My name is Adam Walker I am the first British person to swim the 7 toughest ocean swims in the world and one of 6 to complete it and last year was nominated for World Open Water Swimmer of the year. Here are my websites: www.adamwalkeroceans7.co.uk and oceanwalkeruk.com I swam the Cook Strait April 2014, where dolphins accompanied for 1 hour …
Port Nelson Sea Swims, Race Two, November 12, 2015
The scenario was similar to last week’s, atrocious weather in the leadup (a couple of episodes of hail and cold wind as late as 5pm), but then perfect conditions for the swim. Even the water temperature wasn’t bad at 19 degrees and 144 swimmers took part. The featured photo, taken by Alice Trengrove, is of Finella Gibbs-Beal, winner of …
Swim in Samoa
Treat yourself next winter. Join other swimmers in a trip to Samoa for the three-race Samoa Sea Swims in August 2016. Start planning now. Preliminary details below Samoa Sea A4 flyer16
Opening night, November 5, 2015
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 …