Introducing the 2024 Open Water East Region Championships, a top-tier competition that unites the best swimmers in the area to participate in the thrilling and difficult sport of open water swimming. This year’s finals, which took place at Whitlingham Country Park, provided intense competition and an amazing experience for both competitors and spectators. This year…
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The Region organises Open Water Championships in July each year and has, for successive years, had the highest swimmer entry numbers of any regional open water event. Races are held over 1K, 2K, 3K and 5K and are split into age groups. For those aged 12-18, the Regional Championships also offer a chance to qualify…
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Once again Simon Edwards is providing 6x Open Water Training Sessions at Whitlingham, on the following dates: 26 May 8:30 to 10:00 am 02 Jun 8:30 to 10:00 am 09 Jun 8:30 to 10:00 am 16 Jun 8:30 to 10:00 am 23 Jun 10:00 to 11:30 am 30 Jun 8:30 to 10:00 am Queries relating…
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The weather was a little overcast with fear of rain and thunderstorms. It did rain during the 3k however we avoided the storms luckily. Water temperature was 21.1 degrees c so no wetsuits. Open Water is a totally different swimming experience, not everyone can cope with choppy, murky water, weeds or wildlife (above and below…
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The Region organises Open Water Championships in July each year and has, for successive years, had the highest swimmer entry numbers of any regional open water event. Races are held over 1K, 2K, 3K and 5K and are split into age groups. For those aged 12-18, the Regional Championships also offer a chance to qualify…
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As in previous years SE Norfolk will be running Open Water training at Whitlingham Adventure Centre prior to the East Region Open Water Swimming Championships. Training dates are as follows: 28th May 8:30 to 10:00am 4th June 8:30 to 10:00am 11th June 8:30 to 10:00am 18th June 8:30 to 10:00am 25th June 10:00 to 11:30am…
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3 dates for delivery of the Open Water Technical Officials Course: Saturday 29th April Sunday 7th May Saturday 3rd June These dates are primarily aimed at new Open Water officials, they can either be completely new to officiating or hold an officiating qualification in another discipline. However, if you know of existing Level 1 officials who wish…
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