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Swim 'n Walk for Charity with John Konrads, Sydney, June 14

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Etiquette this week ...

Wetties on the Far North Coast

"Following the Byron Bay Swim, I was surprised and can I say appalled at the use of tri wetsuits by a number of the entrants.

Now I know ocean swimming is fun primarily but we all measure ourselves against our previous performances and our peers and the use of wetsuits by good swimmers is bad form.

Wetsuits are used in triathlons I believe for warmth, which definitely isn't justified up the North Coast in early May, but there is no doubt they are a bouyancy aid also. If you've ever swum with the same person with and without a wetsuit in the ocean you'll be aware of the assistance they provide.

In (Sunday's) swim at the front of our group, I had a wetsuit clad swimmer going away from me which I found annoying. I can understand a swimmer who might struggle with the distance or who doubt their ability using a wetsuit, but this was an elite swimmer of my group in the leading bunch and would only hope that he followed the race rule set out as follows: "A swimmer may use extraneous aids, eg. fins, snorkels or flotation clothing or devices, but such swimmers will not be eligible for any prize or qualify as an official placegetter, and must notify officials when finishing the event".

Now I didn’t see any evidence of policing of this rule ... but I’d be interested to hear of anyone who did."

Tim Peacock
Bangalow

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A Tacky old idea that works ...
 
"Every time I would buy a new set of ear plugs, I would lose them ... Ouch! At $12 or more each time, this was not funny.

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For the ladies, there is Blu-Tack Colour in fluoro colours.

I wonder whether Blu-Tack is aware of its ocean swimmer market?"

Peter Fox

Point taken, but we can't understand why you'd stick some hardware in your ears when you can get perfectly good plugs from View($8.50 incl p/h) that won't fall out, seal, last, and are comfortable. We've been wearing ours for 2 years now.

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Progress Points

Top 10 after Rd 6 - Forster
(See progress points for explanation of allocation. Grey shading indicates qualified for series.)
1
HALL Ben
387.61
2
DANNE Jo-Anne
330.51
3
GOINS James
283.22
4
RAFTER Remi
265.53
5
BALDOCK Cyril
256.17
6
Elder Denise
244.12
7
SYRETT Chris
240.24
8
STANDLICK Brian
237.03
9
PETTIFER Jill
236.08
10
Green Tanya
233.89

Sydney Harbour, Mar 2

Stanwell Park, Mar 30
South West Rocks, Apr 6
Tamarama, Apr 13
Mollymook, Apr 20
Forster, Apr 27
Byron Bay, May 4
Featured swims
South Head Roughwater May 11
Swim 'n Walk for Charity with John Konrads
Jun 14
MS Megaswim
Jun 14-15
Magnetic Is, Townsville July 12
Palm Beach, Qld Sep 14

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