Paddle – Females

Paddle – Double

Run – Females

Ocean Swim – Males

Swim – Assisted

MTB – Females

Sabrina 1 Mile Females 2009

Heavy Seas – But Sabrina Goes Ahead

Everyone who was there agrees: the 2008 Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge was a winner – despite powerful winds and huge seas which rocked Plettenberg Bay in the days preceding the traditional December 28th running of the event.

“Safety considerations forced us to call off the open ocean swim (both the 6 km adult event and the 600 metre kids event) at the last minute, but the event managers, Magnetic South, pulled the rabbit out of the hat and set new courses on the Keurbooms Lagoon so that, in the end, the day went off without a hitch,” said the Sabrina Love Foundation’s Tony Lubner.

“What amazed us, though, was the number of entries that poured in: I haven’t seen the final figures yet, but I think it’s well over a thousand – which is double what we had last year.”

Mr Lubner said that, as a result of generous sponsorship from the international family wealth advisers, Stonehage, all entry fees and all income from the sale of Sabrina gifts and memorabilia went directly to the Foundation, which exists to help children – and the families of children – living with disabilities in Plettenberg Bay.

“This is our main fundraiser for the year and the increase in entries will mean a huge injection of capital,” he said, adding that what impressed him most was the number of walkers who took part this year (entrants in the Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge can choose between the swim itself, an open ocean paddle, a 10 km road-and-beach run or a non-competitive 3 km walk).

“This is what the Sabrina is all about – families doing things together and for the good of the community,” he said.

At least three of South Africa’s Olympians took part this year – and all achieved first-place finishes. Swimmers Chad Ho and Natalie du Toit won the men’s and ladies’ swims (in 53:45 and 54:35 respectively), while kayaker Michelle Eray won the ladies paddle in 1:15:31.

Ms. du Toit’s time put her in second place overall.

“I think definitely being in the Lagoon was a different swim,” she said. “I prefer it in the sea, but hopefully next year we’ll have better weather.”

She thanked the sponsors and the Lubner family and said that she was particularly impressed with the organisation of the event – which saw the beaches of Plettenberg Bay bathed in pink (the Sabrina Foundation’s corporate colours are pink and black). And, in another display of the spirit of the Sabrina, she donated her prize (seven nights at the V&A Waterfront courtesy of Southern Suns with air tickets by Kulula.com) to the Foundation. It was immediately sold by auction for R8,000.00.

The run – which includes 2 km along the beach (a section which Comrades King, Bruce Fordyce described as “incredibly difficult”) – was won by Lieuwe Boonstra in 36:26. Alae Brand was the first woman home in 41:39. Graham Bird won the men’s paddle in 1:15:13, while locals Neil Stephenson and Steph Le Roux won the men’s double in 1:09:17..

Full results on the organiser’s web site – www.magneticsouth.net; and there’s more about the Sabrina Love Foundation at www.sabrinalove.co.za

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1 444 Du Toit, Natalie 55:13
2 318 Van Zyl, Michelle 1:06:36
3 429 Bromford, Jeannie 1:13:05
4 360 Smooker, Ali 1:13:06
5 411 Gibson, Elizabeth 1:18:29
6 322 Spence, Angela 1:18:36
7 358 Campbell, Danielle 1:18:51
8 317 Moller, Lalu 1:24:07
9 311 Langeler, Leslie 1:25:31
10 345 Foster, Mikela 1:25:55
11 387 Jobson, Nicola 1:25:56
12 336 Lithgow, Gillan 1:27:04
13 391 Gubb, Nicola 1:27:05
14 304 Burnett-Dreyer, Catherine 1:29:30
15 373 Pigott, Lucy 1:29:51
16 346 Geldenhys, Jessica 1:30:23
17 378 Blew, Beverley 1:32:46
18 302 Dreyer, Victoria 1:36:45
19 344 Mills, Nicola 1:37:15
20 363 Leggat, Jessica 1:37:32
21 384 Garner, Kerry 1:43:37
22 364 Lee, Theodora 1:43:48
23 422 Lubner, Sam 1:44:02
24 416 Zimmerman, Joanne 1:44:31
24 417 Zimmerman, Daniella 1:44:31
26 406 Skein, Mary-Louise 1:46:49
27 413 Visser, Jalaun 2:07:36
28 365 Lee, Emily 2:12:12

Swim Male

1 381 Difford, Bryan 59:21
2 338 Kruger, Juandre 1:00:37
3 359 Shiels, Russell 1:00:44
4 341 Bantock, Terry 1:00:52
5 324 Botha, Anton 1:01:32
6 407 Turner, Nick 1:03:20
7 315 De Wet, Peter 1:03:33
8 374 Rothchild, Brady 1:07:08
9 327 Viotti, Mattee 1:07:16
10 397 Walker, Nicholas 1:08:15
11 396 Walker, Steven 1:08:20
12 398 Reitzer, Daniel 1:09:33
13 445 kyte, Gavin 1:09:39
14 446 Kyte, Jason 1:09:47
15 399 Chapman, David 1:10:50
16 330 Swart, Ben 1:10:58
17 349 Taylor, Robert James 1:11:06
18 361 Shirley, Steven 1:11:18
19 382 Karstel, Michael Connor 1:12:15
20 383 Overton, David Sean 1:12:22
21 400 Novello, Roberto 1:13:00
22 353 Taylor, Gary Scott 1:13:02
23 430 Loots, Jaco 1:13:16
24 305 Lucas, Garth JW 1:13:35
25 319 Le Roux, Leonard 1:13:36
26 320 Stiff, Tim 1:14:39
27 367 Burge, Peter Michael 1:15:04
28 370 Lambert, Johannes 1:15:21
29 1 Reddering, Martin 1:16:02
30 321 Purchase, Nevada 1:16:06
31 401 Walker, Colin 1:17:39
32 355 Taylor, Graham 1:17:46
33 432 De Wet, Henri 1:18:30
34 369 Burge, Richard 1:19:04
35 342 Bantock, Murray 1:19:56
36 2 Lubner, Tony 1:19:58
37 323 Delmont, Peter-John 1:20:08
38 425 Eedes, Kyle Michelle 1:21:41
39 329 Goott, Errol 1:21:49
40 326 Joyce, Werner 1:21:55
41 390 Bennett, Michael John 1:22:33
42 348 Lubner, Jason Lee 1:22:39
43 347 Lubner, Marc 1:22:45
44 356 Thomas, Clyde 1:23:28
45 362 Dickson, Brent 1:23:44
46 312 Sharwood, Richard Redvers 1:23:45
47 375 Bloem, Raymond 1:23:59
48 354 Horton, David 1:24:15
49 410 Van Der Walt, J 1:24:38
50 325 Simpkins, Matthew 1:25:42
51 404 Turner, Simon John 1:25:43
52 408 Stegmann, Willie 1:26:06
53 328 Malin, Wesley 1:27:04
54 392 Gubb, James 1:28:24
55 368 Burge, Nicholas James 1:30:31
56 308 Wood, Ryan 1:30:32
57 343 Lubner, Richard 1:32:17
58 307 Meniere, Eric 1:33:12
59 306 Joyce, Gustav 1:33:24
60 366 Rens, Daniel 1:35:25
61 313 Fitzpatrick, Ryan 1:36:03
61 337 Deane, Anthony 1:36:03
63 316 Shapiro, Arnold 1:36:21
64 357 Thomas, Ian 1:36:33
65 395 Muller, Sam 1:36:50
66 389 Stroud, James 1:38:14
67 385 Venter, Ryab 1:38:15
68 332 Segers, Matthew 1:38:16
69 333 Alant, Paul 1:38:18
70 331 Wilson, William 1:38:20
71 334 Wakefield, Peter 1:38:25
72 388 Fenn, Andrew 1:38:47
73 380 Novior, Gideon 1:39:45
74 301 Jacobson, Peter 1:40:13
75 379 Bloom, Brian 1:40:15
76 309 Brown, Wayne 1:40:23
77 394 Cadbury, Leaner 1:41:24
78 386 Van Huyssteen, Hendrik 1:41:49
79 310 Brown, Lindsay 1:42:00
80 415 Zimmerman, Greg 1:42:49
81 409 Levetan, Zachary 1:44:34
82 339 Jacobson, David 1:48:06
82 420 Lubner, Gary 1:48:06
84 340 Berning, Peter 1:48:20
85 419 Lubner, Rafael 1:55:25
86 418 Lubner, Derek 1:56:39
87 377 Blew, Andrew 2:07:35
88 712 Clyle, Thomas 2:19:00

Swim Nipper

1 303 Dreyer, Emma 54:23
2 393 Bryant, Richie 54:45
3 427 Gibson, Ronald 55:38

Run Female

1 541 Nel, Monica 46:48
2 531 Sandak-Lewin, Sam 47:31
3 561 Sykes, Nicole 48:29
4 537 Norvall, Carla 49:27
5 524 Dovey, Sheila 49:32
6 559 Erasmus, Lucia 50:24
7 586 de Villiers, L. 50:36
8 522 Bassett, Penny 50:51
9 552 Muller, Adrienne 51:13
10 556 Bailey, Hilary 51:53
11 564 Donald, Jane 52:00
12 570 Gibson, Mare 52:03
13 506 Faria, Natalie 52:04
14 507 Pienaar, Anabel 52:21
15 527 Penry, Helen 52:28
16 536 Rens, Toni 52:54
17 592 Smit, Bonita 53:01
18 550 Ehkers, Petrie 53:15
19 513 Meintjes, Tracy 54:21
20 563 Mervis, Karin 54:48
21 503 Valentine, Christine 55:22
22 560 Nichol, Annabelle 55:41
23 553 Hedley, Caroline 55:51
24 577 Beauchamp, Barbara 55:53
25 539 van den Berg, Riana 56:13
26 538 le Roux, Lizelle 56:25
27 574 de Kock, Kathy 58:07
28 578 Schwartz, Lee 59:15
29 514 de Villiers, Shelley 59:47
30 526 Hurter, Susan 1:00:02
31 582 Barnes, Nicole 1:00:04
32 528 Taylor, Tanya 1:00:05
33 569 Mastenbroek, Marguerite 1:00:11
34 595 Shlesinger, Magdalena 1:00:42
35 547 Killeen, Sara 1:01:02
36 516 Stiff, Dalene 1:02:48
37 598 Kemp, Lee 1:03:28
38 520 Bailey, Nicolette 1:07:58
39 565 De Luca, Antonia 1:09:12
40 510 Sacks, Shereen 1:09:18
41 509 Elsinger, Mirjiam 1:09:19
42 590 Lowe, Gabi 1:17:58
43 504 Valentine, Katy 1:22:51
44 618 Goldy, Renta 1:33:35

Run Male

1 505 Mc Callum, Wendell 35:04
2 532 Boonstra, Liewwe 35:29
3 610 Gerber, Marius 36:02
4 555 Hedley, George 36:19
5 530 Schutte, Jan 36:55
6 593 Seorge, Seorge 41:10
7 612 Dickson, Nick 41:11
8 529 Kwayi, Sabelo 42:55
9 549 Cadbury, Rupert 42:57
10 608 Meyer, Michael 43:13
11 614 Kirsten, Anton 43:26
12 604 Dickson, Weston 43:27
13 542 Del, Marthinus 44:28
14 596 Gore, Adrian 44:51
15 575 Drimie, Scott 46:14
16 515 Jones, Mark 46:54
17 558 Erasmus, Lourens 47:15
18 521 Clucas, Craig Lewis 47:37
19 613 Jacobson, Ari 47:41
20 548 Makin, Stuart 48:05
21 551 Tutmann, Philip 48:06
22 540 Saffy, Adrian 48:38
23 554 Hedley, Thomas 49:23
23 567 Leith, Michael 49:23
25 587 Pronk, Ronald 50:37
26 576 Rapp, Ira 51:04
27 584 Brits, David 51:20
28 619 Harris, Jonathan 52:05
29 620 Comline, Keith 52:06
30 502 Valentine, James 52:51
31 543 Miltz, Bryan 52:53
31 591 Killian, Pierre 52:53
33 544 Swartzberg, Barry 53:35
34 545 Posovich, Michael 53:44
35 573 Hauptfleisch, Beyers 55:03
36 585 Glen, rett 55:22
37 597 Collier, Warren 57:03
38 546 Solomon, John 57:09
39 579 Schwartz, Elliot 58:11
40 534 Erlich, Chaim 58:57
41 523 Lake, David 59:07
42 566 Oflaherty, Richard 59:12
43 533 Jackson, Steven 59:13
44 603 Rosenthal, Anthony 59:48
45 611 Hoff, Evan 59:51
46 571 Besser, Maxwell 59:54
47 594 Shlesinger, Shachar 1:00:06
48 568 Mastenbroek, Rue 1:00:42
49 562 Mervis, Saul 1:01:12
50 501 Jankelow, David 1:01:21
51 602 Matuonn, Shaun 1:01:26
52 557 Hilkowitz, Robby 1:02:27
53 580 Pama, Perino 1:04:39
54 607 Burgess, John 1:04:44
55 609 Sadgwe, Eric 1:04:48
56 572 Besser, Samuel 1:07:18
57 617 Geldenhuys, Thys 1:09:38
58 589 Lowe, Stuart 1:17:57

Paddle Female

1 727 Walder, Jeannette 1:40:58

Paddle Male

1 723 Bird, Graham 1:19:53
2 Dreyer, Martin 1:21:11
3 733 Fraser-Mackenzie, Martin 1:24:05
4 715 Duncan, Peter James 1:24:43
5 701 Harris, Kyle 1:30:35
6 732 Pickard, Nicholas 1:33:49
7 714 Visser, David 1:35:34
8 721 Penaluna, Rod 1:35:52
9 730 Bennett, Greg 1:38:05
10 729 Ralph, Gary 1:38:16
11 708 De Waal 1:41:41
12 731 du Preez, Willem 1:55:31
13 734 Kirsten, LH 1:57:47
14 725 van Heerden, Jakkie 1:58:55
15 726 Haarhoff, Gareth 1:58:55
16 709 Grotepass, Martin 2:00:00
17 722 Phelp, David 2:03:29
18 702 van Berkel, Fred 2:16:08
19 703 Simpkins, Sean 2:30:17

Paddle – Double

1 713 Andrew Beveridge & Alexis Lyon 1:19:10
2 707 Janus Roux & Partner 1:19:35
3 728 Bruce & Warren Jacobs 1:19:40
4 717 Chad & Clifford Andrews 1:23:59
5 706 Greg Voght & HPD Van Wyk 1:24:34
6 711 Woster & Tanzio Orzechowski 1:37:26
7 720 I. Pentz & J. First 1:42:08
8 712 Toni & John Joyce 1:49:43
9 705 Marilyn Chivers & Piers Pirow 2:01:59
10 704 Helena Finley & Paddy Pirow 2:22:13

Swim Children

1 405 Strydom, Nicole 5:52
2 439 Collins, Jason 6:23
3 376 Reddering, Dylan 6:42
4 441 Angeluci, Valentina 6:45
5 412 Gibson, Janet 6:59
5 424 De Kock, Samantha 6:59
7 352 Finley, Cathrine 7:28
8 437 Garisch, James 7:29
8 442 Cavaliri, Christina 7:29
10 403 Lucas, Skye 7:30
11 434 Fenn, Mike 8:02
12 433 Stroud, Anthony 8:40
13 440 Shrock, Aaron 9:55
14 372 Pichler, Caroline 9:57
15 428 Bennett, Christopher 11:00
16 438 Nucci-Datt, Ricki David 11:18
17 402 Bennett, Georgina 11:19
18 426 De Kock, Michelle 11:28