It was a tricky little swim with a twist at the end. The tide was coming from south to north. The wind was blowing from north to south, so there was a bit of a battle between the two, resulting in some aqueous upset and a few inadvertent inhalations of salty water. Adding to the other factors, the course was …
Tonight’s swim was a solid test over a 1300m course on a moderately strong outgoing tide. Lucas Bell did his usual trick of jumping out from the gun and by the time he rounded the dolphin navigation marker he had a clear lead. A slight navigation glitch had him wrapped around the second marker buoy as the tide swept swimmers …
Interesting course, weaving in and out of the boats, and a surprising current on the leg towards the dolphin. Both races were dominated by fast young swimmers, Lucas Bell in the long course and Phoebe Diamond in the short. Lucas was a clear winner by 22 seconds from Terry Bone, with Ben Marshall a similar distance further back. Phoebe plays …
We had a fantastic evening at Tahunanui Beach for the Catch 22 Cafe & Bar Aquathon! The sun was shining, but the wind added an extra challenge for our 25 participants, including teams. A big well done to everyone who took part! Short Course Winners: 1st Team Shredders – 17:05.5 2nd Mini Dash 2 – 17:32.8 3rd Ardan Warner – …
Interesting swim with a strong outgoing tide. It was plain sailing out to the dolphin, but swimmers had the concentrate on staying on target to hit the next two buoys before the slog north along Rocks Rd to the finish. Terry Bone was a convincing winner over the 1200m course, but Ben Marshall had to work hard for second, holding …
Perfect conditions for the Proper Crisps Team Triathlon, 29 teams and individuals, and plenty of fun! A huge thanks to Proper Crisps, our volunteers, and Pete Marshall for the photos.
Interesting course of about 1300m. Lucas Bell made his usual supercharged sprint from the start, shadowed by Terry Bone all the way. At the finish, Lucas had another sprint up his sleeve and was able to hold on for a winning margin of three seconds. The field spread out behind the two leaders, With Ben Marshall in third, followed by …
A beautiful night for a long-course swim of just over 1200m and a short swim of about 350m. It was overcast, but calm, with a slight outgoing tide. It’s not often the course goes north, but that was the case tonight, with Terry Bone choosing to shadow Ben Marshall to the first turn, about 200m towards the wharf. Christina Harris …
Beautiful night for a 1500m swim. Lucas Bell took off like a startled rabbit from the gun, giving no chance for Terry Bone to get his big engine wound up as the field headed south. Ben Marshall did his best to hang on. A couple of right turns took swimmers back up the harbour, with Lucas clinging to the lead …
A pre-race downpour and the threat of bluebottles didn’t deter the 41 swimmers who took on the full course, or the 20 short course swimmers, who covered about 1600m. Terry Bone was unchallenged to win the long course, while Kate Alexander put on a wetsuit to frighten the sea life and rocketed round the course to take second from Fraser …