This list is currently being updated and we hope to publish details of more swims in the second half of 2010 by 31 Jan.

* means Club targeted

FEBRUARY

20 DCASA Masters Championships 800m / 1.5K Littledown View details Contact digibbs@talktalk.net

28 12th Int. Self-Transcendence 12 Stunden-Schwimmen, Zürich (5km plus pool swim) Fully booked

MARCH
21 DCASA Masters Championships Everyone Active LC Rossmore View details Contact digibbs@talktalk.net

APRIL
13 * First ‘formal’ swim of the season

MAY
3 Lord Byron’s Bicentennial Hellespont Swim, Çanakkale, Turkey www.swimhellespont.com/ - overseas places via SwimTrek. Download Festival details.

4 * EDOWSC AGM Venue TBA

16 Colwick Park Championship Nottingham 4km Veterans/Senior, 2km Junior/Senior, 1km Novice, 4×1km Relay, Juniors & Seniors, Freestyle/Breaststroke (One event, any sex or stroke). Briefing 11.15am Contact: Mr Peter Lewis, 6 Mapperley Street, Sherwood, Nottingham, NG5 4DE. Tel: 0115 9526266 (Run under BLDSA rules). Entry form

23-28 Jersey Sea Swimming Camp 2010 Organised by Sally Minty-Gravett (sally.minty-gravett@leisure.serco.com) for interested, potential and experienced marathon swimmers, staying at Radisson Hotel.

29 Warrington Dolphins LDSC Budworth Mere Nr. Northwich, Cheshire 1, 2 and 3 miles. Novice / Veterans / Senior / Junior. Freestyle / Breaststroke. Contact Mrs M Richard 38 Rydal Avenue, Warrington, WA46AU (Run under BLDSA rules) Start 9.45am www.warrington-dolphins.co.uk

29 Irish 5K, 10K and 15K Championships, Lough Sheelin Cavan, Ireland Visit www.swimireland.ie. Details from Martin Cullen 3 The Windmills, Gartbratten, Cavan, Ireland. Tel/Fax: 00353 49 4361476. Mobile 00353 86 2257008. (martincullen@eircom.net)

30 Lough Sheelin Irish National Swim, Lough Sheelin, Ireland 1K, 5K, 10K - Crover House Hotel. Visit www.swimireland.ie. Details from Martin Cullen 3 The Windmills, Gartbratten, Cavan, Ireland. Tel/Fax: 00353 49 4361476. Mobile 00353 86 2257008. (martincullen@eircom.net)

30 4th Athy, Leinster, Ireland 0.75K, 1.5K O’Connell Bridge, Liffey River, Eastern Bay Visit http://www.swimleinster.com/opensea.htm. Details from Robbie Clark 086 9357765 (3rd Athy - 2009)

JUNE

4/5/6 An Introduction to Open Water Swimming and Sea Training - ASA SW Region Open Water Residential weekend at Sea Cadet Training Centre, Weymouth. Download advert

6 Alcatraz Sharkfest, Alcatraz Island / Aquatic Park San Francisco, California 1.5 miles Details

13 Exmouth Fairway Buoy Swim 4.75 Miles, Seniors only. Tidal assisted. Run under BLDSA rules with Freestyle & Breaststroke events. (Time given to reach turn buoy = 1 hour to 1hr 10m before low tide) Contact: Mr Barry K Westaway, 68 Attwyll Ave, Exeter, EX2 5HW Tel 01392 669865.
(Map Ref: 4) www.exmouthswimming.org Entry pack

13 TBC - BLDSA Wykeham Lake Championships (Nr. Scarborough) 5km Senior, 2 miles Junior / Senior Freestyle / Breaststroke and Novice 1,000 metre Freestyle event. Contact: Miss Liane Llewellyn, 62 Main Road, Denholme, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 4BL. Tel: 01274 830615. Entry Form e-mail: liane.llewellyn@btinternet.com

19 British Gas Great East Swim - Alton Water, Suffolk 1 mile www.greatswim.org

19 TBC - BLDSA Champion of Champions (Dover Harbour) 5 / 3 / 1 Miles, Senior / Juniors, Freestyle. Start: 0900hrs. Competitors can swim in all 3, 2 or just 1 event. Contact: Leslie Du Cane, Hanover Lodge, 14 Lansdowne Road, London, W11 3LW Tel 020 7727 5463 e-mail: Leslie@DuCane.net Entry form

27 EDOWSC Seahorse Swim 3.8km swim near Knoll Beach on the Studland Peninsula in support of the National Trust and Studland Seagrass and Seahorse Study Group. Male and female, wetsuit and non-wetsuit categories. Free goody bag and t-shirt. 100 swimmers max. Download entry pack.

27 BHF Bournemouth Pier to Pier 1.4 miles Due to the increased level of interest, all swimmers are being asked to submit their minimum sponsorship money of £60 by Saturday 1 May 2010 www.bhf.org.uk

TBC BLDSA Championships Senior / Junior / Veteran 2 miles Freestyle / Breaststroke, Novice 1km Freestyle, Senior 4 miles Freestyle/Breaststroke. Contact: Miss Dee Llewellyn, 8 Radfield Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 1BZ. Tel: 01274 305503. e-mail: bldsa@btinternet.com

JULY
3 British Gas Great London Swim - The Royal Victoria Dock, London 1 mile www.greatswim.org

3 * Weymouth 10km - ASA SW Region and Dorset Championships Entry pack www.swimwest.org

4 * Weymouth 1.5km, 3km and 5km ASA SW Region and Dorset Championships Entry pack www.swimwest.org

18 East Region Open Water Championships, including Age Group and Masters Championships, Whitlingham Outdoor Education Centre - 800m, 1.5k, 3k, 5k Details eastopenwater@hotmail.co.uk

25 * Brownsea Island 4.6 miles www.rlss-poole.org.uk Starting between 8:40 and 9:am brownseaswim2010@rlss-poole.org.uk

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AUGUST
1/2 British Gas Open Water Age Groups and Youth Championships - Rother Valley www.swimming.org

8 23rd Int. Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim Lake Zurich View details www.srichinmoyraces.org

15 BHF Weymouth Bay swim 1 mile - Weymouth Beach, Pavilion End, DT4 8ED www.bhf.org.uk

21 British Gas Great Scottish Swim - Strathclyde Country Park, N Lanarkshire 1 mile www.greatswim.org

SEPTEMBER
4/5 British Gas Great North Swim Windermere 1 mile www.greatnorthswim.org

OCTOBER
Tbc * Last ‘formal’ swim of the season

JANUARY 2011

22 SLSC cold water championships www.slsc.org.uk