The 10th Season of Nelson Mandela Bay’s unique aQuellé Ocean Racing Series™ (ORS) got under way on Sunday with over 400 participants braving the strong off-shore winds which lashed the city beach front throughout the morning.
One of the city’s premier water sport events, the Series draws participants from around the Province on alternate Sunday mornings to Hobie Beach where families take part in any one of the 6 events taking place on the morning and get to enjoy the city’s iconic beachfront.
In the eagerly contested aQuellé 5km Beach Run the race belonged to the youngsters with 15 year old taking gold ahead of Siyanda Jacobs and Likhaya Rooi whilst 13 year old Megan Snyman grab the ladies gold medal from Sanet Owen and Samantha Perelson. The 5km Beach Walk saw the oldest participant of the Series taking part in 83 year old Quentin Vermaak who placed 6th on the morning behind overall winner Sibusiso Macamba with Juan Slabbert and Colin Korkie filling the podium. Milé Vermaak won the ladies division from Michelle Geel and Michaela Brislin.
Young 16 year old Brigitte Muller, taking part in her first aQuellé 1km Ocean Swim, had an outstanding swim in the tough conditions which not only included choppy wind blown waters but also strong currents, to record a comfortable win in the ladies division ahead of seasoned open water swimmers Antonella Saporta and Tammy Geyer whilst the men’s division was strongly contested with just 3 seconds separating eventual winner Jason Jones from Ian Venter with Joshua Bellairs just 28 seconds further back. In the double lap 2km Ocean Swim it was comfortable wins for Daniel Jones and Kirsten Marriott with Bradley Reen and Amica de Jager taking silver and Dylan Smith and Rebecca Newman the bronze. A new addition to the Series this season is the 3km SUP race for stand-up paddlers and this was contested by Michael Klos, Mia Vorster and Alex Erens in some very testing conditions.
Always extremely popular is the aQuellé Kids 12 years and under 1km Beach Run/Walk which attracted 87 very excited children on Sunday morning with Gabrielle Reece the youngest at just 2 years old. Dante Havenga and Megan Owen won the 6 and under category, Josh Loon and Abbie Mitchell the 7-8 year category, Tristan Van Aardt and Rebecca Mardon the 9- 10 year category whilst Bradley Bosman and Annemieke Mock won the 11-12 year category.
The Aquellé Ocean Racing Series, round 2, takes place on Sunday 26th October at Hobie Beach starting at 9am with Series membership just R50 (register online at www.oceanracingseries.com) and race days entry fees of just R60 for the water events, R40 for the beach events and R30 for the kids 1km beach run. Immediately after each race days participants get to stand a chance at winning their share of over R5000 in lucky draw prizes including R1,000 cash.
SUMMARY RESULTS:
aQuellé 1km Ocean Swim
Men:
1 Jason Jones (24:19.5); 2 Ian Venter (24:22.8); 3 Joshua Bellairs (24:48.3); 4 Travis Mcgarth (24:59.6); 5 Credence Pattinson (25:28.8); 6 Robert Masterton (26:21.8); 7 Pj Duffy (26:35.3); 8 Munro Ferreira (27:18.6); 9 Mark Edge (28:02.4); 10 Cole Craig (28:19.8); 11 Andrew Masterton (28:25.5); 12 Kevin Ackermann (28:36.1); 13 Christian Schuck (29:39.4); 14 Kuno Boettiger (29:42.0); 15 Kenneth Pattinson (30:04.3); 16 Keith Buhr (30:11.0); 17 Rolf Kickhofel (30:46.0); 18 Rob Smith (30:53.8); 19 Daniel Westerberg (31:03.9); 20 Gordon Wessels (31:10.0); 21 Graeme Vanzyl (31:28.4); 22 Ryan Smith (31:33.0); 23 Etienne Shamley (31:56.0); 24 Conal Turner (32:01.4); 25 Abraham Botha (32:23.0); 26 Jordan West (33:05.9); 27 Dave Mason (33:31.3); 28 Brett Holmes (33:33.3); 29 Simon Young (33:43.0); 30 Joel Carlse (33:44.6); 31 Paul Jacobs (33:46.8); 32 Lyal Blom (33:52.9); 33 Peter Gatangi (34:04.0); 34 Colin Carmody (34:15.8); 35 Ross Johnston (34:21.8); 36 Leon Weitz (34:27.6); 37 Pierre Deysel (34:29.8); 38 Rory Richter (34:31.3); 39 Richard Mcintyre (34:42.0); 40 Irwin De Meyer (35:21.6); 41 Chris Meistre (35:47.0); 42 Baden Swans (35:55.0); 43 Cobus Oberholster (36:53.8); 4 Francois Nel (37:09.3); 45 Rayno Vogel (37:49.8); 46 Herman Human (39:46.1); 47 Daneel Claassen (40:22.0); 48 Lionel Kroon (41:05.8); 49 Kenneth Bartle (41:53.5); 50 Kevin Rheeder (42:41.3); 51 Tony Lee (43:48.8); 52 Jaco Hattingh (44:32.8); 53 Siya Mahakoto (45:20.3); 54 Robert Leonard (48:00.6); 55 Armin Brandle (52:09.6); 56 Vinesh Francis (1:08:37.1);
Ladies:
1 Brigitte Muller (26:08.5); 2 Antonelle Saporta (27:53.4); 3 Tammy Geyer (30:17.1); 4 Alexandra Ennis (31:06.9); 5 Amy Keech (31:12.0); 6 Tracy Taverner (31:37.0); 7 Lara Drury (32:05.5); 8 Suzie Du Plessis (33:07.6); 9 Mia Brand (33:37.9); 10 Tracy Gous (33:54.6); 11 Nicolate Introna (33:59.0); 12 Danielle Klein (34:01.0); 13 Elizabeth Craig (34:12.8); 14 Helena Du Randt (35:42.1); 15 Talia Childs (35:45.0); 16 Amore Strauss (36:26.8); 17 Bronwyn Taverner (36:32.6); 18 Reinette Harington (36:43.0); 19 Joy Van Der Walt (36:59.3); 20 Briggetta Mey (37:07.1); 21 Marissa Haswell (37:41.1); 22 Lindy Blom (37:58.1); 23 Karen Dorfling (38:16.1); 24 Jill Mclellan (38:21.5); 25 Caroline Levey (39:02.1); 26 Odessa Perelson (40:14.3); 27 Samantha Hewitson (40:32.3); 28 Carrie Brand (40:34.6); 29 Elizabeth Orrey (40:40.8); 30 Amanda Bosch (40:50.8); 31 Susan Derbyshire (41:10.3); 32 Letitia Strauss (41:34.5); 33 Catherine Sweetnam (43:59.3); 34 Vannessa Webb (44:27.5); 35 Varla King (44:47.3); 36 Natalie Mouton (46:21.1); 37 Lee Shaw (46:43.3); 38 Tammy Southby (47:23.8); 39 Vicki Opperman (47:31.5); 40 Sue Taverner (54:13.6); 41 Chantelle Jewell (54:42.1);
aQuellé 2km Ocean Swim
Men
1 Daniel Jones (32:28.8); 2 Bradley Reen (34:23.6); 3 Dylan Smith (34:33.5); 4 Byron Lockett (35:18.8); 5 Retief Van Der Merwe (38:57.1); 6 Josh McGrath (39:28.1); 7 Rudi Schoeman (40:02.0); 8 Chris Mowbray (40:06.3); 9 Greg Hough (40:37.6); 10 Mark Willimott (40:56.5); 11 Johan Heath (41:17.0); 12 Iain Geddes (41:42.5); 13 Richden Jute (42:29.3); 14 Robert Geddes (42:35.1); 15 Ralph West (43:03.8); 16 Graeme Renard (43:08.3); 17 Andre Kleynhans (43:18.6); 18 Antony Daniels (43:22.1); 19 Fabien Le Thiec (43:29.1); 20 Ross Helliwell (43:33.3); 21 Eben Haarhoff (43:41.8); 22 Peter Marriott (43:55.1); 23 Dalen Davidson (43:57.1); 24 Byron Bronkhorst (46:00.1); 25 Stanford Slabbert (46:46.3); 26 Barry Serfontein (46:50.0); 27 Darryl Koekemoer (47:27.1); 28 Brendon Dryden (47:37.5); 29 James Crawford (47:42.5); 30 Kevin Barnard (47:49.6); 31 Tiaan Conradie (47:58.1); 32 Michael Sacke (48:09.6); 33 Michael Wallis (49:11.8); 34 Jarryd Introna (50:06.3); 35 Jacques Joubert (51:39.8); 36 Chris Viljoen (52:04.8); 37 Duncan Palmer (52:31.0); 38 Roch Thompson (52:33.8); 39 Guy Wilson (52:51.6); 40 Mark Cooper (52:55.1); 41 John Wilson (53:03.5); 42 Riaan Claassen (53:28.3); 43 Chris Dicks (53:44.6); 44 Nicholas Andrews (54:01.3); 45 Roger Steele (54:53.6); 46 Jose Neves (55:00.3); 47 Michael Williams (55:12.3); 48 John Abbott (56:19.0); 49 Tim Bray (57:17.5); 50 Helder De Almeida E Silva (57:27.6); 51 Steve MacDonald (57:41.6); 52 Gordon Hagemann (58:34.1);
Ladies
1 Kirsten Marriott (37:44.1); 2 Amica De Jager (39:23.1); 3 Rebecca Newman (39:25.5); 4 Denise Bosman (42:02.6); 5 Robynne Klee (43:50.8); 6 Ursula Davidson (44:50.3); 7 Chris Howes (47:54.1); 8 Catherine Elliot (48:06.1); 9 Mary-Anne Stott (49:36.5); 10 Amy Erasmus (54:19.5); 11 Renate Fesel (56:59.8); 12 Sally Waterworth (1:08:41.2);
aQuellé 3km SUP
1 Michael Klos (41:31.1); 2 Mia Vorster (42:11.8); 3 Alex Erens (52:12.3);
aQuellé 5km Beach Run
Men
1 Dylan Finlay (22:38.1); 2 Siyanda Jacobs (24:30.0); 3 Likhaya Rooi (24:55.0); 4 Xolisa Tshona (25:26.3); 5 John Lombardo (26:12.3); 6 Thobela Meyane (26:15.4); 7 Siphosethu Mayekiso (26:17.5); 8 Nkosikhona Vemile (27:09.6); 9 Toni Thulani (27:14.9); 10 James Barnardt (27:46.1); 11 Chulumanco Twetwa (28:41.5); 12 Athini Mconi (28:43.5); 13 Russel Mc Mahon (28:46.9); 14 Marten Bulbring (28:48.5); 15 Ken Craig (29:04.0); 16 Sinethemba Zozi (29:36.5); 17 Lihle Mbaliseli (29:49.3); 18 Ryan Alfonso (30:22.3); 19 Zainud-Deen Botha (30:32.0); 20 Siphosethu Du Plessis (30:34.3); 21 Craig Plaatjies (30:37.1); 22 Masixole Mtati (30:41.5); 23 Thabana Dingela (30:43.6); 24 Tiaan Els (30:56.5); 25 Ruan Smalberger (30:59.5); 26 Kyle opperman (31:01.9); 27 Josh Hufkie (31:40.3); 28 Melvin Lombard (32:26.1); 29 Thembelani Nonzinzi (33:41.0); 30 Gareth Comley (33:48.5); 31 Siphamandla Swartbooi (34:19.6); 32 Connor Craig (34:55.3); 33 Adam Grosse (34:59.5); 34 Johann Van Staden (35:15.1); 35 Marcelle Meyer (35:28.6); 36 Luke Weddel (36:12.3); 37 Chris Elliott (37:02.1); 38 Royston Fillis (38:05.6); 39 Ricardo Stevens (38:11.6); 40 Eldon Wait (39:30.0); 41 Sinovuyo Nikelwa (40:17.0); 42 Mfundo Catche (41:55.5); 43 Connor Hufkie (42:54.6); 44 Raui Moodley (43:37.1); 45 Khanyisa Mahamjana (44:54.6); 46 Tetenda Muiste (44:56.3);
Ladies
1 Megan Snyman (29:33.8); 2 Sanet Owen (30:40.0); 3 Samantha Perelson (32:36.3); 4 Kate Comley (32:58.1); 5 Hayley Ward (34:35.3); 6 Liezel Wait (35:16.8); 7 Maritza Craig (35:23.8); 8 Aimee Newman (35:27.8); 9 Chantelle Potts (36:19.6); 10 Saskia Wait (38:27.6); 11 Teresa Bosman (38:35.8); 12 Bernadette Meistre (39:04.8); 13 Ntandokazi Baxana (40:19.3); 14 Sameerah Botha (40:56.8); 15 Christel Koen (40:58.6); 16 Lauren Hufkie (43:46.6); 17 Bharita Ravjee (43:53.1); 18 Yolande Kok (58:28.0); 19 Marietjie Kok (58:48.6);
aQuellé 5km Beach Walk
Men
1 Sibusiso Macamba (24:57.6); 2 Juan Slabbert (30:07.5); 3 Colin Korkie (31:23.6); 4 Johan Ferreira (31:45.3); 5 Phakamile Mati (33:50.8); 6 Quentin Vermaak (34:45.1); 7 Stephen Daniel (39:48.8); 8 Gareth Alfonso (39:57.1); 9 David Raymer (40:46.0); 10 Keith Reading (47:05.3);
Ladies
1 Milé Vermaak (34:42.5); 2 Michelle Geel (36:46.0); 3 Michaela Brislin (37:52.5); 4 Claire Reece (37:54.0); 5 Emily Stemmett (37:55.8); 6 Lisa Botha (38:32.3); 7 Lynette Daniel (39:51.1); 8 Janet Alfonso (39:58.8); 9 Debi Barnardt (40:45.1); 10 Inge Human (40:49.1); 11 Lise Standring (41:19.6); 12 Thelma Keane (41:21.6); 13 Charlotte Liebenberg (41:57.1); 14 Taryn Ferreira (48:56.0); 15 Kitty Leite (48:58.5); 16 Alexandra Elliott (54:30.5); 17 Karen Elliott (54:32.6);
aQuellé Kids 1km Beach Run
Boys 6 and under
1 Dante Havenga (18:27.0); 2 Aiden Joubert (18:33.8); 3 Jarryd Hoppner (18:42.5); 4 Ivan Strauss (18:59.0); 5 Jason Denysschen (19:03.0); 6 Eden Whitaker (19:17.5); 7 Mikhail Strauss (19:30.3); 8 Max Owen (19:33.4); 9 James Chree (20:55.0); 10 Oliver Hough (21:10.8); 11 Connor Masterton (23:21.5); 12 Connor Mote (23:34.5);
Girls 6 and under
1 Megan Owen (17:43.5); 2 Jaime Mote (18:52.8); 3 Kiera Lynn Stemmett (18:57.0); 4 Emma Carneiro (19:08.0); 5 Shasmeen Botha (19:27.0); 6 Chloe Jewell (19:55.3); 7 Jemima Rielly (19:58.8); 8 Emma Bulbring (20:05.0); 9 Jordyn Hoppner (20:11.3); 10 Lyla Dettmann (20:52.0); 11 Erin Chree (20:57.8); 12 Gabriella Reece (25:14.5);
Boys 7 to 8
1 Josh Loon (16:19.4); 2 Jayson Archibald (16:37.5); 3 Matthew Froneman (16:44.2); 4 Zack Willimott (16:49.4); 5 Kai Whitaker (16:54.7); 6 Connor Brislin (17:31.5); 7 Tenash Allah (18:14.3); 8 Gabriel Reilly (18:19.3);
Girls 7 to 8
1 Abbie Mitchell (16:52.4); 2 Amber Joubert (17:24.4); 3 Megan Hough (17:53.4); 4 Jorja Parker-Nance (18:11.5); 5 Jody Van Aardt (18:16.5); 6 Dinica Roff (18:21.4); 7 Tracy Caalse (19:01.4); 8 Micke Terblanche (19:37.9); 9 Maseeha Munshi (20:01.4); 10 Samantha Baling (23:40.5);
Boys 9 to 10
1 Tristan Van Aardt (16:12.5); 2 Tyron Jeacocks (16:31.0); 3 Matthew Loon (16:39.4); 4 Alex Willimott (17:07.4); 5 Zaahid Munshi (17:13.6); 6 Mats Mock (17:15.9); 7 Connor Roff (17:19.0); 8 Connor Mitchell (17:22.1); 9 Daniel Holmes (17:28.9); 10 Paulus Jacobs (17:38.0); 11 Siphamandla Ndzandze (18:03.5); 12 Troy Denysschen (18:30.3); 13 Owaethu Qabaka (18:45.8);
Girls 9 to 10
1 Rebecca Mardon (16:35.2); 2 Amy Serfontein (17:33.8); 3 Jorja Sacke (17:45.3); 4 Robyn Hough (17:47.1); 5 Caitlin Rademakers (17:51.1); 6 Jenna Hiscock (17:55.6); 7 Amy Liebenberg (18:00.1); 8 Jordan Cole (18:38.4); 9 Kayra Parker-Nance (19:11.5); 10 Annabel Owen (19:35.5); 11 Lara Kleinhans (19:41.6); 12 Chloe Critchlow (19:43.6);
Boys 11 to 12
1 Bradley Bosman (17:05.5); 2 Rayhaan Botha (17:26.6); 3 Tristan Zoetmulder (20:09.5); 4 Siphiwe Jack (36:23.8);
Girls 11 to 12
1 Annemieke Mock (16:22.5); 2 Kayleigh Hiscock (16:25.2); 3 Tara Sacke (16:28.4); 4 Bella Archibald (16:41.2); 5 Monique Ferreira (17:02.5); 6 Kelsey Froneman (18:09.5); 7 Julia Cohen (18:23.6); 8 Erin Jewell (19:48.6);
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