ACHIEVEMENTS
Canoeing
  • Leeuwfontein Primary School finished 1st in Gauteng Canoe Union school league. Leeuwfontein Primary is a small farm school that mainly serves the informal settlement at Plot 175. At the 2009 Gauteng Sprint Championships the Academy took 14 out of a possible 31 medals. The Academy won gold medals at the 2009 SA K4 Championships in the U12, U14 and U16 as well as silver in the U18 category. The Academy won the overall schools club competition in Gauteng.  Two of the Academy paddlers represented South Africa at the World Sprint Championships.
  • Three U16 and one U18 paddlers were selected to represent South Africa in Europe. Two senior athletes were selected to represent South Africa in the World Cup and World Championship events. These athletes are also part of the South African elite Olympic training squad. The senior paddlers also assist with the coaching of the juniors and serve as role models. One of the Academy’s junior girls, Tiisetso Machate was the first black girl to represent South Africa on an international level at the African Youth Sprint Championships held in Tunisia on the 29-30th September 2010.
  • During the 2010 SA Schools Championships 22 of the Academy juniors took part and won 12 medals.
  • The Academy won the Gauteng school league club competition in 2009 and came second in 2010. The Leeuwfontein primary school consecutively won the overall primary school competitions in the Gauteng school league. These primary school paddlers are predominantly from the nearby informal settlement.
  • The Academy hosted the 2011 SA K4 Championships and was dominant in the winning of medals on junior level.
  • The Academy also hosted the 2012 Gauteng Sprint Championships, Gauteng K4 Championships, SA School Sprint Championships.
  • During 2013 the Academy again hosted the SA School Sprint Championships, Gauteng Sprint Championships and SA Senior Sprint Trials.
  • One of the U18 sprinters at the Academy, Carlton Tshantsha, who was among one of the first development boys to represented SA at the 2013 Africa Sprint Championships and win a silver medal in the K2 category. Several other Academy U23 sprinters are also in the South African U23 squad from which the SA team for the World Sprint Championships is selected.
  • In 2014 at the SA schools Lucky Moloto won 3 golds, 2 silver, 2 bronze.
  • At the 2014 SA Championships at Nagle dam our C1 and C2 paddlers achieved the following: Hosea Seleka and Phillemon Maema - 1st and 2nd u23 C2 in all distances, Raymond Ngubeni and Thulani Mathe -  1st and 2nd u18 C2 all distances.
  • The next African Sprint Championships and continental Olympic qualifications in 2016 will be hosted by the Academy for Canoe Development and Canoeing South Africa.
Development program
  • There are more than 60 children in this program, most of them from the informal settlement at Plot 175.
  • The Academy participated in a number of Gauteng school league races and dominated by taking more than 50% of the medals. Unfortunately some of the races could not be attended because of the unavailability of transport.
  • At the Gauteng Sprint Championships the Academy won 57% of the available medals.
  • At the 2012 SA School Sprint Championship the Academy won 17 medals and in the U10 girls and U8 boys the Victrix and Victor Laudorum honours.
  • The Academy gave swimming lessons to more than 150 children from the informal settlement in order to make them familiar and safe in the water.
  • BOSASA and other organisations and youth groups attended basic kayak courses as part of their efforts to uplift children.
  • It is clear that the previously disadvantaged children in Dinokeng area has the talent for the sport of canoeing!
High performance Program
  • A high performance program was introduced and mentored by a visiting Hungarian coach, Istvan Szabo. The coach visited the Academy during November and December 2011. During this time he assisted the Academy coaches to develop an integrated coaching program that will enable the Academy to start identifying talent in the U12 age category and groom them for future Olympic participation.
  • A coach under the mentorship of the Hungarian coach is responsible for the coaching of paddlers in the High Performance program. Paddlers from all over SA enrolled in this program. Two of them were selected to represent SA during June 2012 in Germany. Esti van Tonder was again selected into the SA Olympic Training squad and Canoeing South Africa sponsored her to train with Brigitte Hartley in Europe, in preparation for Bridgitte’s Olympic participation and for Esti to gain experience on that level.
  • Esti van Tonder represented SA at the 2013 U23 World Championships where she placed 5th in the 500m A final. 
  • During 2015 the Academy had 8 athletes who competed in their respective World Championships.
  • Hosea Seleka and Phillemon Maema made it into the B-final of the 200m C2 at the Senior World Championships in Milan!
  • Esti van Tonder finished 7th in the 500m K1 A-final and 3rd in the 200m K1 B-final at the u23 World Championships in Portugal.
  • At World Cup 1 in Portugal 2015, Esti van Tonder and Tiffany Kruger finished 17th overall in the K2 500m event. While in the 1000m K1 A-final, Esti finished 5th and Tiffany finished 9th.
Academic
  • After school classes for primary school paddlers facilitated by a qualified teacher. Ten volunteers (retired teachers) from the community assist in this effort.
  • Additional maths and science classes for high school paddlers by teachers from Tuks sponsored one U23 previously disadvantaged paddler to study at Tshwane South College. During 2012 he passed all subjects and some of them with marks above 70%!
  • In partnership with Kamcare a computer lab with 20 computers was developed.
  • School reports of the children show a significant improvement in specifically Maths.
SOCIAL/WELFARE
Development program
  • There are more than 60 children in this program, most of them from the informal settlement at Plot 175.  Most of these children come from very poor families with various social needs which make this part of the program very essential.   Most of the children have learning difficulties and their parents can’t support them since most of the parents didn’t complete their schooling or are illiterate.  Life skills are essential in the social services that are being rendered.
  • Camps were conducted focusing on leadership and cross cultural skills.
  • A nutrition program provides healthy meals 3 days per week.
  • A clothing program ensures that the children receive new and good second hand clothes.