Despite the near gale force winds lashing the city this past weekend, Sunday morning saw a packed Hobie Beach as over 400 entrants took part in the 3rd round of the fortnightly aQuellé Ocean Racing Series. Thankfully for the participants, the predominant winds are blowing off-shore resulting in relatively flat seas but made swimming tough for those in the water.
“Certainly another tough and stressful day in the office this Sunday with the weather not playing ball, but this certainly didn’t deter the interest and entry in the Series,” said race Director Michael Zoetmulder of Zsports Events NPC immediately after the event, “It’s only through the great support of the Summerstrand Lifesaving Club, Coastal Water Rescue, ESS Medical and Prodive that we are able to ensure our events are able to take part when weather isn’t 100%. The water safety team is awesome and all credit to them for the job they do each weekend.”
Building in popularity is the newly included 400m swim which was dominated by the 13 year olds Dane Iverson who won the race from Josh Neubert and Liam Liston whilst 10 year old Tiara Finnis won the girls 400m from 11 year old Jodi Wilson and 8 year old Jenna Coetzee. With the majority of the top swimmers opting for the 1km swim this week, Series leader Ian Venter from Pearson High School had to bring his A-game to secure the victory from fast improving Credence Pattinson and Cole Craig whilst Kirsten Marriott won the ladies 1km from another rising star Hannah Counihan and Britney Brown.
In the 2km race it was Daniel Jones from Slater Black and Flipper van der Spuy with triathlete Liza Kingston taking out the ladies race from Rebecca Newman and Denise Bosman whilst in the 3km distance it was 52 year old SA watersport legend Kevin Richards taking the win from Eben Haarhoff and Jared Jordan with Hannah Haswell taking the ladies race from Tracey Gous and Idelette Olivier.
On the beach in the 5km Walk it was Juan Slabbert who returned to winning ways in the 5km Walk from Heiri Schuck and David Raymer with Belinda Niemand walking away with the win in the ladies division from Taryn Ferreira and Emily Stemmett. The 5km Beach Run was dominated by the kids from the Masakhane Future Stars program which is supported by Caltex Eastern Cape and affords children from the townships the opportunity to take part in the Series with no fewer than 30 kids taking part this weekend. The 5km Beach Run was won by Luvuyo Stephen with Xolisa Tshona coming 2nd and Vuyolwethu Mbanyana placing 3rd whilst in the ladies 5km beach run it was Sanet Owen who won from Rachel Venter and Maritza Craig.
Only taking between 4 minutes and 10 minutes, the kids 1km Beach Run/Walk for children 12 years and under is always the loudest event of the morning and heaps of fun for the families. The kids also get to enjoy their own prize relevant prize giving after the race which carries a top lucky draw prize of R500 cash each race morning. This week in the 6 and under age group the top 2 finishers in the boys were Jamie Aukett, Joshua Marais and Callum Loftus whilst it the girls it was Lara Lamont, Kaitlyn Richter and Kayleigh Marais. The youngest finisher on the morning being 3 year old Seanna De Jongh.
In the 7 to 8 years age group it was Aiden Joubert, Luqmaan Coetzee and Jack Mowbray for the boys and Hunter Dutton, Jessi Whitebooi and Ava Iverson for the girls whilst the 9 to 10 year age group saw Daniel Richter, Aphelele Ngesi and Aphelele Mpathi grabbing the winners medals for the boys and Abbie Mitchell, Hannah Charles and Amber Joubert for the girls. The 11 to 12 year age group had Xhanti Mtshengu, Hunter Swans and Jarred Swans winning the boys and Kerri-Lee Barnard, Ilze Hattingh and Lara Kleinhans winning the top 3 girls positions
The aQuellé Ocean Racing Series takes place on mostly alternate Sunday morning’s at Hobie Beach starting at 9am and is open to all. See www.oceanracingseries.com on how your family can get involved and join them at Hobie Beach for the next round on Sunday 27th November.
aQuellé Ocean Racing Series Results – Round 3 Sunday 13th December 2016 (Hobie Beach, Port Elizabeth):
400m Ocean Swim
Men 1 Dane Iverson (8:38); 2 Josh Neubert (8:44); 3 Liam Liston (8:47); 4 Connor Craig (9:02); 5 Pos Delport (9:16); 6 Tristan Harding (9:36); 7 Tristan Marais (9:46); 8 Johan Coezee (9:48); 9 Nicholas Brooks (10:01); 10 Divan Fourie (10:38); 11 Aj Fourie (10:47); 12 Ridan Van Jaarsveld (10:50); 13 Brendan Jennings (10:57); 14 Connor Hufkie (11:01); 15 Charl De Langer (11:10); 16 Basil De Conine (11:20); 17 Dean Parry (14:22); 18 Troy Denysschen (20:40); 19 Edwan Denysschen (20:42);
Ladies 1 Tiara Finnis (8:50.); 2 Jodi Wilson (9:55.); 3 Jenna Coetzee (10:04); 4 Chelsea Main (10:07); 5 Julie Pfister (10:09); 6 Etreshia Coetzee (10:22); 7 Jackie Strydom (10:25); 8 Gabbi Whitebooi (10:38); 9 Zara Loftus (11:08); 10 Issataga Bredell (14:56); 11 Christel Koen (16:23); 12 Lorraine Maree (19:04); 13 Letizia Strauss (19:08);
1km Ocean Swim
Men 1 Ian Venter (11:55); 2 Credence Pattinson (12:03); 3 Cole Craig (12:54); 4 Keegan Cooke (13:29); 5 Bryce Lloyd (15:56); 6 David Radloff (16:24); 7 Jedd Larsen (16:28); 8 Justin Fraenkel (16:31); 9 Muhammad Allie (16:38); 10 Jacques Halbert (16:46); 11 Joel Carlse (16:59); 12 De Wet De Langer (17:57); 13 Craig Wilson (18:32); 14 Robin Venter (18:34); 15 Heath Broughton (18:48); 16 Bradley Reem (18:52); 17 Chris Meistre (19:29); 18 Brian Saunders (19:39); 19 Angus McNaughton (20:27); 20 Baden Swans (20:54); 21 Calven Van Der Byl (21:18); 22 Francois Beuggeman (22:05); 23 Miles Hollins (22:51); 24 Shaun Walters (22:57); 25 Luvuyo Bangazi (23:17); 26 Andy Iverson (24:17); 27 Kyle Badenhorst (25:40); 28 Jaco Hattingh (25:49); 29 Tian Beukes (26:12); 30 Pieter Marais (26:39); 31 Patrick Seddon (27:14); 32 Martin Daniel (27:41); 33 Tyrone Blignaut (28:21); 34 Sheik Muzammil (29:35); 35 Jose Coelho (29:48); 36 Sadie Niekerk (30:06); 37 Gordon Swans (31:28); 38 Robert Leonard (33:10); 39 Lazola Tutani (33:24); 40 Neville Noble (37:49); 41 Charl Meiste (37:52); 42 Geogre Meiring (41:28);
Ladies 1 Kirsten Marriott (14:33); 2 Hannah Counihan (15:46); 3 Britney Brown (15:51); 4 Michell Strydom (17:46); 5 Tracy Taverner (18:28); 6 Val Millen (19:51); 7 Racquel Iverson (20:02); 8 Margie Saunders (20:11); 9 Mariette Hattingh (21:34); 10 Ingrid Brown (21:45); 11 Danica Loock (22:47); 12 Elsa Craig (23:09); 13 Billie McNaughton (24:10); 14 Chelsea Roy (24:14); 15 Briggetta Mey (24:21); 16 Ane Sampson (24:27); 17 Rouxele Horn (24:39); 18 Elizabeth Orrey (25:00); 19 Carla Edworthy (25:06); 20 Natalie Mouton (25:31); 21 Joy Van Der Walt (26:05); 22 Bev Truter (27:34); 23 Robyn Hyman (27:45); 24 Tania Coetzee (30:10); 25 Lauryn Swans (31:32); 26 Natasha Rossouw (32:56); 27 Talitha Seddon (33:39); 28 Sharon Wilson (34:24);
2km Ocean Swim
Men 1 Daniel Jones (23:25); 2 Slater Black (24:11); 3 Flippie Van Der Spuy (24:34); 4 Jarryd Cooke (28:40); 5 Louis De Villers (29:48); 6 Michael Kingston (30:54); 7 Martin Van Allerman (32:00); 8 Peter Marriott (32:33); 9 Bernus Olivier (35:06); 10 Andrew Young (35:46); 11 Andries Fourie (36:23); 12 Martin Fuller (36:34); 13 Deacon Kingman (36:38); 14 Conal Turner (36:57); 15 Jason Kruger (37:02); 16 Wade Van Rensburg (37:05); 17 Andre Kilian (38:11); 18 Roch Thompson (39:17); 19 Lisa Matthews (39:41); 20 Chadwyn Didloft (40:04); 21 Vincent Raepsaet (40:22); 22 Sean Foster (42:40); 23 Nolan Thompson (43:09); 24 Steve MacDonald (43:48); 25 Siyabulela Mpengesi (44:06); 26 Jade Mardon (44:21); 27 Eugene Owen (45:05); 28 Mu-Az Mohamed (45:33); 29 Paul Van Jaarsveld (49:00); 30 Matthew Lahiver (49:31); 31 Brenton Williams (51:00); 32 Gert Van Wyk (51:38); 33 Dura Van Der Schaff (52:28); 34 Petrus Rademeter (56:49);
Ladies 1 Liza Kingston (30:03); 2 Rebecca Jade Newman (33:02); 3 Denise Bosman (33:56); 4 Kirsten Pheiffer (37:50); 5 Jeanine Joubert (38:00); 6 Sally Waterworth (39:00); 7 Margie Young (39:09); 8 Adelle Brits (42:54); 9 Catherine Stark (44:43); 10 Jill McLellan (45:00); 11 Val Orton (45:27); 12 Abrielle Bredell (50:48);
3km Ocean Swim
Men 1 Kevin Richards (36:32); 2 Eben Haarhoff (40:13); 3 Jared Jordan (41:09); 4 Nick Mowbray (43:07); 5 Iain Gedpes (43:13); 6 Grant Williamson (44:29); 7 Ralph West (46:00); 8 Rob Colesky (46:52); 9 Stanford Slabbert (47:06); 10 Roger Hooke (47:24); 11 Andre Kleynhans (48:32); 12 Mark Ackerman (50:04); 13 Chris Howes (50:31); 14 Ross Helliwell (51:31); 15 Jacques Joubert (55:59); 16 Jacques Barnard (56:55); 17 Helder De Almeida E Silve (1:08:59);
Ladies 1 Hannah Haswell (40:31); 2 Tracy Gous (42:32); 3 Idelette Olivier (44:42); 4 Suzie Du Plessis (57:41); 5 Susan Derbyshire (57:42);
5km Beach RUN
Men 1 Luvuyo Stephen (17:30); 2 Xolisa Tshona (18:52); 3 Vuyolwethu Mbanyana (18:55); 4 Vuyiswa Mtimkulu (19:07); 5 Anele Tetyana (19:28); 6 Anathi Manto (19:36); 7 Jhan-Niclas Antonioy (19:42); 8 Asisipho Khohlakala (19:48); 9 Anele Brukwhe (19:52); 10 Iphelele Baxana (19:57); 11 Mzwakakahile Madayizana (20:11); 12 Loyisa Tumani (20:26); 13 Samkelo Tetyana (20:51); 14 Josh Hufkie (20:53); 15 John Lombardo (20:59); 16 Rithabile Setanane (21:01); 17 Kamva Mgqibelo (21:51); 18 Luphumlo Brukwhe (22:00); 19 Likhaya Rooi (22:43); 20 Jeandré Hattingh (22:51); 21 Ken Craig (22:53); 22 Siyamthanda Ndarala (23:04); 23 Similo Javu (23:20); 24 Phakamile Mati (23:23); 25 Ayabulela Banti (23:33); 26 Tebogo Tengile (23:36); 27 Yamkela Mati (23:55); 28 Xhanti Manyati (24:27); 29 Carl Van Der Spuy (25:04); 30 Athabile Somsila (25:09); 31 Goni Liyema (25:22); 32 Hlumelo Mphathi (26:08); 33 Simamkele Sandi (26:24); 34 Rolf Mentzel (26:35); 35 Luzuko Skhwenkwe (26:51); 36 Connor Brislin (27:17); 37 Phakamisa Batya (27:21); 38 Sithembiso Sibaca (28:13); 39 Alwaba Ndileka (39:48);
Ladies 1 Sanet Owen (23:45); 2 Rachel Venter (27:42); 3 Maritza Craig (28:28); 4 Asathule Sowazi (30:06); 5 Erin Liston (31:10); 6 Claire Roberts (31:14); 7 Michaela Brislin (34:08); 8 Jayde Swans (34:11); 9 Julie Venter (35:25); 10 Singley Rislco (35:46); 11 Masande Voko (37:54); 12 Natalee Barnard (37:57); 13 Laura Best (38:24);
5km Beach WALK
Men 1 Juan Slabbert (32:01); 2 Heiri Schuck (37:11); 3 David Raymer (38:56);
Ladies 1 Belinda Niemand (32:18); 2 Taryn Ferreira (34:03); 3 Emily Stemmett (35:04); 4 Mile Vermaak (35:26); 5 Athasanda Makanjana (38:15);
Kids 1km Beach Run/Walk
Boys 6 and under
1 Jamie Aukett(4:30); 2 Joshua Marais(4:54); 3 Callum Loftus(4:59); 4 Jacques Van Wyk(5:30); 5 Matthew Els(5:59); 6 Max Owen(6:09); 7 Scottt Davidson(6:13); 8 Connor Raine(7:33);
Girls 6 and under
1 Lara Lamont(5:33); 2 Kaitlyn Richter(6:24); 3 Kayleigh Marais(6:29); 4 Sarah-Ann Stevens(7:36); 5 Emma Joan Potts(8:24); 6 Seanna De Jongh(12:42);
Girls 7 to 8
1 Hunter Dutton(4:37); 2 Jessi Whitebooi(4:43); 3 Ava Iverson(5:04); 4 Lylie Lamont(5:18); 5 Tayla Wilson(5:47); 6 Roxy Geldenhuys(7:04); 7 Emily Burley(7:45);
Boys 7 to 8
1 Aiden Joubert(4:40); 2 Luqmaan Coetzee(4:47); 3 Jack Mowbray(5:16); 4 Jason Denysschen(5:41);
Girls 9 to 10
1 Abbie Mitchell(4:08); 2 Hannah Charles(4:22); 3 Amber Joubert(4:33); 4 Oneza Mtshengu(4:45); 5 Malandri Fourie(5:26); 6 Kayla Deconing(5:38); 7 Dnica Roff(5:50); 8 Mienke Geldenhuys(5:53); 9 Lisa Els(6:20); 10 Ambesiwe Somsila(7:07); 11 Mia Jasen Van Rensberg(7:17); 12 Anabelle Van Wyk(7:22); 13 Sarah Venter(13:28); 14 Megan Owen(13:45);
Boys 9 to 10
1 Daniel Richter(3:53); 2 Aphelele Ngesi(4:04); 3 Aphelele Mpathi(5:12); 4 Roshaan Wolmarans(8:09);
Boys 11 to 12
1 Xhanti Mtshengu(6:53); 2 Hunter Swans(7:25); 3 Jarred Swans(7:27);
Girls 11 to 12
1 Kerri-Lee Barnard(3:55); 2 Ilze Hattingh(4:11); 3 Lara Kleinhans(4:15); 4 Mia Hart(4:18); 5 Caitlin Rademakers(4:24); 6 Jessica Orrey(4:26); 7 Isabelle Hofmeyr(4:51); 8 Phumelela Mati(5:22); 9 Summer Ross(7:00); 10 Annabell Owen(13:34);
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