BRESSAY TO LERWICK OPEN WATER 1500 METRE SWIM SUNDAY 19^TH AUGUST 2001

Individual wishing to enter the Bressay Swim for 2001 are to comply with, and provide the following instructions / information.

Pre - Event:

• All participants are to be current registered members of the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.
• Each entrant will complete this entry form and return it to the address below by 10^th August 2001. No entries will be accepted after this date.
• All entrants and officials will attend an event briefing to be held at the Lerwick side of the Lerwick - Bressay Ferry terminal at 1130 on the 19^th.
• Swimmers are obliged to satisfy the event organisers that they have completed sufficient open water swim training in Shetland waters by the 10^th August. Swimmers must be capable of demonstrating that this training has included sessions of an in water duration of at least 20 minutes.

During - Event:

• Swimmers will obey all instructions of the officials.
• The number of swimmers for the event will be limited to 2 or 3 per canoe dependant upon their speed/experience. The event may be split into Male and Female sessions to accommodate numbers.
• The course shall be 1500 metres in length. The start point will be the Car park adjacent to the Bressay ferry terminal. There will be a temporary buoy placed south of the start point around which all swimmers shall pass before heading to the Small Boat Harbour. The finish point will be the slip in the Small Boat Harbour. Swimmers must leave the water immediately.
• The buoy will be placed in position just before the event, and removed immediately it is completed.
• Safety cover will be provided by power driven craft and canoes. The coordinating vessel is to ensure that it has communications with Lerwick Port Control (LPA) on channel 12 at all times. Power driven craft are to keep a safe distance from the swimmers. Canoes should be the first point of in-water assistance.
• LPA will confirm that the swim is permitted before swimmers enter the water.
• The event will be cancelled at the discretion of the organisers for any factor that may endanger the safety of the swimmers, e.g: Tide, Weather, Port operations.
• In the event of a swimmer being perceived to be in difficulty or there being any doubt as to their well being, they are to be removed from the water. This is to be carried out by a canoe. Any challenge to a decision to remove a swimmer from the water will only be considered AFTER the event. Swimmers will not be allowed to re-enter the water.
• The primary stroke for the event is Front crawl.
• Swimmers will not be allowed to receive support from any floating object, or use any aids to swimming other than a swimsuit, hat and goggles. No neoprene or other insulating material may be worn.
• Swimmers shall not consume, or so recently have consumed as to be still under the influence of; alcohol, or stimulants. Swimmers may stand for rest if possible so long as they remain static and make no forward progress.
• Swimmers are to ensure that they keep clear of any other swimmer unless rendering assistance.

Post Event:

• There will be an opportunity to recover at the Clickimin Pool, and then take refreshments at the Lerwick Hotel.

ENTRY FORM