Little Haven Swim Regatta Sunday the 6th August, The day we managed to get our first open water sea swim of the year done! Following, (to quote the Met Office) “Uncharacteristic seasonal weather” But Sunday was certainly not the Calm after the storm, No There was a fair bit of swell and a stiff breeze, blowing around St Brides Bay. After all the talk of would it be on or not, 35 hardy souls turned up to have a bash. With a good mixture of young and older and skins and wetsuit donned. But what ever the age or state
The Little Haven Swim 2024 We are delighted to be asked back to Little Haven to run the Open Water Swim, which kicks off their regatta. Location – Little Haven Date – Sunday 6th August 2023 Time – 0900hrs Distance – 1 mile Cost – £18 – BOOK HERE Extras – Event Swim Hat, Timed and published (apologies for last years fiasco contingencies will be in place this year), Water/Banana, Marked Course, Safety Cover Awards – 1st Male/Female, 1st Male/Female Over 50. Wetsuit Awards – 1st Male/Female, 1st Male/Female Over 50. Skin Swimmers The Swim The swim will be a
Tour de Shane 2023 Once again it was a pleasure to welcome Shane Williams back down to St Davids and Celtic Camping for the 5th running of his 50 and 70 mile cycle sportive around the Mid and North Pembrokeshire coast line. Which is part of the Rugby Legends bid to raise as much money and awareness for the Velindre Cancer Centre for which he is a Patron. What can we say, the weather was stunning, The route is challenging, It’s hilly but it takes you along some of the best coastal spots the area has to offer. So although
Ras Dewi Sant – Half & 10K Logistics Event Emergency Number – Fintan 07855954702 Registration Friday 3rd March – 1500hrs to 1900hrs Saturday 4th March – 0730hrs to 0840hrs Location – Ty’r Pererin, Quickwell Hill, St Davids, SA62 6PD The closes car park to the registration point is, Quickwell Hill Car Park, If you use this car park you will find the registration point immediately out of the entrance at the bottom end of the car park. You can not miss it. There is a parking charge of £5 a day at the Car Park. If you are arriving late
Ras Dewi Sant – Marathon Logistics Event Emergency Number – Fintan 07855954702 Registration Friday 3rd March – 1500hrs to 1900hrs Saturday 4th March – 0700hrs to 0730hrs Location – Ty’r Pererin, Quickwell Hill, St Davids, SA62 6PD The closes car park to the registration point is, Quickwell Hill Car Park, If you use this car park you will find the registration point immediately out of the entrance at the bottom end of the car park. You can not miss it. There is a parking charge of £5 a day at the Car Park. The registration point has toilets, you can
The Blue Monster Swim 2022 Abereiddy Saturday 17th of September saw us host our end of season swim, The Blue Monster Swim at Abereiddy Bay. On the surface all looked well, but as you got about 500m offshore, the swell picked up, making it unadvisable to swim to the extremity of the bay! So we had to shorten the course and make it a two lap event, with an Aussie exit in-between laps. This gave us a 1.5mile course. Which in the conditions seemed plenty. The general feedback was – it was hard, but hard is good! It was a
Ras Dewi Sant 2022 Well on the 3rd attempt we managed to get Ras Dewi Sant back to the St David’s Day weekend. With us having the usual 3 week lead up anxiety of playing Russian roulette with the West Wales storm season! We dodged a bullet this year and what a glorious day for running it was. A cold wind, not to be underestimated and a bit boggy in parts but lets not be too fussy. We do want to thank all of the runners for showing patience over the past few years, It’s been a difficult and frustrating
2022 Calendar of Events (A New Dawn!) 2022 is well and truly here, we were all nervous about January coming and feared the worst from the Omicron! However now that January is about to end, there does appear to be a bit of hope and a willingness to move on from the disaster of the past two years. We hope that this is not another false dawn, and we can crack on being active and enjoying ourselves. This is not in anyway to take away the hardships that people have or are still suffering. We all have our stories to
Ras Dewi Sant 2021 – Round 1 Out of the Mist, Physical and metaphorically Now the September 2021 version of the Ras Dewi Sant, might have been a modest affair. But for us it was another milestone and another event up and running. However some things will always be the same, such as, the weather was yet again another talking point! It was warm, it was windless, but quite fitting the morning started with heavy mist and poor visibility, but as the day went on the mist raised to uncover the spectacular sights of the St Davids peninsular. A little
The Blue Monster Swim – Abereiddy 2021 In 2019, August some time I believe, We were due to run the Blue Monster Swim out of Abereiddy. Two days before, the weather forecast did not look good. We made an early call to postpone. The day came and we were proved right, there is no way a swim could have been held. Never mind we said, we’ll hold it in 2020!!! So after the busiest summer the area and that we have ever seen, I was still doubtful that this swim could go ahead in 2021. But I am delighted to