{"id":10235,"date":"2012-04-24T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T20:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/2012-ironman-swim-support-personnel\/"},"modified":"2012-04-24T22:30:11","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T20:30:11","slug":"2012-ironman-swim-support-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/2012-ironman-swim-support-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Ironman Swim Support Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t<\/p>\n

An event of the magnitude of the Ironman does not run properly without a mass of volunteers and logistics \u2013 some are paid, some volunteer and all are enthusiastic and dedicated.<\/p>\n

Having myself been involved in many sailing events (pop down to Hobie Beach from 27 to 30 April to see the Boardwalk Hobie 16 Nationals<\/a><\/em>) I am intimately aware of the precious value of volunteers. Often we will see Captains of Industry giving up holiday time to assist at Sailing Regattas and their only form of payment? A bottle of Red Wine and a packed lunch a day. And yet they come back to help time and time again.<\/p>\n

Ssssh don\u2019t tell Pravin \u2013 he may find a way to tax that or maybe Labour Minister, Mildred Oliphant will declare voluntarism as slavery or insist that it falls under the statutes of BEE!<\/p>\n

Anyway \u2013 we salute the volunteers that we saw during the 2012 Ironman swim this past Sunday. The course was lined with lifeguards on Malibu boards, Rubber Ducks and Jetskis patrolled the perimeter filled with SAPS personnel and more lifeguards. NSRI<\/a>\u2019s Rescue 6 Alpha was also on standby with personnel looking purposeful in their helmets and wetsuits.<\/p>\n

Guys and Girls \u2013 the sacrifices you made on Sunday all contribute to a happier more prosperous Port Elizabeth society, Well Done!<\/p>\n

Below are some images of the many many volunteers \u2013 please fill in the names of those that you know and pass on to them the grateful thanks of the MyPE Community:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dale<\/a>
\nDale Kotze loving his work<\/span>
\n\"Richard<\/a>
\nRichard von Wildemann<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"NSRI<\/a>
\nNSRI Rescue 6 Alpha<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span>
\n\"Volunteer\/s<\/a>
\nVolunteer\/s for the 2012 Ironman Swimming leg – please identify this\/these person\/s in the comments section below.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An event of the magnitude of the Ironman does not run properly without a mass of volunteers and logistics \u2013 some are paid, some volunteer and all are enthusiastic and dedicated. Having myself been involved in many sailing events (pop down to Hobie Beach from 27 to 30 April to see the Boardwalk Hobie 16 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-10235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}