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Queen Jessica rules (01 February 2010)
Jessica Roux remained unbeaten in open water swimming in the Eastern Cape over the weekend when she won the women’s 10km and 3km swims at the inaugural Eastern Province Open Water Swim Champs held at Marina Martinique.
Michael Marais won the men’s 10 K event with both Roux and Marais recording South African national 10 K qualifying times. After the race Roux said the swim was tough but she was happy with her time and was looking forward to the South African National Championships that will be held in Durban in April.
Roux's dominate Round 4 (18 January 2010)
It was a busy Sunday morning for the Roux family at the 4th round as they dominated the morning’s proceedings.
Eldest sibling Jessica Roux led the 5km swim from start to finish to remain unbeaten in the ladies category of the 5km event whilst younger brothers Jonathan (3km) and Matthew (Kids 10u) also enjoyed unchallenged victories.
Rebecca Newman placed 2nd in the 5km ahead of Kouga Swim Club Coach, Brenton Williams.
JC van Wyk and Richden Jute took Men's 2nd and 3rd in the 3km with Chrislie-Thandi Niehaus winning the ladies race from Tammy Geyer and Francesca Pedrosa.
Dominic Greef continues to dominate the 1km swims with another fine win from Brad Moolman and veteran swimmer Brenton Williams. In the ladies 1km race it was Tammy Geyer from Francesca Pedrosa and Caro de Jager.
van de Sande and Roux dominate round 3 (26 December 2009)
Christopher van de Sande and Jessica Roux dominated Round 3 of the Series held at Marina Martinique on Wednesday with unchallenged wins in the 3km and 1km distances.
Full results available from the results tab.
van de Sande wins Round 2 (22 November 2009)
Young EP swimmer Chris van de Sande showed that he's back in top form with some excellent Swim SA qualifying times in the 3km and 5km distances on Sunday despite losing his swimming googles have way through the race. Byron Lockett and Michael Marais won the remaining medals in the Men's 5km race whilst Jessica Roux won the ladies 5km from Rebecca Newman.
R150 000 Sponsorship for Series (21 October 2009)
Kouga Express newspaper, based in Jeffreys Bay and part of the Media 24 stable has announced a R150,000 media sponsorship of the inaugural EP Open Water Swim Series.
This coverage will effectively give the series, and open water swimming a huge boost not only in the Kouga region, but the entire Eastern Cape as the sponsorship will include news on all open swim events in the province. Make sure you collect your complimentary copy of the Kouga Express at all the events at the Ocean Racing Series as well as the EP Open Water Swim Series.
Tavcor VW drives Open Water Swimming Series (21 October 2009)
Tavcor VW in Port Elizabeth has confirmed their support of open water swimming in the Eastern Cape by backing the Eastern Province Open Water Swimming Series this season.
On course training (21 October 2009)
The Kouga swim club will be holding a training session at 15h15 on Friday 23rd Oct if anyone would like to test out the course for Sunday's race. Meet at the Start/Finish area at 3pm or contact Brenton Williams on 083 549 6795 for further information
website launches (15 October 2009)
The new Eastern Cape open water general purpose website has been launched to give interested swimmers up to speed with what's happening on the open water scene in Nelson Mandela Bay