Cliff to Bridge - Round 3

Saturday, February 1, 2025 08:45 (GMT+11)

Event info
Sport: Swimming - open water
Location: Hobart, Australia
Registrations: 37
Registration closes: Wednesday, January 1, 2025 23:59 (GMT+11)
Organized by: #iswimhappy
Event website: https://www.iswimhappy.com/portfolio-item/cliff-to-bridge/
Event notes
 

Hello Open Water Swimming Lover!

“Cliff to Bridge” is a 15km swimming event down the Derwent River with the start in New Norfolk esplanade and finish at the Bridgewater Bridge, ~800meter up the river on the Bridgewater side.

 

Start ~8:45am on Sat, February the 1st. Cut off time for this event is 6hr.

 

Swimmers born on or prior 1/2/2011 are eligible to enter.

Water temperature is expected to be around 18c

Check-in for the swim will be on Friday, February 2nd (place & time TBA).

 

Your entry fee covers:

  1. Entry, insurance, merchandise pack, finisher medal.
  2. Transportation from the city/finish line to the start line and back to the city. Usual pick-up/drop-off spot is "Victoria Docks" parking lot infront of Mures Restaurant. Limited seats available. 
  3. Water safety & support vessels. That’s right, you don’t need to worry about organising it. However, if you have “your person” who is happy to assist you on a day, please do use him/her. You are welcome to swim in a group, up to 4-5 swimmers, and be supported by one vessel
  4. Semi-official gathering at the Hobart Brewing Co on Saturday ~@5:00pm

There are NO REFUNDS given for any reason but, if you won’t be able to attend the event in 2025 you will be able to transfer your entry to the 2026 for the 50% of the entry price  Course map can be found here. Please be advised that the exact start time of the event and gathering to be confirmed closer to the event day.

 

Swimmers MUST, at all times, wear their official swim cap and a BRIGHT swim tow while in the water during the swim. All swimmers must have their race number (temp tattoo included in your registration) added to the outside of their upper arms/shoulder or wrist.

 

A swimmer may:

grease the body before a swim,

wear goggles, wear a nose clip,

wear earplugs, wear a watch,

wear a rash vest or a stinger suit,

wear two caps* (official swim cap must be the outer one),

wear two suits*, use fins*, wear wet/neoprene suit*, 

wear earphones*,  swim with a rubber ducky*

Items with the * must not be used if the swim is a qualifying swim for the future open water events/swims or you would like your time to be added to the longswims.com database.

 

Because everyone is a winner there will be no place awards. Times and categories will be recorded and celebrated with a finisher medal and a small gift. Ok, ok, a few perks: a person who will finish the swim first (1p) and last (1p) will get a free, non-transferable entry to the “Cliff to Bridge, round 3” event, which will take place on Feb 1st, 2025.  3 prizes for the most acurate predicted swim time will be giving away, as well as, few other surprizes...

 

After the swim, semi-official gathering TBA

Questions, please email hello@iswimhappy.com and please make sure to add this email to your safe list.

 

 

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