Windermere
Lake District National Park Cumbria UK
Events at this location
september
4sep9:00 amBLDSA Windermere10.5 miles Seniors / Juniors / Open
Event Details
Saturday 4th Sept 2021, 9:00am BLDSA Windermere 10.5 miles Seniors & Juniors – all strokes, non-wetsuit and wetsuit Windermere is the longest “Lake” in England
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Event Details
Saturday 4th Sept 2021, 9:00am
BLDSA Windermere 10.5 miles Seniors & Juniors – all strokes, non-wetsuit and wetsuit
Windermere is the longest “Lake” in England with a rich history of people completing the swim. The swim starts at Fell Foot park and finishes at the top end of Windermere just after Ambleside Pier. At 10.5 miles it’s a challenging and iconic swim but you will be treated to beautiful scenery all the way up the body of water. For the 2nd time for 2021, we will be allowing wetsuit swimmers to swim along the traditional non-wetsuit swimmers. Only non-wetsuit BLDSA member swimmers will be eligible for the Championship however.
Non member and wetsuit places will be limited and will be issued on a first come basis, assuming all the pre requisite conditions are met.
Pre-requisites for the swim are having swam an open water swim over 5.5 miles in 3.5 hours. Your entry will only be fully accepted with proof of this swim. Entries will be considered prior to this being met, but this will have to be complete by the end of June 2021 for full acceptance.
All swimmers have to have a crew to take part in the swim. You can provide your own or the BLDSA can try and provide one for you numbers permitting
Categories:
Windermere Non-wetsuit providing own crew – £120
Windermere Non-wetsuit BLDSA providing crew – £220
Windermere Wetsuit providing own crew – £120
Windermere Wetsuit BLDSA providing crew – £220
Juniors will be allowed to swim providing they can give proof of experience in events of this magnitude. See options for pricing from £20
Non member prices are as above +£50.00
Rowing boats are available from Ambleside but these must be organised by the swimmer, who must also provide their own crew. Unfortunately the BLDSA can no longer facilitate rowing boats due to the insurance implications imposed by the hire company. Please be aware the hire company will make a charge for delivery of the rowing boat to Fell Foot and again you may have to arrange your own insurance.
Pre-requisites include an open water 5.5 mile swim in 3.5 hours.
Swim Secretary: Chris Malpass
Registration
Entries Full. Please use the form below to be added to our waiting list. If we have enough extra swimmer enquires we may be able to extend the number of swimmers in the event, so please register if you would like to participate
Windermere 10.5 milesThis is for BLDSA MEMBERS ONLY Windermere Open (one way)This is for NON MEMBERS ONLY After Event MealNumber of limited places
Time
(Saturday) 9:00 am
Location
Windermere
Lake District National Park Cumbria UK
Organizer
Chris Malpasscmalpass@hotmail.com