After getting married to Michelle on the Gold Coast on 3rd January, I’m trying to make 2025 a more memorable year by also swimming the 8 Miles at the aQuelle Midmar Mile, raising funds for CANSA and Frankie Says! Michelle lost her mom to cancer in 2013, same year my brother Alwyn passed away after so many years of helping me at Midmar. Then last year August I lost my best friend Frank who announced with me at the finish, so I’m swimming in memory of them as well as the many others who are no longer with us - Buthy Arbuthnot, Jack Haskins, Dea Slattery, Lorna Cochran and the many more who supported the event! Please support this good cause by donating funds to the Kydrin site - thanks to Chad Gifford for giving me that inspirational challenge despite the organisational challenges that go with it!
overall progress
raised R23 950,00 goal R20 000,00| Name | Message | Donation |
|---|---|---|
| Owen Hemingway | Good luck . | R500 |
| Kerry-Leigh Mackenzie | Best of luck uncle Wayne. | R600 |
| Sandy Phin | Thanks Wayne, you are a star 💫 | R300 |
| Heidie & Charlise Oberholzer | All the best for your 8 mile! | R1 000 |
| Sarah & Don | All the best for your 8 miles Wayne, swimming in memory of all those special people, and for those great causes. This is also a way to wish you a happy birthday, and congratulate you and Michelle. | R300 |
| Lynnette Forson | Good luck Wayne. You can do it! | R500 |
| Kaitlynn Moodley | Good luck Wayne | R200 |
| Peter & Trish Visagie | What a wonderful way to honor your good mate! I have no doubt he’s looking down with immense pride and gratitude. ….And thank you for everything.👍 | R1 000 |
| Sally Wilkinson | All the best for next weekend. Hope it’s amazing! | R500 |
| Carol Fourie | Enjoy your swims, Wayne! You are doing an incredible thing! | R250 |
| Odette Randelhoff | Thanks for doing this for all of us who feel the loss of our loved ones to cancer. Every ache and pain you experience is a reminder of how much pain and suffering they endured in their cancer journey. Appreciate your effort hugely. | R800 |
| Jess and Paige jansen v Vuuren | All the best Wayne | R200 |
| Shannon hugo | Good Luck Wayne | R200 |
| emma & Lizzie Cole-Edwardes | Good Luck Wayne | R200 |
| Tony Bath | Good luck, enjoy the swims. | R250 |
| Gary Camps | All the very best 👍🏻😎 | R1 000 |
| Jess Meter | Good luck Wayne! | R200 |
| Gary & Di Doveton | Good luck Wayne !! | R200 |
| Janet Beech | Best of luck Wayne!! So nice to see you doing the swim this time around. | R3 000 |
| Sheona and Ricky | Good luck Wayne! | R500 |
| Karin | Great cause. Keep swimming way beyond the 8 miles. Thanks for your generosity and all you do for others around | R500 |
| Kelly van Vuuren | Good luck, Wayne, I know this means a lot to you! | R500 |
| Gail Bristow | Wishing you all the best for your 8 Mile swim Wayne . Thank you for all you do to make this event so incredible . Looking forward to seeing you on the slip way again ! | R500 |
| Emily Visagie & Luke Verwey | Good Luck Wayne, all the best! | R500 |
| Emma Carmody | Good luck Wayne . One of my favorite swims . | R200 |
| Chloe and Caleb Potgieter | Good luck Wayne! | R200 |
| Steve Forson | Give it horns, Wayne! Thanks for all you’ve done for us all over the years. | R2 000 |
| Hayden Sanders | Great swimming and meeting you at KZN Prem champs. I hope this makes a difference. All the best for your swims Coach Wayne | R500 |
| Jeremiah George | R200 | |
| Gavin and Callum Robinson | Good luck Wayne! | R400 |
| Lynda Ross and Jenny Ross | Wishing you successful swimming in special memory of all those close to you | R500 |
| Daena Robinson | All the best Wayne! | R300 |
| Matt Hunt | Good luck Wayne! | R300 |
| Travis Smith | Great to see you getting out there Wayne! | R200 |
| Laura-Leigh Brooks | To a person that gives so much to SA swimmers and Open water Swimming, you are a very generous, devoted and inspiring person. Wishing you all the best. #smashThatGoal | R400 |
| Odette van der Merwe | Enjoy your 8 miles Wayne see you there ! This is super amazing and I know how much this means to you 💙 | R1 000 |
| Anonymous | All the best for your 8 Mile Swim ! | R1 000 |
| Reino von Wielligh | Good luck Wayne🏊💪 | R100 |
| Ann Gray | What a wonderful gesture to take part in the 8 Mile challenge to celebrate the lives of your friends deeply associated with Midmar Mile. 2025 will really be a special year for you. | R200 |
| Lauren (Ellis) Barbour | Go Wayne! | R200 |
| Karen Stark | Good Luck Wayne | R200 |
| Michelle Van Tonder | Good Luck Wayne, you got this! | R200 |
| Aqua antics swim school | Wayne, you are such an inspiration to so many. Thank you for the Midmar Mile!!! | R500 |
| You love | You are incredible my mother would have been so super proud of you as her son in Law ❤️❤️ | R1 000 |
| Robyn Cech | Good luck with the 8 miles swim! | R450 |
| Kate Rosario | R200 |
The Cancer Association of South Africa’s (CANSA’s) purpose is to lead the fight against cancer in South Africa by offering a unique, integrated service to the public
| http://www.cansa.org.za/ | |
| 0800 22 66 22 | |
| info@cansa.org.za |
