Courtesy of Winston Crooke, Nevis to St. Kitts Cross Channel Swim Race. Winston Crooke, event organizer of the Nevis to St. Kitts Cross Channel Swim Race, explains the origin of the name Nevis. "The island was named Oualie ("Land of Beautiful Waters") by the Carib Indians and Dulcina ("Sweet Island") by the early British settlers. The name, Nevis, is
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swim Nevis offers swim clinics taught by International Swimming Hall Of Fame Honoree Karlyn Pipes and British Olympians David Carry and Keri-Anne Payne. The clinics will be held in combination with the annual Nevis to St. Kitts Cross Channel Swim Race on March 26th. Race director Winston Crooke describes,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Winston Crooke is confident...for good reason. The triathlete and race organizer offers all the benefits and experience of a channel swim without the cold, distance, tidal flow, ocean swells or expenses of the more traditional channel crossings between England and France or Spain and Morocco or Oahu and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Winston Crooke does a whole lot when organizing the 2.5-mile Nevis to St Kitts Cross Channel Swim across the Narrows in the Caribbean Sea, but one thing that is unique and much-appreciated are the event awards. 2015 winner Valerie Gregoire is shown with the unique turtle trophies of the Nevis to St Kitts
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Winston Crooke, President of the St. Kitts and Nevis Triathlon, organized another great channel crossing between Nevis and St. Kitts in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The tiny island with plenty of beautiful open water swimming locations is the start of the annual StarMile2.5 Nevis-St. Kitts
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Nevis to St. Kitts Cross-Channel Swim, or the Bente Weber Memorial Swim, is a 2.5-mile inter-island Caribbean Sea swim across the Narrows from Nevis to St. Kitts. It starts at Oualie Beach on Nevis with the finish at Cockleshell Bay on St. Kitts in an area known as the "Narrows". The event record was
Winston Crooke, President of the St. Kitts and Nevis Triathlon, is organizing the StarMile2.5 Nevis-St. Kitts Cross-Channel Swim, a 2.5-mile (4 km) swim held on March 30th from between Oualie Beach on Nevis to Cockleshell Bay on St Kitts. It is also called the Bente Weber Memorial Swim. Crooke explains who the wonderful, selfless person Bente was.
