Polar Cold Water Swimming Gala
Experience the thrill of the Polar Cold Water Swimming Gala celebration of cold-water swimming, community and friendly competition. Join fellow swimmers for an invigorating challenge, or cheer from the sidelines and soak up the atmosphere. There are races to suit all experience levels with a variety of distances, Swimming strokes. Skins, and wetsuit competitions.
The Cold Water Gala is all about a fun morning together, enjoying the water and the company. This event is open to participants aged 16 and over.
Each swimmer is responsible for understanding their own level of cold-water conditioning and staying within their limits. Please put your wellbeing first and do not enter or remain in the water if doing so could put your health at risk.
Water Temperature will be around the ambient temperature at that time. For example if the ambient temperature is on average 8 degrees a week before the Gala. The water temperature will be around 8 degrees.
Category Parameters
Head out of the Water :- Wetsuit Gloves & Boots Allowed with Swimming Hat or Bobble Hat
Skins:- Wetsuit Gloves and Boots are allowed 200m and above with Swimming Hat or Bobble Hat. Below 200m, Swimming hats only accompainied with a Swimming Costume
Wetsuit:- Full Wetsuit with with Swimming Hat or Bobble Hat
If you wish to you may enter as a Team or as an Individual.
Registration is from 9:00am
Safety Breifing will be at 9:30am
Gala Starts at 9:40am
Gala Finishes at 2.00pm
The morning will start with the Shorter Distances and End with the Relays. Please be ware exact race times will be finalised after entries have Closed on the 16th of February @ 23:59:59
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Experience the thrill of the Polar Cold Water Swimming Gala celebration of cold-water swimming, community and friendly competition. Join fellow swimmers for an invigorating challenge, or cheer from the sidelines and soak up the atmosphere. There are races to suit all experience levels with a variety of distances, Swimming strokes. Skins, and wetsuit competitions.
The Cold Water Gala is all about a fun morning together, enjoying the water and the company. This event is open to participants aged 16 and over.
Each swimmer is responsible for understanding their own level of cold-water conditioning and staying within their limits. Please put your wellbeing first and do not enter or remain in the water if doing so could put your health at risk.
Water Temperature will be around the ambient temperature at that time. For example if the ambient temperature is on average 8 degrees a week before the Gala. The water temperature will be around 8 degrees.
Category Parameters
Head out of the Water :- Wetsuit Gloves & Boots Allowed with Swimming Hat or Bobble Hat
Skins:- Wetsuit Gloves and Boots are allowed 200m and above with Swimming Hat or Bobble Hat. Below 200m, Swimming hats only accompainied with a Swimming Costume
Wetsuit:- Full Wetsuit with with Swimming Hat or Bobble Hat
If you wish to you may enter as a Team or as an Individual.
Registration is from 9:00am
Safety Breifing will be at 9:30am
Gala Starts at 9:40am
Gala Finishes at 2.00pm
The morning will start with the Shorter Distances and End with the Relays. Please be ware exact race times will be finalised after entries have Closed on the 16th of February @ 23:59:59