This is a reminder that there will be no Saturday morning swim at Riverside Pool on the 19th of October. Instead, join us at 7am at Tahuna Beach for a free group swim. Swimmers of all levels are welcome, and we’ll divide into suitable groups on the day for a relaxed, social swim. Wetsuits are optional but recommended. After the …
Attention Swimmers! Quick reminder: Tomorrow night’s (Thursday, 14th of March) final race, Race #18, in the Rylock Summer Swim Series will be held at Tahuna Beach and NOT at the Yacht Club as usual. Don’t forget to adjust your plans accordingly! See you at Tahuna Beach for an exciting finish to the series! #RylockSummerSwimSeries #TahunaBeach #FinalRace
Saturday morning coached swim sessions are back on at Riverside Pool. Starting this Saturday, 1st of April from 7am-8:30am (doors open at 6:45am and are locked at 7am, the pool is closed to the public). The cost per session is $10 (please bring cash). With the sea swim series finished for the season, now is a great time to work …
Sixteen Nelson swimmers travelled to Auckland for the 4.6km Rangitoto swim on Saturday. They were joined by Abbey Smale, now studying in Christchurch, and Lisa Birkett, who moved to Hawke’s Bay a few years ago. Here’s the Nelson results Here’s a story (That one was aimed at Nelson and Waimea Weekly) Here’s a different story – on Sportzhub: Here’s lots …
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 …