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| Toowoon Bay Ocean Swim, Saturday, Nov 21, '09 |
| Lovely community swim on the Central Coast |
Date, times |
Toowoon Bay Ocean Swim, 2km, 1km, 400m |
Distance |
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 9am (400m), 9:45am (1km), 10:45am (2km) |
Organiser |
Toowoon Bay SLSC |
Major sponsor |
TBA |
The view from the verandah of Toowoon Bay SLSC on a spark-ark-arkling morning - it's a lovely bay, indeed. |
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Course |
Both courses run inside the very beautiful Toowoon Bay, either one lap or two around a circuit running from the beach inside the southern corner of the bay, past the southern reef to the northern reef, into the beach and back towards the start. It's a very pretty bay.
If there's any kind of wave running, the course provides a thrilling perspective on reef breaks, with a bit of undulation as you swim past the break, but in relative safety.
This is a very pretty beach, and a lovely swim. |
Conditions |
The reefs on either side of the mouth of Toowoon Bay provide a large degree of protection from nasty conditions from the sou'-east. A swell will roll into the bay, but it's relatively benign, crashing harmlessly and indolently onto the beach in the distance in the west.
Much of the swim is through gentle water, offering some rocky bottoms, plenty of sandy bottom, some sideways aspects on the break, but little in the way of shorebreak. The start and finish are on the southern beach inside the bay, which means the shorebreak is negligible.
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Years run, starters last time |
5th season for this event, last season, 62 in the 2km, 87 in the 1km, 57 in 400m.
This swim deserves many more.
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Prizes |
Prizes will be presented at the conclusion of each event.
Every swimmer will receive a swim cap and a certificate.
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Our course, recorded by the oceanswims.com
GPS-in-a-plastic-bag the last time we did the Toowoon Bay swim. |
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Categories |
5 year age groups in 2km, 10 year age groups in 1km, all categories separate M/F |
More info |
Wendy McNamara - email - ph 02 43327351 or mobile 0412 855 701 |
Eligibility |
Entrants are restricted to persons who have adequately trained for this event. Entry is at the discretion of the race
committee. Minimum ages 8 (400m), 11 (1km), 12 (2km).
WETSUITS/ FLIPPERS/ SNORKELS: Swimmers who wear wetsuits/ flippers/ snorkels are not eligible for major prizes. |
Water safety |
Toowoon Bay SLSC |
IT guru to international banks, Colin Reyburn, dawdles past the oceanswims.com stewards post at Toowoon Bay. |
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os.c says |
This is a lovely community swim on a lovely beach. It's a sparklingly beautiful beach on a bright Sat'dy morning and a great way to start the weekend. Low key, friendly. Nice water and a pleasant course around a relatively sheltered bay. Toowoon Bay SLSC tries very hard to make your day a lot of fun.
Note that Toowoon Bay won the 2007 award for being the Cleanest and Friendliest Beach in Australia. |
Event t-shirts |
Don't forget to order your event t-shirts @ $20 when you enter on-line. Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL |
Entry |
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