It was a perfect day for a swim, calm, sunny, warm seas. Starting before the sun came up, 43 swimmers started in the 5km event. Hayden Squance won from Chris Smithers of Blenheim and Matt Hansen. Christina Harris was next, ahead of a tight group of three, Angus Perham, Karen Oliver and Mark Oliver, with Jodie Lovell, also from Blenheim, …
A wild, wild night, with plenty of withdrawals. Terry Bone dominated the long course ahead of Connor Eden and Finn Bryant, while Lucas Bell and Christina Harris burgled the short course from series winner Nia Linyard. The season is done – just waiting for the academy awards next week. Hooray for us all – we’ve done brilliantly. Results, click here …
SWIM CANCELLED – HIGH WINDS MAKE IT HARD FOR SWIMMERS AND TOO DIFFICULT FOR THE SUPPORT BOATS With regard to points. Here’s the rule on that from the website: “As even the keenest swimmers can’t make every swim, season points will be taken on a competitor’s best swims taken over 66% of the season’s swims (if there are 18 or …
High tide is a few minutes after 7pm. It’s an astonishingly small low tide (3m), so maybe the current won’t be too strong, although you can never take for granted conditions in the harbour. Good conditions for tonight’s swim of 1400+m. Hayden Squance and Lilly Claridge furthered their claims to season victory, but Terry Bone chased Hayden all the way, …
It was a gorgeous morning at Rabbit Island for the Proper Crisp Team Tri. Congratulations to all who competed, from our youngest competitors aged 6 to 70+. The top 3 winning Teams 1 NKJ 1:05:32 2 Team Thomas 1:13:44 3 The Splashes 1:14:19 Top Female winner Kim Turner 1:17:06 Top Male winner Leo O’Donnell 1:18:18 Click the link below to …
A nice long swim of just over 1500m. Hayden Squance and Lilly Claridge inched closer to winning the series as both clocked up wins – the third in a row for Lilly and the fourth in a row for Hayden. Nia Linyard carried on winning the short race, tonight she was ahead of Charlotte Taylor, Keisha Old and Grace van …
Feature photo: Series sponsor Steve Clements. Beautiful day for a swim, sunny skies, high tide and calm seas. Hayden Squance held off a determined challenge from Chris Smither of Blenheim, holding a six-second advantage at the finish. Continuing the Thursday night pattern, Terry Bone and Hamish Neill were next to run up the beach. Another Blenheim swimmer, Jodie Lovell, was …
Well done to all the athletes who took part in the Richmond Aquatic Centre Aquathon. Top 3 Winners in Short Course 1 Hogan Ward 13:07.7 2 Nia Linyard 15:02.7 3 Team Richards 15:06.5 Top 3 Winners in Long Course 1 Mia Cain-Townley 29:43.3 2 Bella Cain-Townley 29:56.2 3 Matt Newberry 30:05.9 Click the link below to see the full results …
Photo by Tom Young – Simon Bloomberg gives Hayden Squance a helping hand prior to tonight’s race. Challenging swim tonight, with a long slog south against a slight tide to a black boat away in the distance (although a couple of swimmers went around the white boat, cutting of a bit of the course). Hayden Squance, Harrison Dean, Terry Bone …
Rough swim of just over 1200m. Here’s the results Here’s the points to date Photos by Kay Snedden Story on Sportzhub by Peter Gibbs