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119 K Swim taking place in Hawaii

March 20, 2010

One of the most experienced and powerful marathon swimmers in the world Penny Palfrey will attempt to swim 72 miles in the Kaieiewaho Channel from Oahu to Kauai in April.

Penny is planning to swim between 30-40 hours  through gigantic ocean swells, tremendously powerful currents and extremely strong winds known as Kona winds that can cause the ocean to become a mass of white water instantly.

Besides its length, the Kaieiewaho Channel is over 3 000 meters deep. It is just a massive amount of water is cross.

This is the channel Penny Palfrey will be crossing. Pictured is Laird Hamilton in 2006 when he and Dave Kalama paddle boarded the channel. (photo http://www.lairdhamilton.com)

When asked what motivated her to attempt a swim like this Penny answered:

“I love the water. I feel like I’ve come home when I do these long open water swims. I love the fish and especially the dolphins, the scenery, watching land slide away behind me, the support crew letting me know how I’m progressing and the wonderful feeling of accomplishment when I’ve achieved my goal.


I am very much aware that open water swimming is not a solo lonely sport, but a team effort and this is not “my swim”, but “our swim”, and my accomplishments are always ours”.

(Above: Big wave surfer and renowned waterman Laird Hamilton has paddled boarded the channel.)

Whilst the Kaieiewaho Channel has never been crossed by a swimmer before, in 2006 the legendary watermen and big wave riders, Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama paddled boarded the channel in just under 20 hours. Afterwards, Hamilton said it was the most difficult thing he had ever done. More about Hamilton’s crossing can be read here

(Above: Penny will be facing huge waves and big sharks on her crossing of the Kaieiewaho Channel)

Keep up to date with this incredible swim by visiting Penny’s website here or visiting www.thewaterisopen.com

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OPEN WATER SWIM ON THE RISE IN JEFFREYS BAY

March 16, 2010

Kouga Express EP Open Water Swim Series ends on a high note

Michael Marais and Jessica Roux emerged as the leading swimmers in the Eastern Province Open Water Swim Series that was held at Marina Martinique, Jeffreys Bay during the 09/10 swim season.

Six events, sanctioned by Swim South Africa were held during the summer which catered for the different distances in open water swimming from the 10 K right through to the entry level 1 K.

Marias and Roux will be competing in the 10 K swim at the   South African Senior National Swim Championships in Durban during April after having recorded qualifying times in their first attempt over this distance in January.

Both swimmers improved their times dramatically over the past weekend when the last event of the series was held in Jeffreys Bay. Marais swam a 2 hours 09:19 while Jessica Roux recorded an solid 2 hours 12:29 which should ensure that she will be at the business end of the 10 K women’s race at the South African Championships.

Mike Zoetmulder, the organizer of the Series said he was impressed with the entries for the last 10 K event of the season. “In addition to our top competitive swimmers, we had another six entrants in the 10K, all of them over the age of 40 which shows the sport has appeal to the top master’s swimmers as well as the open age group”, said Zoetmulder.

Brenton Williams, the coach of the Kouga Swim Club won the 10K master’s race from Russel Tucker with Greg Tucker, both from Port Elizabeth taking third spot. SanMarie Woithe won the women’s masters race.

Michael Marais then followed up on his 10K win by taking the honours in the 5K swim the following day, beating the ever improving Jonathan Roux into second position. Tammy Geyer won her first 5K swim of the season, finishing ahead of Mary Anne Stott.

Burgert Van Der Westhuizen had a fine swim in the 3 K event

Open water swim stalwart Rebecca Newman won the 3 K event from Chane De Jager and Francesca Pedrosa while master’s swimmer JC van Wyk had an impressive swim to win the men’s race from Brenton Williams and Richden Jute. Burgert Van der Westhuizen (70 yrs) from Jeffreys Bay swam strongly to complete the 3K swim in less than an hour, beating some younger competitors along the way.

Danielle Van Os won the 500m girl’s race from Kim Seyfert (both from Jeffreys Bay). Andre Saunders did well in his first 500m swim of the season.

Dominic Greeff won the 1K swim while Lauren Munton took the women’s race. Pieter Ellis (9 yrs) was the youngest swimmer to tackle the 1K event and finished in a strongly in 12th position overall.

The Club's newest member Sandile Ndabeni completed the 1 k race after just one open water training session.

The bank to bank swim continues to attract more and more swimmers entering the event. 18 brave young aspiring open water swimmers took to the water in an attempt to complete their swim. Many of these swimmers are in the junior squads of the swim club and will be moving up to the more demanding races in seasons to come.

The Club's younger swimmers entered the bank to bank swim and were exposed to all the elements of open water swimming. Johan Smit and Demi Meyer no quarter asked or given on the way to the finish of their race.

The following club members swam in the event:

10 K

Brenton Williams       1st         30 and over

3 K

JC Van Wyk                               1st         Open Men

Brenton Williams                   2nd       Open Men

Alan Searle                               6th        Open Men

Tanja Lategan                          6th        Open Women

Burgert V/D Westhuizen     10th     Open Men

Danie Rautenbach                  12th     Open Men

1 K

Kendal Wright                           4th    Boys U/14

Pieter Ellis                                   5th    Boys U/14

Kyle Heyman                             3rd    Men 14 -39

Cheryl Gibson                            1st Women Over 40

Danie Ellis                                    8th Boys U/14

Sonja Saunders                          4th Women 14 -39

Lydia Agenbach                        2nd  Women Over 40

Arno Seyfert                               4th Men Over 40

Gitta Seyfert                                4th Women Over 40

Sandile Madabeni                      5th Men 14-39

Alta Herman                                 Women O/50

500 M

Danielle Van Os                          1st Women

Kim Seyfert                                  2nd Women

Nikita Meyer                               4th Women

Andre Saunders                         4th Men

Full results can be found here

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Last 10 K race of the 09/10 Swim Season in Jeffreys Bay

March 12, 2010

The 6th and final race in the Kouga Express EP Open Water Swim Series will take place at Marina Martinique on Saturday and Sunday.  There has been a change of venue and the event will now take place from Phase 2 of the Marina opposite the La Caribe flats which can be accessed through the first gated entrance to Marina  Martinique in Jeffreys Bay.

Spectators will be able to get close to the action at Marina Martinique this weekend. The races will now be held in the canal facing the La Caribe flats. Photo: Carl Newman

The 10 K race will take place on Saturday afternoon and starts at 3 PM. The change of venue means that the races will now be very spectator friendly and will give one the opportunity to watch the likes of EP open water swim queen Jessica Roux swim her last 10 K in preparation for the South African National Champs that take place in Durban in April. Axxess DSL Ocean Racing Series leader in the 50 – 60 age group in the 3 K race, Russel Tucker will be joined by other series leaders like Sanmarie Woithe and Ralph West in swimming their first 10 K event. They will be joining local swimming veterans Alfred te Water Naude and Brenton Williams who will also be tackling the daunting 10 K swim.

Sunday will see the 5 K and 3 K swimmers take to the water at 09H00.  The route for these swims will ensure that the entire race can be watched from the side of the canal which is one of the reasons why Marina Martinique is such a great venue for open water swim events. Spectators will also be looked after at the event with some great lucky draw prizes up for grabs.

10H30will see the popular 500m swim take place with EP Champs winner Kyle Van Heerden a confirmed entry to try defend his title. 10H45 will see the bank to bank swimmers take to the water.  This race is open for 10 & U swimmers only. The final event is the 1K sprint event which takes place at 11H00. Entries can be completed online at www.ecswim.co.za

Although this is the last swim of the season in Jeffreys Bay, there are plans underway to hold a winter swim series at Marina Martinique.  According to Brenton Williams the coach of the Kouga Swim Club, the plans are to stage 3 swims over the winter months in Jeffreys Bay and to hold another 3 races in Port Elizabeth. “Many of the open water swimmers compete in wetsuits already so the cold water is not a deterrent”, said Williams. “The Kouga Swim Club will be training throughout the winter at Marina Martinique in their Xcel wetsuits so we will be ready for the races”, added Williams. “This is an exciting development as open water swimming will now become an all year round sport and not just a summer based one”.

The Eastern Cape is quickly gaining the reputation for being the open water swim capital of South Africa and already hosts more Swim South Africa sanctioned events than any other province in the country. This reputation will be further enhanced when the inaugural 7.5 K Nelson Mandela Bay Bell Buoy Challenge takes place over the Easter Weekend in Port Elizabeth.

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Chad Ho wins Redhouse River Mile

March 4, 2010

Kouga swimmers have enjoyed a busy two weeks of galas and open water swimming with C league galas taking place in Port Elizabeth and the Redhouse River Mile which took place on Sunday.

Up and coming Jeffreys Bay swimmer Kyle De Villiers proved that he can successfully compete in open water as well as pool swimming when he followed up his victory in the 500m at the EP Open Water swim champs with a string of solid results in the C league galas.

Kyle De Villiers keeping his head still on his way to winning the backstroke at a gala in Port Elizabeth

At the first C League, Kyle was unstoppable, winning the butterfly, backstroke and freestyle races and coming second in the breastroke in his age group. At the second C league gala held on this past Saturday, Kyle yet again achieved three first places.  He trains with the Kouga Swim Club in Jeffreys Bay and together with his dad, Ivan and younger brother Aiden has a love for water.  “I want to be a Springbok swimmer one day and know I have to work hard at training to achieve my goal”, said Kyle. “I love swimming and want to win the 500m at the next Kouga Express EP Open Water Swim Series”.

There were good results from a number of the Kouga swimmers at the first C league gala with Pieter Ellis, Andre Saunders, Danie Ellis, Kim Seyfert, Clarion Prudon, Wiandre De Jager, Janel Daffue and Marco Venter all winning races. Brother and sister combination Wilmien and Lodewyk Van Biljon continue to improve as do Johan and Andre Smit. The full results of the second gala were not available at time of going to print.

Chad Ho the Springbok Open Water swimmer from Durban successfully defended his title at the 2010 Spar Redhouse River Mile on Sunday, beating off Frank Greeff and Byron Lockett. Ho finished the race in just over 13 minutes said that he went out and built a lead and make sure that he kept it throughout the race. Dominique Dryding from Cape Town won the women’s race from Micaela Barnes. Brenton Williams, the coach of the Kouga Swim Club won the men’s 41 – 50 age group while veteran Jeffreys Bay swimmer Mally Richards had a good swim and completed his 57th Redhouse River Mile. Shaun King (12 yrs) from St Francis Bay had an impressive race against the older competitors and was the top finisher from Kouga, coming 17th overall out of 378 men who completed the Mile. Caro De Jager (11 years old) from Jeffreys Bay was the top women finisher from Kouga coming 23rd overall out of 353 women finishers. Full results for the C league galas and the Redhouse River Mile can be found at here.

Open water swimmers will be gearing up for the 6th and final event of the Kouga Express EP Open Water Swim Series which will take place at Marina Martinique next Sunday. Indications are that there will be more entries in the 10 KM swim as swimmers will be testing their fitness levels in preparation for the inaugural 8 KM Bell buoy reef swim in Port Elizabeth which will form part of the Splash Festival. Swimmers can also enter the Axxess DSL Ocean racing Series this Sunday and choose between a 1 KM and a 3 KM swim.

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Tough conditions for 2010 Rottnest Island Swim

February 22, 2010

2300 swimmers took to the water in Perth, Australia on Saturday for the 20th edition of the WAtoday Rottnest Island swim. The 19.7 KM swim was won by 41 year old Deane Pieters who swam the race in 4 hours and 41 minutes. Pieters who trained 40 KM a week in the build up to channel crossing said it was tough as there was a 2m swell running and an onshore wind.  Many competitors were stung during the race as well.

Swimmers faced tough conditions at this year's WAtoday Rottnest Channel Swim. Photo: Matthew Tompsett

Thousands of swimmers took to the water for the 2010 WAtoday Rottnest Island Swim. Photo:  www.watoday.com

Louise Stevenson was the first women home in 5 hours 7 minutes. After the race Stevenson said there were many times when she felt like quitting especially when the big swell started making her feel seasick. Find the full results and more stories about his iconic open water swim by clicking here

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Perfect conditions for open water at ORS

February 17, 2010

After a two week layoff, 244 open water swimmers took to the water in perfect conditions at Hobie Beach in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. 21 degree water and calm conditions saw some of the fastest times ever swum in the Axxess DSL Ocean Racing Series.

Chad Ho won the 2010 Midmar Mile, straight after claiming 2 silver medals in the FINA 10 K World Cup

Mike Zoetmulder, the race organizer said that over the past five years since the Series started, there have been a few special days and Sunday was certainly up there with the best. “The conditions were tailor made for swimming with perfect visibility, sunshine and no wind”, said Zoetmulder. “The times swimmers recorded were around ten minutes faster than usual, which shows just how good the conditions were”.

Veteran open water swimmer Russell Tucker, who is leading the rankings in the men’s O/50 category concurred with Zoetmulder and said that he has rarely seen such pristine conditions in Algoa Bay. “It was so good that a small group of us even went and swam another 2 K straight after the race’, said Tucker.

Frank Greeff won the 3 K swim from Michael Marais, who recently won the 10 K swim at the EP Champs in Jeffreys Bay. Rising open water swim sensation Wayne Jones came 3rd. Open water swim queen Jessica Roux remained unbeaten in the women’s division beating Rebecca Newman into 2nd position.  Richden Jute had an impressive swim in the masters division.

Chris van Der Sande won the 1 K event from Andrew Fischer while Carmel Billson beat her sister Lauren in the women’s section. Ralph West continued on his winning way in the men’s O/40 division.

Full results can be found on here

Local swimmers have been hard at training at Marina Martinique with the adult group showing strong growth this summer. According to Brenton Williams the coach of the Kouga Swim Club the morning training sessions have attracted new swimmers as well as drawing some old competitive swimmers back into the sport. “The challenges that open water swimmers face are totally different to that of a pool and the master’s swimmers seem to enjoy this aspect”, said Williams.

 “The Friday afternoon sessions have become so popular that the adult swimmers will now be training at 4.30 PM as we now need two groups to cater for the numbers”. These training sessions are only open for Club swimmers.

South African Olympic open water swimmer Chad Ho continued on the winning path in South America when he claimed his second silver medal in two races in the FINA 10 K World Cup. Ho said afterwards that he felt good throughout the race and was very happy with his results in the World Cup.

Ho then flew back to South Africa in time to win the Midmar Mile in Kwazulu/Natal. Chad will be in action at the Redhouse River Mile which will be held at Sundays River just outside Port Elizabeth on 28 February. Full results of the Midmar Mile can be found here

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Marais & Roux win the 10 K swim at EP Champs

February 1, 2010

Jessica Roux remained unbeaten in open water swimming in the Eastern Cape over the weekend when she won the women’s 10 K swim and the 3 K swim at the inaugural Eastern Province Open Water Swim Champs held at Marina Martinique.

Jessica Roux on her way to victory in the gruelling 10 K swim at the EP Open Water Swim Champs

Michael Marais won the men’s 10 K event with both Roux and Marais recording South African national 10 K qualifying times. After the race Roux said the swim was tough but she was happy with her time and was looking forward to the South African National Championships that will be held in Durban in April. ‘The swim was also great preparation for the Bell Buoy swim that will take place in Port Elizabeth during the Splash Festival. There was a strong east wind blowing that caused chop but apart from that it was a great swim”, said Roux

Rebecca Newman swam her first ever 10 K swim, finishing ahead of veteran Jeffreys Bay swimmers Brenton Williams and Alfred te Water Naude, who came first and second respectively in their first marathon swims.

Chris Van Der Sande and Tammy Geyer won the 5 K swim respectively with Sanmari Woithe and Andre Kleynhans winning the masters categories.

Van Der Sande also won the 3 K swim while Jessica Roux continued to dominate the women’s 3 K event. JC van Wyk from Jeffreys Bay won the master’s category.

Dominic Greeff won the 1 K swim from Jamie-Lee Sclemmer in a tight tussle that was decided on the finish line. Jeffreys Bay swimmer Danie Ellis (11) won the under 14 division in the event from younger brother Pieter. Richden Jute and Denise Bosman were the first master’s swimmers home in their respective categories.

Tristan Zoetmulder recovers after completing the tiring bank to bank swim

Mike Zoetmulder from Zports who managed the event said he was very satisfied with the turn out for the EP Champs. “This is the first time we had had entries for the 10K, which indicates the growing commitment of marathon swimmers in the Eastern Cape. In total we had 16 entrants in the 5 K and 10 K swims, with 15 swimmers managing to finish their races”.

The full list of results can be found here

On the international front, South Africa’s leading open water swimmer Chad Ho continues to threaten the status quo when he was narrowly beaten into second place in the FINA 10 K Marathon Swimming World Cup held in Brazil. The finish was so close that officials had to rely on a photo finish to decide that Russian Evgeny Drattsev had just managed to touch ahead of Ho at the end.

(Evgeny Drattsev won the FINA 10 K World Cup in Brazil.  Chad Ho of South Africa finished 2nd)

Open water swimmers in the Eastern Province have a week’s break before swimming resumes at Hobie Beach in Port Elizabeth when the Axxess DSL Ocean Racing Series takes to the water.  Competitors have a choice between a 1 K and a 3 K swim.

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EASTERN PROVINCE OPEN WATER SWIM CHAMPS IN JEFFREYS BAY

January 26, 2010

The increasingly popular sport of open water swimming will receive another boost when the inaugural Eastern Province Open Water Swim Championship will be held in Jeffreys Bay on Saturday and Sunday (30/31 January).

Jeffreys Bay will host the first ever Eastern Province Open Water Swim Champs on 30 & 31 January. Marina Martinique will be the venue.

This is the first time a championship of this nature will be held in the province and swimmers from the Border region will also be in action, pitting their skills against the likes of EP open water swim queen Jessica Roux and up and coming male swimmer Chris Van der Sande. EP Aquatics , the controlling body for the sport in the Eastern Province will be supplying officials for the event which is hosted by the Kouga Swim Club and managed by Zports.

The 10 K and 5 K swims will be held on Saturday afternoon at Marina Martinique while the 3 K, 1K, 500 M, bank to bank swim and the 5 K beach run all taking place on the Sunday.

According to event organizer, Brenton Williams there are only two events left for swimmers to qualify for the South African National Championships that will be held in Durban during April. “A number of Eastern Province swimmers have already qualified for the National Champs across all the various age groups and there are some swimmers who will be entering this weekend with the purpose of swimming qualifying times, especially in the 3 K event which should ensure some fast swimming”, said Williams. “Hosting the EP Champs is a major step forward in establishing Jeffreys Bay as a world class open water swim venue and will further expose Marina Martinique as the undiscovered gem in open water swim circles”.

The accurate times recorded at Marina Martinique since 2002 when the Kouga Swim Club started hosting open water swims are one of the reasons why Jeffreys Bay is gaining a reputation as being a top class swim destination.  The canals are very safe and protected and are spectator friendly as well, which means that it would be difficult to find a better venue anywhere else in South Africa for the new aquatic sport of open water swimming, added Williams.

The full schedule of events for the EP Open Water Swim Champs can be found here : Eastern Province Open Water Swimming Championships

Entries for all the races will close ½ hour before the start of the race. Online entries are encouraged and can be completed on www.ecswim.co.za

Cold and blustery conditions greeted the committed Axxess DSL Ocean Racing Series competitors in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. The heavy chop did not deter the swimmers with Chris Van Der Sande extending his dominance of the 1 k swim while Jessica Roux remained unbeaten in the 3 K women’s event. Wayne Jones had a great swim to edge out Michael Marais in the men’s 3 K swim.

Wayne Jones won the 3 K Ocean Racing Series swim, just ahead of Michael Marais

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EP Open Water Swim Ranking now available

January 19, 2010

The 4th event in the EP Open Water Swim Series was held at Marina Martinique, Jeffreys Bay on Sunday.

The official Eastern Province Aquatics rankings (which have been submitted to Swim South Africa) after 4 events is as follows:

1 K Rankings

 

        
Event Time Participant S Age Seeding
EC Swim Round 2 00:12:42 Aaron Myburgh M 19 1
EC Swim Round 2 00:12:54 Dominic Greeff M 15 2
EC Swim Round 2 00:12:56 Jason Jones M 16 3
EC Swim Round 1 00:13:03 Michael Marais M 17 4
EC Swim Round 1 00:13:13 Andrew Fischer M 16 5
EC Swim Round 1 00:13:15 Dominic Greeff M 15 6
EC Swim Round 2 00:13:19 Christie Vaughan F 12 7
EC Swim Round 2 00:13:28 Wayne Jones M 14 8
EC Swim Round 4 00:13:58 Dominic Greeff M 15 9
EC Swim Round 2 00:14:00 Daniel Jones M 12 10
EC Swim Round 1 00:14:02 Stephen Fischer M 18 11
EC Swim Round 2 00:14:19 Chane De jager F 10 12
EC Swim Round 1 00:14:26 Jonathan Roux M 15 13
EC Swim Round 2 00:14:29 David McGillivray M 17 14
EC Swim Round 4 00:14:35 Tammy Geyer F 17 15
EC Swim Round 1 00:14:36 James Myburg M 15 16
EC Swim Round 1 00:14:37 Christie Vaughan F 12 17
EC Swim Round 1 00:14:52 Rebecca Newman F 17 18
EC Swim Round 1 00:14:59 Tammy Geyer F 17 19
EC Swim Round 4 00:15:14 Francesca Pedrosa F 16 20
EC Swim Round 2 00:15:42 JC Van Wyk M 43 21
EC Swim Round 1 00:15:47 Lise-mari Goosen F 14 22
EC Swim Round 4 00:15:58 Brad Moolman M 34 23
EC Swim Round 4 00:16:09 Brenton Williams M 43 24
EC Swim Round 4 00:16:21 Richden Jute M 42 25
EC Swim Round 2 00:16:34 Francesca Pedrosa F 16 26
EC Swim Round 2 00:16:36 Caro De Jager F 11 27
EC Swim Round 2 00:16:37 Breyten De beer M 35 28
EC Swim Round 2 00:16:44 Ralph West M 48 29
EC Swim Round 2 00:16:49 Seth De swardt M 10 30
EC Swim Round 2 00:16:49 Pierre Nosurname M 29 31
EC Swim Round 4 00:16:49 Caro De jager F 11 32
EC Swim Round 4 00:16:55 Ralph West M 48 33
EC Swim Round 2 00:16:56 Jessica Charles F 12 34
EC Swim Round 1 00:16:56 Cameron Gordon M 14 35
EC Swim Round 2 00:16:57 Andrew Fischer M 16 36
EC Swim Round 4 00:17:15 Breyten De beer M 35 37
EC Swim Round 4 00:17:31 Lindi Meyer F 30 38
EC Swim Round 1 00:17:47 Shimone Gordon F 11 39
EC Swim Round 2 00:17:53 Billy Browne M 49 40
EC Swim Round 1 00:17:57 Francesca Pedrosa F 16 41
EC Swim Round 2 00:18:01 Arno Oberholster M 38 42
EC Swim Round 2 00:18:09 Ludeke-Andre Niehaus M 9 43
EC Swim Round 1 00:18:17 Mary-anne Stott F 31 44
EC Swim Round 2 00:18:18 Anne De swardt F 41 45
EC Swim Round 1 00:18:27 Alan Searle M 35 46
EC Swim Round 1 00:18:34 Breyten De beer M 35 47
EC Swim Round 1 00:18:42 Seth De swardt M 10 48
EC Swim Round 1 00:19:24 Chris Viljoen M 62 49
EC Swim Round 2 00:19:53 Kendall wright M 12 50
EC Swim Round 2 00:19:54 Anthonie De Beer M 13 51
EC Swim Round 2 00:19:55 Malan Steenkamp M 12 52
EC Swim Round 2 00:19:57 Danie Ellis M 11 53
EC Swim Round 1 00:19:58 Anne De Swart F 41 54
EC Swim Round 2 00:20:04 Kyle Bosch M 12 55
EC Swim Round 1 00:20:04 Elke Walters F 38 56
EC Swim Round 1 00:20:11 Kendal Wright M 12 57
EC Swim Round 1 00:20:13 Carmen Mould F 19 58
EC Swim Round 4 00:20:14 Kobus Joubert M 34 59
EC Swim Round 1 00:20:15 Isabeau Joubert F 37 60
EC Swim Round 2 00:20:55 Adele Deriksen F 9 61
EC Swim Round 4 00:21:00 Danie Ellis M 11 62
EC Swim Round 2 00:21:01 Willem Rautenbach M 13 63
EC Swim Round 2 00:21:02 Pieter Ellis M 8 64
EC Swim Round 4 00:21:02 Pieter Ellis M 8 65
EC Swim Round 2 00:21:09 Sonja Saunders F 39 66
EC Swim Round 2 00:21:27 James Scott M 10 67
EC Swim Round 1 00:21:31 Louis Lombard M 41 68
EC Swim Round 1 00:21:32 Pieter Ellis M 8 69
EC Swim Round 2 00:21:51 Brandon Batty M 13 70
EC Swim Round 2 00:22:03 Nikita Meyer F 11 71
EC Swim Round 1 00:22:34 Danie Ellis M 11 72
EC Swim Round 2 00:22:38 Kim Seyfert F 11 73
EC Swim Round 2 00:22:42 Cecilia Pienaar F 12 74
EC Swim Round 1 00:23:15 Kyle Bosch M 12 75
EC Swim Round 1 00:23:23 James Meyer M 14 76
EC Swim Round 1 00:23:24 Malan Steenkamp M 12 77
EC Swim Round 2 00:23:28 Yvonne Rautenbach F 11 78
EC Swim Round 2 00:24:02 Danie Rautenbach M 47 79
EC Swim Round 2 00:24:02 Cheryl Gibson-Dicks F 44 80
EC Swim Round 2 00:24:05 Danielle Van Os F 12 81
EC Swim Round 1 00:24:10 James Scott M 10 82
EC Swim Round 1 00:24:27 Maria Stott F 54 83
EC Swim Round 1 00:24:41 Reon Van rensburg M 37 84
EC Swim Round 1 00:24:43 Brandon Batty M 13 85
EC Swim Round 2 00:24:45 Stephen Fischer M 18 86
EC Swim Round 1 00:25:29 Kevin Brito M 51 87
EC Swim Round 2 00:25:34 Gitta Seyfert F 40 88
EC Swim Round 1 00:25:46 Sonja Saunders F 39 89
EC Swim Round 2 00:27:13 Hugo Pienaar M 10 90
EC Swim Round 2 00:27:18 Calvin Batty M 12 91
EC Swim Round 2 00:27:53 Gayle Batty F 41 92
EC Swim Round 1 00:28:43 Mickey Falco M 19 93
EC Swim Round 1 00:28:56 Henni Theron M 32 94
EC Swim Round 1 00:30:03 Lando Lombard M 9 95
EC Swim Round 1 00:32:15 Gayle Batty F 41 96
EC Swim Round 1 00:32:23 Alexa Vaugh F 8 97
EC Swim Round 2 00:37:53 Jane Geldenhuys F 82 98

 

3 K rankings

 

        
Event Time Participant S Age Seeding
EC Swim Round 2 00:36:21 Chris Van De Sande M 16 1
Marina Martinique 00:36:32 Christopher van de Sande M 16 2
EC Swim Round 2 00:36:48 Byron Lockett M 18 3
EC Swim Round 2 00:36:51 Michael Marais M 17 4
EC Swim Round 2 00:38:51 Jessica Roux F 17 5
EC Swim Round 2 00:39:19 Andrew Fischer M 16 6
Marina Martinique 00:39:19 Gavin van Antwerpen M 17 7
Marina Martinique 00:39:23 Jessica Roux F 17 8
EC Swim Round 2 00:40:22 Rebecca Newman F 17 9
EC Swim Round 2 00:40:23 Wayne Jones M 14 10
Marina Martinique 00:40:44 Lawrence van Lingin M 109 11
Marina Martinique 00:40:57 Michael Marais M 17 12
Marina Martinique 00:41:04 Wayne Jones M 14 13
Marina Martinique 00:41:09 Rebecca Newman F 17 14
Marina Martinique 00:41:19 Christopher Steven M 17 15
EC Swim Round 4 00:41:23 Jessica Roux F 17 16
Marina Martinique 00:42:04 Tinus Allers M 18 17
EC Swim Round 4 00:42:18 Jonathan Roux M 15 18
EC Swim Round 2 00:42:22 Jonathan Roux M 15 19
EC Swim Round 4 00:42:22 Rebecca Newman F 17 20
Marina Martinique 00:42:37 Matthew Van wyk M 13 21
EC Swim Round 2 00:42:53 Aaron Myburgh M 19 22
Marina Martinique 00:42:53 Jamie-Lee Schlemmer F 13 23
EC Swim Round 2 00:42:55 Genna Greevelink F 14 24
EC Swim Round 1 00:42:56 Jonathan Roux M 15 25
EC Swim Round 2 00:42:57 Charmaine Horton F 14 26
EC Swim Round 2 00:43:01 Justin Ashworth M 32 27
EC Swim Round 2 00:43:06 Chrislie-Thandi Niehaus F 13 28
EC Swim Round 4 00:43:37 Chrislie-Thandi Niehaus F 13 29
EC Swim Round 1 00:43:45 Mickey Falco M 19 30
EC Swim Round 1 00:43:54 Stephen Fischer M 18 31
EC Swim Round 2 00:43:57 Tammy Geyer F 17 32
Marina Martinique 00:44:24 Tamarin Geyer F 17 33
Marina Martinique 00:44:32 Christlie-Thandi Niehaus F 13 34
Marina Martinique 00:44:40 Corney Van der ryst M 19 35
EC Swim Round 1 00:44:43 Tammy Geyer F 17 36
EC Swim Round 2 00:45:09 David Glover M 27 37
EC Swim Round 4 00:45:15 Tammy Geyer F 17 38
Marina Martinique 00:45:25 Brendan Lowen M 32 39
Marina Martinique 00:46:35 Brendan Lock M 39 40
Marina Martinique 00:46:37 Dewald Allers M 14 41
Marina Martinique 00:46:43 Pierre Puren M 29 42
Marina Martinique 00:46:49 JC van Wyk M 43 43
EC Swim Round 4 00:46:54 JC Van Wyk M 43 44
EC Swim Round 4 00:46:54 Brenton Williams M 43 45
Marina Martinique 00:46:56 Sanmari Woithe F 40 46
EC Swim Round 2 00:47:29 Brenton Williams M 42 47
Marina Martinique 00:47:39 Allen Nicholson M 45 48
Marina Martinique 00:47:53 Brenton Williams M 43 49
EC Swim Round 2 00:48:16 Francesca Pedrosa F 16 50
EC Swim Round 1 00:48:29 Chrislie-Thandi Niehaus F 13 51
EC Swim Round 2 00:49:03 Richden Jute M 41 52
EC Swim Round 2 00:49:04 Melanie Share F 15 53
EC Swim Round 1 00:50:03 Richden Jute M 41 54
Marina Martinique 00:50:22 Shimone Gordon F 11 55
EC Swim Round 1 00:50:33 Francesca Pedrosa F 16 56
EC Swim Round 1 00:50:34 Melanie Share F 15 57
Marina Martinique 00:50:39 Alfred te Water Naude M 41 58
EC Swim Round 1 00:50:46 Derick Van wyk M 18 59
EC Swim Round 1 00:50:51 Brenton Williams M 42 60
Marina Martinique 00:50:59 Eric Schultz M 33 61
EC Swim Round 4 00:51:05 Francesca Pedrosa F 16 62
EC Swim Round 4 00:51:50 Richden Jute M 42 63
Marina Martinique 00:51:55 Richden Jute M 42 64
Marina Martinique 00:52:19 Emil Hougaard M 45 65
Marina Martinique 00:52:26 Greg Tucker M 47 66
EC Swim Round 1 00:52:32 Gary Kennedy M 39 67
EC Swim Round 4 00:52:39 Alan Searle M 35 68
Marina Martinique 00:52:40 James Logan M 22 69
EC Swim Round 4 00:53:12 Seth De swardt M 10 70
Marina Martinique 00:54:47 Seth De swardt M 10 71
EC Swim Round 4 00:55:05 Ralph West M 48 72
EC Swim Round 2 00:55:15 Francis Searle M 60 73
Marina Martinique 00:55:19 Alan Searle M 35 74
EC Swim Round 4 00:55:21 Francis Searle M 60 75
EC Swim Round 2 00:55:54 Alan Searle M 35 76
EC Swim Round 4 00:56:56 Ludeke-Andre Niehaus M 10 77
Marina Martinique 00:57:37 Annemarie Human F 25 78
Marina Martinique 00:57:43 Theunis Human M 26 79
Marina Martinique 00:59:00 Rencke de Swart M 45 80
Marina Martinique 00:59:44 Keith Fairhurst M 51 81
Marina Martinique 00:59:50 Jan du Plessis M 48 82
Marina Martinique 00:59:58 Willie Steefmann M 44 83
EC Swim Round 1 01:00:01 Angela Finlay F 35 84
Marina Martinique 01:00:09 Jakes  Greyling M 33 85
EC Swim Round 1 01:00:17 Carmen Mould F 19 86
Marina Martinique 01:00:42 Barry Roberts M 36 87
Marina Martinique 01:00:49 Elsa Craig F 64 88
Marina Martinique 01:03:51 Tracey Almirall F 29 89
Marina Martinique 01:03:54 Neil Murray M 33 90
EC Swim Round 2 01:03:57 Kobus Joubert M 34 91
EC Swim Round 2 01:03:58 Gorndon Upton M 47 92
EC Swim Round 1 01:04:02 Jaco Barnard M 17 93
Marina Martinique 01:04:10 Hano Oberrholzer M 35 94
EC Swim Round 1 01:04:49 Tayla Wall F 13 95
EC Swim Round 1 01:05:01 Trevor Wall M 45 96
EC Swim Round 2 01:05:34 Ray Batty M 43 97
EC Swim Round 2 01:06:20 Enrico Els M 31 98
Marina Martinique 01:07:46 Andre van Biljon M 37 99
Marina Martinique 01:10:26 Isabeau Joubert F 37 100
EC Swim Round 1 01:10:46 John Wall M 42 101
EC Swim Round 1 01:12:05 Ray Batty M 43 102
EC Swim Round 1 01:12:46 Marina Barnard F 44 103
Marina Martinique 01:13:18 Damian Giulietti M 28 104

 

5 K rankings

 

        
Event Time Participant S Age Seeding
EC Swim Round 2 01:01:24 Chris Van De Sande M 16 1
EC Swim Round 2 01:01:48 Byron Lockett M 18 2
EC Swim Round 2 01:01:50 Michael Marais M 17 3
EC Swim Round 1 01:03:16 Michael Marais M 17 4
EC Swim Round 2 01:05:58 Jessica Roux F 17 5
EC Swim Round 1 01:07:10 Jessica Roux F 16 6
EC Swim Round 2 01:08:49 Rebecca Newman F 17 7
EC Swim Round 4 01:10:26 Jessica Roux F 17 8
EC Swim Round 1 01:11:36 Rebecca Newman F 17 9
EC Swim Round 4 01:12:04 Rebecca Newman F 17 10
EC Swim Round 2 01:12:12 Mickey Falco M 19 11
EC Swim Round 2 01:12:17 Jonathan Roux M 15 12
EC Swim Round 2 01:16:13 Stephen Fischer M 18 13
EC Swim Round 2 01:21:20 Brenton Williams M 42 14
EC Swim Round 4 01:22:06 Brenton Williams M 43 15
EC Swim Round 2 01:25:31 Andre Kleynhans M 47 16

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Kouga Express Open Water Swim Series resumes on Sunday

January 14, 2010

The 4th race in the highly popular EP Open Water Swim Series (EP OWSS) will take place on Sunday 16 January at Marina Martinique.  The first events will be the grueling 5 K swim as well as the 3 K swim which both start at 9 am, followed by the 5 K beach run which will start at 9.05am.

The beach run is set to become a popular addition to the Series and will motivate more families to enjoy a fun day together next to the pristine canals of Marina Martinique.

The 1 K swim will take place at 12 pm, and due the popular nature of the bank to bank swim at the Marina Mile, another swim for the 10 and under aspirant swimmers will also be held this Sunday.

Registrations are open on line at www.ecswim.co.za and late entries can competed on the day as well.  The event is being held in the car park near the Walskipper restaurant.

Kouga open water swimmers had a busy December with Alfred Naude, Hano Oberholzer and Kouga Swim Club coach Brenton Williams going down to Plettenberg Bay to take part in the 6 K Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge.

Robberg Beach in Plettenberg Bay was the venue of the start and pre race briefing for the 09 Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge

Brenton, Alfred and Hano represented the Kouga Swim Club at the 6 K race

The swim started at the Robberg Beach and ended at the Main Beach at the Beacon Isle.  Conditions were really good and the swim was tough but enjoyable, according to the swimmers.  Chad Ho, South Africa’s leading open water swimmer won the race from fellow Olympic swimmer Natalie Du Toit.

The beacon Isle can be seen in the distance. Swimmers had to aim for the historic Plettenberg Bay landmark on route to the Main Beach

Natalie Du Toit, the Springbok open water swimmer won the women's race at the 09 Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge

The Axxess DSL Ocean Racing Series took place on Sunday with a 1 K and a 3 K swim.  Chris van der Sande, the up and coming open water swimmer from Port Elizabeth won the 1 K, with Lauren Billson taking the honours in the women’s division. Frank Greeff won the 3 K swim while the Marina Mile winner Jessica Roux won the women’s race. Full results can be found here

Swimmers in the Eastern Cape have been pleased with the announcement that a new ocean race will be taking place on the 3 April in Port Elizabeth. The inaugural 7 K Bell Buoy Challenge will pit the skills of open water swimmers against the elements as the swim is a straight 3, 5 K out to sea course, around the bell buoy reef and back to Hobie Beach.

The Swim has only been successfully completed once before and is regarded as an extreme swim according to Brenton Williams. “The wind will play a major role as there is bound to be chop and the currents around the reef will be hectic”, he said. “What is exciting though is the level of interest in the swim which indicates that Open Water swimming is growing in popularity and is regarded internationally as one of the fastest growing extreme sports in the world. South Africa is following this trend with the Eastern Province hosting many of the better swims on offer”.

Extreme swimmers will be attemping to swim around the bell buoy on 3 April in Nelson Mandela Bay. The 7 K swim will be challenging due to the swirling currents around the reef

The Kouga Swim Club has resumed training this week with squads and Learn to swim at the Training Edge Gym and open water training at the Marina Martinique.

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