Andrew Tebbuts wins the 2nd Bali Ocean Swim 2011 held on Sunday 10th July on Kuta Beach

Andrew Tebbuts wins the 2nd Bali Ocean Swim 2011 held on Sunday 10th July on Kuta Beach out from Bali Garden Beach Resort & Spa.

The fund raising event organised by BSF Asia now in its second year, was started by Olympic 1500 mt gold medalist Bob Windle,Andrew swam the 10,kilometre course in a blistering 2 hours,2 minutes and 30 seconds in generally smooth conditions ,Andrew is the inaugural 10 K winner, as in 2010 the longest distance was a 5 k swim.
Andrew finished 16 minutes ahead of second place getter Supriadi to claim the 10km title in the Following Andrew & Supriadi into 3rd place was I Wayan Sudarta.

First women home and winner of the women’s division Maxine Fitzpatrick,who surprisingly at registration was unsure of whether she could handle the 10 km and was considering doing the 5 km swim. Following Maxine,in second place Arsiyanti doing one better than her bronze in the 2010 5 km Ocean Swim .

In the 5 kilometre race Bali’s Ida Bagus Maha Kacha Manuaba held German Joerg Scharf to win in 1,05:50.

In the 1.2 kilometre sprint,it was the tightest finish on record with I Putu Takahide Valentino just edging out Sam Hume by 2 hundred’s of a second to win in 13:28 to Sam’s 13:30,Andrew Sutherland rounded of the place getters in 15:10.In the women’s Agatha Susila won,improving on her silver last year.

In the junior boys Ricky Darmawan edged out Sam White and I Made Dai Darma to take the gold in 13:36,and the junior girls Natasha Candra Prameswari beat 13 year old Eva Pet for the gold,with Sweania Betzeba Delisa taking third place.

In the 1.2 km Masters men,it was an all foreign affair with Australia’s Marc Alliotti first,British Christian Sanderson second and return swimmer from last year Australia’s Owen Sweetman taking bronze.

In the Women’s masters it was a bit of a family affair,with Naaantali Marshall edging out sister Shelley to take first place with Sherri Beardman coming in third.

All swimmers returned safely with only a few injuries by jellyfish.

BSF Asia would like to thank Coaltrans,Bali Garden Beach Resort & Spa,Boardwalk Restaurant,BIMC hospital,and Coca Cola .

Special mention to BSF trustee Vicki Spencer who donated the beautiful medals & trophies.

All proceeds from this swim go to fund the ongoing BSF Asia disabled swimmers program