WARM-UP OPEN WATER NEWS
HENLEY CLASSIC Henley Swim has
announced that a number of places have been reserved for the Henley Classic event, scheduled to take place at 4.30am on Sunday 24 June, over the boomed course of the Henley Royal Regat a. Following the success of its lot ery ballot, which took place at the end of December – and at racted entrants from as far afi eld as the USA and Australia – entries will open at the beginning of April, on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. Places are limited, however, so they are sure to sell out quickly. For more information, visit
henleyswim.com.
AWARDS JUDGES The judging panel for the fi rst H2Open Awards has been announced. It comprises: Cassandra Pat en, bronze medallist, 2008 Beijing Olympics marathon swim; Duncan Goodhew, Olympic gold medallist and swimming ambassador; Steven Munatones, former 25km open water swimming world champion and founder of open water source; Kate Rew, founder, Outdoor Swimming Society; Nick Adams, president, Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation; and Colin Hill, marathon swimming technical manager for the London 2012 Olympics. Anyone can make a nomination for an H2Open Award, either for themselves, their organisation or on behalf of someone else. Winners will be announced at H2Open Day on 28 April. To date, we have received nearly 200 nominations for the eight categories of awards. Nominations can be made either by email (awards@
h2openmagazine.com) or online via our website. The closing date is 29 February.
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WOWSA AWARD WINNERS 2011 ANNOUNCED
Pilar Geijo Jamie Patrick
‘I’LL BE DOING A NON-STOP CIRCUMNAVIGATION AROUND LAKE TAHOE’ JAMIE PATRICK
American endurance swimmer Jamie Patrick
was voted World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year. The award marks his unprecedented 111-mile, 31-hour charity swim in 2011 down the Sacramento River in California. Patrick is also the creator of the Adventure Swim Contest, an annual programme designed to help swimmers around the
world to realise their dreams. He is also a founding member of the recently formed Lake Tahoe Swimming Society. Patrick garnered a total of 2,211 votes, pipping Bulgarian marathon swimmer Petar Stoychev, who registered 2,123 votes. Patrick says: “First of all, congraulations to H2Open editor Simon Griffi ths for his
own nomination – I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to have a magazine like yours. “As for my next adventure, I’ll be doing a non-stop circumnavigation around Lake Tahoe – a total of 68 miles.” (For more details of this, visit
thetahoe360.com). The Woman of the Year title, meanwhile, was scooped by Pilar Geijo, the Argentinian marathon swimmer who won the FINA Grand Prix circuit in 2010 and 2011. Geijo won 22 per cent of the votes, beating Australia’s Penny Palfrey (18 per cent) into second spot. Britain’s 10km Olympic gold medal hope Kerri-Anne Payne was sixth, gaining 8 per cent of the vote. The winner of the Performance of the Year was Nejib Belhedi, for his still-continuing 1,400km swim along the entire coastline of Tunisia. Belhedi is using the swim to promote peace in both his own country and the wider Arab world.
In second spot was Selina Morena Pasagali of Spain, a marathon swimmer who has bat led cancer.
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