16 year old Pearson High Scholar Ian Venter from Aquabear swim club and St Francis Bay resident, Amica de Jager, achieved the Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics (NMBA) open water swimming (OWS) double on Sunday morning when they both added the NMBA 5km OWS titles to the 3km titles they won a week ago. Venter swam comfortably behind Aquabear team mate Nicolas Adam for the first 3.5km of the race before moving into the lead and crossing the finish line in a fast 1hr 3min with Adam finishing in second … [Read more...] about One More Title for Venter
Settlers Dam
No stopping Venter
The Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics (NMBA) 3km swim championships at Settlers Dam on Sunday morning saw the much anticipated dual between defending SPAR River Mile champion Daniel Jones and current undefeated aQuellé Ocean Racing Series 1km champion Ian Venter. Held in near perfect conditions in this tranquil fresh water dam just outside Grahamstown, swimmers from Border and Eastern Province went head to head over 3 laps of the 1km course with EP Swimmers Jones, Venter and Nicolas Adam breaking … [Read more...] about No stopping Venter
Great Settlers Dam Start to Swim Series
Swimmers from around the Province took part in the first round of the Swimming South Africa sanctioned EC Swim Series on Sunday morning at Settlers Dam outside Grahamstown. Hosted by Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics' (NMBA) the Series is the only swimming event in the Province which affords registered swimmers the opportunity to attain qualifying times to attend the SA Openwater Swimming Nationals in March next year. No fewer than 4 swimming races took place on the tranquil Settlers Dam on the … [Read more...] about Great Settlers Dam Start to Swim Series
