Friday, October 25 saw a group of open water swimmers from Winterton Primary set off to Sun City to participate in the Dis-Chem Open Water Swim held there annually.

A total of 23 school children successfully completed the 1 500m swim with the fastest swim time being recorded by Shaun Priest.

Josh Culverwell and Ross Mcbey were the second and third placed Winterton boys. Robyn McBey, Kayla van der Merwe and Kate Moore were the first three girls across the finish line. Ann Gray completed her tenth Sun City swim and Nerissa Pieterse her first!

Others who swam were Luke Dungan, Brett Wood, Sven Zunckel, Alexia van der Merwe, Theo van der Merwe, Tristan Moore, Jesse Rencken, Kate Wood, Margy Church, Georgia Dungan, Brett Dungan, Gemma Daugherty, Humphrey van der Merwe, Lungelo “Doong” Ntshalinthali, Nelu van der Sandt, Calleigh Zunckel, Savannah Rencken, Rebecca Culverwell, Matt Zunckel and Jane Zunckel. The Valley of the Waves was a popular ‘after swim’ destination.

The weather was great and the trip through the Pilanesberg Game Reserve was, once again, an amazing experience – lots of elephant sightings, rhino, crocs and hippos and a variety of antelope. The swimmers look forward to the next one!