The penultimate round for Season 10 of the aQuellé Ocean Racing Series took place last Sunday in great ocean conditions which saw some fast times and a second 1km Ocean Swim win for Ian Venter ahead of the current Series leader Wayne Jones and runner up Joshua Bellairs.
The 1km Ocean Swim, the most popular event on the morning with 154 entries, witnessed a sprint finish up the beach in the ladies race as Amy Mardon came within centimeters of beating the undefeated 1km ladies champion, Brigitte Muller of Framesby High School, with master swimmer Antonella Saporta in third place. These three ladies also dominate the overall standings in the ladies category which shouldn’t be effected by the results from round 10 on the 15th March whilst Jones and Bellairs have secured the top two spots in the Men’s standings and third place will be decided between PJ Duffy and Venter at the last round.
Over the longer 3km distance, it was a three way tussle for line honours with Daniel Jones winning his 4th race of the Series from brother Jason with Dylan Smith placing 3rd whilst Rebecca Newman continued her impressive form to register her first win of the Series and possibly the overall title by beating Denise Bosman and Liza Kingston on the morning. Whilst Daniel has done enough to secure the overall 3km title, Jason and Bradley Reen will fight it out for the bronze and Silver whilst Kirsten Marriott could still take the ladies title from Newman with a top 3 finish in the last round whilst Kingston has secured 3rd place.
15 year old Dylan Finlay continues to impress with his 9th win this Series in the 5km Beach Run, this week beating Likhaya Rooi and Siyanda Jacobs with 13 year old Megan Snyman securing her 6th win of the Series but still needing to take part in the final round to ensure Sunday’s runner up Samantha Perelson can’t overtake her. Annemieke Mock placed 3rd on Sunday morning but will require one more race to claim the Series bronze medal from Bernadette Meistre.
The kids 12 years and under contesting the 1km Beach Run always have a great time and Sunday saw new winners in almost all of the age group categories. Liam Marais and Rachel Woods took the gold in the 6 years and under age group, Jayson Archibald and Abbie Mitchell won the 7 to 8 years category, Mats Mock and Lara Kleinhans the 9 to 10 age group whilst Juan Baard and Bella Archibald won the gold in the 11 to 12 years age group.
The aQuellé Ocean Racing Series returns for round 10 on Sunday 15th March and will be followed immediately thereafter by the final Series prize giving ceremony at News Cafe from 11am to 1pm. See www.oceanracingseries.com for further information.
Summary Results – aQuellé Ocean Racing Series – Season 10 – Round 9, Sunday 1st March 2015
1km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Ian Venter (13:29); 2 Wayne Jones (13:57); 3 Joshua Bellairs (14:31); 4 Andrew Masterton (15:27); 5 Josh McGrath (15:35); 6 Cole Craig (16:11); 7 Slater Black (16:31); 8 Josh Tucker (16:36); 9 Barry Serfontein (16:58); 10 Craig Black (17:08); 11 Rob Smith (17:57); 12 Gordon Wessels (18:09); 13 Conal Turner (18:48); 14 Rolf Kickhofel (19:32); 15 Simon Young (19:42); 16 Morne Janse Van Rensburg (19:52); 17 Sean Richards (19:56); 18 Willem Bronkhorst (20:01); 19 Billy Browne (20:13); 20 Jason Anderson (20:54);
Ladies: 1 Brigitte Muller (15:12); 2 Amy Mardon (15:16); 3 Antonelle Saporta (16:39); 4 Stelmarie Haitslief (16:55); 5 Amy Keech (17:24); 6 Tracy Taverner (17:39); 7 Katherine Fisher (18:52); 8 Val Millen (19:08); 9 Margie Saunders (20:03); 10 Britney Brown (20:09); 11 Jenne Williams (20:25); 12 Tracey Grosse (20:28); 13 Ilze Ritter (20:48); 14 Monique Janse Van Rensburg (20:51); 15 Rhiannon Farrell (20:57); 16 Storm Kruger (21:50); 17 Elizabeth Craig (21:53); 18 Lindsay Steele (21:56); 19 Ingrid Brown (22:07); 20 Liebe Venter (22:19);
3km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Daniel Jones (37:01); 2 Jason Jones (37:31); 3 Dylan Smith (37:34); 4 Bradley Reen (37:37); 5 Chris Mowbray (42:57); 6 Retief Van Der Merwe (43:12); 7 Greg Hough (44:47); 8 Dalen Davidson (45:34); 9 Greg Tucker (45:37); 10 Mark Edge (45:55); 11 Eben Haarhoff (46:23); 12 Mauitz Erasmus (46:28); 13 Ralph West (48:44); 14 Brendan Hayward (49:32); 15 Andre Kleynhans (50:28); 16 Daniel Baines (50:39); 17 Kevin Raine (51:16); 18 David Wyatt (51:21); 19 Steve De Beer (51:34); 20 Brian Saunders (51:50);
Ladies: 1 Rebecca Newman (43:21.6); 2 Yanah Gerber (45:49.1); 3 Denise Bosman (46:43.8); 4 Liza Kingston (47:33.8); 5 Brigitte Melly (51:24.1); 6 Michelle Enslin (52:02.8); 7 Jenny Potts (52:59.3); 8 Mary-Anne Stott (54:14.3); 9 Michelle Elfick (55:17.8); 10 Judy Venter (56:27.3); 11 Michelle Mortimer (57:38.0); 12 Suzie Du Plessis (58:13.8); 13 Pat Thomson (1:02:35); 14 Katy Hofmeyr (1:06:25); 15 Lynn Sarah McGregor (1:07:38); 16 Karen Dorfling (1:07:50); 17 Celeste Swart (1:08:43); 18 Trevlyn Lotz (1:08:53); 19 Barbara Fisher-Hill (1:09:35); 20 Paddy Cloete (1:12:39);
5km Beach Run
Men: 1 Dylan Finlay (16:40); 2 Likhaya Rooi (17:47); 3 Siyanda Jacobs (17:50); 4 Christian Mock (18:03); 5 Sibusiso MacAmba (18:28); 6 Toni Thulani (18:50); 7 Nkosikhona Vemile (19:43); 8 Thabana Dingela (19:57); 9 Nzwakhekile Madayizana (20:03); 10 Chulumanco Twetwa (20:47); 11 Athini McOni (20:50); 12 John Lombardo (21:07); 13 Olivier Segard (21:40); 14 Josh Hufkie (22:05); 15 Michael Geel (22:25); 16 Siphamandla Swartbooi (22:43); 17 Sinethemba Zozi (22:48); 18 Adam Grosse (23:02); 19 Phakamile Mati (23:04); 20 Ken Craig (23:06);
Ladies: 1 Megan Snyman (20:15); 2 Samantha Perelson (21:33); 3 Annemieke Mock (22:08); 4 Sanet Owen (26:24); 5 Bernadette Meistre (28:31); 6 Maritza Craig (30:04); 7 Liezel Wait (31:49); 8 Christel Koen (33:06); 9 Sameerah Botha (33:46);
5km Beach Walk
Men: 1 Juan Slabbert (31:15); 2 Johan Ferreira (33:45); 3 Quentin Vermaak (34:58); 4 Robin Daniel (35:44); 5 David Raymer (38:25); 6 Heiri Schuck (40:49); 7 Harry Pratt (40:52);
Ladies: 1 Lindsay Jenkinson (33:50); 2 Milé Vermaak (34:01); 3 Emily Stemmett (34:52); 4 Melina Smit (35:40); 5 Michelle Geel (36:12); 6 Claire Reece (37:36); 7 Marilyn Pratt (38:30); 8 Eleasha Neal (44:56);
Kids 1km Beach Run
Boys 6 and under: 1 Liam Marais (5:44); 2 Max Owen (5:51); 3 Albert Segard (6:04); 4 Riley Gardner (6:47); 5 Tian Van Niekerk (6:59); 6 Kyle Rosser (7:31); 7 Aiden Joubert (8:09); 8 Ivan Strauss (8:17); 9 Michael Toerien (8:24); 10 Mikhail Strauss (8:35); 11 Guntane Segard (8:44); 12 Mark Rosser (9:09); 13 Janne Mock (9:53);
Girls 6 and under: 1 Rachel Woods (6:49); 2 Madeleine Segard (6:52); 3 Isabelle Momberg (7:10); 4 Kiera Lynn Stemmett (7:43); 5 Tia Van Niekerk (7:57); 6 Emily Burley (8:05); 7 Lauren Duckworth (8:20); 8 Akeyna Karp (8:28); 9 Geldenhys Roxy (8:50); 10 Taylor Woods (8:54);
Boys 7 to 8: 1 Jayson Archibald (4:07); 2 Daniel Richter (4:42); 3 Neal Marais (4:53); 4 Connor Brislin (4:57); 5 Zack Willimott (5:07); 6 Daniel Elfick (5:27); 7 Luke Maguire (5:47); 8 Seth Dunnington (6:36); 9 Troy Brown (6:40); 10 Daniel Toerien (7:07); 11 Liam Heath (8:42); 12 Tenash Allah (9:06); 13 Daylon Van Niekerk (9:45);
Girls 7 to 8: 1 Abbie Mitchell (4:23); 2 Amber Joubert (4:26); 3 Megan Owen (5:24); 4 Sarah Venter (5:59); 5 Dinica Roff (6:07); 6 Lauren Webb (6:11); 7 Jorja Parker-Nance (7:19); 8 Mienke Geldenhuys (8:02); 9 Emma Hofmeyr (9:18); 10 Drew Jenkinson (12:3);
Boys 9 to 10: 1 Mats Mock (4:05); 2 Jaundre Geddie (4:11);3 Zaahid Munshi (4:15); 4 Connor Roff (4:29); 5 Werner Simons (4:48); 6 Connor Craig (5:03); 7 Paulus Jacobs (5:10); 8 Mario Windvogel (5:15); 9 Nathan Momberg (5:33); 10 Connor Mitchell (5:38); 11 Owaethu Qabaka (6:23); 12 Siphamandla Ndzandze (6:28); 13 Ahele Thomas (7:14); 14 Matthew Maguire (7:37);
Girls 9 to 10: 1 Lara Kleinhans (4:32); 2 Jessica Orrey (4:35); 3 Rebecca Mardon (4:44); 4 Caitlin Rademakers (5:55); 5 Hannah Elfick (6:15); 6 Monique Alloway (6:17); 7 Kelsey Labuschange (7:04); 8 Ashandre Geddie (7:17); 9 Beth Burley (7:27); 10 Jorja Sacke (7:34); 11 Annabel Owen (7:39); 12 Erin Stewart (7:45); 13 Jordan Cole (7:49); 14 Isabelle Hofmeyr (7:51); 15 Kayra Parker-Nance (9:22); 16 Jessie Geel (9:27);
Boys 11 to 12: 1 Juan Baard (3:46); 2 Siphiwe Jack (4:19); 3 Rayhaan Botha (5:02); 4 Bradley Bosman (5:21); 5 Tristan Zoetmulder (5:30);
Girls 11 to 12: 1 Bella Archibald (3:55); 2 Tara Sacke (4:02); 3 Shaylin Whitlock (5:41); 4 Julia Cohen (8:14)
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