Just under 2 weeks to go!

There are now less than 5 days until the entry fee doubles after Friday 23^rd March, and as you can see places are rapidly being taken. There are a maximum of 180 places on this year’s Swim and places will be issued on a first come, first served basis.

Thank you for your support with making the MRS 2012 a great event!

Have a productive weekend … training!

The Swim Team

N.B. The list below includes all registration forms and payments received up to and including Saturday 17th March 2012.

Female swimmers under 18 years

Chloè Keating

Emile Keaving

Grace Tranter-Entwistle

Hope Tucker

Jael Sommer

Sarah Sommer

Male swimmers under 18 years

David Suh

Joshua Keating

Lan Leak

Liam Murray Burke

Moustafa Hill

Ouch Theara

Phal Sauphoan

Sok Vichey

Van Naveoun

Van Siha

Vann Kalin

Wantha Thy

Female swimmers 18 years & over

Carla Chabert

Dorothee Kroeger

Eis Vandekerckhove

Elise Wall

Elizabeth A. Chambers

Frances Ca De Ceelie

Gemme Smith

Griet Vandeburie

Hannah Elin Chroston

Helene Keraudren

Jeanette Haywood

Karen Genzint

Kongkea Chhoeun

Laura Boon

Louise Murray

Marie Cammal

Marie-Laure Girbe

Marion Maitre

Megan McDonald

Mey Thir

Michelle Keating

Moire O'Sullivan

Nicole Hoagland

Olivia Wynne

Polly Egerton

Rasatamanana Mbolatiana

Ret Vandy

Robin Martz

Ronit Kirshner Gerard

Shona Kennedy

Solene Favre

Sophany Pauline Cammal

Susanne Lenz

Tashi Bradford

Veelen Vanderlaan

Male swimmers 18 years & over

Adrian De Giovanni

Ajay Chouhan

Andrew Vickey

Arron Wise

Ben Rutlege

Brian John Yule

Craig Gerard

Daniel Talstra

David Haskel

David Hole

David Kuchenbecker

David Martz

Dominik Dietz

Edward Anderson

Francois Allain

Gabriel Lamug-Nañawa

Geoffrey Auzou

Gilles Baube

Hal Offen

Isidro Navarro Paya

J.P De Margerie

Joachim Groder

John C. Friend-Pereira

John Coughlan

John Entwistle

Matt Seitz

Matthew Walsham

Michael Brooks

Peter Kaufmann

Peter Roggekamp

Raphael Weyel

Robert Finch

Ross Hill

Samuel Pehlke

Stefaan Vande Walle

Steve Gosselin

Terry Bourk

Thibaut Favre

Timon Seibel

Xavier Riblet

Thanks to our MRS 2012 sponsors!

The Swim Team would like to thank Prek Leap Agricultural College for once again hosting this annual event. The support and cooperation from the Director and his staff at the college is very much appreciated. We hope that we can continue this collaboration in 2013 and beyond.

International SOS (corner of St. 51 & St. 228) who will once again provided the medical team (paramedic, nurses & ambulance), without which this annual event would certainly not be possible. Thanks to Ed, the International SOS nurses and Sue for supporting the MRS once again!

The Shop on St. 240 who will provide nourishment post-swim for our intrepid Mekong River swimmers. Thank you for your continued support with the MRS and the sandwiches, Griet!

The plethora of much deserved pizza will certainly be welcomed by our winners! Luna d'autunno on St. 21 will provide pizzas for all winning swimmers in each of the under 18 age groups! Thank you Elain for donating these.

Snow Yogurt (with branches in Sovanna, Sorya & Pencil shopping centers) are sponsoring this years MRS with 50 cups of snow yogurt to share between the winners in each of the age groups. Thank you Ing for organising this.

You will all have seen this amazing piece of artwork promoting the MRS 2012 on flyers, in magazines and at the Swim on the t-shirts and banners. A highly talented local artist and one of our iCAN parents, Peap Tarr, is the person who created this logo. We really appreciate Peap creating and donating such an iconic image for the Mekong River Swim once again.

K'NYAY Khmer & Vegan Cuisine & K2 on St. 268, will once again play a huge part in the run up to the MRS 2012, as they are one of the two registration points across the city. Not only will Run, Sern & their team at K'NYAY promote and register swimmers for the MRS 2012, they will also turn out to volunteer as safety crew at the Swim and they will donate $100 worth of K'NYAY meal vouchers to 1st, 2nd & 3rd positions in both the mens and womens +18 years category. K2 will also donate all the drinking water for the swimmers at the event. Great effort guys!

Last, and by no means least, a MASSIVE thanks to the team of volunteers at iCAN British International School & iCAN PLAY Early Years Centre! After the cancellation of MRS 2010 due to a lack of volunteers, the Swim Team at iCAN offered to take over the organisation of last years MRS. It was a real team effort and over 50 of the iCAN staff and school community volunteered at the Swim in 2011. iCAN is also the other registration point across the city and their organisation will once again ensure that the event runs smoothly. The Swim Team at iCAN have been planning the MRS 2012 for the past few months.

If you would like to volunteer your help on the day of the event, please contact The Swim Team at mekongriverswim@ican.edu.kh

Thanks for your support!

The Swim Team

Swimmers from 14 countries registered already!

So far we have swimmers registered from the following countries ...

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Philippines, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.

... making the MRS2012 the most diverse group of swimmers EVER!

Is your nation represented?

So far we have 50 swimmers in the 18 & over age group and 17 under 18's signed up!

Remember you can email mekongriverswim@ican.edu.kh for a registration form or collect one directly from iCAN British International School or K'NYAY Khmer & Vegan restaurant.

Good luck with your training!

The Swim Team

Just over 3 weeks to go!

You may have already seen the MRS 2012 flyers appearing all over Phnom Penh the past few weeks. The logo for this year's Swim was designed by local urban artist Peap Tarr. You can find out more about him by searching for him on FaceBook and YouTube.

The logo will appear on this year's MRS t-shirts that all swimmers and volunteers will receive on the day.

Any swimmers who have already returned their completed registration form and entry fee to either K'NYAY or iCAN British International School are listed below. There are just over 2 weeks to go until the entry fee doubles on Saturday 24^th March, and as you can see places are rapidly being taken. There is a maximum of 200 places on this year’s Swim and places will be issued on a first come, first served basis.

Thank you for your support with making the MRS 2012 a great event!

Have a productive weekend … training!

The Swim Team

N.B. The list below includes all registration forms and payments received up to and including Thursday 8th March 2012.

Female swimmers under 18 years

Chloè Keating
Emile Keaving
Grace Tranter-Entwistle
Hope Tucker
Jael Sommer
Sarah Sommer

Male swimmers under 18 years

Joshua Keating

Lan Leak

Liam Bourke

Moustafa Hill

Ouch Theara

Phal Sauphoan

Sok Vichey

Van Naveoun

Van Siha

Vann Kalin

Wantha Thy

Female swimmers 18 years & over

Dorothee Kroger

Elise Wall

Elizabeth A. Chambers

Frances Ca De Ceelie

Gemme Smith Hannah Chroston

Karen Genzint

Kongkea Chhoeun

Laura Boon

Louise Murray Marie Laure Girbe

Megan McDonald

Mey Thir

Michelle Keating Nicole Hoagland

Olivia Wynne

Polly Egerton

Ret Vandy

Robin Martz

Samuel Pehlke

Susanne Lenz

Tashi Bradford

Male swimmers 18 years & over

Adrian De Giovanni

Ajay Chouhan

Andrew Vickey

Arron Wise

Ben Rutlege

Brian John Yule

Daniel Tolstra

David Martz

Dominik Dietz

Edward Anderson

Francois Allain

Gabriel Lamug-Nañawa

Geoffrey Auzoo

Isidro Navarro Paya

J.P De Margerie

Joachim Groder

John C. Friend-Pereira

John Coughlan

John Entwistle

Matt Seitz

Michael Brooks

Peter Kaufmann

Raphael Weyel

Robert Finch

Ross Hill

Samuel Pehlke

Steve Gosselin

Terry Bourk

Timon Seibel

Registering for the MRS 2012

Only 4 weeks to go until the much anticipated 16th Annual Mekong River Swim takes place!

We've had over 50 swimmers register already and places will be allocated on a 'first-come, first-served' basis ... so e-mail us now for your registration form at

mekongriverswim@ican.edu.kh

Registration forms can also be collected from our two registration points:

iCAN British International School - please register with Roseta




K'NYAY Khmer & Vegan Cuisine restaurant - please register with Run

Last year prospective MRS swimmers asked about swimming pools to train in. The Swim Team has been training recently up at the Olympic pool which is ideal (50m long) to train for the MRS. It opens from 5am-5pm and costs 6000Riel (1.5USD) for foreigners (3000 Riel for Cambodian nationals). No lockers as such, so best just take your swimwear and a towel. It tends to be busier in the afternoons after 1pm when it fills up with students from some of the local schools. You pay at the top of the spectator area when you enter. 14-16 lengths of the pool approximately equates to the swim distance!

We will update our blog with a list of swimmers already registered at the start of next week. Registered swimmers will also receive an e-mail update about this year's swim.

Thanks for your support!

The Swim Team