In absolutely perfect conditions on Sunday morning, the 7th round of the popular aQuellé Ocean Racing Series enjoyed a record entry for Season 10 of just under 550 participants with an increased number of participants from out-of-town and some well known triathletes getting ready for this week’s triathlon in East London.
One of the first timers to the Series, Roxane Theron from the United Kingdom enjoyed her morning at Hobie Beach, “What a great event! I’ve come down from the UK to do half IM and did the 3km swim as a training swim. What a great set up. Wonderfully organised and helpful and friendly staff. Thanks very much to all involved”.
The Series, which is unique to Nelson Mandela Bay and has grown to become Africa’s largest family beach event, is managed by Zsports Events NPC, a local non-profit events company. The company headed by Mike Zoetmulder focuses on fun sports events which give back to the local communities. Zsports are also responsible for the SPAR River Mile Festival and the Jendamark Bellbuoy Challenge, two signature events for the city taking place next month.
Round 7 didn’t produce any surprises with the current Series leaders extending their overall lead with some impressive performances. Framesby scholar Brigitte Muller and NMMU student Wayne Jones won the 1km Ocean Swim whilst Kirsten Marriott and Jason Jones won the 3km Ocean Swim. Teenagers Megan Snyman and Dylan Finlay won the 5km Beach Run with Emily Stemmett and Juan Slabbert taking gold in the 5km Beach Walk. The stand-up paddle (SUP) category had no fewer than 9 finishers this week which highlights the growth of this fantastic sport in our city. Marc Kempton-Jones, Michael Klos and Mia Vorster being the top 3 competitors on the day.
Season 10 of the aQuellé Ocean Racing Series helps raise awareness to the humanitarian organisation Rotary with donations going to the city’s only breakfast club, the Port Elizabeth Rotary Club of Port Elizabeth Sunrise. With over R5,000 in prizes and lucky draws each race day, Michael Wallis was the lucky participants winning the fortnightly R1,000 cash prize on Sunday morning. Full results from the Series are available on www.oceanracingseries.com with awesome action pictures available on their Facebook page. The next round of the Series will take place on Sunday 8th February at Hobie Beach starting at 9am.
Summary Results – aQuellé Ocean Racing Series, Sunday 18th January 2015:
1km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Wayne Jones (13:51); 2 Pj Duffy (14:26); 3 Nicolas Adam (14:33); 4 Travis McGarth (14:36); 5 Jamie Riddle (14:45); 6 Merrick Fairall (15:48); 7 Munro Ferreira (15:51); 8 Retief Van Der Merwe (15:57); 9 Keegan Cooke (16:09); 10 Andrew Masterton (16:12); 11 Malan Steenkamp (16:16); 12 Craig Black (16:18); 13 Luke Crawford (16:26); 14 Slater Black (16:45); 15 Cole Craig (17:10); 16 Jason Collier (17:15); 17 Guy Cooke (17:40); 18 Christian Schuck (17:42); 19 Josh Tucker (17:47); 20 Ruan Van Jaarsveld (17:53);
Ladies: 1 Brigitte Muller (15:30); 2 Amy Mardon (15:37); 3 Antonelle Saporta (17:09); 4 Natalie Bilson (17:29); 5 Paige Black (18:03); 6 Tracy Taverner (18:07); 7 Amy Keech (18:26); 8 Kaitlyn Breetzke (18:40); 9 Hayley Ward (18:59); 10 Val Millen (19:57); 11 Lara Drury (19:58); 12 Seugnet Van Der Merwe (20:24); 13 Jenne Williams (20:41); 14 Ashleigh Johnson (21:38); 15 Carolyn Fryer (21:43); 16 Judy Venter (21:53); 17 Elizabeth Orrey (21:59); 18 Salmon Annemarie (22:15); 19 Briggetta Mey (22:20); 20 Margo Naude (22:26);
3km Ocean Swim
Men: 1 Jason Jones (37:25); 2 Daniel Jones (37:28); 3 Byron Lockett (41:04); 4 Robert Masterton (42:12); 5 Henri Conradie (42:50); 6 Rudi Schoeman (43:08); 7 Chris Mowbray (44:06); 8 Greg Tucker (44:08); 9 Gawie Henning (44:55); 10 Greg Hough (45:01); 11 Luigi Ciarrocchi (45:10); 12 Jean De Villier (45:10); 13 Johan Heath (45:38); 14 Richard Gilbert (45:48); 15 Sarcha Brandle (45:55); 16 Iain Geddes (46:58); 17 James Crawford (47:26); 18 Alex Riddle (47:52); 19 Louis De Villiers (48:13); 20 Dalen Davidson (48:16);
Ladies: 1 Kirsten Marriott (42:08); 2 Rebecca Newman (42:23); 3 Stephanie Damalis (42:48); 4 Liza Kingston (46:35); 5 Denise Bosman (49:02); 6 Tammy Geyer (50:21); 7 Brigitte Melly (51:10); 8 Kerry Hains (51:32); 9 Melanie Norden (52:13); 10 Christine Coppinger (52:58); 11 Mary-Anne Stott (54:48); 12 Catherine Elliot (54:54); 13 Katherine Fisher (56:19); 14 Sally Waterworth (56:29); 15 Margie Saunders (57:52); 16 Michelle Elfick (57:58); 17 Suzie Du Plessis (58:22); 18 Amy Erasmus (1:01:); 19 Michelle Mortimer (1:01:); 20 Natalie Hagedorn-Hansen (1:02:);
3km SUP
Men: 1 Marc Kempton-Jones (21:55); 2 Michael Klos (22:38); 3 Alex Erens (29:25); 4 Andrew Wasserman (30:58); 5 Elric Van Velden (39:06); 6 Frans Gerber (39:40);
Ladies: 1 Mia Vorster (26:31); 2 Lizel Wasserman (39:57); 3 Melody Knight (46:14);
5km Beach Run
Men: 1 Dylan Finlay (14:32); 2 Sibusiso MacAmba (18:45); 3 Stan Liebenberg (20:59); 4 Siyanda Jacobs (21:09); 5 Ken Craig (21:52); 6 Chulumanco Twetwa (23:14); 7 Josh Hufkie (23:21); 8 Chris Mitchell (23:40); 9 Alvin Finlay (24:20); 10 Rolf Mentzel (25:08); 11 Brenton Douglas (25:15); 12 Marcelle Meyer (27:08); 13 Chris Elliott (27:18); 14 Phakamile Mati (27:36); 15 Eldon Wait (28:47); 16 Thys Swart (29:00); 17 Gareth Finlay (29:43); 18 Joshua Finlay (29:54); 19 Raphael Berg (33:55); 20 Sinovuyo Nikelwa (34:54);
Ladies: 1 Megan Snyman (21:04); 2 Annemieke Mock (23:32); 3 Marichell Pretorius (24:08); 4 Sonja Douglas (24:10); 5 Christelle Smit-Connacher (25:11); 6 Sanet Owen (25:27); 7 Samantha Perelson (25:39); 8 Bernadette Meistre (28:51); 9 Maritza Craig (29:39); 10 Ntandokazi Baxana (30:16); 11 Liezel Wait (31:09); 12 Andisiwe Berndt (32:40); 13 Christel Koen (32:50); 14 Hayley Newman (34:58); 15 Aimee Newman (35:00); 16 Wendy Wilson (37:59);
5km Beach Walk
Men: 1 Juan Slabbert (30:34); 2 Colin Korkie (32:28); 3 Johan Ferreira (34:03); 4 Robin Daniel (35:38); 5 Quentin Vermaak (37:07); 6 David Raymer (38:58); 7 Harry Pratt (40:03); 8 Heiri Schuck (41:56);
Ladies: 1 Emily Stemmett (34:01); 2 Lindsay Jenkinson (34:07); 3 Milé Vermaak (34:14); 4 Marilyn Pratt (38:18); 5 Marika Berg (39:04); 6 Charlotte Liebenberg (42:03); 7 Alida Bosman (42:24); 8 Gail Smit (42:28); 9 Eleasha Neal (42:32); 10 Michaela Brislin (43:24);
Kids 1km Beach Run
6 and under
Boys: 1 Dante Havenga (6:34); 2 Riley Havienigh (6:36); 3 Cameron Holden (6:41); 4 Ivan Strauss (7:08); 5 Mikhail Strauss (7:21);
Girls:1 Tayla Wilson (6:03); 2 Emma Hofmeyr (6:50); 3 Makenzie Bosman (6:56); 4 Rachel Woods (7:13); 5 Akeyna Karp (7:16);
7 to 8 yrs
Boys: 1 Josh Loon (4:16); 2 Jayson Archibald (4:18); 3 Kai Whitaker (4:38); 4 Jeandre Hattingh (4:54); 5 Jordan Brandle (5:06);
Girls: 1 Megan Owen (4:59); 2 Megan Hough (5:48); 3 Dinica Roff (6:01); 4 Sarah Venter (6:07); 5 Lauren Webb (6:16);
9 to 10 years
Boys: 1 Matthew Loon (4:00); 2 Mitchell Johnston (4:09); 3 Connor Roff (4:33); 4 Mats Mock (4:47); 5 Connor Craig (5:03);
Girls: 1 Zanri Black (4:13); 2 Lara Kleinhans (4:36); 3 Paige Dickson (4:41); 4 Rebecca Mardon (4:43); 5 Jessica Orrey (4:49);
11 to 12 yrs
Boys: 1 Aidan Finlay (3:55); 2 Bradley Bosman (5:18); 3 Tiaan Black (5:51); 4 Participant 1004 (24:2);
Girls: 1 Kayla Ferreira (3:45); 2 Kayleigh Hiscock (4:03); 3 Tara Sacke (4:11); 4 Monique Ferreira (4:20); 5 Bella Archibald (4:25);
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