Back for more!  ‘THE BIG CHILL SWIM 1000’

The Chillswim team are pleased to announce that on Sunday 1st February 2015 we will be hosting our second ‘Big Chill Swim 1000’.  This is a 1000m non-wetsuit swim and will be open to experienced cold water swimmers only. Entries are now closed.

Please note that the Big Chill Swim 1000 is an extreme endurance winter swimming distance, and is designed for experienced cold water swimmers who have competed in endurance events at internationally recognised winter swims such as the SLSC Championships (2013) IWSA World Championships in either Finland (2014) or Latvia (2012), the Pirita Open, Estonia (2014) or the Bled Winter Swimming Cup (2014). If you do not have this experience we suggest that you try one of the shorter distances (30,60, 450 or our new 120m distance) for your first winter swimming competition, and build up from there. Chillswim reserve the right to refuse entry to swimmers who do not have sufficient experience (please don’t be offended it is for the safety of the event).

• Medical and water safety will be provided and each swimmer will be given a Chillswim Tow-Float to wear during the swim with their swimmer’s number (this is for safety as well as swimmer identification).
• As part of the entry conditions each swimmer must provide their own land support person to look after them while getting changed and recovery after the swim.
• Swimmers will receive a certificate, goody bag and a special memento of the swim.
• Entries are strictly limited and groups of swimmers will set off every 45 minutes from 09:00 until 12:00 on Sunday 1 Feb.