Top EP Swimmer Wayne Jones of Port Elizabeth won the inaugral Nelson Mandela Bay Mile at Kings Beach on the 31st December in a very close tussle with SA age group swimmer Christopher Reid.
The 1.6km race took place between Humewood Beach and Kings Beach with seasoned surf lifesaver Jones winning the run up the beach in an overall time of 22min and 20secs with Byron Lockett taking 3rd place head of Welsh resident Alexander Mackay and PJ Duffy. In the ladies race, Rebecca Newman held off Kirsten Marriot and Stephani le Roux to take the unaugral title.
“This was a great event, I wasn’t as fit as I’d like to be but it was fantastic to be able to take part in a competition whilst visiting Port Elizabeth, ” said Alexander Mackay of the UK who competed on Monday morning with his younger brother Reuben whilst they were on a 3 week holiday in South Africa.
The event was managed by Zports Event Managent and supported by News Cafe and Twissa as a new additional to the Nelson Mandela Bay water sports offering and is expected to become a very popular annual event, particularly amongst the visitors at this time of year.
Port Elizabth’s next major swimming event will take place at the end of February being Africa’s oldest open water swimming event, the SPAR River Mile with entries now open on www.rivermile.co.za.
20 year Alexander Mackay from Cardiff in Wales finishing 4th
Summary results Nelson Mandela Bay Mile – 31st December 2012, Port Elizabeth
Men
- 12 and under: 1 Cole Craig (27:02.9); 2 Kyle De Lange (29:19.1);
- 13 to 14: 1 Ian Venter (26:04.9);
- 15 to 29: 1 Wayne Jones (22:20.3); 2 Christopher Reid (22:24.0); 3 Byron Lockett (22:52.8); 4 Alexander Mackay (23:51.3); 5 Adam Stevenson (24:10.1); 6 Jeren Seegers (24:14.8); 7 Matthew Danckwerts (24:23.6); 8 Joshua Bellairs (24:31.5); 9 Daniel Jones (24:38.4); 10 James Medcalf (25:03.1); 11 Emile Van Niekerk (26:08.9); 12 Matthew Shellard (26:22.4); 13 Ross Helliwell (30:19.1); 14 Munro Ferreira (31:59.6); 15 Rowan Morley (32:58.3); 16 Allan Van Den Berg (33:12.2); 17 Mirko Pineda (33:16.9); 18 Mkhululi Heka (34:17.4); 19 Keith Double (34:24.0); 20 Qhamani Moni (34:51.9); 21 Dawid Mouton (39:03.8); 22 Lafras Bezuidenhoudt (39:37.9); 23 Reuben Mackay (40:03.0);
- 30 to 39: 1 Cobus Kruger (24:57.9); 2 Brenden Bosch (25:06.2); 3 Ryan Pienaar (26:19.9); 4 Justin Hollis (27:16.3); 5 Hein Lodewyks (27:19.5); 6 Mark Willimott (28:38.4); 7 Neil Murray (28:45.8); 8 Abraham Cilliers (29:16.4); 9 Brian Perry (29:28.6); 10 Steven Bornman (29:37.6); 11 Eric Schultz (29:44.0); 12 Rogan Moore (29:55.3); 13 Fabian Smith (32:32.8); 14 Andre Mouton (32:49.7); 15 Morne Van Greunen (32:51.3); 16 Chris Van Der Walt (34:29.2); 17 Sian O’Keefe (34:31.4); 18 Andrew Boyers (34:34.2); 19 Grant Hechter (35:18.7); 20 Frazer Paton (35:51.6); 21 Brendon O’Keeffe (38:41.9); 22 Andrew Weber (43:34.2); 23 Piet Van Tonder (45:19.8);
- 40 to 49: 1 Pj Duffy (23:56.0); 2 Bruce Fields (29:23.8); 3 Adrian Clarke (29:25.8); 4 Bob Jamieson (30:38.6); 5 Charl Parkin (31:25.9); 6 Chris Howes (31:45.6); 7 Rolf Kickhöfel (32:05.0); 8 Mark Alderman (32:35.8); 9 Nick Chapman (33:09.4); 10 Peter Marriott (33:15.0); 11 Graeme Van Zyl (34:13.3); 12 Wallies Olivier (38:23.2); 13 Mark Cooper (38:26.0); 14 Kevin Grey (38:40.3); 15 Luigi Ciarrocchi (38:45.8); 16 Gerrit Olivier (38:52.0); 17 Jose Neves (39:42.2); 18 Johan Engelbrecht (40:00.2); 19 Robert Soine (40:08.7); 20 Craig Barratt (40:57.8); 21 Reynold patrick King (42:57.3); 22 Reniel Engelbrecht (43:10.7); 23 Marius Van Deventer (43:37.4); 24 Andrew Van Gruting (44:45.3);
- 50 and over: 1 Ralph West (27:07.5); 2 Chris Viljoen (30:06.1); 3 Graham Richards (31:01.0); 4 Stanford Slabbert (31:40.8); 5 Billy Browne (33:06.9); 6 Christo Van Ryswyk (34:20.9); 7 Gordon Upton (35:44.6); 8 Ian Ross (37:28.7); 9 Colin Whittal (40:12.9); 10 Martin Briggs (41:19.1); 11 Trevor Hawkins (45:11.6); 12 Rory Hilton (55:34.0); 13 George Meiring (58:08.7); 14 David Enslin (1:01:46.4).
Female
- 12 and under: 1 Rebecca Grey (38:38.3);
- 13 to 14: 1 Amy Erasmus (46:43.6); 2 Ashleigh Duffy (47:56.8);
- 15 to 29: 1 Rebecca Newman (26:07.1); 2 Kirsten Marriot (26:16.8); 3 Stephani Le Roux (29:05.0); 4 Sabrina Ciarrocchi (34:25.8); 5 Michelle Barker (36:05.7); 6 Klara Eickhoff (38:00.6); 7 Lauren Nagel (39:57.7); 8 Odessa Perelson (44:27.9); 9 Meghan Urquhart (47:59.4);
- 30 to 39: 1 Idelette Olivier (30:31.7); 2 Mary-Anne Stott (31:42.5); 3 Annemarie Smit-Salmon (35:41.4); 4 Clair Howard (37:36.7); 5 Katherine Van Der Walt (37:54.2); 6 Sally Waterworth (37:58.1); 7 Ashley Wagner (38:25.0); 8 Nicolene Waters (40:01.4); 9 Monique De Milander (40:05.8);
- 40 to 49: 1 Michelle Enslin (29:21.2); 2 Val Beetham (35:39.1); 3 Sandy Lyons (37:13.8); 4 Paddy Cloete (38:50.9); 5 Pamela Labuschagne (39:34.1); 6 Anneliese Van Niekerk (39:55.2); 7 Debbie Grey (42:09.6); 8 Amanda Shaw (42:33.6); 9 Claire Nagel (45:12.8); 10 Sharon Wilson (45:15.5); 11 Annelie Botha (55:59.0);
- 50 and over: 1 Glenda Lee Thomas (35:29.6); 2 Yvonne Fisher (42:18.2); 3 Cheryl Witte (48:18.8).
