It was a double for Georgina and a victory for Georgia at the Whanganui Multisport & Triathlon Club's Bridge to Bridge Swim today.
About 35 people entered the two course event – 24 doing the traditional 3.2km swim from Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club down stream to the Union Boat Club, while 11 competitors entered the shorter 1km swim starting further along.
While the Whanganui River tide was in their favour it was also very strong, as the marker buoys alongside the jetty at UBC were nearly being pulled under water.
Swimmers who had taken the middle of the river as their lane needed to come towards the shore quickly before the finishing point or else the current would take them past it, requiring a considerable effort to make their way back over to helping hands.