The 16th Rylock Opening Splash kicked off on a beautiful sunny morning, with 89 swimmers making a strong start to the season. In the long course, Josef Scott claimed the win in 24:23.5, with Chris Smithers and Terry Bone close behind. Lilly Claridge was the top woman, finishing fourth overall, followed by Nia Linyard and Christina Harris. The short course …
Well done to all who took part in a beautiful fresh morning swim, all for a good cause! 47 swimmers braved the cold sea. Approx $1,010.00 was raised for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Thanks to all for your support! Click here for the results
A small select field this week, with 78 doing the long swim of 1600m and 15 doing the short option of about 600m. The race got off to an exciting start when naughty boy Geoff Lart shouted out “Five seconds to go”, then whistled loudly. Of course half the field set off, but they were soon reined in and a …
A successful day for 19 Nelson swimmers in Akaroa with Raphael Marinzeck Borborema the first of the group to finish in the 5k, followed by our pin up girl Sophie Pahl, who took the gold medal in F12-14. The ageless Derek Eaton took gold in M80-84, while Stuart Hebberd and Peter Gibbs won silver and bronze in M70-74. Dave Loose …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Fast and furious tonight, with Terry Bone coming in ahead of Austen Dean, Hamish Neill, Abbey Smale and Sam Harman. Here’s the results Here’s the photos, by Juliet Cripwell Some extra photos, by Kay Sneddon Points to date Here’s the story on Sportzhub by Peter Gibbs Thursday swims continue through the Christmas and New Year period, with the first 5km …
A testing swim of 1km, with the first leg a battle against the current and the rest of the race a battle to not be swept away. Hayden Squance, Terry Bone, Hamish Neill, Abbey Smale and Austen Dean led the field home, with Sophie Pahl and Keshia Linyard leading the short race. Pictured, Isabella Thurlow and Sierra Thomas Full results …