Sunday’s Ocean Racing Series saw over 500 entrants packing out Hobie Beach to take advantage of the near perfect beach conditions. Round 4 of the fortnightly Series enjoyed visitor participation from Limpopo, Norway, United Kingdom and Australia on Sunday and showed off the city’s Premier Blue Flag beach at its best. The youngest participant on Sunday was just 1 years old whilst the oldest was 77.
Sunday’s race started with a minutes silence for Emily Stemmett who passed away on Saturday morning. Stemmett and her family always attended the 5km Walk and Sunday’s Walk was in her honour with friends and family all taking part.
The 1km Ocean Swim title remained with undefeated Series champion Ian Venter who finished stronfly in a time of 12:57 ahead of Credence Pattinson (13:24) and Seth De Swardt (13:56) whilst Kirsten Marriott (15:00) took the ladies title from Hannah Counihan (16:06) and Britney Brown (16:41).
The 2km Ocean Swim was won by Daniel Joness in 26:59 with Flippie Van Der Spuy (27:43) in 2nd ahead of Jason Kivedo (28:12). St Francis swimmer Chane De Jager (30:53) won the ladies 2km race from Antonelle Saporta (31:30) and Liza Kingston (32:08);
In the 3km Ocean Swim it was East London swim Deshaan Pillay (37:49) from Kevin Richards (38:59) and Joshua Tucker (43:08) with Hannah Haswell (43:09) taking the ladies race from Tracy Gous (46:24) and Idelette Olivier (46:50).
Increasing in popularity this season is the 400m Ocean Swim which was won by Connor Craig (5:51) with Liam Liston (5:59) taking silver and Dane Iverson (6:04) the bronze whilst Tiara Finnis (6:28) got gold in the ladies, Jasmine Witthuhn (7:13) the silver and Jodi Wilson (7:18) the bronze.
Luvuyo Stephen continues to dominated the 5km Beach Run with Sundays win in 17:19 ahead of Zack Serfontein (17:26) and James Barnardt (18:05) whilst Tara Sacke (18:57) extended her overall lead with a win on the weekend ahead of Julia Pringle (20:03) and 3 Venesa Ross (25:13). In the 5km Beach Walk it was Grobbie Grobler (26:40) who took the honours ahead of Juan Slabbert (33:28) and David Raymer (39:09) with Taryn Ferreira (35:15) taking the ladies gold from Mile Vermaak (35:17) and Amirah Meyer (36:30).
In the Kids 1km Beach Run the 6 and under gold medals went to Jamie Aukett and Lauren Duckworth; the 7-8 years gold to Aiden Joubert and Hunter Dutton; 9 to 10 years gold to Daniel Richter and Hannah Charles whilst the 11 to 12 years gold went to Connor Roff and Kerri-Lee Barnard.
See www.oceanracingseries.com for full results from Sunday, next race takes place on the 11th December.
SUMMARY RESULTS
aQuellé Ocean Racing Series
Hobie Beach, Port Elizabeth
Sunday 27th December – Round 4
1km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Ian Venter (12:57); 2 Credence Pattinson (13:24); 3 Seth De Swardt (13:56); 4 Cole Craig (14:02); 5 Barry Serfontein (16:10); 6 Muhammad Allie (17:41); 7 Jedd Larsen (17:47); 8 Joel Carlse (18:20); 9 Rolf Kickhofel (18:51); 10 Greg Hough (19:10); 11 Heath Broughton (19:12); 12 Pete Smith (19:41); 13 Charl Parkin (19:44); 14 Carl Erhard (19:52); 15 Craig Rivett (21:03); 16 Chris Meistre (21:05); 17 Francois Bruggeman (21:25); 18 Dave Stiglingh (21:27); 19 Jose Coelho (21:35); 20 Roy Laurie (22:58); 21 George Bannister (23:13); 22 Miles Hollins (23:17); 23 Herman Human (23:34); 24 Andy Iverson (23:56); 25 Martin Daniel (24:13); 26 Jacques Snyman (25:32); 27 Mike Phillips (26:11); 28 Jostein Trodahl (26:17); 29 Fasseq Abrahams (26:32); 30 Jaco Hattingh (26:40); 31 Luigi Ciarrocchi (26:43); 32 Denver Moodley (26:47); 33 Desmond Fouche (27:10); 34 Charles Butler (27:13); 35 Neville Noble (27:14); 36 Graham Boyd (27:19); 37 Tyrone Blignaut (27:21); 38 Shukree Reciet (27:57); 39 Naasif Sirkitte (28:49); 40 Corne Van Der Berg (30:20); 41 Ashwell Isaacs (30:54); 42 Robert Leonard (33:02); 43 Geogre Meiring (35:32); 44 Rory Hilton (38:09);
Ladies: 1 Kirsten Marriott (15:00); 2 Hannah Counihan (16:06); 3 Britney Brown (16:41); 4 Michell Strydom (17:28); 5 Tracy Taverner (17:57); 6 Amy Keech (18:50); 7 Robyn Hough (19:07); 8 Beverley Mac Donald (19:35); 9 Racquel Iverson (19:59); 10 Val Millen (20:06); 11 Margie Saunders (20:08); 12 Lisa Matthews (21:12); 13 Josie Claassen (21:21); 14 Lise Claassen (21:22); 15 Christine Keery (21:45); 16 Mary-Anne Stott (22:28); 17 Reiwette Harrington (22:39); 18 Etreshia Coetzee (23:19); 19 Elizabeth Orrey (23:21); 20 Rouxle Horn (23:23); 21 Natasha Rossouw (23:45); 22 Lauren Smith (25:01); 23 Shannon Eckley (25:03); 24 Shannon Garrison (25:15); 25 Chantal Du Pisani (25:34); 26 Natalie Mouton (25:40); 27 Cole Belinda (26:06); 28 Bev Truter (26:15); 29 Colleen Stevens (26:35); 30 Elaine Welsh (26:45); 31 Annelise Schroeder (26:50); 32 Caroline Levey (26:56); 33 Toinette Koumpan (27:16); 34 Katy Hofmeyr (28:12); 35 Elzet Bezuidehout (30:09); 36 Elisabeth Barry (31:08); 37 Ellies Ferwick (32:17); 38 Sharon Wilson (32:23); 39 Susan Zerbst (33:29); 40 Lowrezel Jasen Van Vuuren (44:51); 41 Hayley Giuricich (57:02);
2km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Daniel Joness (26:59); 2 Flippie Van Der Spuy (27:43); 3 Jason Kivedo (28:12); 4 Gawie Henning (29:53); 5 Jordan West (29:58); 6 Heinrich Vorster (31:50); 7 Michael Kingston (32:10); 8 Kian Claassen (32:18); 9 Peter Marriott (33:29); 10 Deacon Kingman (33:52); 11 Jacques Halbert (33:54); 12 Jarryd Introna (34:41); 13 Johan Heath (35:23); 14 Bernus Olivier (36:10); 15 Martin Fuller (37:13); 16 Duane Muller (37:24); 17 Wade Van Rensburg (37:42); 18 Sikhumbuzo Mayaba (37:46); 19 Mark Bosch (38:10); 20 Conal Turner (39:08); 21 Brenton Blignaut (39:18); 22 Geoffrey Hoppner (39:56); 23 Roch Thompson (40:10); 24 Richard MacLear (40:16); 25 Mitch Tiltmann (41:02); 26 Steven Sharp (41:09); 27 Lyal Blom (41:15); 28 Jared Cassidy (41:25); 29 Riaan Claassen (42:53); 30 Calven Van Der Byl (43:04); 31 Nolan Thompson (43:32); 32 Steve MacDonald (43:53); 33 Frans Lombard (43:58); 34 Andrew Angles (44:11); 35 Mu-Az Mohamed (44:48); 36 Delano Knoetze (45:46); 37 Bernard Playden (46:13); 38 Luvuyo Bangazi (47:09); 39 Ben Joubert (49:20); 40 Luigi Ventresca (49:57); 41 Lourens Van Zyl (50:27); 42 Petrus Rademeter (50:32); 43 Wouter Van Der Westhuizen (51:09); 44 Eugene Bezuidenhout (53:15); 45 Rolf Kordes (59:58); 46 Armin Brandle (1:02:02); 47 Nico Rheeder (1:03:40);
Ladies: 1 Chane De Jager (30:53); 2 Antonelle Saporta (31:30); 3 Liza Kingston (32:08); 4 Christelle Connacher (33:40); 5 Rebecca Jade Newman (33:56); 6 Melanie Black (37:07); 7 Alexia Loizou (38:06); 8 Ingrid Brown (38:39); 9 Margie Young (40:48); 10 Charnell Quinton (41:13); 11 Cindy Ferrey (41:23); 12 Toni Mounsear-Wilson (41:34); 13 Jeanine Joubert (41:52); 14 Lynn McGregor (42:56); 15 Catherine Stark (43:10); 16 Jill McLellan (43:48); 17 Agnes Nieburg (44:47); 18 Yolanda Colesky (45:04); 19 Val Orton (45:18); 20 Billie McNaughton (45:48); 21 Trevlyn Lotz (47:45); 22 Astrid Jens-Rosendahl (48:02); 23 Lizette De Beer (51:26); 24 Rebecca Gatang’I (56:30); 25 Amanda Shaw (56:51); 26 Laurinda Rheeder (1:03:39);
3km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Deshaan Pillay (37:49); 2 Kevin Richards (38:59); 3 Joshua Tucker (43:08); 4 Chris Mowbray (44:27); 5 Eben Haarhoff (44:31); 6 Maurtitz Erasmus (44:40); 7 Howard Loftus (44:54); 8 Carl Mangan (46:39); 9 Russell Tucker (47:54); 10 Andre Kleynhans (49:30); 11 Rob Colesky (49:45); 12 Stanford Slabbert (49:47); 13 Ralph West (50:22); 14 James Crawford (51:40); 15 Ross Helliwell (52:52); 16 Chris Howes (53:27); 17 Bruce Gie (53:34); 18 Mark Cooper (53:49); 19 Marius Swart (56:15); 20 Jacques Joubert (57:19); 21 Warren Elliott (57:21); 22 Jason Kruger (58:43); 23 Chris Viljoen (1:02:04); 24 Ep Van Niekerk (1:02:39); 25 Benlloyd Roth (1:05:32); 26 Helder De Almeida E Sivar (1:06:08); 27 Jan Albert Van Den Berg (1:06:34); 28 Kobur Badenhorrt (1:12:53); 29 Brenton Williams (1:20:31);
Ladies: 1 Hannah Haswell (43:09); 2 Tracy Gous (46:24); 3 Idelette Olivier (46:50); 4 Terri-Ann Radloff (48:22); 5 Jenny Potts (51:56); 6 Paddy Cloete (52:43); 7 Michelle Enslin (56:00); 8 Sally Waterworth (56:21); 9 Susan Derbyshire (58:33); 10 Linda Basson (58:46); 11 Robyn Dougans (1:04:27); 12 Suzie Du Plessis (1:04:59); 13 Nina Petra Bodisch (1:05:38); 14 Michelle Mortimer (1:06:17); 15 Lauren Bartle (1:08:45); 16 Barabara Fisher-Hill (1:11:32); 17 Joy Van Der Walt (1:16:03); 18 Abrielle Bredell (1:20:27);
400m Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Connor Craig (5:51); 2 Liam Liston (5:59); 3 Dane Iverson (6:04); 4 Mc Strydom (6:10); 5 More Richards (6:20); 6 Andrew Bosch (7:01); 7 Mark Oosthuizen (7:05); 8 Johan Coezee (7:07); 9 Tristan Harding (7:20); 10 Tristan Marais (7:22); 11 Brendan Jennings (7:36); 12 Keegain Heerden (7:45); 13 Divan Fourie (7:55); 14 Aj Fourie (8:57); 15 Johan Coetzee (9:31); 16 Charl De Langer (9:43); 17 Scott Young (9:46); 18 Chad Brown (11:50); 19 Wayne Brown (12:00); 20 Seth Dumington (12:03); 21 Saleem Allie (14:42);
Ladies: 1 Tiara Finnis (6:28); 2 Jasmine Witthuhn (7:13); 3 Jodi Wilson (7:18); 4 Zara Loftus (8:06); 5 Kim Witthuhn (8:12); 6 Jenna Coetzee (8:22); 7 Isabelle Hofmeyr (8:25); 8 Chelsea Main (8:27); 9 Megan Hough (8:30); 10 Gabbi Whitebooi (8:54); 11 Megan Foster (8:58); 12 Paige West (9:08); 13 Maria Stott (10:27); 14 Emma Hofmeyr (10:45); 15 Michelle Jaarveld (10:52); 16 Jo Oosthuizen (11:28); 17 Kelsey Fwneman (11:35); 18 Kirsty Froneman (11:37); 19 Shani Mitchell (11:41); 20 Christel Koen (12:06); 21 Colleen Blignaut (12:16);
5km Beach RUN
Men: 1 Luvuyo Stephen (17:19); 2 Zack Serfontein (17:26); 3 James Barnardt (18:05); 4 Jayson Archibald (18:15); 5 Jho-Niclas Antoniou (18:25); 6 Asisipho Khohlakala (18:53); 7 Anele Brukwhe (19:03); 8 Loyisa Tumani (19:18); 9 Anathi Manto (20:00); 10 Luphumlo Brukwhe (20:05); 11 Athabile Somsila (20:07); 12 John Lombardo (20:09); 13 Hlumelo Mphathi (20:28); 14 Daniel Barnardt (20:35); 15 Mzwakakahile Madayizana (20:45); 16 Ayabulela Banti (21:26); 17 Vuyolwethu Mbanyana (21:53); 18 Vuyiswa Mtimkulu (22:01); 19 Xhanti Manyati (22:13); 20 Jeandré Hattingh (22:22); 21 Rithabile Setanane (23:13); 22 Yamkela Mati (24:20); 23 Phakamisa Batya (24:53); 24 Carl Van Der Spuy (25:00); 25 Kaleb Bezuidehout (25:01); 26 Rolf Mentzel (25:30); 27 Goni Liyema (27:41); 28 Sithembiso Sibaca (27:46); 29 Alwaba Ndileka (27:48); 30 Craig Wilson (29:15); 31 Tebogo Tengile (34:43); 32 Tinashe Allah (42:50); 33 Connor Brislin (51:19);
Ladies: 1 Tara Sacke (18:57); 2 Julia Pringle (20:03); 3 Venesa Ross (25:13); 4 Maritza Craig (26:51); 5 Rachel Venter (28:23); 6 Asathule Sowazi (28:39); 7 Lizaan Antoniau (31:35); 8 Masande Voko (31:59); 9 Julie Venter (36:34); 10 Qhomokuhle Ndileka (45:30); 11 Michaela Brislin (50:52); 12 Nomkhitha Nopote (51:30);
5km Beach Walk in Memory of Emily Stemmett
Men: 1 Grobbie Grobler (26:40); 2 Juan Slabbert (33:28); 3 David Raymer (39:09); 4 Michael Sacke (41:47); 5 Kai Whitaker (44:47); 6 Daylan Van Nikerk (44:50); 7 Vincent Raepsaet (45:05); 8 Eden Whitaker (52:39); 9 Hunter Swans (53:03); 10 Gordon Swans (53:09); 11 Ryder Swans (53:13); 12 Heiri Schuck (53:16); 13 Baden Swans (53:19);
Ladies: 1 Taryn Ferreira (35:15); 2 Mile Vermaak (35:17); 3 Amirah Meyer (36:30); 4 Deborah Barnardt (40:42); 5 Tia Van Niekerk (53:01); 6 Natalie Van Niekerk (53:25); 7 Lauryn Swans (53:27); 8 Lazola Dlengezele (53:36);
Kids 1km Beach Run
Boys 6 and under
1 Jamie Aukett (4:59); 2 Joshua Marais (5:16); 3 Callum Loftus (5:26); 4 Joel Georgiou (5:52); 5 Matthew Els (6:01); 6 Oliver Hough (6:21); 7 Cobus Botha (6:41); 8 Dexter Stott (7:06); 9 Tristan Rudman (7:34); 10 Chad Dowiew (7:40); 11 Luke Gerwel (7:55); 12 Jordan Heath (8:39); 13 Archie Stott (9:30); 14 Asthon Slabbert (19:5); 15 Jayden Zoetmulder (20:1);
Girls 6 and under
1 Lauren Duckworth (6:46); 2 Kayleigh Marais (6:51); 3 Holly Pringle (7:01); 4 Josie Pringle (7:21); 5 Kaitlyn Richter (7:31); 6 Sophia Gatangi (7:50); 7 Emma Joan Potts (9:08); 8 Daniella Gatangi (9:15); 9 Anna Beth Potts (9:24); 10 Seanna De Jongh (14:0); 11 Zoe Zoetmulder (20:1);
Boys 7 to 8
1 Aiden Joubert (5:01); 2 Luqmaan Coetzee (5:13); 3 Kevin Brandle (6:38); 4 Muaath Cupp (6:49); 5 Abdurrahman Ahmed (7:25);
Girls 7 to 8
1 Hunter Dutton (5:05); 2 Jessi Whitebooi (5:11); 3 Ava Iverson (5:31); 4 Milla Delport (5:40); 5 Tayla Wilson (5:43); 6 Kassia Georgiou (5:48); 7 Shane Bezuidehout (6:28); 8 Lylie Lamont (6:33); 9 Roxy Geldenhuys (6:58); 10 Jenine Botha (7:08); 11 Emily Burley (7:14); 12 Tayla Raepsaet (7:45);
Boys 9 to 10
1 Daniel Richter (3:57); 2 Jordan Brandle (4:12); 3 Aphelele Mpathi (4:22); 4 Siyanda Mbotho (5:07); 5 Liam Heath (7:28); 6 Roshaan Wolmarans (8:04); 7 Ethan Johnson (8:44);
Girls 9 to 10
1 Hannah Charles (4:43); 2 Amber Joubert (4:56); 3 Oneza Mtshengu (5:10); 4 Sarah Venter (5:39); 5 Zoe Antonioy (6:03); 6 Ambesiwe Somsila (6:06); 7 Lisa Els (6:13); 8 Mienke Geldenhuys (6:30); 9 Dnica Roff (6:44);
Boys 11 to 12
1 Connor Roff (3:54); 2 Liyema Mphata (4:04); 3 Muhammad Ahmed (5:36); 4 Phumelela Mati (5:46); 5 Xhanti Mtshengu (7:13); 6 Musa Fati (21:2);
Girls 11 to 12
1 Kerri-Lee Barnard (3:58); 2 Ilze Hattingh (4:15); 3 Jessica Orrey (4:17); 4 Mia-Cara Hart (4:27); 5 Lara Kleinhans (4:33); 6 Caitlin Rademakers (4:41); 7 Monique Alloway (5:58); 8 Beth Burley (6:16); 9 Summer Ross (6:55); 10 Jayde Swans (44:4);
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