Registrations are closed. Please contact the event manager.
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Date
Satuday - 24th October 2015
11:30am race start 400m Nipper Swim
12pm race start 1.8km.
This event is open to all swimmers.
Entry Fee
1.8km swim $40 – Wetsuits and fins may be worn but wearers will not be eligible for fastest time prizes. Min. 14 years of age.
400m Nipper Swim $20- min. 10 years of age
Entries close on Wednesday 21st of October at 5pm.
* children under 18 years old will be required to have a permission statement signed by a guardian (over the age of 18 years old) on the day of the race.
Prize money
Cash prizes on the day! (NO wetsuits, NO fins) $150 1st place, $100 2nd place, $50 3rd place for both male and female 1.8km categories!!!!
Spot prizes are offered on the day- including FUNKITA swimwear and products!!!!!
THE 1.8km EVENT WILL START AS A WATER START IN FRONT OF THE NORTH COTTESLOE SURF CLUB, SWIM AROUND THE COTTESLOE PYLON AND BACK TO THE NORTH COTTESLOE SURF CLUB.
THE 400M NIPPER SWIM WILL START AS A WATER START IN FRONT OF THE NORTH COTTESLOE SURF CLUB AND SWIM A 400M CIRCLE LOOP BACK TO THE NORTH COTTESLOE SURF CLUB.
Registrations
From 10am north of the North Cottesloe Surf Club on the grass area, Marine Parade. Registrations close at 11am for the nipper swim and 11.30am for the 1.8km swim SHARP!
*Late Entries are permitted on the day prior to marshalling but we'd much prefer if you register online prior. Late entrants will be charged $50. Late entries are limited- we would hate to decline your entry due to the swim's popularity.....so please register online by friday!
Briefings
11.55am north of the North Cottesloe Surf Club on the grass area, Marine Parade- Swimmers will be escorted to the beach at the time of the race.
* 11:30am for 400m Nipper Swim briefing
Please note that swimmers missing these deadlines will NOT be permitted to swim.
Swimmers to be ready to race at 11.55am as the race will be commencing at 12pm SHARP!
Results
Results will be uploaded by Bluechip timing post event. See links below:
Sea Rescue craft, North Cottesloe SLSC and paddlers will patrol the course for safety.
All team swimmers are required to leave the water after the completion of their designated leg. There is a 1 hour time limit- swimmers failing to complete the course in this time frame will be escorted from the water. Lifesavers shall have the ultimate and final authority to remove a swimmer / paddler from the water if they are judged to be incapable of finishing the swim / paddle without the risk of injury.
Australian Surf Life Saving Club Rules apply. As a participant in this Open Water Swim event sanctioned by Surf Life Saving Australia, you are covered by personal accident insurance. All particpants remain covered by Public Liability.
Mimi's Story
In May, 2014, 3 year old Mimi Anderson was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Mimi and her family started a two and a half year treatment program and the prognosis for ALL children in her age is relatively good. This wasn't always the case for children diagnosed with this condition. There is a well worn path to positively changing the prognosis of any disease. Creating awareness, with awareness come funding, with funding comes research and with research comes results. An event like the EUROZ NORTH COTTESLOE COLD WATER CLASSIC goes a long way to helping all of this happen.
Led by swim dynamo Ceinwen Roberts and Mimi's father, James, a group of friends from the close knit open water swimming fraternity decided to hold an event to raise awareness and funds for the Leukaemia Foundation- and so the EUROZ NORTH COTTESLOE COLD WATER CLASSIC was born!
It is an annual and hopefully iconic event helping a cause that is obviously close to our heartst.
As the 2nd annual event is nearly upon us we are happy to report Mimi is doing really well. A lot of people involved in last years event have kindly enquired as to how she is going. She is halfway through her chemotherapy program and ticking lots of boxes. She is attending kindi 3 days a week and apart from the visits to hospital is leading a very happy normal life. The people at PMH and the Leukaemia foundation have been amazing in her development. Her dream of becoming a “Ballerina Doctor” has every chance of becoming reality (hopefully she can add distance swimming to her passions and one day compete in a cold water classic!!)
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