Port Nelson Sea Swims, Race 18, March 10, 2016

  Interesting swim – here’s the results Results in finish order. Featured swimmer: Finella Gibbs-Beal wrapped up the under-16 section of the short swim series gaining the maximum 100 points and winning last night’s short swim over 600m. Here’s some photos from the swim. Here’s a story from the Nelson Mail and Stuff Season points – these are the final points from …

Port Nelson Sea Swims, Race 17, March 3

  Nice long swims. High tide and relatively calm seas. It’s taken a long time to come, but with just one swim remaining we’ve finally achieved swim nirvana. Featured swimmer: Talya Harwood has been the dominant female swimmer this year. She consolidated her lead in the series tonight, finishing second overall, behind Thomas Heaton. Here’s the results. Results in finish …

Port Nelson Sea Swims, Race 16, February 25

  February – traditionally the month of calm conditions, where we stretch the swims out and enjoy the speed. Not so this year, as El Nino seems intent on plaguing us to the bitter end. Tonight’s swim was rough and tough, but short enough that we could all enjoy punching into the waves (the offer only available for a limited …

Port Nelson Sea Swims, Race 14, February 11

With apologies for the amount of time it’s taken, here’s the results from Thursday’s swim. Click here Points to date, click here Some great results from the Christchurch round of the Ocean Swim Series, with gold medals for Kerry Mathieson (F45-49), Janis Crampton (F55-59), Margaret Johnston (F60-64) and Derek Eaton (70-74). Also bronze medals to Kuke Kelly (M15-19) and Kirstin …

Port Nelson Sea Swims, Race 13, February 4

High tide for this swim, 6.56pm, so the current will be incoming, south to north. Not a very big tide (3.2m), so shouldn’t be too great. The short course will be approximately 500m around the cluster of yachts off the boat shed. The long course will go further south to the black yacht then to another yacht close to the jetty …

Port Nelson Sea Swims, Race 12, January 28

  Nice swim in good conditions. Here’s tonight’s results. Results in finish order Photos, by Emily and Sean Trengrove The Nelson Mail story from the Stuff website, click here Here’s a story from events of January 30, 31 in Wellington, click here Points to date Fancy a free entry to the Christchurch race in the national Ocean Swim Series on Saturday …

Clements Windows and Doors, 3.8km Ironman race

Perfect conditions, 101 competitors. Featured photo: race start, by Simon Bloomberg Here’s the results Results in finish order If you spot any errors, please email info@nelsontriclub.co.nz (NB – the finish order results have been updated several times and reflect the most accurate results. The age group splits may still contain some errors.) Here’s the Nelson Mail story from the Stuff …

Port Nelson Sea Swims, Race 11, January 21

  Turned out to be a bit tougher than expected. Reasonable current to combat in the first leg, with a few more waves than predicted. A good challenge and preparation for Sunday’s 3.8km swim. Featured photo: Isabella Thurlow was fifth in the short swim over about 450m. Photo: Emily Trengrove Tonight’s photos by Emily Trengrove, click here Here’s the results.  …