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
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J-Bay in the news: Marina Martinique swim festival to close off 2016 in style
Marina Martinique swim festival to close off 2016 in style: “Thanks to the efforts of Jeffreys Bay councillor and legendary open water swimmer, Brenton Williams, this event was resurrected in 2002 and grows from strength to strength each year.” The Double Mile (3.2km) event will start at 9am from the Marina ... Source: "Jeffreys Bay" - BingNews. Gold Coast’s top 20 sports stars: It was Fanning’s incredible and brave victory at the Billabong Pro at Jeffreys Bay that showed his true champion … [Read more...] about J-Bay in the news: Marina Martinique swim festival to close off 2016 in style
Swim twins aim for explosive performances at Worlds
Swim twins aim for explosive performances at Worlds: NMMU-Madibaz swimming stars Alard (left) and Alaric Basson leave for Canada on Friday to compete in the World Short Course Championships from December 6 to 11. Photo: Supplied Uitenhage swimming twins Alaric and Alard Basson are preparing for a week of explosive performances when they compete for South Africa in the World Short Course Championships in Canada next week. Taking place in Windsor, Ontario, the 13th Fina short course championships … [Read more...] about Swim twins aim for explosive performances at Worlds
Uitenhage in the news: Swim twins aim for explosive displays
Swim twins aim for explosive displays: NATIONAL NEWS - Uitenhage swimming twins Alaric and Alard Basson are preparing for a week of explosive performances when they compete for South Africa in the World Short Course Championships in Canada next week. Taking place in Windsor, Ontario ... Source: "Uitenhage" - BingNews. South Africa: Panayiotou Trial to Continue Next Year: She was found shot dead in a veld outside KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, the following day. Advocate Terry Price, SC, said the … [Read more...] about Uitenhage in the news: Swim twins aim for explosive displays
Swim Penguins Swim – Editors Pic
This image is from the MyPE Editor's Flickr Account - offering some topical daily images from a phone smarter than Alan, occasional images from a DSLR and scanned images of Port Elizabeth as he wanders around the Bay pretending to know a lot and sometimes succeeding in making a complete hash of it! Swim Penguins Swim Image by awstraton African Penguins being released off of St Croix Island in Algoa Bay. This image is randomly selected from an ever growing repository of publicly available … [Read more...] about Swim Penguins Swim – Editors Pic
‘Twilight zone’ fish swim silently with forked tails – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: ‘Twilight zone’ fish swim silently with forked tails by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: Researchers have identified a way to predict which reef fish can live across a greater range of depths, increasing their chances of surviving natural disasters such as cyclones and coral bleaching. Marine Biology News — ScienceDaily Click here to book your Sardine Run Experience. Read more here: Sardine Run Port Elizabeth Image from page 364 … [Read more...] about ‘Twilight zone’ fish swim silently with forked tails – Featured Blog
First swim ever
A MyPE.co.za 'Hobie Beach' selected video for you: Pupils from the Kleinpoort Farm School, 125km from Port Elizabeth on the road to Jansenville, enjoy their first-ever swim in the sea at PE’s Hobie Beach during an end-of-the-year outing yesterday. http://www.heraldlive.co.za/sea-sational/ Click HERE to find more 'Hobie Beach' videos. These videos are automatically selected based on youTube keywords - Click Here to report any 'offensive' videos. CLICK HERE to … [Read more...] about First swim ever
Banana Boy Dominates Local Swim
The first round of the Secbands EPA Swim Challenge Series took place on Sunday morning amid strong winds at Marina Martinique with the swimmer of the event being 14 year old Reegan Tait of Pinetown, Durban. Tait won the 5km swim in a SA qualifying time of 1hr 9min and then followed this up with a win in the 3km event in 41min 47sec. Only two swimmers braved the marathon swimming distances with PE's Kevin Grey completing the 10km swim in 2hrs 59min whilst EP 10km ladies champion Rebecca Newman … [Read more...] about Banana Boy Dominates Local Swim
2012 Ironman Swim Support Personnel
An event of the magnitude of the Ironman does not run properly without a mass of volunteers and logistics - some are paid, some volunteer and all are enthusiastic and dedicated. Having myself been involved in many sailing events (pop down to Hobie Beach from 27 to 30 April to see the Boardwalk Hobie 16 Nationals) I am intimately aware of the precious value of volunteers. Often we will see Captains of Industry giving up holiday time to assist at Sailing Regattas and their only form of payment? … [Read more...] about 2012 Ironman Swim Support Personnel
Help us Name These Ironman 2012 Swimmers
The 2012 Ironman swim has been named as one of the toughest to date. The first swimmer home was Clemente Alonso-Mckernan from Spain in a time of 54 minutes and 53 seconds, second was Kent Horner from South Africa in 57 minute and 55 seconds, closely followed by Mike Aigroz from Switzerland four seconds later. The last swimmer in to beat the 2 hours and twenty minute cut-off was Kenneth Hubbard from the United Emirates in 2 hours 19 minutes and 41 seconds. In 2011 the swim times were much … [Read more...] about Help us Name These Ironman 2012 Swimmers
