A quick roundup of mentions of Port Elizabeth in blogs around the world for Monday 4 April 2011.
MyPE provides this roundup in order to promote Port Elizabeth and to encourage fellow bloggers to expand their coverage of Port Elizabeth and surrounds.
As expected news of the Ironman and local hero Raymond Tissink’s wonderful win dominate the blogs today.
Confounding the weather fundis yet again – Sunday was a stunning day. MyPE made it’s weary way down to the Port Elizabeth harbour at 4:30 am yesterday to catch a ride with the Expert Tours Ironman support rubber duck. We waited around at PEDSAC for over 90 minutes for an international TV crew to arrive – we had to leave without them though. Then we found out that they were turned away at the harbour gate by our ever meddling security guards who said no media were allowed in – NOW you know why the coverage of the watersport was dismal! Never fear though – when I get a chance to mine my images of the swim yesterday I shall publish a few.
Look out for the SA Rugby blog below which is rewriting the rugby rule book by reporting that the EP Kings beat the Griquas on Saturday 26 – 26. The actual score was 26 – 16 in favour of the EP Kings!
Today, Port Elizabeth hosted the Iron Man competition – a triathlon on steroids consisting of a 2 mile swim, a 100 mile bike ride and a marathon. The canon signaled the beginning of the race at 7 am this morning, and 1745 athletes ran …
http://southafrica-olivia.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:09:00 -0700
Hometown: Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Age: 24. Profession: Personal Assistant, Administrator and PSO for RBS. Language: English. Your style (in couple of words): Laid back girly girl :). How long have you been blogging? …
http://amake-uplover.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:33:00 -0700
It’s the only official Ironman event held on African soil, and it all happened in Port Elizabeth today! 2.8km swim, 180km bike and a 42.2 km run (which is a marathon). The race was to begin at 7am and the athletes had until midnight to …
http://thegreen-b.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:36:00 -0700
As if Wellington did not inflict enough damage on the women’s field on the bike, she set out a blistering pace on the three-lap run course in Port Elizabeth. How fast, you ask? When she eventually crossed the finish line, she recorded a …
http://tri-magazine.net/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:02:54 -0700
Today the Baha’i community of Port Elizabeth had a farewell lunch for me and it is at events like these that reality starts to hit you. I am leaving South Africa. There is a chance that I may not see many of these people again or at …
http://martha-adventuretime.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:27:00 -0700
Last but not least, I managed to visit my dear friend Eva (who used to be a Flight attendant also and now does an exchange semester in SA) in Port Elizabeth! We had a great time with her and her flatmates, going out, sitting at the …
http://kgato.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:08:00 -0700
Having been to the beach in Port Elizabeth on several occasions and laughed at the locals complaints that the water was cold, I must confess to a certain degree of hubris in the face of similar complaints here. …
http://longitudesandplatitudes.wordpress.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:59:10 -0700
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http://yookos.com/SiyaJess — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:55:42 -0700
Or that lovely little bit of fan service were he replaced one of the city’s in his song with Port Elizabeth. Or when he sang the rock ‘n roll version of I’m a Believer. Twice. People danced. Including my mom. …
http://alolblog.wordpress.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:46:12 -0700
Port Elizabeth, South Africa – April 10, 2011 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run. Men 1. Raynard Tissink (RSA) 8:05:36 2. Andreas Boecherer (GER) 8:08:36 3. James Cunnama (RSA) 8:13:18 4. Daniel Fontana (ITA) 8:18:51 …
http://triathlon.competitor.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:36:38 -0700
… the North Section log following their 37-14 victory over the SWD Eagles in George after the GWK Griquas conceded their second loss in this season’s competition after going down 26-26 to the Eastern Province Kings in Port Elizabeth. …
http://www.sarugby.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:13:02 -0700
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http://missbergie.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:06:00 -0700
Here’s a video of J-Bay and Port Elizabeth starring Mick Fanning, Taj Burrow, Damien Hobgood, Pat Gudauskas, and Etienne Potgieter. The video was made in protest to the creation of a nuclear factory. It is never good when the best surf …
http://www.dailysurfvideos.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:53:04 -0700
Budget Accommodation Port Elizabeth contains a selection of Port Elizabeth accommodation venues that are personally inspected to comply with our mantra of Affordable and Comfortable Accommodation in Port Elizabeth.
http://budget-accommodation-port-elizabeth.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:20:03 -0700
Only wagon trains use the E-W line between Port Elizabeth and the far west and many people must wish there was a passenger line to connect them to their distant families in those directions. Perhaps in the future? …
http://tomemmamoffatt.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:12:00 -0700
Our venue, The Plantation, is on the outskirts of the buzzing metropolis of Port Elizabeth. But for those of you who don’t know PE very well, nothing is very far. We know that some of you might be wanting to book your flights and …
http://debsandandrew.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:39:00 -0700
It dates back to the days when bricks were produced here and “despatched” to Port Elizabeth. The chimney was recently restored as it has very close links to the history of the founding of Despatch. Unfortunately you can’t get to it, …
http://portelizabethdailyphoto.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:30:00 -0700
Eastern Cape Scale modellers Club: The Eastern Cape Scale Modellers Club invites you to join us on the 2nd Saturday of every month at the Methodist Church hall, corner of 3rd Ave & Newton street, Newton Park, Port Elizabeth, …
http://easterncapescalemodellersclub.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:16:00 -0700
After the trip I’ll put the motorcycle on the trailer and we’ll drive back down to Port Elizabeth. I’ll then jump back on the motorbike and head back along the inland Karoo part of the Cape Garden Route on my bike, partly along route …
http://africa4adventure-motorbiketours.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:30:00 -0700
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Something really needs to be done about harbour security
Compounding the ‘problem’ was that the TV Crew was late – if they had arrived during the night shift (which went off at 6:00 am) I am almost sure that they would have been waved through.
The ‘trick’ is to NOT mention the word ‘media’ at the entrance and ‘bluff’ your way through.
I have been told by security supervisors that they know my vehicle and follow me via CCTV whenever I enter the harbour. So – I now go in driving the gas guzzler and; “Problem solved”.
Although – the PROPER PROCEDURE would have been for the Ironman organisers to organise Portnet media passes for those crew wishing to go out on boats exiting from the harbour.
I agree. I think the organisers slipped up on that one.