Michael Phelps freestyle

March 3, 2011

Michael Phelps is the best swimmer of this generation, if not of all time. His achievements at the 2008 Olympic Games are well documented and will be difficult to match ever again.

Yet, from a pure swimming perspective, Phelps has been part of a revolution regarding the way freestyle is being swum. This was clearly demonstrated in the 200 m Freestyle at the Beijing Olympics where Phelps used a hybrid stroke that incorporated hip driven and shoulder driven freestyle.

The old way of 3 strokes and breathe has also been done away with and the top swimmers in the world mostly favour a 2 stroke and breathe technique.

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Chad Ho wins Redhouse River Mile

March 1, 2011

South Africa’s world 10 K swim champ Chad Ho made it three wins out of three at the 2011 Redhouse River Mile. Chad is a genuine medal contender for South Africa at the next Olympic Games.

Chad Ho won the Midmar and the Redhouse River Miles in 2011

For full results of the 2011 Spar Redhouse River Mile, click here

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Some great training tips

February 28, 2011

Doing sets with the other swimming strokes has lots of advantages. Check out some of them thanks to Open Water Source

Incorporating other strokes in your workouts has the following benefits:

Butterfly helps build strength, is good for your abdominal muscles and is aerobically challenging.

Andre Saunders is developing a pretty good butterfly stroke

Butterfly and breaststroke require bilateral symmetry – because your left side does the same as your right. As a result, these strokes help establish more muscular symmetry.

Because backstroke is essentially the inversion of freestyle, working your arm and leg muscles in the opposite directions is helpful to building overall strength. Additionally, your hip rotation in the backstroke can help you improve your hip rotation in freestyle.

If you have a relatively weak freestyle kick, working on these other strokes, especially backstroke, will help you build your leg strength. Most swimmers kick more in backstroke than they do on freestyle.

Learning and working on swim strokes other than freestyle helps you become more kinetically aware of your body’s movements in the water which can help improve your freestyle.

Individual medley (butterfly + backstroke + breaststroke + freestyle) sets are aerobically challenging.

You can add significant variety to your pool workouts and become less dependent on hand paddles, pull buoys and kickboards.

Visit Open Water Source for more information about the world of Open Water Swimming

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Find us on Face Book

February 27, 2011

The swim club in conjuction with Brenton’s Swim School is now on Face Book. Keep up to date with what is happening in and around the pool with all lessons, from squad training to open water.

Find us by clicking  here

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Christchurch swimmer wins Rottnest Channel Swim

February 27, 2011

Louise Stevenson from New Zealand won the 19.7 KM swim from Perth to Rottnest Island today. Coming off the devastating earthquake in Christchurch gave her lots to think about during the swim.

The start of the iconic Rottnest Channel crossing. Photo: www.watoday.com

Louise said she was inspired by the strength of the New Zealand earthquake survivors  throughout today’s race.

“When times got tough, all I thought was of those guys [in the earthquake],” she said whi came out of the water third overall.

Event winner was hot favourite Tim Hewitt who finished in a time of 4hrs 50 minutes. Hewitt said the race was tough but was elated with his win after finishing second in 2010.

Tim Hewitt won the 2011 Rottnest Island Swim over 19.7 Km. Photo: www.perthnow.com

 2 300 competitors in this year’s event battled an unusual north-north westerly swell to about half a metre. The water temperature was 24 degrees with a sea breeze that picked up during the swim.

The Rottnest Channel  is regarded as one of the iconic ocean swims by the ever growing ocean swimming community around the world.

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Learn to Swim @ Training Edge Gym

February 27, 2011

The year has got off to a flying start with lots of new swimmers and old back to the pool for an exciting year of Learn to Swim at the Training Edge gym in Jeffreys Bay.

Some of our little swimmers even tackled the Bank to Bank swim at the Steers Marina Mile. Aiden De Villiers had a great swim and is looking at winning his first ever bank to bank title at the next event on 26 March at Marina Martinique.

There are very few gaps open for Learn to Swim so email kougaswim@vodamail.co.za if you still want to enter the programme this term.

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Redhouse River Mile this weekend

February 26, 2011

Africa’s oldest open water swimming event, the SPAR Redhouse River Mile will host its 87th race on Sunday morning at the idyllic setting of Cannonville on the Sundays River.

An action packed day complimented with a beer garden, vendors and kids entertainment kicks off at 9am with the Discovery off-road triathlon. The triathlon consists of a 500m tidal assisted swim, 15km MTB and 5km trail run is suitable for novice triathletes and has already attracted over 100 entries from individuals and teams.

Whilst the triathlon is taking place, their will also be a 5km Trail Run with prize giving for both taking place at 10.30am. From 11am it’s the turn of the budding kids swimmers who are 12 years and under and not taking part in the Mile events, for the Stormforce Prelim Kids race. The Stormforce race is a fun race across the river with all kids receiving a gold medal on completion and the top three placings getting awesome Stormforce prizes.

This is then followed by the Disabled and Wetsuit Mile swims at 12 noon, with the SPAR Ladies Mile at 1pm and the SPAR Men’s Mile at 1.45pm. A swimwear fashion show will precede the final prize giving at 2.45pm.

Over and above the highest prize money in the events history, there will be no fewer than 4 Jonway motorcycles up for grabs. The AutoTrust winners jackpot, which features the top 5 Men and top 5 Ladies swimmers, will have 3 bikes as lucky draws whilst the 4th Jonway bike will go to one lucky Mile swimmer.

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Open Water Training to start on Friday

October 19, 2010

The bad weather experienced over the past few days is keeping the water temp on the chilly side in the Marina Canals.

We are looking at starting open water training on Friday afternoon at 4 PM. Everyone to meet at the Phase 2 gate. Thats trhe gate closest to the Aston Bay road.

Cost is R 40 per session for non swim club members.

See you there.

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Results of the open water swim 3 October at Marina Martinique

October 6, 2010

EPA Swim Challenge Series Sunday 03/10/2010

5km Swim Men 1 Chris Van De Sande (01:01:52); 2 Michael Marais (01:03:17); 3 Jonathan Roux (01:06:17); 4 Hanre Barnard (01:07:02); 5 Brenton Williams (01:21:34); 6 Richden Jute (01:21:45); 7 Russell Tucker (01:23:27);  

Ladies 1 Jessica Roux (01:02:48); 2 Lise-mari Goosen (01:09:47); 3 Chrislie Niehaus (01:12:09);  

over 40 Men 1 Brenton Williams (01:21:34); 2 Richden Jute (01:21:45);  

over 50 Men 1 Russell Tucker (01:23:27);    

 Cirrus 3km Swim Men 1 Christopher Van De Sande (36:31); 2 Wayne Jones (38:18); 3 Hanre Barnard (38:54); 4 Jason Jones (40:24); 5 Dominic Greeff (40:42); 6 Daniel Jones (42:06); 7 Jc Van Wyk (45:59); 8 Brenton Williams (47:22); 9 Russell Tucker (47:26); 10 Richden Jute (47:31); 11 Ralph West (54:02); 12 Chris Viljoen (01:00:56);  

Ladies 1 Lise-Mari Goosen (40:38); 2 Rebecca Newman (41:56); 3 Chrislie Niehaus (42:03); 4 Tammy Geyer (46:26); 5 Sanmari Woithe (46:48); 6 Denise Bosman (50:51);   13u Boys 1 Daniel Jones (42:06);  

over 40 Men 1 Jc Van Wyk (45:59); 2 Brenton Williams (47:22); 3 Richden Jute (47:31); 4 Ralph West (54:02);  

 over 40 Ladies 1 Sanmari Woithe (46:48);  

over 50 Men 1 Russell Tucker (47:26); 2 Chris Viljoen (01:00:56);  

 over 50 Ladies 1 Denise Bosman (50:51);  

1km Swim Men 1 Wesley Wiehahn (13:24); 2 Seth De Swardt (16:00); 3 Jan-Corrick Van Der Watt (18:23); 4 Thomas scott Young (21:46); 5 Neil Torrance (30:35);   Ladies 1 Tarryn Els (15:48); 2 Nepo Ntsono (16:34); 3 Geena Pringle (16:56); 4 Caroline Els (19:57); 5 Cheryl Gibson (22:21); 6 Lydia Agenbach (24:53);  

13u Boys 1 Seth De Swardt (16:00); 2 Jan-Corrick Van Der Watt (18:23);  

 13u Girls 1 Tarryn Els (15:48); 2 Nepo Ntsono (16:34); 3 Geena Pringle (16:56);  

over 40 Men 1 Neil Torrance (30:35);  

over 40 Ladies 1 Caroline Els (19:57); 2 Cheryl Gibson (22:21); 3 Lydia Agenbach (24:53);  

Swim Boys 1 Pieter Ellis (09:44); 2 Danie Ellis (09:47); 3 Lodewyk Van Biljon (12:17); 4 Matthew Roux (13:47);  

Girls 1 Chantelle O’Kennedy (10:42); 2 Wilmien Van Biljon (12:54); 3 Michell Strydom (13:09); 4 Sone Koen (13:41);

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Marina Open Water Swim dates

September 30, 2010

Date have been announced for the EP Open Water Swim Series that will take place at Marina Martinique, starting Sunday 3 October.

The dates for the 2010/11 Series are:

  •  3rd October : 5km, 3km, 1km, 500m swims
  • 30/31st October : 10km, 5km, 3km, 1km, 500m swims
  • 27/28th November : 10km, 5km, 3km, 1km, 500m swims
  • 22 December: 25 km and 10 km 
  • 23 December 5km, 3km, Marina Mile, 500m, bank to bank swims
  • 5/6th February : EP CHAMPS 10km, 5km, 3km, 1km, 500m swims
  • 26/27th March : 10km, 5km, 3km, 1km, 500m swims

Bank to bank swims will be held for all the above swims as well. Open water training will start as soon as the canals are warm enough.

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