PLEASE NOTE: If you as a junior intend to enter more than one event in a season take out full junior membership before you enter this swim - Its cheaper.

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TRADITIONAL COSTUMES/TRUNKS ONLY TO BE WORN

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Age Categories
Junior

Registration
From 10.30am report to the Swim Secretary upon arrival at the site.

Briefing
11.00 am in The New Ouse Sailing Club House.

Start
12.00 noon at the Launching Jetty

Course
One circuit around positioned yellow buoys.

Conditions of Entry
1. This swim is restricted to fully paid-up junior members of the BLDSA.
2. BLDSA Rules apply to this swim, i.e. only traditional swimming costumes/trucks (must not extend beyond the end of the shoulder onto the upper arm and lower than the crotch onto the upper leg) will be permitted (No wetsuits or body suites). Please see BLDSA website for more details. Caps - Breaststroke swimmers must wear a PINK swimming cap. All other swimmers can wear any colour cap other than white or pink. Note – only one cap may be worn which have no insulating properties.
3. That you will declare that if you enter the swim whilst pregnant, you will inform the swim secretary at the earliest possible opportunity, and will provide him/her with a letter from a doctor or midwife confirming your suitability to enter the event. You understand that entry may be refused to pregnant swimmers at the discretion of the swim secretary, following a risk assessment.

Time limit
There will be a time limit of 1.5 hours on this swim – this limit will be rigidly enforced.

Non UK Residents
Non UK Residents must provide evidence of membership of their governing body or individual insurance for Open Water Swimming.

How to get to there
From Wisbeach A47 and A17, get to the roundabout where both of these roads meet also signed for West Lynn and has a Little Chef on it. Go onto the dual carriageway which indicates to Kings Lynn and take the 1st exit to Saddle Bow. Pass the Speed Way Track to a small roundabout marked, St Germans. 300yards up into the area marked “Environment Agency Tail Sluice and Sailing Club Only” Drive up the Partition Fence to a Gateway. There are plenty of parking spaces.
From Norwich A47, Town Centre and A10, at Hard Wick roundabout with the Butterfly Hotel on it, take the dual carriageway to Wisbeach A47 and Sleaford A17. Take the first exit of the dual carriageway to Saddle Bow. Pass the Speed Way Track to a small roundabout marked, St Germans. 300yards up into the area marked “Environment Agency Tail Sluice and Sailing Club Only” Drive up the Partition Fence to a Gateway. There are plenty of parking spaces.

Emergency Safety Cover
Safety cover will be provided; a number of canoes will be positioned around the route and the BLDSA rescue boat will be on patrol.

Changing Facilities
The Sailing Club provides a level of changing facilities.

Presentations
The presentation will be held in or adjacent to the Sailing Club as soon as possible after the last swimmer finishes. A buffet and drinks are available after the swim.

General Information
All persons are advised to report any incidents, including near misses, to a nominated person who shall be named at the championship briefing meeting.
The BLDSA has in place Anti-Bullying and Child/ Vulnerable Adult Policies. Copies of which may be obtained from the BLDSA Hon. Child Protection Officer.

Accommodation
Butterfly Hotel 01553 771 707.

Swim SecretarySteve Smith 07710348126 after 7pm

Websites
www.bldsa.org.uk - Information on all BLDSA events and much more.