Firstly I would like to thank the committee for recognising swimmers who swim without wetsuits. I have been fighting for this in Victoria for many years without much luck and as I have stated before, we do not have any issue with them so long as they recognise swimmers who swim choose not to wear them.
It was a beautiful day and with the weather reaching 38 degrees I still can not understand why you would even contemplate putting on a wetsuit, other than the obvious (swim a faster time). Anyway, under Black Ice rules, (no wetsuits) we are happy to announce that Ollie Wilkinson won the race in 2 hours and 24 minutes . Ollie who swam the Channel last year in about 10 hours had a fantastic swim considering he has just arrived back from England and has little time to train with his busy work schedule.
Other Black Ice members to complete the solo were Kevin, Yvonne, Andy and first timer Harry who was supported by Jonno Terry Andy and myself. And Ian, our new pilot did a brilliant job!
Up until 6 Weeks ago Harry had not swam more than an hour so it was a huge effort. Good luck in 3 weeks when you join Alex for your duo across Rotto.
Black Ice has a large team travelling to Perth. We will be staying in the City instead of our usual base in Fremantle so the boys can train in the Swan river. Ollie must be right up there for line honours at Rotto where suits are not permitted, and this will give him a even playing field. It will also be interesting to see who wins between our duo and fours team. I will take bets now but with our experienced pilot Brian, I think we may have an edge.
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