The Bloody Big Swim

As I reported last week, that the Black Ice team won the teams event and Jonno Hayward won the solo event at the Bloody Big Swim.

Although two other teams finished ahead of us, under Black Ice rules
(NO WETSUITS), we don't acknowledge cheats or the stupid rules that allow swimmers to compete with wetsuits (mind you, it was about 35 degs!!!).

As I have said many times before, we don’t care if others wear those stupid
Suits, but why isn’t there any acknowledgment for those who swim naturally without the aid of a cheat suit.

In the solo event, there were only four swimmers who swam without
suits and three were from the Black Ice team which includes Paul McQeeney, who has just joined our team from Sydney. Chris Palfrey from Queensland was the other, so well done to those four.

Drafting is another pet hate of mine. It was great to see a certain swimmer
copping his own medicine and spitting his dummy out there. Didn’t he look
a picture in his “tip to toe” designer wetsuit.

It’s funny looking at all the pictures of the swimmers after the race without their wetsuits on .

It’s now off to Rottnest Island in two weeks where we can swim amongst thousands of other swimmers who don't dare wear anything other than official swimming costumes. Hopefully the organisers of Victorian swims will get the message and bring back natural swimming.

For any swimmers out there journeying interstate, please leave your wetsuit behind.