There was a small turnout of Nelson swimmers at the Blue Lake, near Rotorua. Once again, Alec Swan and Oxford Bayley were gazumped by a swimmer starting in a later wave who finished behind them but recorded a faster time. In a finish mixup, Oxford was forced to swim a little extra distance, leaving Alec to take second place with …

Tough swim tonight – out to the dolphin, around the boats in the harbour and then an arduous (and choppy) swim against the current to the finish. It’s official – with his ten-second win tonight, Oxford Bayley hit the top of the points table to snatch the overall series win from Hayden Squance. The women’s series was never in doubt, …

That was a solid swim, slogging south against the tide to round all the boats down by the Richardson St steps, then across to the pirate boat and back to the ramp via the dolphin. Total distance about 1650m. To make matters worse, the tide picked up the final buoy and drifted it north. To make matters even worse still, …

One of the smallest turnouts of Nelson swimmers for a while. Abbey Smale continued with her winning streak, winning both the women’s title and the F15-19 gold medal. Maggy Johnston and Derek Eaton both took silver in their age groups. Here’s the Nelson results Here’s a story on Sportzhub Full results 

It wasn’t the most attractive of evenings and the number of swimmers (91) was the lowest in 12 seasons. Yet for those who were there it was a near-perfect evening. Not too much current, calm seas, no glare or sunstrike and far less argy-bargy at the start. Hayden Squance is growing taller every day. He only has to lie down …

Another great day for the 30 or so Nelson swimmers who made the journey south. Oxford Bayley and Alec Swan are pictured coming out of the water at the front of the field, with Oxford winning the sprint up the beach by two seconds. Both swimmers went to the left of the final yellow buoy, making their race slightly longer …