacular viewing spot as crews make their way through the Bay of Biscay and into the sprint of the last kilometre of the race.
Watch out – it is a bit rush to get from here to the finish line.
