CROSS BAY SWIM 2008
MAKE
DREAMS REAL!
The 5th Annual Cross
Bay Swim, was held on
Sunday, 12th October
2008.
Jan Abbink
Chairman of the Cross Bay Swim
Committee
Rotary Club Jomtien - Pattaya
300 Photos to download for swimmers
Results
Long Swim
1) Nicholas Wilson - Bangkok Patana School / Foremost team -time: 46.20
Nic was also last years winner. He is a sports coach at Bangkok Patana School and a tri -athlete.He is 27 years old originally from South Africa.
2) Peter Gibney - Regent's School - time: 47.00
Peter was first in 2006 and second in 2007. Despite training very hard he did not manage to regain his title -but he was very close...
3) Lance Depew - Bangkok Patana School / Foremost team -time:49.32
A new face at this years' swim. Lance (44) is the father of 13 year old Dascha who also swam the long swim and came in 5th. Family winners!
Short Swim
As we could only add late entires to the short swim ( due to safety) some of these swimmers were actually in before the juniors.
Peter Gibney, Nic Wilson and Jan Abbink had last minute jointly decided that only those under 16 would qualify for a prize and this was announced at the start of the short swim.
The fastest swimmer was actually Mr. Octavio Gamarra -the Senior Vice - President of Dusit International (20.33) followed by David Milziner (20.41) and Helena Marschall (21.14), who despite her youthfull looks and being part of the Bangkok Patana/ Foremost team, turned out to be 29 years old and a staff member of the school.
They were followed closely by the 3 junior swimmers, who received the trophies.
1) Jessica Pisters - Regent's school - time 23.25.
Jessica is 13 year old and the daughter Thai Garden Resort GM Rene Pisters and last year's no. 2
2) Marissa Sittheeamorn - Bangkok Pattana School / Foremost Team - time 23.30
Marissa is 12 years old and a very promising new talent for the swim.
3) Nina Smart - Bangkok Pattana School / Foremost Team.
Petite 11 year old Nina outswam swimmers twice her size - a major accomplishment indeed! Her 13 year old brother William bravely joined the long swim and was amongst the first half to finish. A Smart family of swimmers!
Fundraising
As funds are still coming in and further pledges are being made, the official final figures are not known yet.
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