Competitions
ASA SW Region Open Water Championships 2013
This event returns to Preston Beach, Weymouth on Saturday and Sunday 29 and 30 June 2013:
The 10km Reg Blackburn Trophy Race will be held on the Saturday afternoon.
As at 6 February this is the only 10km race in Britain this year. It is hoped to have another 10km race, swum concurrently, which will be for swimmers not competing in the Reg Blackburn race.
On Sunday there will be 750m, 1,5km, 2km, 3km and 5km races. These will commence from 10am with the first briefing at 9am.
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Events
Provisional Events Calendar 2013
There are over 135 events in the calendar and the page is regularly updated – please check back for new listings. Also view events on British Swimming calendar * (with contact details of officials organiser, list updated 26 Apr 2013)
The club meets at Shore Road in Poole (just east of Sandbanks) on Tuesdays 6.00 pm for a 6.15 pm swim. The first swim of the 2013 season for Club members was on 16 April. Naturally the decision to swim is subject to weather and sea conditions. Contact Gerry Griffin for further details. Sunday swims for Club members who are experienced open water swimmers recommence on 5 May 2013 (same time and place).
Please note initial taster sessions are only available on the first Tuesday of each month (commencing 7 May to September). If bad weather prevents this on the first Tuesday, it will be on the following Tuesday.
* means Club targeted
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Wild Guide to the South West
Daniel Start will already be known to many of you as an award-winning travel writer, photographer and author of best-sellers “Wild Swimming” and “Wild Swimming Coast”.
Start, Tania Pascoe and Jo Keeling have written the “Wild Guide to the South West” which promises night walks and campfires, wild swimming and secret coves amongst more than 500 suggestions to help you plan the perfect escape in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset or Somerset.
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