The day has dawned with fresh snow on the hills and a hint of frost. Hardly encouraging. On the positive side, it looks like a clear, sunny day. By the beginning of the day there were 188 people signed up, so it looks like a big opening night. A swim of about 800m is planned for the the long event, …
Haulashore Circuit
Against predictions, it was a beautiful day for swimming. Luke Kelly and Pip Dwyer won the long swim, with Daniel Dwyer and Mandy Medcalf-Stephens leading the short swim. 86 swimmers took part. Because of some navigation confusion, the surf rescue boat sent some swimmers on a shortcut, so results need to be taken with a grain of salt. If you …
Final night – prizegiving
Final night – a fitting culmination to a near-perfect season. After the relay and barbecue we recognised the achievements of swimmers and those who made it happen. The Samoa Swim series prize was won by Clark Ambrose, who has waited since the opening swim, when he was drawn as the first person to go into the swim ballot. Here’s photos of …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 18, March 12, 2015
The culmination of one of the best seasons yet. It’s been a summer of beautiful weather, calm seas and a lot of swimmers. Tonight’s field of 178 was up there among the biggest. The long course of 1700m and the short course of just on 600m were possibly the longest we’ve ever had. Tonight’s featured swimmer is Peter Thomas. Peter …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 17, March 5
Isn’t it great. Another wonderful swim – a bit rough on the return, but nothing to bother our intrepid swimmers. Here’s the results – these are the third set, so if you’ve been scratching your head earlier, scratch no more – these are right. In a rare moment of cosmic justice, tonight’s winner Hayden Squance is also the winner of the …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 16, February 26, 2015
We couldn’t have had a better night. 178 swimmers, flat calm, no sun in the eyes. We called it 1500m, although one swimmer had 1800m on his gps. Emily Trengrove did a fine job of photos, as usual. Here they are Featured swimmer: Pip Dwyer. Pip will have her name on the overall winner’s cup this year. In her third season …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 15, February 19, 2015
Another very nice long swim of about 1500m, or 600 for the short option. 188 swimmers. There’s a lot of lost property, including an Orca equip wetsuit left in the men’s dressing room and several pairs of goggles, caps and a pair of leather sandals. The winner of the chance to be in the draw for the Samoa Swim Series …
State Ocean Swim, Akaroa, February 15
Nelson swimmers had a great time in Akaroa on Sunda Here’s some pics from Bryony and Keller Marriott Featured photo – Margaret Johnston, silver medallist in F60-64 Nelson results in 2.8km age group race: Luke Kelly 34.15 2 (2nd M15-19) Kirstin Ramsay 41.32 41 (1st F30-34) Lionel Padial 41.44 43 (7th M45-49) Barry Thomas 42.44 56 (1st M55-59) Christina Harris …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 14, February 12, 2015
It’s hard to imagine the season could ever get any better. We had sunshine, semi-high tide, not much wind but enough so it wasn’t boring, warm water, good friends and tonight we broke all sorts of records: The biggest attendance ever in 28 years – 194 swimmers. Probably the longest short swim – more than 600m Probably the longest long …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 13, February 5, 2015
Punchy little swim tonight with 159 competitors. Colder and choppier than in recent weeks, but because it was a bit shorter it was possible to go a bit harder, which suited the conditions. Emily Trengrove took a record number of photos – an intense record of the night. Here they are Here’s the results The Samoa Sea Swim draw has …