Popular Ocean Racing Series Reaches Halfway Mark

The 10th season of the 2014 aQuellé Ocean Racing Series™ reached the half way stage on Sunday with the first 5 rounds of the Series having been completed and whilst another 5 await participants in the first half of 2015 several participants have already staked their claim at the overall Series crown. Brigitte Muller (1km Swim), Megan Snyman (5km Beach Run), Dylan Finlay (5km Beach Run) and Milé Vermaak (5km Beach Walk) have all gone unbeaten so far this season.

Conditions on Sunday were anything but ideal as swimmers battled against stong winds and strong currents to complete their ocean swim. Wayne Jones and Muller had comfortable wins in the 1km Ocean Swim with Ian Venter and Joshua Bellairs claiming the remaining men’s podium positions and Amy Mardon and Tracy Taverner the ladies. With conditions getting progressively worse as the morning progressed it was the 2km swimmers who battled the most but this didn’t seem to deter Kirsten Marriott from winning her second title of the Season when she beat Rebecca Newman and Liza Kingston to the line with Bradley Reen claiming his first win of the season in the men’s category from top East London based SA triathlete, Nathan Le Roux, with Richard Gilbert in 3rd place.

Contending with the strong onshore winds, things weren’t that much easier for the runners and walkers with Finlay and Snyman winning round 5 and Frederick Jantjies claiming his 4th runner up medal of the Season comfortable ahead of 3rd placed Sibusiso Macamba whilst Samantha Perselson got silver in the ladies race with Annemieke Mock in 3rd place. Leading the walkers for Round 5 was Colin Korkie with Johan Ferreira and Inus Baard in 2nd and 3rd respectively whilst Vermaak remains unbeaten by taking gold from Lynette Daniel and Michelle Geel this week.

The increasingly popular aQuellé kids 1km beach run is seeing children from as young as 2 years old taking place and enjoying the family vibe on alternate Sundays. This week Aiden Joubert and Tayla Wilson won the gold in the 6 years and under category whilst Jayson Archibald and Abbie Mitchell won the 7 to 8 year category, Matthew Loon and Zanri Black the 9 to 10 age group and Aidan Finlay and Kayla Ferreira the 11 to 12 years category.

The aQuellé Ocean Racing Series returns to Hobie Beach on for Round 6 on Sunday 4th January, see www.oceanracingseries.com for further information.

Summary Results: aQuellé Ocean Racing Series – Round 5:

Aquellé 1km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Wayne Jones (13:33); 2 Ian Venter (14:28); 3 Joshua Bellairs (14:39); 4 Pj Duffy (14:43); 5 Travis Mcgarth (14:54); 6 Munro Ferreira (17:08); 7 Robert Masterton (17:12); 8 Malan Steenkamp (19:19); 9 Gareth Heuff (19:41); 10 Guy Cooke (19:51);

Ladies: 1 Brigitte Muller (16:03); 2 Amy Mardon (16:50); 3 Tracy Taverner (20:34); 4 Katherine Fisher (21:12); 5 Jenny Rubidge (21:36); 6 Val Millen (23:13); 7 Amy Keech (23:20); 8 Amore Strauss (25:16); 9 Carolyn Fryer (25:26); 10 Elizabeth Craig (26:23);

Aquellé 2km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Bradley Reen (27:36); 2 Nathan Le Roux (30:30); 3 Richard Gilbert (33:07); 4 Greg Hough (33:24); 5 Greg Tucker (33:42); 6 Eben Haarhoff (33:57); 7 Iain Geddes (34:01); 8 Ralph West (34:18); 9 Dalen Davidson (34:37); 10 Louis De Villiers (35:54);

Ladies: 1 Kirsten Marriott (30:36); 2 Rebecca Newman (33:10); 3 Liza Kingston (33:59); 4 Denised Bosman (35:38); 5 Idelette Olivier (36:54); 6 Kerry Hains (38:34); 7 Michelle Enslin (40:59); 8 Brigitte Melly (42:03); 9 Mary-Anne Stott (43:22); 10 Catherine Elliot (43:29);

Aquellé 5km Beach Run
Men: 1 Dylan Finlay (15:09); 2 Frederik Jantjies (15:17); 3 Sibusiso Macamba (17:38); 4 Athini Mconi (18:44); 5 Chulumanco Twetwa (18:46); 6 Cullen Wall (19:28); 7 Kyle Langeveld (19:55); 8 Nzwakhekile Madayizana (19:59); 9 John Lombardo (20:07); 10 Likhaya Rooi (21:35);

Ladies: 1 Megan Snyman (20:42); 2 Samantha Perelson (21:43); 3 Annemieke Mock (23:55); 4 Ntandokazi Baxana (28:17); 5 Bernadette Meistre (29:57); 6 Julia Cohen (30:35); 7 Christel Koen (32:24); 8 Bharita Ravjee (34:34);

Aquellé 5km Beach Walk
Men: 1 Colin Korkie (31:43); 2 Johan Ferreira (31:45); 3 Inus Baard (34:20); 4 Quentin Vermaak (34:54); 5 Stephen Daniel (38:53); 6 Robin Daniel (40:22); 7 David Raymer (40:48); 8 Harry Pratt (42:03); 9 Peter Jenkinson (50:28);

Ladies: 1 Milé Vermaak (34:10); 2 Lynette Daniel (35:03); 3 Michelle Geel (35:10); 4 Maya Hendricks (38:56); 5 Marika Berg (41:35); 6 Marilyn Pratt (41:41); 7 Gail Smit (42:07); 8 Eleasha Neal (42:25); 9 Kitty Leite (47:46); 10 Yvonne Jenkinson (50:26);

Aquellé Kids 1km Beach Run
Boys 6 and under: 1 Aiden Joubert (5:57); 2 Christopher Kalogeropoulos (6:03); 3 Adam Mallton (6:20); 4 Liam Marais (6:33); 5 Max Owen (6:51); 6 Jarryd Hoppner (6:58); 7 Kevin Brandel (7:16); 8 Antoine Pellissier (7:23); 9 Eden Whitaker (7:38); 10 Thando Opperman (7:47); 11 Ivan Strauss (8:45); 12 Mikhail Strauss (9:04); 13 Ryan Tanner (9:09); 14 Janne Mock (9:52);

Girls 6 and under: 1 Tayla Wilson (6:38); 2 Kiera Lynn Stemmett (7:34); 3 Jordyn Hoppner (7:53); 4 Emma Carneiro (8:02); 5 Geldenhys Roxy (8:08); 6 Lauren Duckworth (8:13); 7 Akeyna Kase (8:28); 8 Kate Tanner (8:43); 9 Greta Mock (9:46);

Boys 7 to 8: 1 Jayson Archibald (4:22); 2 Luke Maguire (4:37); 3 Kai Whitaker (4:39); 4 Matthew Froneman (4:41); 5 Matthew Kalogeropoulos (4:49); 6 Jordan Brandel (5:02); 7 Daniel Richter (5:17); 8 Daniel Elfick (5:27); 9 Gregory Markland (5:38); 10 Neal Marais (5:43); 11 Connor Brislin (6:06); 12 Daniel Toerien (6:08); 13 Liam Heath (7:21); 14 Tenash Allah (7:45);

Girls 7 to 8: 1 Abbie Mitchell (4:52); 2 Megan Owen (5:13); 3 Cristin Beattie (5:35); 4 Amber Joubert (5:40); 5 Megan Hough (5:45); 6 Dinica Roff (6:12); 7 Sarah Venter (6:25); 8 Jorja Parker-Nance (6:35); 9 Drew Jenkinson (6:48); 10 Jessica Tanner (7:07); 11 Emma Hofmeyr (7:09); 12 Mienke Geldenhuys (7:26); 13 Maseeha Munshi (7:50);

Boys 9 to 10: 1 Matthew Loon (4:16); 2 Mats Mock (4:28); 3 Zaahid Munshi (4:34); 4 Daniel Holmes (5:11); 5 Connor Mitchell (5:19); 6 Timothy Barnes (5:29); 7 Matthew Maguire (5:32); 8 Damien Von Allemann (5:48); 9 Jean-Pierre Pellissier (6:30);

Girls 9 to 10: 1 Zanri Black (4:11); 2 Rebecca Mardon (4:31); 3 Jessica Orrey (4:44); 4 Lara Kleinhans (5:05); 5 Jodi Wilson (5:23); 6 Rachel Venter (5:51); 7 Isabelle Hofmeyr (5:54); 8 Jorja Sacke (6:00); 9 Hannah Elfick (6:10); 10 Caitlin Rademakers (6:17); 11 Monique Alloway (6:22); 12 Kelly Wall (6:42); 13 Juliette Pitts (6:44); 14 Annabel Owen (6:55); 15 Skye Upton (7:01); 16 Chennin Upton (7:04); 17 Jessie Geel (7:12); 18 Chloe Critchlow (7:18); 19 Kayra Parker-Nance (7:32); 20 Erin Stewart (8:37);

Boys 11 to 12: 1 Aidan Finlay (4:04); 2 Tiaan Black (5:07); 3 Tristan Zoetmulder (6:27);

Girls 11 to 12: 1 Kayla Ferreira (3:53); 2 Tara Sacke (4:13); 3 Monique Ferreira (4:19); 4 Bella Archibald (4:25); 5 Zanna Van Staaden (4:55); 6 Paige Markland (6:15);