VPHS
Full Eastern Province Colours
Provincial Colours in Open Water Swims
Sundays River Mile (mens mile), 5th place
Sundays River Mile (wetsuit mile), 5th place
SA National Life Saving, 3rd place in the surf swim
SA National Life Saving, 2nd place in the team swim
Ocean Series, 2nd place
the Open Water Swimming Championships held in
Durban. As intimidating as it was, I managed a top
20 placing in my age group in both 3km and 5km
swims. The experience brought mixed emotions,
but I enjoyed it in the end.
Although swimming in the “regular” competitions
was enjoyable, I was elated to participate in the Irish
Age Group Championships held in Dublin. Touring
with my swimming club, PEASC (Port Elizabeth
Amateur Swimming Club) began when we flew to
Johannesburg, from Johannesburg to Dubai and finally Dubai to Dublin.
It was not all hard work and dedication. We had a lot
of fun at the Alex Toffee Gala in February and the
Pearson Relay Gala in March
The beginning of the second term saw our most
dedicated swimmers in the gym to ensure a level of
fitness out of season. Unfortunately, our regular indoor swimming pool where we train has been out of
commission for quite some time, so we have made
alternative arrangements to keep in shape.
Touring through Dublin was an amazing experience.
Sight-seeing and shopping was by far our favourite
activity as we got to see the history of Dublin. Buying souvenirs and clothes at a discount was a bonus.
Although we had fun, we needed to get serious for
the next day too.
Our upcoming 2014/15 season is looking promising
with the swimming team growing in great numbers
and looking amazing in their new kits. The season
ended with two of our swimmers qualifying for the
top 8 EP gala held in Uitenhage. Dale Kotze and
Juan Henning both made the Eastern Province B
squads.
The morning of the gala was filled with mixed emotions. There were over 600 swimmers participating
and the pres