CLDSA News

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

Kim Prytz is the first person to swim a double Robben Island doing breaststroke. In her own words, deep calls to deep! “A green light far

Karen Mouton swam her first Robben Island this week. Veteran Howard Warrington swam with Karen on his 96th island crossing. This is Karen’s story: “I swam