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Ocean Racing Series Results

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Despite strong off-shore winds of 25 knots on Sunday morning, over 300 participants took part in Round 2 of the Weekend Post Ocean Racing Series with Wayne Jones first out the water in the Dis-chem 2km Ocean Swim with Tammy Geyer winning the ladies race. In the Dis-Chem 1km Ocean Swim it was Wesley Wiehahn and Amy Mardon who took the race honours whilst on the beach, Antonio Seconds and Mariette Hattingh were the fastest in the About IT 5km Beach Run. Colin Korkie and Helen Schuck took line honours in the 5km Beach Walk.

Children on the morning were excited to be joined by the Springbok mascot Bokkie who also took part in the Crickley Dairy Kids 1km Beach Run.

Over R10,000 was handed out in lucky draw prizes on the beach immediately after the event.

The next round in the Series takes place on Sunday 9 December at 9:00 am, Hobie Beach.

Top 5 finishers in all Round 2 events on Sunday 25 November 2012:

Dis-Chem 1km Ocean Swim:

  • Men: 1 Wesley Wiehahn (16:14.4); 2 Jason Jones (16:18.7); 3 Daniel Jones (17:25.4); 4 Jason Collier (19:41.6); 5 Donovan Zoetmulder (19:46.4)
  • Ladies: 1 Amy Mardon (19:57.0); 2 Kirsten Marriott (20:47.6); 3 Hayley Ward (21:34.6); 4 Maxine Schoeman (22:19.0); 5 Ingrid Segura Sanchez (22:41.5)

Dis-Chem 2km Ocean Swim:  

  • Men: 1 Wayne Jones (26:58.4); 2 Siegfried Lokotsch (31:26.8); 3 Chris Mowbray (32:21.1); 4 Shane D’Arcy (31:39.5); 5 Ryan Pienaar (33:23.4)
  • Ladies: 1 Lou Furstenberg (25:12.5); 2 Tammy Geyer (31:12.5); 3 Kirstin Wessels (32:18.2); 4 Tracy Gous (32:23.0); 5 Rebecca Newman (32:26.2)

About IT 5km Beach Run:

  • Men: 1 Antonio Seconds (19:48.2); 2 Munro Ferreira (21:11.5); 3 Shaun Korkie (21:51.8); 4 Craig Wilson (21:55.9); 5 Dylan Finlay (22:10.7)
  • Ladies: 1 Mariette Hattingh (22:47.3); 2 Natalie Ross (24:05.5); 3 Samantha Perelson (27:37.4); 4 Tammy Southby (28:42.4); 5 Letitia Strauss (30:29.8);

Zports 5km Beach Walk:

  • Men: 1 Colin Korkie (34:05.5); 2 Johan Ferreira (35:10.9); 3 David Raymer (39:35.1); 4 David Counihan (42:45.0); 5 Graeme Ting Chong (45:32.6)
  • Ladies: 1 Helen Schuck (39:42.7); 2 Rene Cronje (39:51.1); 3 Marika Berg (40:53.2); 4 Yolande Kok (42:40.2); 5 Sameerah Botha (43:03.9)

Crickley Dairy Kids 1km Beach Run/Walk:

  • Boys  6 and under: 1 Josh Pretorius; 2 Daniel Elfick; 3 Talhah Botha; 4 Dimitri Alexandris; 5 Chris Joubert
  • Girls 6 and under: 1 Kayley Pace; 2 Tayla Wilson; 3 Milandri Fourie; 4 Emily Burley; 5 Beth Burley;
  • Boys 7 to  8: 1 Divan Fourie; 2 Matt Kingston; 3 Kian Claassen; 4 Ethan Pace; 5 Aj Fourie
  • Girls  7 to  8: 1 Dana Barclay; 2 Kate Comley; 3 Hannah. Elfick; 4 Kayla Strydom; 5 Jodi Wilson
  • Boys 9 to 10: 1 Joshua Voigt; 2 Tristan Zoetmulder; 3 Rayhaan Botha; 4 Graydon Adams; 5 Rohan Naidoo
  • Girls  9 to 10: 1 Kayla Ferreira; 2 Jamie Bulbring; 3 Tara Sacke; 4 Zoe Gray; 5 Monique Ferreira
  • Male 11 to 12: 1 Christiaan Diedericks; 2 Nathan Doster; 3 Zak Bezuidenhoudt; 4 Josh Tucker; 5 Sachin Naidoo
  • Girls 11 to 12: 1 Megan Snyman; 2 Jade Voigt; 3 Caylin De Lange; 4 Kaylan Ochse
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