Coniston Vets

Overview

A beautiful swim in a beautiful body of water. The short course swim starts near the Brown Howe car park and you swim down to finish on the beach just before the Bluebird Café. This shorter course is designed to give all swimmers the opportunity to swim in Coniston. Presentation of certificates will take place on the beach once all the swimmers have finished.

If you want, you can also enter to swim the full length of the lake (5.25m) on the previous day.

Kayak Support

Swimmers must have a kayak escorting them for this event.

Register

Coniston Short Course 3.85 milesThis is for BLDSA MEMBERS ONLY  NON Member Coniston 3.85 mile eventThis is for NON MEMBERS ONLY

*Prerequisites: You must be over 45 on the day of the swim to enter as a Vet.

The Event

The course goes from Brown Howe down to the beach just in front of the Bluebird Café, for a 3.85m swim.

The swimmers will start in waves to allow swimmers to finish as close to each other as possible.

This swim is open for all and allows non traditional swimming costumes including wetsuits.

Timings

9am registration; 10am briefing; 11:30am swim start

The certificate presentation will be on the beach as soon as possible after the last swimmer has finished.

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For more information for 2021 please contact:

Michelle Hardy
Email: swimmermichelle8@gmail.com