Port Nelson Swims, November 29

Age group results, click here. (Updated 03/12/18) Results in finish order, click here. (Updated 03/12/18) Points to date. Photos, by Janice Coyle. The weather is looking good, without too much wind. The 3.8m high tide is at 3.13pm, so the current will be north to south. Close to a dozen of our swimmers will be taking part in race one of …

Opening Splash, November 25, 2018

This is the 11th time this event has been held, and it was one of the most competitive, with eight swimmers finishing within 20 seconds at the front of the field. Alec Swan triumphed in a close finish ahead of Luke Kelly, Fergus Drummond, Bendi Kepess, Oxford Bayley, Sierra Thomas, Terry Bone and Josh Sheridan. Hamish Neill and Sophie Alexander …

Port Nelson Swims, November 22

A good turnout of 165 swimmers on a near-perfect night, marred only by a strong current and a very slight chop. Age group results, click here. Results in finish order, click here. Points to date, click here. Photos, by Janice Coyle. Story, click here. Race one of the Clements Endurance Series is on Sunday. The Opening Splash, 2km from the …

The Interislander Big Tahuna

Fantastic results – five swimmers in the first ten, including overall winner Luke Kelly. Sierra Thomas took out the second woman’s spot and we won a heap of medals Nelson results – please email info@nelsontriclub.co.nz if anyone is missing Click here

Haulashore Circuit

This annual race starts at 11am from the yacht club. There will also be yacht racing in progress, so be aware of other activity on the yacht club deck. If you’ve already done any of our swims this year,you may have already entered this race – if not we’ll have your details, so just arrive and pay the $15 entry …

Sand to Surf, Mt Maunganui

Davey Boles bolted away to win the Sand to Surf ocean swim over 2.6km at Mt Maunganui this morning. Boles recorded 29min 34 sec to win from Nelson’s own Luke Kelly in 30min 34sec. Luke was first in his M20-24 age group. Other Nelson results: (Overall position, race no, name, time, gender, gender placing, age group, age group placing) 2 …

Port Nelson swim, March 1

Low tide is at 4.19pm, so it’ll be an incoming tide. That means the flow will be from the south, so we’ll swim towards it close to shore, angling out into the current for the return journey.. Turned out to be near perfect for a swim of 1600m for the long swim, a big loop around the harbour. Here’s the …

Port Nelson swim, February 22

Tonight’s swim has been cancelled. Following the recent rain, NCC has issued a swim warning which will be in place until at least tomorrow. Apologies for this – we’ll resume swimming next week (March 1).

Port Nelson sea swim, February 1

It won’t come as any surprise – tonight’s swim is cancelled!!!   Low tide is at 5.22pm – and it’s very low, but it’ll be coming in so it’s possible to set courses going south against the flow and coming back wider out. However, here’s the weather forecast for Thursday: “Rain setting in early, with heavy falls. Northerlies rising to …

Super sunny Sunday, January 28

What a day! In Wellington, Nelson swimmers took away 14 medals in the Capital Classic, race three of the Banana Boat Ocean Swim Series. That included two gold medals for Luke Kelly (pictured), overall winner and winner of M20-24, a bronze medal for Sierra Thomas for third woman (and ninth overall in the race) and a gold for first in …