This series is close now, with races on April 22, May 6 and May 20. Because so much of Rabbit Island cannot now be used because of the Great Taste Trail, or is unsuitable because of logging or biosolid spraying, we’ve revised the fomat. In a departure from the format used for the past 13 years, we’re now using short …
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 Results
Here are the results from Clements Endurance Series, Haulashore Circuit, 2.8km. Haulashore Overall Results Haulashore Category Results
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 …
Port Nelson Sea Swims, prizegiving night
A fun night with a surprisingly tough relay. All the volunteers and winners of various categories were recognised. Photos, by Janice Coyle Don’t forget the Haulashore Circuit at 11am on Sunday and The Interislander Big Tahuna on Saturday March 31. The discount code for The Interislander Big Tahuna is NELSONSWIMSERIES2018 The price goes up on Friday night, so get the 20% …
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 8
Very nice swim to finish the season – just over 1500m for the long swim, calm conditions, not much current on the return leg from the black boat. Here’s the results. Results in finish order Photos, by Janice Coyle Here’s the final points. Story on Sportzhub
Port Nelson Schools Triathlon
What a wonderful day. Everything you want to know about the race will be here over the next couple of days. To get you started, here’s the results. It was a close-run thing in the points race for schools, with Waimea Intermediate winning by one point from Waimea College. Here’s the points table. Link to event photos by Janice Coyle …
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 …
Proper Crisps Team Tri
Despite all the damage at Rabbit Island and the confusion caused by the cancellation, the event was a great success for the small but perfectly formed field that took part. Although it wasn’t about winning, in the team tag event the Ruby Bay Racers (the Squance family) came in first, ahead of Little Big Boys (Wayne Leighton, Jobe McAuley and …