CANCELLED AGAIN!!! From organiser Dick Bennison: “Based on the current weather conditions and the likelihood that there will be no improvement before this evening I have made the decision to abandon tonight’s swim. Three main reasons. 1 rain, 2 wind, 3 water quality.” At 3pm it was most unpleasant down there. In addition to Dick’s comments, there’s a big swell …
TONIGHT’S SWIM IS CANCELLED!!! Low tide is at 6.21pm and it’s very low. On the other hand, with the amount of rain forecast there’ll be enough dirty water coming downstream to compensate. On the other hand, the strong wind will probably blow it out of the harbour. All that means that conditions are not propitious. A decision about whether …
We’ve come to expect tough swims and tonight’s was another in the same mould. At least no current was in evidence, but the wind from the north stirred up a decent maelstrom. On the positive side, we had one of the best starts this summer, with a start buoy giving a clear line close to shore making it easier for …
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Yet another tough swim, here’s the results: Tonight’s swim was the longest yet at about 1550m. Hayden Squance performed his customary demolition of the field ahead of Terry Bone, Hamish Neill and the first two women Abbey Smale and Sam Harman. Eddie Swain sneaked in for fifth between Abbey and Sam. In the short swim over about 750m, Brianna Mackay …
Congratulations to all who took part in the Chia Sisters Olympic Tri/ Multisport (with short options) race! It was a beautiful morning with 66 competitors and teams. Thanks to our wonderful sponsors Chia Sisters for supplying chia drinks for all our thirsty athletes. A special thanks to all our volunteers who helped out. We couldn’t run these races without you! …
Another tough swim. The expected current was flowing from the south, but the winds were stronger than expected, making the southernmost point of the swim a bit of a challenge. Feature photo: Rob Cant, Erin O’Connor and Polina Stucke – always there, always happy to finish. Photo by Kay Sneddon. Hayden Squance claimed his accustomed spot at the front of …
Perfect conditions for a race of close to 1400m. Swimmers from AquaGym in Christchurch, here on their annual training week, made their presence felt, especially on the short race of about 800m. In the long race, Louis Clark touched down fractionally before Ben Isles, winner of Sunday’s 5km race. Hayden Squance was in the sprint to the finish, taking third …
Featured photo: Wendy Healey leads in a bunch of seven swimmers, who finished within 13 seconds of each other. It was a perfect swim – conditions couldn’t have been better. In the long race it was a clean sweep by out-of-towners. Ben Isles and Hayden Squance went stroke for stroke most of the way, but Ben, from Christchurch, pulled away …
Featured photo by Kay Sneddon, Oxford Bayley, Hayden Squance and Terry Bone. That was a very tough swim of just over 1300m. The first 600m south was a tough slog into the wind and tide. The prevailing wisdom was to stick close to the wall, but it was hard not to be pushed out into the harbour. The next two …