The Tale of 3 Swims 12 Aug 2013 | 10:26 pm

When it became clear that without serious backing, it would be impossible to hold the annual Freedom Swim from Robben Island to Big Bay, event organiser Ram Barkai came up with another intriguing poss...

New cold water swim in Cape Town 14 Apr 2012 | 11:17 pm

With increasing numbers of cold water swimming enthusiasts, a new organised swim from Clifton Fourth Beach to Three Anchor Bay has been launched. The Atlantic Dash, a distance of 5.4km, is already fu...

J Bay swimmers at Redhouse River Mile 22 Feb 2012 | 08:00 am

Congratulations to all the swimmers who took part in the Redhouse River Mile. Mally Richards swam his 59th Mile, while Brenton Williams became the first man ever to complete the Mile swimming butterfl...

Lots of swim action in Jeffreys Bay 9 Feb 2012 | 12:03 am

It has been a busy start to the year for Jeffreys Bay swimmers with Caro de Jager and JC van Wyk both being selected for the Eastern Province Open Water Swim team. De Jager and Van Wyk are the current...

Enter now for the Steers Marina Mile 12 Dec 2011 | 07:13 pm

SA extreme swimmers to cross Bering Straight 11 Dec 2011 | 05:40 am

Ram Barkai, Kieron Palframan, Ryan Stramrood and Andrew Chin are South African open water swimmers who became the first men to swim around the tip of South America. Ram Barkai is a cold water swimmer...

How cold is cold? 1 Dec 2011 | 11:03 pm

There are two main frontiers in the world of open water swimming. One of those frontiers is how far can be swam and the other is how cold can the water be. In South Africa, the cold debate was largel...

Learn to swim should be fun 1 Nov 2011 | 05:34 am

Joining a swim school and entering a pool with a swim teacher could well be the first class room environment a young child may encounter. Photo: Paul Van Jaarsveld Helping the little swimmer to over...

Marina Martinique hosts SA Open Water Champs 17 May 2011 | 05:10 am

After hosting events in Marina Martinique since 2002, it was great for the Club to see the Marina receive recognition from Swim South Africa when the 2011 SA Open Water Swim Champs was held in J’Bay. ...

Open water swimmers do well in PE 19 Mar 2011 | 07:00 pm

Four of the Kouga Swim Club’s open water swimmers took part in the Ocean Racing Series in Port Elizabeth recently. They all did really well with three 3rd places and a first time ever ocean swim for S...