South African
Masters Swimming
29th Long Course Championships
held at the Newton Park Indoor
Aquatic Centre in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape
from the 13th to the 16th of March 2013.
The Open Water Championships were held at Marina Martinique, Jeffreys Bay on the 18th.
Awards
South African Masters Swimming Club Trophy
(Top Club)
Awarded to the SAMS Club scoring the most
points at the SAMS Long Course Championships.
Cape Town MSC
- 3223 pts
2nd: Coelacanth MSC - 2892 pts
3rd: East Coast MSC - 1931.5 pts
South African Masters Swimming Club Handicap Trophy
(Top Club - Points/Swimmer)
Awarded to the SAMS Club scoring the most points
per entered swimmer at the SAMS Long Course Championships. Individual and
relay points count. For this award there is a prescribed minimum of 8
entered swimmers per Club. Clubs with less than 8 entered swimmers have their total
points divided by 8.
East Coast
MSC - 55.19 pts per entered swimmer
2nd Cape Town MSC - 52.84 pts per entered swimmer
3rd
Highway MSC - 51.89 pts per entered swimmer
Dr Heyman Belfort Memorial Shield
(Top Region)
Awarded to the SAMS Region scoring the most
points at the SAMS Long Course Championships.
Western Province MSA
- 4382
pts
2nd
Tshwane
MS - 2892 pts
3rd
Gauteng
MS - 2871 pts
Victrix Ludorum (Top Female Swimmer) (Donated by Errol Stern)
Awarded to the SAMS Female Swimmer who scores the most individual points
at the SAMS Long Course Championships.
If there is a tie, then the trophy is awarded to the tied swimmer with the
best time measured (%) against the world record.
Heather Morris-Eyton (Mandeville Dolphins SC - Masters)
( Maximum 72 points scored and 0.89%
under the World
Record
in the 45-49 200m Breaststroke )
Victor Ludorum
(Top Male Swimmer) (Donated by Errol Stern)
Awarded to the SAMS Male Swimmer who scores the most individual points
at the SAMS Long Course Championships.
If there is a tie, then the trophy is awarded to the tied swimmer with the
best time measured (%) against the world record.
Chris King (Cape Dolphins SC - Masters)
( Maximum 72
points scored and 2.02% over the World
Record
in the 25-29 100m Backstroke )
Best
Performance - Female (Donated by Allen
Morrison)
Awarded to the SAMS Female Swimmer with the best
time at the SAMS Long Course Championships, measured (%) against the world
record.
Heather Morris-Eyton (Mandeville Dolphins SC - Masters)
( 0.89% under the World
Record in the 45-49 200m Breaststroke )
Best
Performance - Male (Donated by Allen
Morrison)
Awarded to the SAMS Male Swimmer with the best time
at the SAMS Long Course Championships, measured (%) against the world record.
Simon Thirsk (Wahoo MSC)
( 1.44% over the World Record in the 35-39 50m
Backstroke )
Barnetson Trophy
(Most Improved Swimmer) (Donated by Tiny
Barnetson)
Awarded to the SAMS Male or Female Swimmer who shows the greatest % improvement in time for any
one event at the SAMS Long Course Championships. Times are measured against the
swimmer's recorded time for
the same event at the SAMS Long Course Championships of the previous year.
Any swimmer who qualifies for this award but feels that their improvement was
due to a below par performance in the previous year as a result of illness or
for any other reason is encouraged to not accept this award so that it can be
awarded to the next qualifying swimmer.
Kascha Kloos (Cape Town MSC)
( 18.35% improvement
in the 85-89 50m Backstroke )
Colin Cable Award
(Age & Endurance) (Donated by
Western Province Masters Swimming and Lynda Gower)
Awarded to the SAMS Male or Female Swimmer at
the SAMS Long Course Championships, who is 60 (Masters) years or over, swam 6 events,
and scored the highest, with the events being scored on a scale of
endurance. In the event of a tie, the oldest swimmer will receive the award.
Dave McLachlan
(Cape Town MSC)
( A score of 31 )
( Attie Louw of Winelands also scored 31 but is younger than Dave. )
Lillian Parrington Trophy
(Oldest Swimmer) (Donated by
Heather Campbell and John Keyter)
Awarded to the
Oldest SAMS Swimmer at the SAMS Long
Course Championships.
Kascha Kloos - 87
(Cape Town
MSC)
Spirit Bowl
(Club Spirit) (Donated by Louise
Pallet and the late Jill Fahrenheim)
Awarded to the SAMS Club best promoting the spirit
of Masters Swimming at the SAMS Long Course Championships.
Free State MSC
Joe Hillstrom Trophy
(Most New Swimmers) (Donated by Joe
Hillstrom)
Awarded to the SAMS Club that has the most swimmers competing
in their first SAMS Long Course Championships.
Bay Eagle Swim Team - Masters
Charles Buck
Memorial Award (Spirit of Masters)
(Donated by Western Province Masters Swimming)
Awarded to the SAMS Person who best epitomizes the
true spirit of Masters Swimming.
Marcelle Strauss (Cape Town MSC)
SAMS Colours Awards
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20
Years of Nationals Participation Award
Awarded upon achieving 20 years of participation -
swimming or officiating - at the SAMS Long Course Championships.
Marieke Bouwer (Coelacanth MSC)
Liz Cordell (East Coast MSC) - Official
Stephanie de
Beer
(ET Stingrays
Helen Lawless (Wahoo MSC)
Tricia Rix (Cape Town MSC)
Cecilia Stanford (Cape Town
MSC)
John Trenor (ET Stingrays MSC)