Sunday’s Ocean Racing Series saw over 500 entrants packing out Hobie Beach to take advantage of the near perfect beach conditions. Round 4 of the fortnightly Series enjoyed visitor participation from Limpopo, Norway, United Kingdom and Australia on Sunday and showed off the city’s Premier Blue Flag beach at its best. The youngest participant on Sunday was just 1 years old whilst the oldest was 77. Sunday’s race started with a minutes silence for Emily Stemmett who passed away on … [Read more...] about Bumper Ocean Racing Series turnout
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Local Rotarians Receive Paul Harris Fellow Recognition
The Rotary Club of PE Sunrise recently rewarded three of its members with special awards at their recent club sponsors evening. Rotarian Michael Zoetmulder and past club member Barbara Foot each received a Paul Harris Fellow recognition, named after the founder of Rotary, which is the Rotary Foundation's way of expressing its appreciation for a substantial contribution to its humanitarian and educational programs. Rotarians have a tradition of supporting the Foundation by honoring others. … [Read more...] about Local Rotarians Receive Paul Harris Fellow Recognition
Chumming of a Different Kind from Local Beach Manager
Sundays final round of the popular Weekend Post Ocean Racing Series was marred by a nasty incident on Sunday morning as over 300 swimmers from around the country participated in the last swim of Season 6 at Hobie Beach. About 30 minutes into the event, a group of up to six swimmers deliberately entered the water without registering for the event and proceeded to swim directly into the race participants as the 3km swimmers were completing their 2nd lap and colliding into several … [Read more...] about Chumming of a Different Kind from Local Beach Manager
Mike is too Polite and Nice So I will say FARG OFF for him
One of the lone people continually promoting Port Elizabeth as the watersport capital of South Africa (at least) and the world (at best!) is Michael Zoetmulder from Zports. One of the events that he presents is the regular Ocean Racing Series (ORS) at the "used to be Blue Flag" Hobie Beach. The ORS consists of a number of swimming, paddling and running events for competitors to take part in and stand a chance to win prizes. In his recent newsletter Michael writes: At the last race day, we … [Read more...] about Mike is too Polite and Nice So I will say FARG OFF for him
