News items
SAMS news:
- "SAMS
NEWS" - The official newsletter of South African Masters Swimming.
SAMS Long Course
Championships - Cape Town 2012

The 28th South African Masters Swimming Long Course Championships will be held at
the University of the Western Cape (UWC) pool in Cape Town (Bellville) from Wednesday the 14th to
Saturday the 17th
March 2012.
REQUEST INFORMATION at
nationals2012@samastersswimming.com.
First
newsletter with gala schedule and entry forms (Adobe .pdf format)
Second
newsletter with function information and Open Water Swim (Adobe .pdf format)
Entry
form - Page 1 (MS WORD .doc format)
Entry
form - Page 2 (MS WORD .doc format)
Open
Water Swim entry form (MS Word 2007 .docx format)
REGIONAL
news:
-
Tshwane
Long Course Champs. @ Hillcrest pool - 16 & 18 February - PRE-ENTRIES ONLY
-
The GMS (Phoenix) gala is confirmed for Saturday the 4th of February
[Register 13:00 - Start 14:00] at the Wits Education Campus (ex JCE) pool
(Next to the Linder Auditorium) 27 St. Andrews Road, Parktown. Parking will
be in the volleyball area.
- KZNMSA
2011-2012 season
Newsletter No
3
- KZNMSA
2011-2012 season
Newsletter No
2
- KZNMSA
2011-2012 season
Newsletter No
1
- KZNMSA
2010-2011 season
Newsletter No
4
- KZNMSA
2010-2011 season
Newsletter No 3
- KZNMSA
2010-2011 season
Newsletter No 2
KZNMSA
2010-2011 season
Newsletter No
1
- KZNMSA
2009-2010 season
Newsletter No 4
REGIONAL gala schedules:
(2011-2012 season schedules)
CLUB news:
FINA
news:
-
New
2012 Prohibited Substances and Methods
-
14th
FINA World Masters Championships - Riccionne (Italy) - 2012-06-03 to
2012-06-17
Masters Open Water / Long Distance Swim news:
Information published in this section is only about
events hosted or organized by SAMS, its Regions and Clubs. Some Charity swims
are also included.
For all other Open Water information you
should refer to the Open Water section on the Swimming South Africa web site at
http://www.swimsa.co.za.
-
Information
on SSA Open Water sanctioning - required for SAMS Open Water Colours
qualification.
-
Sun
City Swim - Saturday 20th October 2012
-
Wahoo swimmer
Roger Finch successfully completed the English Channel Swim
for which he has been preparing for some years. Starting shortly after 3am Dover
time today (Sat 20th Aug) Roger completed the swim at 3:48pm in 12hrs 35mins
07secs. Lizz Web from Dolphins
Masters provided him with support and swam with him for short periods as
provided for in the rules. Tracking his progress in real-time was available
on
Roger's website and was fascinating. Well done
Roger - a fantastic performance.
-
New
Zealand Ocean Swim Series
The
State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series is a six-race ocean swim series taking
place on some of New Zealand’s most beautiful harbours and beaches. Whether
you are a first-time ocean swimmer, competent recreation swimmer, or going
all out to be your age group champion there’s something for everyone. Fun
events to keep you fit and motivated through the summer and distances for
every ability –
1. 200m State OceanKids
2.
‘Give It A Go’ 300m ocean swim for all ages and take part as an
individual or teams,
3.
‘Step It Up 1000m’ ocean swim
4.
‘I’m Going Long’ ocean swim ranging from 2.6 to 3.3km.
State Harbour Crossing, Auckland –13 November 2011
State Paihia
Classic – 11 December 2011
State Capital Classic, Wellington – 29 January
2012
State La Grande Swim, Christchurch – 19 February 2012
State Sand
to Surf, Mt Maunganui - 10 March 2012
State King of the Bays, Auckland
– 31 March 2012
*State Harbour Crossing only has the ‘I’m Going
Long’ 2.8km Ocean Swim
Website to link to is
www.oceanswim.co.nz <http://www.oceanswim.co.nz>
OTHER news:
This page last updated: JWP
31 January 2012