MyPE

Community Business Directory, Event Listings, News and Views from Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay

EP Open Water Swimming Champions

By

This past weekend saw new EP open water swimming champions crowned during a busy EP Open water swimming Championships at Marina Martinique, Jeffreys Bay. Swimmers from around the province took part in round 3 of the Cirrus Bio-ears swim challenge Series which featured the EP Championship 10km, 5km and 3km events. First champions to be crowned on Saturday afternoon were Dominic Greeff and Rebecca Newman, the new EP 10km marathon swim champions, winning in a time of 2hrs 31min and 49 seconds and 2hrs 39min 6sec respectively. Unfortunately both swimmers times were outside of the Swimming South Africa qualifying times for the 10km swim.

The EP 5km swim championship race was won by Jonathan Roux (1:05:03) and Lise-mari Goosen (1:11:05) with a face chasing Jason Jones (1:05:36) and Daniel Jones (1:06:14) taking the silver and bronze in the men’s race whilst Chane De jager (1:13:06) and Chrislie Niehaus (1:14:58) took the podium medals in the ladies race. All were well within the qualifying times for the national championships in March this year. The 3km race was dominated by Andrew Fischer (37:19) with Wesley Wiehahn (38:48) in second and 5km champion, Roux (39:10) taking 3rd place. In the ladies 3km race it was Megan Van Wyk (40:03) from Veruschka Jordaan (40:28) and Caro de Jager (40:28).

Also swum on the weekend as part of the Cirrus Series was a 1km swim which was won by Caro de Jager (13.32) with JC van Wyk (14:29) in second and Seth de Swardt (14:37) taking 3rd place overall. Children 14 years and under took part in a 500m open water swim which was won by Jade Grobbelaar from Kyle de Lange and Kristyn Evans. Children 10 years and under got to compete on the morning, racing from bank to bank with Meagan Horton winning from Roland van Wyk and Linzi Scholtz.

Supported by Willard Batteries, the Zports Masakhane Future Stars Development Trust had 16 swimmers from Motherwell competing in the Championships. The first Future Star swimmer across the line was Mkhululi Heka (16:49), placing a very creditable 7th in the Men’s 1km race.

Next swimming event at Marina Martinique will be on Sunday 4th March.

Dominic Greeff, EP Open Water Conveynor Kirsten Roux, Rebecca Newman
10km Winners; Dominic Greeff, EP Open Water Conveynor Kirsten Roux, Rebecca Newman. Image: Carl Newman

Cirrus Bio-Ears Swim Challenge Series at Marina Martinique. EP Openwater Swimming Championships Results:

10km Swim

  • Men: 1 Dominic Greeff 2:31:49;
  • Ladies: 1 Rebecca Newman 2:39:06;

 

5km Swim

  • Men: 1 Jonathan Roux 1:05:03; 2 Jason Jones 1:05:36; 3 Daniel Jones 1:06:14; 4 Keenan April 1:06:23; 5 Wesley Wiehahn 1:06:28; 6 Elrich Botha 1:08:49; 7 Deshaan Pillay 1:10:03; 8 Siegfried Lokotsch 1:11:59; 9 Wesley Schutte. 1:12:06; 10 Carl Schulein 1:17:19; 11 Sudesh Pillay 1:18:11; 12 Jared Burger. 1:20:54; 13 Richden Jute 1:23:53; 14 Russell Tucker 1:27:34; 15 Greg Tucker 1:32:35;
  • Ladies: 1 Lise-mari Goosen 1:11:05; 2 Chane De jager 1:13:06; 3 Chrislie Niehaus 1:14:58; 4 Danielle Fourie 1:15:40; 5 Bathandwa Dyantyi 1:18:14; 6 Stephani Le roux 1:21:00; 7 Mary-anne Stott 1:33:10;

 

3km Swim

  • Men: 1 Andrew Fischer 37:19; 2 Wesley Wiehahn 38:48; 3 Jonathan Roux 39:10; 4 Daniel Jones 39:24; 5 James Crowder 39:35; 6 Blaine Kruger 39:54; 7 Elrich Botha 40:22; 8 Pj Duffy 42:14; 9 Greg Kotze 42:14; 10 Kurt Van staden 42:26; 11 Dylan Smith 42:49; 12 Apiwe Nkumbi 43:30; 13 Wesley Schutte 44:25; 14 Carl Fischer 44:34; 15 Jc Van wyk 45:09; 16 Brenden Bosch 45:19; 17 Teko Khetsi 46:25; 18 Ian Venter 46:34; 19 Michael Marais 46:38; 20 Chulumanco Jack 47:13; 21 Jared Burger 48:28; 22 Charl Parkin 48:40; 23 Richden Jute 49:48; 24 Faiz Faruk Soomar 50:32; 25 Ralph West 50:34; 26 Malan Steenkamp 51:54; 27 Philip Weddell 52:32; 28 Alan Searle 53:53; 29 Damian Fourie 54:03; 30 Breyten De beer 54:14; 31 Chris Viljoen 56:31; 32 Stanford Slabbert 58:15; 33 Hannes Otto 1:03:57;
  • Ladies: 1 Megan Van wyk 40:03; 2 Veruschka Jordaan 40:28; 3 Caro De jager 40:28; 4 Jamie-lee Engelke 41:50; 5 Amy Mardon 42:02; 6 Chrislie Niehaus 42:57; 7 Tammy Van wyk 42:59; 8 Tammy Geyer 43:00; 9 Chane De jager 44:28; 10 Nepo Ntsono 45:38; 11 Danielle Fourie 45:52; 12 Stephani Le roux 46:26; 13 Anzè Zeelie 46:42; 14 Tarryn Els 46:47; 15 Denise Bosman 46:48; 16 Ludeke-andre Niehaus 48:28; 17 Tiemke Rijpstra 48:47; 18 Angela Finlay 51:54; 19 Jamie-Lee Davids 53:15; 20 Adele Hunter-smith 53:29; 21 Rebecca Baard 55:54; 22 Jose Peffer 55:55; 23 Elsa Craig 56:07; 24 Lauren Gould 58:58; 25 Caroline Els 59:14;

 

1km Swim

  • Men: 1 JC Van Wyk 14:29; 2 Seth De swardt 14:37; 3 Nathan Honey 14:41; 4 Nick Reen 15:45; 5 Rudi Schoeman 16:40; 6 Jordan Blewett 16:41; 7 Mkhululi Heka 16:49; 8 Damian Fourie 17:08; 9 Matthew Roux 17:32; 10 Sakhumzi Gqagqa 17:55; 11 Qhamani Moni 18:44; 12 Nico Van Zyl 18:50; 13 Josh Tucker 19:04; 14 Greg Tucker 19:07; 15 Xhanti Fulani 19:39; 16 Brenton Blignaut 19:41; 17 Ayabonga Dingana 20:11; 18 Xolisa Fololo 20:13; 19 Merhile Siyakudumisa 21:46; 20 Okuhle Dingana 21:51; 21 Rencke De swardt 22:29; 22 Melaphi Melikhaya 24:02; 23 Elethu Blani 24:43; 24 Xhanti Qubenge 25:43; 25 Mandilakhe April 26:34; 26 Andile Majenge 26:40;
  • Ladies: 1 Caro De jager 13:32; 2 Nepo Ntsono 15:16; 3 Amica De jager 15:23; 4 Lauren Jones 15:26; 5 Payton Horton 15:30; 6 Lisa-nicole Scholtz 15:31; 7 Tiemke Rijpstra 15:43; 8 Rebecca Baard 17:31; 9 Yanah Gerber 19:22; 10 Bailey Robertson 20:15; 11 Erin De swardt 22:28; 12 Colleen Blignaut 23:33; 13 Maria Stott 23:37; 14 Daniela Honey 23:37;

 

Kids 14u 500m Swim

  • Boys: 1 Kyle De lange 09:47; 2 Sandiswa Makhonya 11:27; 3 Khanyisa Gxotiwe 11:30; 4 Ludumo Bongco 11:32;
  • Girls: 1 Jade Grobbelaar 08:01; 2 Kristyn Evans 09:53; 3 Ashley Stevenson 12:47;

 

Kids 10u Bank-Bank

  • Boys: 1 Roland Van wyk 00:51; 2 Christian Van wyk 01:24; 3 Noah De swardt 01:52;
  • Girls: 1 Meagan Horton 00:44; 2 Linzi Scholtz 00:53; 3 Gabi Grobbelaar 01:34; 4 Mieke Gerber 01:43;

 

The following two tabs change content below.
My Twitter profileMy Facebook profileMy Google+ profileMy LinkedIn profileMy Flickr profileMy Pinterest profile

Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.