If you’re a competent swimmer, making the transition from pool to open water is fairly simple. The Region offers an Introduction to Open Water Swimming and Sea Training 2011 and opportunities to race over 1.5km, 3km, 5km and 10km in its Open Water Swimming Championships & Age Group Competitions 2011 at Weymouth (2/3 July 2011).

The Regional event also acts as County Championships and Age Group Competitions for Dorset swimmers as Les Debenham explains in the video below.

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17 July 2011 – Whittlingham Outdoor Education Centre, Whittlingham Lane, Trowse, Norwich. NR14 9TR.

Entry forms are available to download now. Email openwater@eastswimming.org for more information or for any help.

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Preston Beach, Weymouth

Under ASA Laws and ASA Technical Rules

Saturday 2 July 2011
Incorporating the Reg Blackburn Memorial 10Km Open Water Championship, Dorset ASA 10Km Championships, Somerset ASA 10Km Championships
10km (11am – Noon Registration, 12.15pm Briefing, 1pm Start): Entry Fee – £15.00

Sunday 3 July 2011
Incorporating Dorset County ASA Championships, Somerset County ASA Championships
5Km (9am Briefing, 10am Start): Entry Fee – £12.00
750m (Taster event for 11-12 years. 11.30am Briefing, 12.15pm Start): Entry Fee – £5.00
3Km (1.15pm Briefing, 2pm Start): Entry Fee – £12.00
1.5Km (1.15pm Briefing, 2pm Start): Entry Fee – £8.00

This event is open to all swimmers registered with the ASA / WASA / SASA and registered members of clubs of Countries that are affiliated to FINA.

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All at Rother Valley Country Park, Mansfield Road, Wales Bar, Sheffield S26 5PQ.

British Gas ASA Open Water National Age Group and Youth Championships 2011 – 25 July 2011 (Youth) and 26 July 2011 (Age). Download qualifying times.

The ASA Open Water 1km Swim 2011 – 24 July 2011

British Gas ASA 3km Open Water Masters Championships 2011 – 24 July 2011

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Britain’s Cassie Patten finished the women’s 10km race in 17th place after leading the event up to the 8km point. The gold medal went to LInsy Heister from Holland. Italy’s Giorgia Consiglio took the silver and Germany’s Angela Maurer took the bronze.

Patten was Great Britain’s only swimming in the large field.

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Balatonfüred

The British Open Water Team, powered by British Gas, entered David Davies, Daniel Fogg and Richard Charlesworth into the 10km race and they were pitted against 2009 World Champion Thomas Lurz.

Olympic silver medallist Davies, who was making his return to Open Water swimming, led for most of the race but found that the final 2km was too much and he fell back into the pack of swimmers. World Championship swimmer Fogg swam a promising race and finished in 11th place (1:54:40.2).

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The Championships saw some great performances as Rother Valley Country Park was over taken by young swimmers looking for gold.

Millfield’s Joel Knight avenged last year’s second place finish with the Championships title after touching in 17:03.00. Early leader and recent BAGCAT winner Caleb Hughes (Mid Beds) was second in 17:16.00 and Harry Smith (UEA Norwich) finished with bronze in 17:25.00.

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A four-strong British team, powered by British Gas, will take on the best in Europe as they bid for success at the LEN Open Water European Championships.

The team features Olympic medallists Cassie Patten and David Davies who will be joined by World Championships swimmers Richard Charlesworth and Daniel Fogg.

The quartet flew over to Budapest in preparation for competition which will take place over a five-day period from 4 to 8 August.

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1 Aug 2010 – Rother Valley Country Park

With the rise in popularity in Open Water swimming over recent years, some of the nation’s best young swimming talents took to the water, some for the first time, with the hopes of making their mark on the discipline.

The Boys’ 15-16 years race, swum over 1,750m, was won by Harry Payne of Thurrock in 19:17.20 and the Girls’ 14-15 years race by Madeleine Tichborne (Barnet Copthall) in 20:23.11.

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Sunday 4 July 2010 – Preston Beach, Weymouth, Dorset
Briefing 1130am – Start 1215pm

Never swum in Open Water? Would you like to try?
Are you too young to enter other Open Water events?

If you can answer yes to any of these questions and are aged 11 before 31 Dec 2010, you can swim in this new 750m distance swim, held under ASA Laws and FINA Technical Rules and aimed primarily at the 11 to 12 years old group.

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