PD Thistle OWS Clinic & Training - 27.07.24
Registration period: 17th Jul to 25nd July 2024.
Event date: 27th July 2024
Location: Thistle PD Resort
Events: OWS for beginners, advanced, kids, self-training.
Entitlement: E-certificate (upon request), drinking water, Medical team with ambulance (EMS/APM),
Events types:
1. Beginner Clinic - Designed for first-timers; transition from pool based to open-water. Introducing essential OWS skills to help you prepare for your first open water race. Learn how to overcome anxiety, how to sight & navigate, how to turn, etc and gain confidence to swim in the sea. Pre-requisite: able to swim freestyle 400m in a pool under 15 min.
2. Performance/Advanced Clinic - Designed for experienced swimmers to compete in longer distance swim such as a marathon distance of 5km and above. Our guest coach Angelia Ong will be guiding participants on how to prepare and swim such distances . Pre-requisite: able to swim freestyle 1000m in a pool continuously under 30 min
3. OWS for kids - This session is designed for kids between from 7 year old. It is conducted by coaching team of Bleufish Swim School specialized for kids open water swimming. The kids session will start at 8:30am; earlier than adults. Must be able to swim freestyle and breaststroke. able to swim 100m non-stop.
4. Self-training Session - This session is suitable to swimmers who already have OWS basic skills and would like to practice and condition by themselves. A swim course is setup with marking buoys, craft and lifeguard support. No coaching provided. First-timer is not recommended.
Tentative Itinerary (PM)
8:30 - Site registration
8:50 - Safety briefing
9:00 - Session Start
11:30 - Session End