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Swim Long - Eton Dorney

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Swim Long - Eton Dorney

Windsor, Berkshire

Eton Dorney Rowing Centre, Windsor, SL4 6, United Kingdom

Sun 22nd September 2024

Starting at 11:30

4 races

£30.00 - £52.00

Organiser's Description

The Olympic venue, Eton Dorney, offers a beautiful lake with clear lines of view. The venue is private and specifically hired for the purpose.

Races

  • 2.5k

    £30.00

    Booking for more than 1?
  • 3.8k

    £35.00

    Booking for more than 1?
  • 5k

    £45.00

    Booking for more than 1?
  • 10k

    £52.00

    Booking for more than 1?

Book

  • 2.5k

    £30.00

    Booking for more than 1?
  • 3.8k

    £35.00

    Booking for more than 1?
  • 5k

    £45.00

    Booking for more than 1?
  • 10k

    £52.00

    Booking for more than 1?

Course Details

The Olympic venue, Eton Dorney, offers a beautiful lake with clear lines of view. The venue is private and specifically hired for the purpose.

Distances:

2.5km

3.8km

5km

10km

Free entry to spectators with catering and excellent event viewing locations

What's Included

Chip Timing and live results

Water safety

Hot showers and changing areas

Toilets

Event medics

Drinks and feed stations on course

Cake and coke at the finish

Baggage storage in the registration tent

Finishers medals to be pre ordered when booking

Event t-shirts / hooded tops to be pre ordered when booking

Free car parking on site

  • Clear clean lake
  • Post Shower facilities
  • Excellent spectator viewing

How to Get There

Just off M4 junction 7 Slough

Parking

On arrival at the main gate of Eton Dorney Rowing Lake (SL4 6QP) follow the avenue access down the length of the lake until you reach the car park marshal

Please follow their directions to the car park and subsequent marshal directions
As start times are throughout the day there will be a constant flow of people to and from the car park

Car parking is free for event participants and spectators

Location

Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6FJ.

race day info

Schedule

11:30. Venue open to swimmers for registration

12:30. 10km Swim starts

13:30. 5km Swim starts

14:00. 3.8km and 2.5km Swim starts

  • Start Format: Starts will be a mass floating start on completion of the event breifing.

Timing Chip

All swimmers will be issued with a timing chip. Please ensure you return the timing chip at the finish point.

Cut off Times

10km - 5hr 30mins

5km - 2hr 30mins

3.8km - 2hr 10mins

2.5km - 1hr30mins

Swimmers over these times will be collected from the water and invited to return to the shore

Reviews

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  • 1

4.2

5 reviews

Cecilia

·5 months ago

Post code didn't lead precisely to the place we had to be. Remedy: put up signage to the Rowing Club. Enough toilets and much better than the horrible portaloo one normally has to use. Registration quick. Glad there was a place to leave bag. Tagging the bags&swimmers with wristbands as is done at Dock2Dock would be good. Pre-swim I was a bit lost as to where to be. Pre-swim briefing good. Well-organised, good pre-event email comms, water clean, felt safe, felt challenged by the cold (18 degrees) and the breeze on the 1 200m return stretch (skins swimmer), which made it all the more rewarding when I finished my 2.5km swim. Thank you for the cake and cola. It felt stingy to pay £3.50 for a medal at the finish. I know medals are probably built into entry fees at other events, but it is nice to get a medal. Compared to Dock2Dock: both are good venues, clean water, well organised, plenty of safety crew. Dock2Dock medals and a gift for all finishers. Swim Long had showers: what a treat! And it is a good venue for family and friends as there is a viewing deck and places along the course where they can watch the swimmers. I would like to do this event or one like it, organised by VOTWO, again.
Benoit

·5 months ago

Great event for swimming ! very well organised and went all super smoothly and on time. The lake is great to swim in w the lanes to help go straight :) For organisers: someone asked me to move my chip from inside my wetsuit to outside, where I thought it would fall. It did fall… which was frustrating to get accurate time
PS
Paul

·8 months ago

Great venue. Maybe atmosphere had been used up on morning triathlons, as was zero for the swimmers. No recognition of finishing, struggled to know where finish line was! Having to pre-purchace a finishers medal (additional to entry fee) sums it up. Good cake made some amends.
LK
Layla

·8 months ago

Loved the swim at Dorney. Clear waters and v relaxing atmosphere. There are indoor showers and changing area which is a great plus
AC
Abi

·a year ago

Great race, no problems. Didn’t need any info I didn’t have, well marked course with plenty of marshals. A little busy as 2.5 and 3.8k set off at the start, but once spread out, it was fine, and there was plenty of room all through. Really friendly when I got out, and lovely medal!

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