Another wonderful swim with 110 taking part – 102 doing the long swim and eight doing the short swim. Luke Kelly raced to victory in the closing stages to win ahead of Hayden Squance. Sierra Thomas and Sophie Alexander reasserted their dominance from the Port Nelson series to take the first two places in the women’s section. Speaking of the …
Sea swims, November 30, 2017
The tide was pretty fierce at 6pm, but it slackened a little, allowing for a beautiful swim in warm seas with perfect conditions. Luke Kelly won a ding dong battle over Xavier Anderson and Hayden Squance to record his third win from four races. Apart from that, we’ll have to wait for the results (coming soon) to see how things …
Sea Swims, November 23, 2017
Climate change may be lulling us into a false sense of security. We’ve had a fantastic start to the season with perfect nights so far. Tonight was one of the best. Not only was the sun out and the sea calm, but our fantastic crew was ticking over in a seamless and perfect manner. Registration, timing, kayak and boat support, …
Auckland Harbour Crossing
It seemed like a lovely day for a swim. A bit overcast, but very warm water and it seemed calm. A large number of swimmers were there – turned out to be 999 competitors heading from Bayswater on Auckland’s North Shore across to the Viaduct Basin. The opening few hundred metres were uneventful, but conditions turned out to be a …
Sea swims November 16, 2018
The season is shaping up into a battle between Luke Kelly and Hayden Squance, both previous winners of the Port Nelson Series. Last week it was Luke by three seconds. This week it was Hayden’s turn, as he sprinted to a one second win over Luke on a course of about a kilometre on an incoming tide. In the women’s …
Sea Swims, November 9, 2017
Things couldn’t have been better for the opening night swim. Sunny skies, calm seas and a turnout of 167 swimmers. While not quite matching the opening nights of 2013 (175 swimmers) and 2012 (171 swimmers) it was a cheerful start to the season, with swims of 400m and 800m A bit of tweaking coming up, but here’s the initial results …
The Interislander Big Tahuna
Here’s a bonus for all our swimmers. The Interislander Big Tahuna – 31 March 2018. Event 6 of the Banana Boat NZ Ocean Swim Series. All info at www.oceanswim.co.nz . 20% codes to be used before 17 Feb 2018 to receive 20% off the Super Early Bird rates. NELSONSWIMSERIES18 – for Nelson Swim Series participants and affiliates.
Haulashore Circuit, March 26, 2017
Low cloud and rain, but perfectly flat seas made it a perfect day. Hayden Squance and Luke Kelly did battle with each other and stingrays, setting up a final sprint, which Hayden took by three seconds, setting a new record of 35min 33sec. Luke also broke the old record of 35min 45sec, which he set two years ago. Terry Bone …
Sea swims March 9, 2017
It was an unexpectedly exciting swim, with the current ripping in. Over a short distance, it was a night for the sprinters. Tonight’s results. Results in finish order Here’s some photos. Featured swimmer: Dick Bennison has been the event organiser and leader of the sea swim team for the past four years. Dick is also the president of the Nelson …
Sea swims, March 2, 2017
Another lovely swim. Here’s the results Results in finish order. Here’s some photos Featured swimmer, Jude Vincent. After a season of tight competition in F50-59, Jude clinched the category with a win tonight. Points to date Remember that the figure that counts is the best of 12 swims – in the column on extreme right. Next week’s swim will be a …