Venue:  Cape St Francis Resort, Da Gama Rd, Cape St Francis Time:  08:00, registration from 07:00 Distance:  15km or 55km Route Description:  Starting at the Cape St Francis Resort, follow Da Gama Rd, St Francis Way onto the R330.  15km turn around at St Francis Links circle, 55km turn around at Humansdorp. Categories:  15km (u/14 and open), 55km open

Event:  Liquid Lines – Unsalted Swim Starting time:  08:00 Venue:  Sea Glades Drive, St Francis Bay Distance:  bank to bank (u/14 only), 500m, 1km, 2km Route description:  around the island Categories:  u/14, open

Event:  St Francis Sport Quadrathlon Starting time:  08:00 Venue:  Sea Glades Drive, St Francis Bay Route description:  Cycle:  St Francis Drive, Lyme Rd North, through the St Francis Links, Lyme Rd South, St Francis Drive.  Swim:  to the buoy and back.  Run:  Sea Glades Drive, Canal Rd, Sunset Drive.  Paddle:  3km well marked route through the canals. Distances:  12km cycle, 300m swim, 3km run, 3km paddle Categories:  u/14...

Event:  Tuesday 31 December:  Village Video MTB XC Challenge Starting time:  08:00 Venue:  Tim’s Trails, Oyster Bay Road Route description:  5km route, well marked Distances:  5km laps Categories:  u/14, open

Event:  Bos Sport Tripple Challenge Venue:  Sea Glades Drive, St Francis Bay Starting Time:  08:00 Route Description:  Swim:  to the buoy/around the island.  Run:  Sea Glades Drive, Canal Rd, Sunset Drive.  Paddle:  around island/well marked 3km route on the canals. Distances:  300m swim, 3km run, 1km paddle (u14 only)/1km swim, 6km run, 3km paddle Categories:  u/14, open (short course u/14 only).

The fourth annual Enid Pretorius Properties Women’s Day Trail Run and Walk was held once again on Friday 9 August in and around St Francis Bay.  A total of 109 participants braved the cold rain and wind, of which 67 completed the 26km distance and the remainder stopped after 18km at the Cape St Francis Lighthouse. Kobus Joubert and Rowan Boettger jointly finished first in 2 hours 7 minutes, followed by Dan Thornton in 2 hours 12...