‘Australia’s biggest free ocean swim’ is back as the Moorpanyal Park 1000 Swim returns to North Shore this Saturday.
The event organised by the North Shore Residents Group will host a one-kilometre swim at Moorpanyal Park from 8.45am to 11.30am on February 15.
Vice president Cambell Dew said the free open water swim started in 2000 with a challenge between residents and has grown to an event open to people across the country.
“We get about 150 to 200 competitors, and we like to call it Australia’s biggest free ocean swim… and I hope it’s a good turnout for swimming numbers,” he said.
“The initial event was just a bit of a challenge between residents to see who could swim out to the channel marker and back, and then it’s grown from there.
“There are people who enter who come from far and wide. They say it’s a great little event and it’s well-run. It’s just something a little bit different as it’s a small little niche swim for them.”
Swimmers will start on the beach at North Shore and swim 400m into the channel and back, followed by a free sausage sizzle and prizes awarded across swimming categories.
Sections include male and female Under 15, Under 18, Open, 40/49, 50/59, and 60-Plus, with the minimum age to compete being 12.
Registrations for the event are still open through moorpanyal.com and close at 5pm on February 14.
By Jena Carr
