Great swim at Tata Beach. It’s the first Tata swim in five years, with the tri club helping out the Takaka Swim Club to get it going again. Josef Scott won from Hayden Squance, while Keshia and Nia Linyard were the first two women. Tandia Fisher won the 600m swim from Zack Gibbs. Here’s the results. Here’s the photos, by …

The wind that’s plagued the season so far continued to be a factor, with the planned course shortened a little and kept closer to shore. Even so, swimmers took on a loop of just over a kilometre, heading north before a 500m leg south and the final slog of about 300m into the outgoing tide and wind. With the annual …

One of the nicest nights for a while, even though the low tide brought the usual stumbles getting in and out. Otago student Josef Scott set a cracking pace from the start and led over the opening leg of about 400m. After a right turn, it was a 200m leg to the ‘dolphin’ navigation marker and the combination of wind …

It wasn’t just the sea that was agitated, there was also a fair amount of churn in the starting lineup, as faces from the recent and more distant past appeared in the waters of Nelson Harbour on Thursday. There are no easy swims and no chance to take things for granted for those at the head of the field. Finella …

This year’s Eyebright Mile was very satisfying. Conditions were calm at the start and stayed that way until the last few hundred metres, making for a challenging finish. A lead bunch of Hayden Squance, Chris Smithers and Terry Bone set the pace, with first Hayden and then Chris easing ahead towards the finish. Lilly Claridge, Keshia Linyard and Christina Harris …

Tonight’s race was shortened to about 750m because of rough seas, but it was still a testing little challenge. Leg one, to a buoy just over 200m offshore,provided some drama at the front of the field. The mark was hard to spot with the sun low in the sky. Ben Marshall passed it to the left instead of the right …