G’Day and welcome to “Swim Around Keppel 2020”
Idea of this forum is to help you, if needed, to find a swimmer for your relay if you missing some. To help a swimmer to find a team to be a part of.
We hope this will help Individual Swimmers, who is looking a a paddler to connect with one as well. Volunteers/paddlers can connect with the swimmers as well.
In a month or so, we are planning to have a database available with all that information, just to make the whole process easy as and with no worries or stress.
Please leave your requests and comments and thank you for being respectful of others!
Swimcerely,
Val
Hi, I am doing my first long distance swim and very excited for it to be Great Keppell. I have a paddler but was thinking is it possible to have 2 as it’s a long day for one person to follow my dream .
Cheers
Tracey Buda
Hi Tracey,
Thanks great to hear! Yes, more than one paddler is fine.. Paddlers will be able to switch through the swim as we going to have vessels moving about. We can definitely arrange it closer to the time. If your paddlers would like to swap multiple times throughout the race, i think that would be ok.
Hi Val,
Registration for solo swim complete but will wait until July for confirmation that swim is going ahead before payment. Bring on August and open borders to allow for a great weekend.
Regards,
Tom.
Tom, thank you for registering! Fingers crossed boarders will be open by then. I predict mid July 🙂
Swimcerely, Val
Hi Val,
It is starting to get exciting I hope Joys swim goes well. Will definitely follow.
If doing a solo swim is it possible to have a boat as well as paddler and who do I contact re getting boat to island and morning on island ?
Tracey,
We will do our best to help you with the paddler if needed. I’m not touching boats, sorry:) Saying that, we can spread the word to see who can help, I’m sure it won’t be a problem.
Swimcerely,
Val
Does anyone need another swimmer for a team ?
Michelle,
May I recommend to add a comment regarding this of our FB page as well, if you are on social media… Let me know if we can help .
Swimcerely,
Val
Wishing I could do this swim, but all of my qualifying swims were cancelled earlier this year, including my dream of swimming the Gold Coast. If you will accept Ironman 3.8km swim times as a means of qualifying, please let me know. I recognize there is a vast difference in mileage, as I did a 10km swim back in 2017 as a start to an Ultraman in Noosa.
Thank you!