Splash Festival boosts community coffers

Date: 10 November 2009
Community coffers will swell by more than R60 000 after a financial injection from the organisers of this year’s MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival.

Metro eye major sporting events to promote PE

Date: 19 May 2009
Major sporting events are quickly becoming one of the metro’s favourite tools to brand the city nationally and internationally.

Metro to double financial backing of Splash Festival

Date: 14 April 2009
The metro gave the organisers of the MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival a vote of confidence when they announced on Monday that they would double their financial backing of next year’s event.

Upset volleyball win for Capetonians

Date: 13 April 2009
Cape Town’s Freedom Chiya and Grant Goldschmidt ignored the form book and blustery conditions to win the Eastern Province Open beach volleyball tournament – the biggest in the country – at the MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.

Main completes epic swim ahead of schedule

Date: 13 April 2009
Well-known Port Elizabeth swimmer Kyle Main added to his already impressive resume when he became the first person to complete a double crossing to the bell buoy from Hobie Beach at the MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival in Port Elizabeth today.

Marais wins King of the Bay title

Date: 12 April 2009
Pre-race favourite Michael Marais emerged as the eventual winner of the Tavcor Embassy VW King of the Bay elimination swim race at the MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival at Hobie Beach in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.

Splash Festival set for record numbers

Date: 12 April 2009
Hundreds of thousands of festivalgoers took advantage of near-perfect weather conditions to pack out the first two days of the MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival at Hobie Beach on Easter Friday and Saturday.

Favourites on track for top beach volleyball title

Date: 11 April 2009
South Africa’s top-ranked team marched effortlessly through the pool stages to stay on track for the East Cape Open beach volleyball title on the second day of the MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.