With a nice little current helping him breeze through the finish line, Stingray swimmer Brandon Williams put a whalloping down on the field of the Cayman National Bank 800m Brac Sea Swim this past Saturday. Brandon jumped out to an early lead and never relinquished it as he sailed down the southern shoreline toward the Brac Reef Resort. The event boasted approximately 50 participants, including healthy contingent of adult and senior swimmers. Most impressively, Brandon held a long, powerful stroke technique through the entire race, much to the happiness of...

The 2013 Island Games, held in Bermuda this July, will feature 6 swimmers from the Cayman Islands, 5 of whom are Stingray members. The team is headlined by Stingray's Olympians Shaune and Brett Fraser, who will each swim multiple strokes over several distances, hoping to bring home hardware in every event. Joining the brothers will be Geoffrey Butler, Lara Butler and Alex McCallum. Coral Tomascik of CBAC has also qualified to represent Cayman at the event. Stingray coach Andy Copley will accompany the team as Head Coach and Manager. Qualifying...

Stingray stormed the beach again Saturday, April 13 for the LIME 800m Sea Swim, and our swimmers provided another dramatic and exciting race. Blasting down the shoreline, Geoffrey Butler and Alex McCallum came sprinting into the chute trading leads like race horses bobbing toward the finish line. At the end of the day, Butler was pronounced as the top finisher, though after thorough review using the latest in video capture technology, only one thing is clear... it was too close to call. CIASA Technical Director Ian Armiger commented on the...

  Team ERNST   Team YOUNG Adapa Krishna   Bailey Sam Anderson Jonathan   Bennett  Kameron Bailey Jake   Bodden  John Butler Simon   Boothe Stefanie Dakers Alex   Butler Geoffrey Ebanks Justin   Butler Lara Fraser Kyle   Courtis Matthew Harrison Kendra   Crawford Wunyae Harrison  Sarah   Dakers Sam Hayman Sophie   Dowell Charlie Hayman Katie   Embury-Brown Raya Henry Liam   Hul Isabella Jackson Alison   Jackson Sarah Macrae Catriona   Key Jonathan McCallum Iain   Klein Katie McCallum Alex   Kleinworth Katherine Montana Miquela   Macrae...

CARIFTA 2013 provided all the emotions and excitement of a hollywood blockbuster as Stingray's best put on a show for the Caribbean. We saw the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, rode through the storm and came out better on the other side.   Geoffrey Butler kicked off the proceedings on the first night of CARIFTA, blazing the competition and capturing gold in the first final for Cayman in the 1500 Freestyle. Butler posted a personal best (16:18) and flashed his golden grin to the crowd, humbly capturing...

Last night at the CIASA AGM, Stingray Board member and swim parent Christine Maltman was nominated and voted on to the CIASA Board of Directors. Maltman will chair the RTC (Representative Team Committee) which selects teams for CARIFTA and other international competitions while also setting standards and policies for those meets. Brenda McGrath, Jim Fraser and Peter Mackay (all members of Stingray Swim Club) were also re-elected to their positions within the CIASA Board! Thank you to everyone who showed up to support swimming in the Cayman Islands. It was...

2013 marks the end of the road for two Stingray Swimmers who have competed in every CARIFTA Games for the past 7 years. Geoffrey Butler (Cayman) and Matthew Courtis (Barbados) will both be making the trip to Jamaica to represent their countries at the Games for one last time next week. I was able to catch up with each of them this past weekend to get their take on the ocassion and what they're feeling going into the competition... "Yeah I'm very excited," commented Geoffrey. "It's a bid sad how...

Paralympian and World Record Holder Emma Hollis of Great Britain will be coming to the island this Saturday for a week's stay in Cayman. During her trip she will be visiting clubs, schools and organizations to do motivational speaking and to share her story of becoming a Paralympic Champion. Stingray Swim Club is lucky enough to have Emma coming to the Lion's Pool this coming Monday to talk to and inspire our young athletes. Please do your best to make it down for this very special opportunity.   MONDAY, MARCH...

Alex McCallum hit the skies yesterday, on his way to the U.K. for a two week training camp with Loughborough University where he will attend school and swim in the fall. Alex arrived in Scotland today and will join up with the Loughborough squad   on Friday for two weeks of training before competing in the City of Sheffield Premier Meet, which takes place over the same weekend as CARIFTA. We will post a link to results for Alex so you can follow his progress while abroad. Good luck Alex!...

It was a family affair on the coast of Seven Mile Beach today as cousins Allyson Belfonte and Iain McCallum cruised to first place finishes in the 200m and 600m sea swims, respectively, each followed closely by their fellow Stingray swimmers. In the first competition, the 200m lollipop swim, Allyson proved she can finally swim freestyle without holding her arms at her side (making her coach very happy) while fellow 8-Under girl Katriona Williams nearly swam past the finish line, heading for the wrong buoy (fair play though, it was...