Events Calendar
Download our annual calendar of events in pdf format. Other key City events also included for information.
Event Logistics
Check out our hire section for all your event logistics requirements from Crowd Barriers to traffic cones...
Starts 10th Oct - One of South Africa's top open water swimming venue's hosts the annual Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics sanctioned open water swimming Series hosted by Zsports Events SA.
Join us a Marina Martinique for this Swimming SA sanctioned event open to both novice and elite open water swimmers.
10km | 7.5km | 5km | 3km | 1km & 500m distances available.
The Provincial Triathlon Championships - Pollok Beach, Nelson Mandela Bay - 29th January 2022. Standard | Sprint | Super-Sprint distances on offer. OPEN TO ALL
STARTS 3rd October 2021 - Africa's largest family beach series offering a choose of no fewer than 7 family friendly events on mostly alternate Sunday mornings throughout Summer in Nelson Mandela Bay.
Join us and take part in either a 400m, 1km, 2km or 3km Ocean Swim, 5km Beach Run, 5km Beach Walk or the Kids 1km Beach Run at PE's premier Hobie Beach, starting a 9am.
A fun family Swim/Run event which sees teams and individuals racing between the 4 beaches of Port Elizabeth. Swim from Kings Beach to Humewood to Hobie Beach to Pollok Beach and then Run back to Kings Beach.
The 98th RIVER MILE | 26-27 Feb 2022 - A festival of fun and entertainment including sporting activities suitable for the whole family. Host to Africa's oldest open water swimming event, The River Mile. Includes 5km family Fun Run, kids swims, wetsuit and disabled miles.
Sunday 6th March 2022 - entries limited to only 120 athletes.
SA Long Distance Champs - The Eastern Cape's half triathlon distance Individual and Team race comprising 2km Swim | 90km Cycle | 21km Run for the People, Fun & Affordable.
20th March 2022 | Africa Cup Triathlon & SA Triathlon Championships.
Saturday 9th April 2022 | Africa's ultimate Indian Ocean swim - a 5km sea swim from Pollok Beach to the nautical bell buoy and back in some of the most difficult ocean currents.
South Africa's dirtiest 5km fun trail run suitable for all ages and abilities - come run, crawl, climb and jump through muddy obstacles in this untimed group and/or individual event. Presented by Haval Port Elizabeth.
SA Duathlon Championships | Sunday 3rd July 2022 | Nelson Mandela Bay. Triathlon South Africa's National Duathlon Championships returns to the Bay in July.
28th December | The Flying Fish swim is a social tide assisted 5km swim up the Kariega River finishing at the Horns Up pub and takes place in late December each year.
Zsports Events SA
We are the vibrant brand behind much of Nelson Mandela Bay's exciting sports scene. Zsports specialises in the production and management of sporting events for the whole community.
Committed to delivering high calibre entertaining sporting events offering high value experiences for our participants and spectators alike whilst promoting a healthy lifestyle and physical activeness for the whole family.
As a community focused company we are able to ensure that all funding for events go towards ensuring sustainability and growth of the events. Through the many sporting events which Zsports is involved with we are able to offer our sponsors a fantastic return on their sponsorship investment.
Zsports offer event equipment for hire and also offer other events timing solutions.
Sport forms a critical component of SA’s social fabric and is recognised as one of the key pillars of nation building.
Whether one actively participates in or merely supports any sporting activity, the event provides an escape mechanism from some of the harsh realities of personal and societal life.
In areas afflicted by severe socioeconomic challenges, sports and other recreational undertakings have served as a healthy alternative, particularly to young people, assisting them in circumventing disreputable social activities such as substance abuse.
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