Really interesting swim tonight. We deviated from the normal triangle south of the ramp, heading south to the rusty boat, then to the dolphin. Things changed after that, as we rounded a couple of buoys, ending up by the wharf before the return against quite a fierce tide for a swim of about 1.35km (watches vary), but it felt longer.
Hayden Squance won from Harrison Dean, Terry Bone and Hamish Neill, no surprises there.
Next was Emily Chadderton, taking the women’s win by three seconds from Lilly Claridge. What an enthralling contest – the pair now have six wins each in the series.
Nia Linyard continued her dominance of the short race, which was a bit longer than usual at close to a kilometre, winning from Keisha Old, Charlotte Taylor and Grace van Orden.
Surprisingly, numbers were down, with 99 swimmers, the lowest turnout in several seasons.
We’ve now had 12 swims, so we’re two thirds of the way through the season. Season points are taken on each swimmer’s best 12, so as you do more than that, your worst performances will drop off the points table.
Bit of a camera malfunction tonight, so just a few photos by Ruth Leckey, click here
Here’s the points, click here
This week’s story on Sportzhub, by Peter Gibbs