After a few computer problems overnight, normal service is resumed. Here’s the results in age group order Here’s the results in finish order Story on The Nelson App on your mobile device – also on Sportzhub Here’s some photos, by Janice Coyle. Points after six weeks
Chia Super Sprint Triathlon, December 10, 2018
Things were looking pretty gloomy at 7am, with the raining coming down and very rough seas. By race start at 8.30am, the rain had gone away, the sun came out – and the sea stayed rough. It was a lot of fun – a bit like a duathlon with the first run leg in chest deep water – there wasn’t …
Chia Training, December 4
After a month, the Training team has grown to a core group of a dozen or so, but there’s plenty of room for more. At last night’s training session, the team raced in a duathlon relay, learned some valuable tips about transition from Pogo Macauley – including how much ground you can lose if you do it badly, then had …
Sea Swim, December 7, 2018
A challenging swim of about 1300m. Luke Kelly put his stamp on the series with a definitive win over Hayden Squance, while Sophie Alexander edged out Leah Friend and Piper Riley in the women’s race. Yegor Jones continued to dominate in the short race ahead of Mark Smale, Mia Langley and Brooke Swan. Featured photo: Yegor Jones edges out Mark …
The Opening Splash – Race One of the Clements Endurance Series
Another wonderful swim with 110 taking part – 102 doing the long swim and eight doing the short swim. Luke Kelly raced to victory in the closing stages to win ahead of Hayden Squance. Sierra Thomas and Sophie Alexander reasserted their dominance from the Port Nelson series to take the first two places in the women’s section. Speaking of the …
Pegasus draft-legal sprint triathlon, November 26
Featured photo: Wayne Leighton won the M55-59 age group after being named Sport Tasman Masters Sportsperson of the Year the previous evening. This was the first of two qualifying races for the sprint triathlon at next September’s ITU World Championships on Australia’s Gold Coast. Eleven Nelson Tri Club members attained the top six age group placing necessary to qualify for …
Sea swims, November 30, 2017
The tide was pretty fierce at 6pm, but it slackened a little, allowing for a beautiful swim in warm seas with perfect conditions. Luke Kelly won a ding dong battle over Xavier Anderson and Hayden Squance to record his third win from four races. Apart from that, we’ll have to wait for the results (coming soon) to see how things …
Sea Swims, November 23, 2017
Climate change may be lulling us into a false sense of security. We’ve had a fantastic start to the season with perfect nights so far. Tonight was one of the best. Not only was the sun out and the sea calm, but our fantastic crew was ticking over in a seamless and perfect manner. Registration, timing, kayak and boat support, …
Auckland Harbour Crossing
It seemed like a lovely day for a swim. A bit overcast, but very warm water and it seemed calm. A large number of swimmers were there – turned out to be 999 competitors heading from Bayswater on Auckland’s North Shore across to the Viaduct Basin. The opening few hundred metres were uneventful, but conditions turned out to be a …
Sea swims November 16, 2018
The season is shaping up into a battle between Luke Kelly and Hayden Squance, both previous winners of the Port Nelson Series. Last week it was Luke by three seconds. This week it was Hayden’s turn, as he sprinted to a one second win over Luke on a course of about a kilometre on an incoming tide. In the women’s …