Port Elizabeth based swimmer Ian Venter and Amica de Jager from St Francis Bay dominated the weekend’s Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics Open Water Swimming (OWS) Championships at Marina Martinique with de Jager winning both the 10km and the 5km ladies championships titles whilst Venter claimed the 3km and 5km Men’s titles. It was a well […]
This afternoon will see the start of a very busy month of open water swimming in the Eastern Cape with the Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics 10km and 3km Open Water Swimming (OWS) Championships taking place at Marina Martinique from 1pm. One of the last opportunities for swimmers from around the country to qualify for the […]
Three time world 25 km open water swim champion Ana Marcela Cunha totally dominated the 10 km event held at Marina Martinique on Sunday (7 January 2018). Swimming with training partner Nicolaos Manoussakis, the two swimmers swam together the entire distance, with Ana Marcela out sprinting Manoussakis over the last two hundred meters of the […]
Just over 500 swimmers took to the water in Sundays River last weekend for the annual River Mile. St Francis Bay swimmer Amika de Jager swam a great race to take the silver medal in the women’s mile, finishing a mere 3 seconds behind winner Hannah Haswell. Maria Holmes from Cape St Francis won her […]
Open water swimming has started at Marina Martinique and lots of new swimmers have joined the group who train every Tuesday and Thursday evenings in the salt water canals of the Marina. The younger swimmers do less than 500m while the older, more experienced swimmers are doing about 2 km a session as they build […]
Perfect conditions greeted swimmers for round one of the Metsi Open Water Swim Series at Marina Martinique on Sunday. A number of South African qualifying times were swum in the 10km, 5km, and 3km events. Veteran Jeffreys Bay swimmer JC Van Wyk was the first local in the water when he swam the 5km event […]
The Open Water Swim season starts in the Eastern Cape on 19 October at Marina Martinique in Jeffreys Bay. The Marina is regarded as a world class swim venue with its protected salt water canals offering swimmers an environment that is safe from currents, tides, wildlife or waves. Swimming has been taking place at Marina […]
Warm water and sweltering weather made for some great swimming at Marina Martinique on Sunday for Round 3 of the Metsi Open Water Swim Series. Swimmers from all over South Africa descended upon Jeffreys Bay to swim qualifying times for the South African open water swim championships, scheduled to take place next month. Danie Marais, […]
The second round of the Metsi Open Water Swim Series will be held at Marina Martinique on Sunday morning. Entries can be done prior to the event at www.swimmingplus.com There are various distances on offer, from a bank to bank swim for little swimmers to the gruelling 10 km swim, which is the Olympic marathon […]
The JBay open water swimmers are training at Marina Martinique on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 5.45 pm. The meeting place is the gate at the old shark aquarium on a Tuesday and Thursday at the beach near the Infood Blu Café. Open water and stroke techniques will be practised as well as fitness training. […]