Tough swim this week. Fergus Drummond turned the tables on Oxford Bayley and Alec Swan to score his second win of the season, with Abbey Smale looking strong to finish in fourth place.
Swimmers faced a strong incoming tide as they swam south, with a northerly wind stirring up the surface. An unexpected swirl in the current provided a further handicap in the leg from the Haulashore Island jetty to the dolphin. The conditions over the 1700m swim meant that the leaders swam four minutes slower than last week, while those further back took upwards of ten minutes more than last week to finish the course.
Hamish Neill, Matt Hansen, Sophie Alexander, Haydn Lockie, Flossie Van Dyke and Ben Van Dyke filled out the top ten.
Nothing daunts Brooke Swan, who cleaned up once again in the short swim over about 600m, ahead of Edward Swain, Emily Chadderton, Lily Claridge and Eva Ellena.
Here’s the results, click here
Photos by Pete Marshall, click here
Points click here
Story – no story this week, although there’ll be a story from Akaroa during the weekend.
Many Nelson swimmers will be in Akaroa for round three of the Banana Boat Ocean Swim series this weekend, with most opting for the 5km swim across the harbour. There’ll be a race report here following that event.
Have you entered The Interislander Big Tahuna yet? You can enter the March 7 event right now, using the discount code SWIMNELSON10. Prices rise on February 21, so enter now for the best price – see oceanswim.co.nz
Want a free entry to the Big Tahuna? The first person to email the answer to the following question to nelsonseaswims@gmail.com will win a free entry to The Interislander Big Tahuna. Where is the next Banana Boat Ocean Swim Series event to be held? TOO LATE – Kerry Mathieson was quick on the trigger to win that entry.
Our biggest weekend for volunteer support is coming up. Please give your time if you possibly can. We will need volunteer support for the Big Tahuna during the afternoon of Friday March 6 and again on the morning of race day, Saturday March 7. Can you help? Email petergibbs96@gmail.com We also need support for our part in the Weetbix Tryathlon on Sunday March 8, contact Adrienne at Adrienne.wylde@hotmail.com