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SA State Masters Open Water Swimming (OWS) Championships
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STATE OWS CHAMPIONSHIPS Results
Results 2025
Historical Results
Results Overall Winners 2012-25
The 14th annual MSSA Open Water Swim Championships were held at Somerton Beach on 12 January. Conditions were excellent with a light breeze, relatively flat seas, and very clear water. There were 163 entries (156 swam), close to a record for this event.
The overall Female and Male winners in the 3 km event were Leila Nazimi (SHB) and Liam McHugh (SUS) while the 1km winners were Stephanie Palmer-White (SAM) and Leif Mosley (Swimming SA).
Branch Team Trophies were hotly contested with Marion winning the Aggregate Points Trophy (ahead of Atlantis and Henley Beach) while Adelaide Masters won the Average Points per Swimmer Trophy (just ahead of Henley Beach and Phoenix).
Golden Marlin trophies for completing 10 Marion swims were presented to John Dundon (SPM), Helen Haberfield (STT) and Paul Bogacki (NM) while Barb Pearce (SMR) and Jo Sutcliffe (SPM) were presented with 20-year awards.
The Barb Pearce Trophy, awarded to the oldest female to complete all open water swims in the 2023-24 Open Water Series was presented for the second year in a row to Eithne Mayton (STT), age 73.
Thanks to Ben Warr, Open Swim Coordinator, and all the Marlins who assisted on the day and Somerton SLSC for providing excellent water cover.
Mary Dingwall Memorial Award
This annual award was established in memory of Marie Dingwall, a long time and much loved member of our club who passed away suddenly in 2010. It recognised a member of the Masters Swimming South Australia (MSSA) community who had contributed to our swim and the Open Water Swim Series and who embodied the Masters spirit of friendship, fitness and fun. To be eligible a nominee had to be a MSSA Member and had to participate in the OWS Series and the Marion swim as either a competitor or as an organiser. Nominees are invited from MSSA clubs and the award was announced at the Presentation ceremony following the swim. The award was discontinued in 2020.
2011 Catherine Marriot (Noarlunga)
2012 Ruth Henty (Marion)
2013 Sue Graebner (Adelaide)
2014 Rosemary White (Henley Beach)
2015 Kent Nelson (Adelaide)
2016 Maddie Edgley-Smith (Tea Tree Gully)
2017 Ethne Mayton (Tea Tree Gully)
2018 Pamela Gunn (Adelaide Masters)
2019 Garth Hayter (Marion)
2020 Yumi Brown (Aquadome Otters)