News Archive - December 2009

15 December 2009

Take your marks……Go…….for the Marina Mile

It’s time to dust off your swim goggles and head to Marina Martinique for the 2009 Kouga Express Mile swim. Visiting and local swimmers are all hard at training for the event which takes place on 23 December at the car park where the Walskipper restaurant is situated.

The Kouga Swim Club is hosting the event in partnership with Zports, who also manage the Axxess DSL Ocean Racing Series. Visitors are welcome to join in the Club’s training sessions and more information can be obtained from www.kougaswimclub.com or phone Brenton Williams on 0835496795.

The Club is focusing its training on open water swimming during December in preparation for the Marina Mile and the swim events in ST Francis Bay. Many of the Club’s swimmers will also be heading down to Plettenberg Bay on 27 December for the Sabrina Love 6 K sea swim.
For the first time in the history of the Marina Mile, a 5 K beach run has been included in the list of activities for the day. The run starts at 11am and registration ends at 10.30am. The run is being organized by the Jeffreys Bay Athletics Club in conjunction with the Kouga Swim Club.

Michael Marais and Jessica Roux the reigning Marina Martinique 3K champions will be back in Jeffreys Bay to defend their titles. The 3 K swim is now regarded as the entry level open water swim distance with the gruelling 10 K swim being an Olympic Games event.

Young swimmers will also be catered for at the Marina Mile with a 100 m bank to bank swim taking place to encourage the youngsters to overcome the fear of swimming in open water. Entry is free for this event. The 500 m swim is aimed at all swimmers who feel that they are not yet ready to complete the mile swim.

The main events, the women’s and men’s Mile starts at 11am and 12 pm respectively. Entries close half an hour before each event. Online entries can be done online at www.ecswim.co.za

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11 December 2009

Newsflash - What's up in SSA ...

The SA Synchronised Swimming National Age Group Championships kick off today, 11 – 14 December at St Georges Swimming Pool in Port Elizabeth.

Nine clubs have entered this year with 82 competitors, and amongst the entries for the first time are Durban’s Umlazi Sharks and Kwa Mashu.

We wish everyone a terrific competition!

Next up is Diving - starting with the RSA Cup happening tomorrow (12 December), followed by the National Novices Champs the next day (13 December), and the Diving National Age Group Championships which occurs from 13 – 15 December 2009. All this comes about at the De Jong Swimming Pool in Pretoria.

The SA Schools Water Polo is scheduled to take place around Johannesburg from 13 – 16 December 2009. For more information, you can contact Guy Pinker on 082 900 4187.

For any queries on SSA sanctioned Open Water Swimming events, please contact Willie Vorster (OWS Convener) on 082 563 9283; e-mail: wjvorster@swimsa.co.za.

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02 December 2009

CANA Zone 3 and 4 Invitational Swimming Championships - Nairobi, Kenya

Eastern Province Aquatics is very proud of our the following swimmers and coaches who have been selected to participate at the Zone 3 and 4 Swimming Championships in Nairobi, Kenya in January 2010.

Swimmers

Kirstie Engelke - Aquabear Swim Club

Kelleigh Nelson - Port Elizabeth Amateur Swimming Club

Nizaam Kafaar - Port Elizabeth Amateur Swimming Club

Alaric Basson - Port Elizabeth Amateur Swimming Club

Mischa Koopman - SwimCATS Swim Club

Jeremy Ward - Aquabear Swim Club

Coaches

Brian Elliott - Aquabear Swim Club

Mark Edge - Port Elizabeth Amateur Swimming Club

Eastern Province Aquatics wishes all swimmers and coaches a successfull championships!

01 December 2009

Invitation to Water polo referees course

The EP Water polo board are pleased to advise that we are presenting a referees course on Saturday 5 December 2009 at Grey high School, College Drive, Port Elizabeth.
This is in keeping with the boards vision to raise the standard in all spheres of our polo in the Province.

If you are a player or a coach (Prem players too!!) and would like to get more of a handle on the interpretation of the rules or a parent that would like to understand the game better or someone that would like to ref the game then you need to attend this course.

We as a province are certainly looking for more qualified refs to help at the many different leagues that are running at present. So please do encourage participation from your club, team or school. It will be presented by Paul Goosen who is a FINA approved referee and one of the top refs in the country.

The course will include a detailed look at the latest rules, videos and practical implementation. This will certainly prove to be useful to those off to SA schools and SAU shortly.

Date: 5 December 2009
Venue: The Pavilion - Grey High School - Port Elizabeth
Time: 09h30 to 15h00 – 2 sessions Cost: R30 per delegate (including rule book and refreshments).

Kindly RSVP to Therese Mitchley on cell 084 602 8989 or via e-mail therese@goggaconnect.o.za at your earliest convenience so that we can finalise catering etc.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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