Final night – a fitting culmination to a near-perfect season. After the relay and barbecue we recognised the achievements of swimmers and those who made it happen. The Samoa Swim series prize was won by Clark Ambrose, who has waited since the opening swim, when he was drawn as the first person to go into the swim ballot. Here’s photos of …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 18, March 12, 2015
The culmination of one of the best seasons yet. It’s been a summer of beautiful weather, calm seas and a lot of swimmers. Tonight’s field of 178 was up there among the biggest. The long course of 1700m and the short course of just on 600m were possibly the longest we’ve ever had. Tonight’s featured swimmer is Peter Thomas. Peter …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 17, March 5
Isn’t it great. Another wonderful swim – a bit rough on the return, but nothing to bother our intrepid swimmers. Here’s the results – these are the third set, so if you’ve been scratching your head earlier, scratch no more – these are right. In a rare moment of cosmic justice, tonight’s winner Hayden Squance is also the winner of the …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 16, February 26, 2015
We couldn’t have had a better night. 178 swimmers, flat calm, no sun in the eyes. We called it 1500m, although one swimmer had 1800m on his gps. Emily Trengrove did a fine job of photos, as usual. Here they are Featured swimmer: Pip Dwyer. Pip will have her name on the overall winner’s cup this year. In her third season …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 15, February 19, 2015
Another very nice long swim of about 1500m, or 600 for the short option. 188 swimmers. There’s a lot of lost property, including an Orca equip wetsuit left in the men’s dressing room and several pairs of goggles, caps and a pair of leather sandals. The winner of the chance to be in the draw for the Samoa Swim Series …
State Ocean Swim, Akaroa, February 15
Nelson swimmers had a great time in Akaroa on Sunda Here’s some pics from Bryony and Keller Marriott Featured photo – Margaret Johnston, silver medallist in F60-64 Nelson results in 2.8km age group race: Luke Kelly 34.15 2 (2nd M15-19) Kirstin Ramsay 41.32 41 (1st F30-34) Lionel Padial 41.44 43 (7th M45-49) Barry Thomas 42.44 56 (1st M55-59) Christina Harris …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 13, February 5, 2015
Punchy little swim tonight with 159 competitors. Colder and choppier than in recent weeks, but because it was a bit shorter it was possible to go a bit harder, which suited the conditions. Emily Trengrove took a record number of photos – an intense record of the night. Here they are Here’s the results The Samoa Sea Swim draw has …
Swim tips #5
Swim Tip #5 – Get connected! Many if not most swimmers paddle and kick whilst allowing their mid-section to sag and wallow. This disconnection between the arms and legs leads to a drag inducing fishtailing effect as the swimmer attempts to move forwards. When you were young and had to choose a stick to throw in the river in the …
Port Nelson Sea Swim 12, January 29, 2015
Lovely swim – one of the best – about 1400m. 188 swimmers – second biggest turnout of the season. Featured swimmer, Murray Tewnion. Murray is one of the hard men of long distance triathlon, with some seriously good Ironman results to his credit. Last year Murray raced in Kona and placed well in his age group (M60-64). For most people, …
State Ocean swim, Capital Classic, Jan 25, 2015
It couldn’t have been a more perfect day in Wellington, with high tide, not a breath of wind or a cloud in the sky, but millions of (harmless) jellyfish. Luke Kelly (pictured) started alongside the 15-strong elite field, paced himself with them to the 2km turn at the Pt Jerningham lighthouse, then moved away with the leaders to place 8th …