You've heard of balmy, this is more bath-y. And salty. And fishy. Apart from that we enjoy the swimming in Abu Dhabi.

There's plenty of swimming here, from the adventure of open-water to a selection of fantastic pools.

Saturdays              Open Water

Location:       Bateen  (near 19th St) 0700

Group swim of either 1.5km or 2.4km length.

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Maqta Mile - Shangri La Hotel hosts the Maqta Mile swim on the third Saturday each month. Starts 0700 on the hotel beach. Entry is free and there are pastries and chocolate milk for after... num, num num.

July 17 swim saw a good field take part following the switch from Friday to Saturday. Results were:

Men

1. Henk De Jager   26.50

2. Chris O'Hearn   30.10

3. Russ Fraser   30.26

4. Reinir   30.29

5. Bart Van Linder 30.39

6. Paul Shephard   35.23

7. Garry Whyte 35.40

8. Rafel Solis   36.14

9. Bryan Williams   36.27

10. Peter Mueller   36.55

11. Chris Greig   37.48

12. Nick Jackson 39.05

13. Arash Fouladi   40.24

14. Jed Temple    41.14

15. Chris Collier    51.05

Women

1. Sarah Mueller   31.51

2. Clare McCabe   31.59

3. Heidi Brothers   42.02

4. Jane Hall    42.30

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