CLDSA News

New SA women’s record set! In their own words! South African Olympic 10km swimmer Michelle Weber broke the SA women’s record for the fastest English Channel

Just weeks after a double mastectomy, a Cape Town woman turned to the healing power of the cold ocean, and now has her sights set on

How and why the first South African swam the English Channel. A wife’s perspective… Kay Bales (far left) with CLDSA ex-Treasurer Felicity Pentland-Smith and CLDSA chair

PROGRAM:FRIDAY: 6-7PM MEET AND GREET, BRING YOUR OWN DRINKS. DINNER @ THE PUMPKIN HOUSE.SATURDAY MORNING : EARLY AM SWIM LANGEBAAN OR 12KM BEACH HIKE ON PRISTINE

Whether it’s the presence of a world-class, cold water swim training venue just up the coast from Cape Town, sheer national gees, or the canny seamanship

A legend of a swimmer tells a legend of a tale about the first successful False Bay crossing, back in 1989. It is early 1989, and

Speedo has stepped up its sustainable swimwear offering with the launch of three new fabrics made from recycled plastic – Eco Endurance+, Eco Endurabrite, and Eco

A reflection about the passion and creative spirit behind swimming, by Langebaan artist and owner of the Pumpkin House Art Hub, Hanli Theron: “The ocean stirs

Langebaan businessman Walter Hart reminisces about the December 1987 Spur double Island Relay, and an encounter with marine wildlife! I was going through some old files