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Less the 1000 places left for the British Gas Great North Swim

Despite entries being open for only three weeks, there are less than 1000 places left in the 2010 British Gas Great North Swim.

The British Gas Great North Swim takes place in lake Windermere over the weekend of the 4th and 5th September, with entries already full for Saturday.  Nova International, organisers of the British Gas Great Swims, are predicting that places may be completely full before New Year.

Colin Hill, Project Manager for Great Swim said: “The British Gas Great North Swim has attracted swimmers from all around the country and is a big positive for Cumbria in the wake of the recent floods. Hopefully the sudden uptake in entries for the swim will show that the Lake District is very much open for business”.

The 2009 Great Swim series, which attracted over 10,000 swimmers, is currently being featured in a sequel of programmes on Channel 4, with the British Gas Great East Swim on air at 8.00 a.m. on Sunday 27 December.

Entries for the four 2010 Great swims are available at www.greatswim.org

More information about the Great North Swim at Low Wood

Great North Swim On Channel 4 This Weekend

The British Gas Great North Swim will return to lake Windermere on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September 2010. Entries have opened early to coincide with the launch of the Great North Swim TV programme which will be shown on Channel 4 this Sunday (13 December) at 8am.

The hour long programme will show highlights from the two-day event which took place this summer at the Low Wood Hotel.

Over 5000 participants have already signed up to take part in the inspiring swim and organisers, Nova International, predict that entries could close before New Year.

Great Swim is open to swimmers of all abilities aged 16 years and over. For more information and to enter online visit official great north swim website.

More information about the Great North Swim at Low Wood

Entries Open for Great North Swim 2010 at Low Wood

Entries have opened for the 2010 British Gas Great North Swim to coincide with the launch of the Great Swim TV series which will be shown on Channel 4 this Sunday.

The inspiring swim will return to lake Windermere on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September - Enter online.

The British Gas Great North swim took place in the summer and was a huge success with 6000 swimmers taking the plunge over two days. Britain’s biggest one-mile outdoor swim took place at the Low Wood Marina, Windermere and attracted swimmers of all shapes and sizes from a 36 year old mother or three with a fear of deep water to a 71 year old Grandad . In addition to the masses, many of the world’s top swimmers and Olympic heroes battled it out to take the honours in the elite races.

The event is part of the British Gas Great Swim series- four one-mile outdoor swims staged in some of the most stunning locations in the UK.

The “relatively new sport” of open-water swimming will be televised on Channel 4 in a series of four one-hour programmes. The British Gas Great North Swim will be shown on Sunday 13 December at 8.00 am.

Colin Hill, Event Project Manager for Great Swim said: “The Great Swim Team are now looking forward to 2010 and hope that these televised events will help bring a whole new audience and participants to take part alongside the world’s best elite swimmers.”  

Great Swim is open to swimmers of all abilities aged 16 years and over. There are limited places available and organisers urge those interested to enter soon to avoid disappointment.

More information about the Great North Swim at Low Wood

Above photo courtesy of David Robinson