Favourable weather saw hundreds of people from around the country taking to Hobie Beach on Sunday morning to contest the 4th round of the Nelson Mandela Bay’s aQuellé Ocean Racing Series™ and enjoying the 6 events on offer on the morning.
As anticipated, 15 year old Dylan Finlay managed to snatch his 4th successive win in the 5km Beach Run, but this didn’t come without a strong tussle with silver medalist Frederik Jantjies with Siphamandla Swartbooi claiming the bronze. In the ladies 5km Beach Run it was 12 year old Megan Snyman who secured the gold medal from seasoned runner Johannette Oosthuizen who has just returned from competing in the New York marathon. Deidre Langeveld placed 3rd behind Oosthuizen on the run.
Enjoying the flat sea conditions, most swimmers managed to improve their times on previous weeks and in the aQuellé 1km Ocean Swim it was once again the ladies Series leader Brigitte Muller who claimed line honours ahead of Amy Mardon and Cape Town visitor Jessica Ashley-Cooper whilst Ian Venter won his first Ocean Racing Series title of the season in the Men’s division from Joshua Bellairs with round 3 winner Wayne Jones slipping to 3rd place. In the 2km swim it was a close call with Jason Jones just out sprinting his younger brother Daniel for honours this week with Bradley Reen in 3rd place.
Milé Vermaak extends her overall lead in the 5km Beach Run with another victory ahead of Emily Stemmett and Michelle Geel whilst Juan Slabbert added another gold to his collection in the Men’s division ahead of Colin Korkie and Johan Ferreira. In the 3km Stand up Paddle category Marc Jones won from Michael Klos and Mia Vorster as the ever increasing field of stand up paddlers got to enjoy their best conditions of the season.
With over 100 kids taking part in the aQuellé Kids 1km Beach Run, it was Aiden Joubert and Tayla Wilson who won the 6 and under category with Kai Whitaker and Abbie Mitchell taking the 7-8 year gold medals. Matthew Loon and Rebecca Mardon won the 9-10 year category whilst Aidan Finlay and Kayla Ferreira won the under 12 category.
The final round for 2014 takes place on Sunday 7 December at Hobie Beach.
Summary results of the top 10 finishers from Sunday morning;
aQuellé Ocean Racing Series 1km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Ian Venter (13:52); 2 Joshua Bellairs (14:02); 3 Wayne Jones (14:26); 4 Travis Mcgarth (14:31); 5 Pj Duffy (14:53); 6 Merrick Fairall (16:16); 7 Keegan Cooke (16:22); 8 Munro Ferreira (16:29); 9 Jason Collier (17:33); 10 Barry Serfontein (18:01);
Ladies: 1 Brigitte Muller (15:13); 2 Amy Mardon (15:26); 3 Jessica Ashley-Cooper (15:55); 4 Antonelle Saporta (16:37); 5 Yanah Gerber (16:41); 6 Amy Keech (18:38); 7 Delwen Henderson (19:01); 8 Tammy Geyer (19:33); 9 Josie Claassen (19:44); 10 Jenny Rubidge (19:55);
2km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Jason Jones (25:58); 2 Daniel Jones (26:03); 3 Bradley Reen (26:37); 4 Dylan Smith (26:41); 5 Retief Van Der Merwe (30:22); 6 Josh Mcgrath (30:40); 7 Rudi Schoeman (30:56); 8 Kyle De Lange (31:59); 9 Johan Heath (32:02);
Ladies: 1 Hannah Haswell (29:59); 2 Kirsten Marriott (30:06); 3 Rebecca Newman (30:26);
4 Liza Kingston (32:24); 5 Idelette Olivier (32:26); 6 Denised Bosman (32:35); 7 Kerry Hains (35:57); 8 Robynne Klee (36:05); 9 Angela Finlay (37:05); 10 Brigitte Melly (37:10);
3km SUP
Men: 1 Marc Vempton-Jones (24:21); 2 Michael Klos (26:15); 3 Alex Erens (28:42); 4 Andrew Wasserman (29:31);
Ladies: 1 Mia Vorster (27:05); 2 Melody Knight (39:16);
5km Beach Run
Men: 1 Dylan Finlay (14:42); 2 Frederik Jantjies (14:55); 3 Siphamandla Swartbooi (16:23); 4 Likhaya Rooi (17:04); 5 Siyanda Jacobs (17:07); 6 Nkosikhona Vemile (17:19); 7 Sibusiso Macamba (17:24); 8 Chulumanco Twetwa (17:46); 9 Athini Mconi (18:30); 10 Toni Thulani (18:34);
Ladies: 1 Megan Snyman (20:09); 2 Johannette Oosthuizen (20:20); 3 Deidre Langeveld (23:07); 4 Sanet Owen (23:25); 5 Samantha Perelson (24:50); 6 Maritza Craig (25:59); 7 Saskia Wait (26:12); 8 Anja Baard (26:15); 9 Ntandokazi Baxana (26:41); 10 Aimee Newman (27:57);
5km Beach Walk
Men: 1 Juan Slabbert (29:38); 2 Colin Korkie (32:19); 3 Johan Ferreira (32:24); 4 Quentin Vermaak (33:37);
Ladies: 1 Milé Vermaak (33:29); 2 Emily Stemmett (34:01); 3 Michelle Geel (35:34); 4 Debi Barnardt (38:17); 5 Michaela Brislin (38:39); 6 Helen Schuck (38:41); 7 Maya Hendricks (38:54); 8 Denrich Evans (41:07); 9 Kristyn Evans (41:10); 10 Eleasha Neal (42:04);
Kids 1km Beach Run
Boys 6 and under:
1 Aiden Joubert (6:32); 2 Max Owen (7:00); 3 Liam Marais (7:25); 4 Caleb Levey (8:31); 5 Eden Whitaker (8:49); 6 Oliver Hough (9:17); 7 James Chree (10:4);
Girls 6 and under: 1 Tayla Wilson (7:02); 2 Rachel Woods (8:18); 3 Emma France (8:36); 4 Emma Carneiro (8:47); 5 Isabelle Momberg (8:52); 6 Kate Tanner (9:08); 7 Geldenhys Roxy (9:15); 8 Taylor Woods (9:22); 9 Kiera Lynn Stemmett (9:36); 10 Lyla Dettmann (9:39);
Boys 7 to 8: 1 Kai Whitaker (4:34); 2 David Birts (5:26); 3 Neal Marais (5:33); 4 Zack Willimott (5:37); 5 Connor Brislin (5:43); 6 Daniel Elfick (5:46); 7 Daniel Richter (6:11); 8 Matthew Hume (6:14); 9 Scott Rubidge (7:33); 10 Josh Heine (7:36);
Girls 7 to 8: 1 Abbie Mitchell (4:51);2 Amber Joubert (5:51); 3 Megan Hough (6:40); 4 Lauren Webb (6:49); 5 Reece Foreman (6:55); 6 Megan Owen (7:05); 7 Sarah Venter (7:13); 8 Dinica Roff (7:20); 9 Emma Hofmeyr (7:22); 10 Jorja Parker-Nance (8:06);
Boys 9 to 10: 1 Matthew Loon (3:55); 2 Mitchell Johnston (4:05); 3 Tyron Jeacocks (4:29); 4 Alex Willimott (4:31); 5 Tristan Van Aardt (4:58); 6 Mats Mock (5:03); 7 Connor Mitchell (5:11);
8 Paulus Jacobs (5:22); 9 Damien Von Allemann (5:29); 10 Connor Craig (5:39);
Girls 9 to 10: 1 Rebecca Mardon (4:26); 2 Lara Kleinhans (4:45); 3 Jessica Orrey (4:51); 4 Megan Foster (5:19); 5 Amy Serfontein (5:54); 6 Sophie France (5:57); 7 Rachel Venter (6:03); 8 Jodi Wilson (6:05); 9 Robyn Hough (6:08); 10 Jorja Sacke (6:16);
Boys 11 to 12: 1 Aidan Finlay (4:08); 2 Daniel Barnardt (4:40); 3 Siphiwe Jack (4:56); 4 Bradley Bosman (5:08); 5 Tristan Zoetmulder (7:54);
Girls 11 to 12: 1 Kayla Ferreira (3:41); 2 Bella Archibald (4:11); 3 Monique Ferreira (4:14); 4 Tara Sacke (4:23); 5 Annemieke Mock (4:37); 6 Zanna Van Staaden (5:16); 7 Cayla Rubidge (6:00); 8 Shaylin Whitlock (6:45); 9 Kelsey Froneman (7:46);
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