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Blackfin’s swimmers go to Midmar
The club's fastest swimmer at the qualifying swimming race was Remo Venturi.
The Blackfin Swimming Club has several swimmers who will compete in the Aquelle Midmar Mile on February 7 and 8. This is the world’s largest open water swim.
On January 11, 23 swimmers from the club participated in an official Midmar qualifying swim, the Vaal Time Freight Swim Challenge.
The fastest swimmer from the club was Remo Venturi (11) who managed to swim the 1,2km course in 00:19:05, achieving an overall fifth position of the 129 swimmers entered into the men’s category.
He was awarded third place in the boys U/13 category.
Blackfin’s Ian Gatley won the men’s 31 years and over category, while Clayton Cumming came third.
The fastest Blackfin girl was Daniela Venturi with a time of 00:22:50.
