The Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics (NMBA) open water swimming season kicked off on Sunday morning with the first round of the provincial Swim Series taking place at the pristine Marina Martinique, home of the SA Open Water Swimming National Championships in 2019. Over 100 swimmers from around the Eastern Cape took full advantage of the opportunity to secure early qualification times for the season with great swimming conditions on the morning with water temperatures permitting wetsuit legal … [Read more...] about Start of NMB Open Water Swimming Season
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Concerns over Water Quality Scupper National Event
Open water swimming in Nelson Mandela Bay suffered a huge setback this week with the announcement that the 2017 South African Open Water Swimming Nationals awarded to Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics for North End Lake on the 4th and 5th March has been relocated to Marina Martinique in Jeffreys Bay. The Championships, which is set to attract around 300 top swimmers from around the country, was earmarked to be the first official swimming event in the rehabilitated lake but at the weekend the local … [Read more...] about Concerns over Water Quality Scupper National Event
Venter Dominates in Three and Five Kilometre Swims
An exciting weekend of open water swimming at Marina Martinique saw Pearson High School head boy, Ian Venter, winning both the Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics (NMBA) 5km and 3km Championship races. The Aquabear swimmer won the Provincial 5km open water swim on Saturday afternoon in blustery conditions in 1hr and 49 seconds just under 2 minutes ahead of Nicolas Adam with Slater Black finishing 3rd whilst St Francis Bay Liquid Lines swimmer Amica de Jager, from Woodridge High School, won the ladies … [Read more...] about Venter Dominates in Three and Five Kilometre Swims
NMBA Open Water Swim Champs
This weekend sees a showdown of EP's top open water swimmers as the Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics (NMBA) Open Water Swim Championships takes place at Marina Martinique. Saturday will feature the NMBA 5km Championships starting at 2pm whilst Sunday hosts the NMBA 10km Championships at 9am and the 3pm Championships at 12 noon. Other swimming events on offer this weekend will be a 3km swim on Saturday starting at 2.10pm for swimmers requiring an additional 3km qualifying time and on Sunday … [Read more...] about NMBA Open Water Swim Champs
Close out 2016 with the last Open Water Swim for the year
The annual Marina Martinique swim festival on Friday 30th December will close off the 2016 open water swimming session in great fashion with a Double Mile, 500m swim, Kids Bank2Bank and the feature Mile event all taking place in the stunning Marina Martinique canals from the Marina Wharf restaurant area. The sheltered and warm Marina canals offer the perfect open water swimming conditions with festivities kicking off from 9am on Friday. "We are excited to once again be a part of the Marina … [Read more...] about Close out 2016 with the last Open Water Swim for the year
EP Open Water Swimming Champions
This past weekend saw new EP open water swimming champions crowned during a busy EP Open water swimming Championships at Marina Martinique, Jeffreys Bay. Swimmers from around the province took part in round 3 of the Cirrus Bio-ears swim challenge Series which featured the EP Championship 10km, 5km and 3km events. First champions to be crowned on Saturday afternoon were Dominic Greeff and Rebecca Newman, the new EP 10km marathon swim champions, winning in a time of 2hrs 31min and 49 seconds and … [Read more...] about EP Open Water Swimming Champions
Jessica and Jono Roux Dominate Open Water Swimming
SA National open water swimmer, Jessica Roux, and her 16 year old brother Jonathan dominated the open water swimming events at Sunday's Eastern Province Aquatic's Cirrus Bio-Ears Swim Challenge Series hosted at Marina Martinique. The series, which has established itself as one of the South Africa's premier open water swimming events, enjoyed its best start to the season with over 100 open water swimmers taking part. SA World Championship 10km swimmer, Jessica, swam the day's fastest times … [Read more...] about Jessica and Jono Roux Dominate Open Water Swimming
Two in a row for Michael Marais
Jessica Roux was the swimming sensation at the 2011 EP Open Water Swimming championships held at Marina Martinique over the weekend, claiming gold in both the 10km and 5km events. The EP 10km championships was not without drama as early leader and pre-race favourite, Chris van de Sande, withdrew after 6km. Van de Sande who held a narrow lead over Roux and visiting Gauteng swimmer Zoe Venter, complained of a tight chest and breathing difficulties which forced him out of all championship races … [Read more...] about Two in a row for Michael Marais
