Swimming
Time to dive in to Foster’s sea swim
(CNS): The 31st Foster’s Food Fair IGA 800m Sea Swim takes place Saturday, 12 September, starting at 4pm. The loop course begins and ends at Governor’s Beach. The Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association’s (CIASA) sea swims attract a wide variety of participants — competitive and non-competitive swimmers of all ages — and are a family […]
Foster’s sea swim proves fun and competitive
(CNS): More than 130 swimmers took part in the 31st Annual Foster’s Food Fair 800m Sea Swim on Saturday, 12 September. Camana Bay Aquatic Club’s (CBAC) Eddie Weber (9:43) was the first man across the finish line, a full 21 seconds ahead of John Bodden (10:04) of Stingray Swim Club (SSC). Rounding out the top three […]
Busy summer for Cayman swimmers
(CNS): Following on from an eventful summer of training and international competition as part of teams representing the Cayman Islands, swimmers Catriona MacRae and Lauren Hew will be taking part in the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa from 5-11 September. Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association (CIASA) president Michael Lockwood was pleased with the progress of […]
Island Games swim team announced
(CNS): Twelve swimmers will represent the Cayman Islands at the NatWest Island Games XVI, to be held in Jersey from 27 June-3 July. The Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association (CIASA), in conjunction with the Cayman Island Games Association (CIGA), announced the team of Shaune Fraser, Brett Fraser, Geoffrey Butler, Lara Butler, Alex McCallum, Iain McCallum, […]
Open-water event a swimming success
(CNS): A new-look course highlighted the 28th LIME 800m Sea Swim, which drew 106 participants swimming a loop that started and ended at Government House. The loop provided Cayman’s top open-water swimmers and tri-athletes the opportunity to navigate an unfamiliar course, round markers and swim with and against the current. For spectators, it was an easier course to view […]
Swimmers set to make a splash
(CNS): The Stingray Swim Club (SSC) is hosting two swim meets this weekend, with events for competitors of all ages and covering a variety of distances. First up is Vigoro Nursery’s Friday Night Lights, a distance meet on 22 May for swimmers aged 11 and over. On 23 May, the Lions Sprint Meet is open […]
Swim meets show off local talent
(CNS): Last weekend’s Vigoro Nursery’s Friday Night Lights, a distance meet for athletes aged 11 and over; and the Lions Sprint event, open to all ages, marked another successful turn for competitive swimming in the Cayman Islands.
Awards event splashes out for swimmers
(CNS): The Stingray Swim Club (SSC) honoured swimmers, as well as coaches, parents and support staff, at its annual awards banquet. At the event, recently held at the Westin Grand Cayman, SSC friends and family celebrated the end of a year characterised by change, success and an overwhelming forward momentum.
New meet posthumously honours young swimmer
(CNS): The first-ever Landon Von Kanel Memorial Invitational Swim Meet will take place 4-7 June at the Lions Aquatic Centre. Presented by Coldwell Banker Cayman and the Von Kanel family, the meet is in memory of Landon, a former Stingray Swim Club swimmer who died in a car accident in the US in 2001. A […]
Swimmers set to make open-water splash
(CNS): The open-water competition season continues with the 13th Annual Butterfield 800m Sea Swim set for Saturday, 30 May. Registration will take place on race day at Governor’s Beach from 3pm-3:45pm, and the race will start at 4pm.
Sea swim sails to exciting finish
(CNS): More than 120 people took the plunge for the 13th Annual Butterfield 800m Sea Swim 30 May, with university student Geoffrey Butler coming home for the summer in time to win in a tight finish. Catrionae MacRae of the Stingray Swim Club (SSC) took top honours among female competitors.
Cayman swimmers collect 15 medals at CARIFTA
(CNS): The Cayman Islands swimming team won five gold medals, five silver and five bronze for the fifteen medal tally at the swim meet in Bridgetown, Barbados, for this year’s regional CARIFTA games. Cayman sent 21 swimmers, seven coaches and officials, as well as more than thirty supporters. In addition to the medals, the young team […]
Cayman swimmers bag medals in Barbados
(CNS): The 2015 Cayman Islands CARIFTA 21-member swimming team has already scooped up a number of medals at the Games taking place in Barbados, including gold in the Girls 11-12 age group 400m freestyle relay team, comprising Alison Jackson, Zororo Mutomba, Ria Plunkett and Holly Stradling, with a record-breaking time of 4-minutes, 17.71 seconds. In that age […]
Local officials to work international games
(CNS) Four of Cayman’s local swimming officials will be taking part in the administration of two international meets this season. Adam Roberts, Tom McCallum, Michelle Bailey and Jacky Rowland are officiating at the Pan American Games and CARIFTA Swimming Championships.
Swim club confirms new top coach
(CNS): Stingray Swim Club has confirmed that David Pursley has been appointed as head coach at the club, “heralding the start of a new and exciting chapter in the history of Stingray Swim Club (SSC)”. Pursley brings a wealth of experience with competitive age group through college level swimmers and has been immersed in swimming […]
