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Swim Buddy Racers we will be given to 48 lucky participants.
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REGISTRATION is now open
Register as a participant or a team. https://forms.gle/b9WhqM5Wf4f1SL9dA
Details about the Around Chandos Swim Challenge
With 75 kms* of shorelines, it is a challenge to swim around Chandos Lake during the summer. As a group we can do it.
In the summer of 2019, we worked together as a team, tracking our cumulative swimming distances, and we swam it not once but 12 times! Over 100 swimmers ranging in age from 3 to 80 – including three generations of some families and 15 Teams – participated in this fun and healthy activity. They swam a total of 928 KM – equal to 12 times around Chandos!
For Summer 2021 the 2nd Annual “Around Chandos Lake” Swim Challenge is on. Whether you’re swimming freestyle or the dog paddle, a kilometre or a few metres, at your cottage or Chandos Beach – everyone, at every age, can jump in and join the fun!
Four simple steps to participate:
- Sign up as an individual or member of a team
- Swim responsibly
- Track of your distance in metres
- Submit your total distance for the week using the honour system.
Each Friday by 9pm, participants submit their total swimming distance for the previous 7 days using an online form they will receive after registering.
*Swimmers are welcome to sign up anytime throughout the summer – even if you’re only here for a few weekends, a short rental period, or a 2-week vacation. All distances, no matter how small, will help us swim “around” Chandos Lake.
Date: Swimming distances will be tracked for 11 weeks. Week 1 submission will be Friday, June 25th and the final week 11 submission will be Friday, September 3rd at 7:00 pm.
Labour Day Weekend – Results will be announced.
SWIM RESPONSIBLY:
- If you swim out from the shore, use a spotter.
- Ensure you are visible to boaters.
- Swim with a buddy, not alone.
- Adhere to Covid distancing guidelines.
What counts as participation?
- As long as your arms and/or legs are moving, any style can be used – Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke, Butterfly, Dog-paddle – assisted by fins, swim noodles, flutter boards, life jackets, water wings
- Face in or out of the water, with or without goggles or swim mask
What doesn’t count as participation?
- Dipping your toe in the water
- Floating on an air mattress
- Swimming in a pool or another lake
Any questions? Email info@clpoa.ca.
*Distance has been calculated using Geodistance.com measuring the shoreline including all bays.
