Mekong River Swim

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MRS2012 ... we're back!

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The date has been set, so it's time to start training!

Sunday 1st April 2012 at Prek Leap Agricultural College

Registration forms can be requested by sending an email to:

mekongriverswim@ican.edu.kh

Alternatively you can collect MRS2012 registration forms directly from:

Roseta at iCAN British International School,Mondays-Fridays 7.30am-4.30pm

or

Run at K'NYAY Khmer & Vegan restaurant, Mondays-Fridays 12pm-9pm, Saturdays 7am-9pm

The Swim Team really appreciate all your e-mails ... here's a selection of them!

2011-04-06T16:43:00.002+07:00

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for organizing this event!! It was great fun! Susanne

Was hard work but a great swim, thanks to all organizers. Christophe

Well done organizing this. Berry

Thanks for the great event today! John

A big thank you to everyone for their hard work in organising this. Hope to see you next year. Best The Keatings!

Just wanted to say you guys all did a great job in organising this year. It went great- I did one a few years back and this was certainly better. All the best and thanks for all your efforts- they are recognised and appreciated. Myles

Thanks a lot for this fabulous organization. We had a great time. Thanks again, Best regards Camille

Thanks to you and your team for organising such a well-run and fun event on the weekend. Our whole family enjoyed the experience and our 10 year old son will be back next year to swim with his parents. Cheers Louise

Thank you very much indeed. You organised very well this Mekong river swimming competition 2011. I hope to do it next year with a better score. Thank you for keeping all swimmers informed. Regards, Marie

Thank you for a great event. Best regards, Pelle

Just a note to say thanks for organising the swim yesterday. It was well-organised and lots of fun. Appreciate your efforts. Best, Rosaleen.

Thanks for a great event. I really enjoyed. Never quite expected to come 2nd! Thank you Alan

Another word of congratulations for coordinating such a successful event. Why was it successful? Participants enjoyed themselves, pax & vols could access the venue using well-prepared maps and transportation options, pax & vols knew what they needed to do, injuries were minimised and promptly managed because SOS mechanisms were in place, spectators had plenty of opp to watch and enjoy the event, pax were nourished post-swim, all people’s efforts were celebrated (even after the event as shown in your email below) and and and and I wasn’t really behind the scenes to know the ins and outs more intimately, but from where I stand, things really did turn out very successfully. Please feel free to keep my name on file for next year (though I’ll surely want to join you all in the water come swim time). Best wishes, Nicole

Just wanted to say a big thank you for a great morning on Sunday - a fantastic chance for my 12 year old daughter to challenge herself ( as for her 46 year old dad....) It was a really well organised event, so please pass on my thanks to all those who made it happen - MRS 2012? Mark and Eden

Congratulations to you and your team - this event (from swimmer perspective anyway) was so well organised, communication was excellent and direction/briefing on the day was well done. It was great to be so informed, particularly in the week leading up to the event. I chose The Shop for lunch on Monday - great to have local business support too. Thanks again, Cassie.

I just wanted to drop you a short note and thank you for coordinating the Mekong River Swim. It was a great event and very well organised. I hope it was a success and will be held again next year. Regards Elisabeth

So you swam the Mekong ... how about joining Cambodia's first ever Aquathlon?

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The newly formed Cambodia Traiathlon Federation are organising Cambodia's first ever Aquathlon (swimming & running) in May 2011. Please check out their FaceBook page or e-mail rowdie_loughlin@ican.edu.kh for further details!

Hope to see you there!

David & The Swim Team

MRS 2011 in the news!

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The Phnom Penh Post on Monday 4th April

The Cambodia Daily on Monday 4th April

A HUGE thank you to all of our sponsors this year!

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Thank you to all the volunteers who turned out in force to ensure the MRS 2011 was such a great event for everyone involved! The Swim Team would also 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 has been much appreciated. We hope that we can continue this collaboration in 2012.

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

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

A new sponsor this year, but the plethora of much deserved pizza was certainly welcome by our winners! Luna d'autunno on St. 21 provided pizzas for all 1st & 2nd place swimmers in each of the under 18 age groups and for the 4 swimmers in the fastest team! Thank you Elain for donating these.

You will all have seen this amazing piece of artwork promoting the MRS 2011 on posters, in magazines and at the Swim on the t-shirts and banners. A highly talented local artist, 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. As you will see from the post below in this blog, there is a limited edition run of white t-shirts now on sale at both iCAN and K'NYAY for only $8. Buy them for your family & friends before stocks sell out!

K'NYAY Khmer & Vegan Cuisine on St. 268, played a huge part in the run up to the MRS 2011, as they were one of the two registration points across the city. Not only did Run, Sern & their team at K'NYAY promote and register swimmers for the MRS 2011, they also turned out to volunteer as safety crew at the Swim last Sunday and they donated $100 worth of K'NYAY meal vouchers to 1st, 2nd & 3rd positions in both the mens and womens +18 years category. Great effort guys!

Last, and by no means least, a MASSIVE thanks to the team at iCAN British International School! After the cancellation of MRS 2010 due to a lack of volunteers, the Swim Team at iCAN offered to take over the organisation of this years MRS. It was a real team effort and over 50 of the iCAN staff and school community volunteered at the Swim on Sunday. iCAN was also the other registration point across the city and their organisation ensured that the event ran so smoothly. The Swim Team at iCAN have already met and begun to plan MRS 2012

... so keep Sunday 1st April 2012 free in your diaries!

David & The Swim Team

MRS 2011 t-shirts NOW ON SALE!

2011-04-04T11:09:00.003+07:00

Have all your friends been asking you where you got your stylish MRS2011 t-shirt?

Do they want to have one too?

Well now they can!

Limited edition MRS2011 white t-shirts (designed by Peap Tarr) are now being sold at K'NYAY and iCAN to further raise funds towards this year's cause - helping to rebuild/resource a primary school in Ofunato, Japan, which was destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami last month.

These limited edition t-shirts being sold for only $8, in a variety of sizes. Please spread the word!

Hurry now whilst stocks last ... otherwise you'll have to wait a whole year until the next Mekong River Swim!

The MRS 2011 results are in ...

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POS.	SWIM TIME	MRS 2011 Swimmers
1	8.24	Xavier Riblet	M85
2	9.36	Alan Kourie	M2
3	9.37	Ben Wallace	M10
4	9.57	Trevor Piper	M83
5	10.00	Berry Schipper	M12
6	10.03	George Jefferies	M30
7	10.07	Jean-Pierre De Mamgemie	M34
8	10.07	Rebecca Green	F45
9	10.18	Marion Maitre	F36
10	10.22	Elisabeth Turnbull-Brown	F13
11	10.34	Nicolas Axelrod	M50
12	10.38	Jady Smith	M31
13	10.40	Arnaud Demarti	M7
14	10.46	Narak Kun	M48
15	10.51	Romain Clercq-Roques	M65
16	10.53	Terry Bourke	M77
17	10.57	Tristan Peschoux	S2
18	10.59	Ben Rutledge	M9
19	11.10	Stefaan Vande Walle	M73
20	11.23	Chris Lahey	M15
21	11.30	Eric Le Guen	M29
22	11.47	Louise Murray	F33
23	11.52	Karen Genzink	F24
24	12.00	Carl-Emil Kjellstrand	M14
25	12.10	Rowdie Loughlin	M67
26	12.15	Adele Peers	F1
27	12.24	Dirk Horemans	M27
28	12.24	Tess Lambourne	F54
29	12.26	Nobuaki Hirose	M51
30	12.30	Sowon Lee	J13
31	12.32		M88
32	12.33	Benj Street	M11
33	12.39	Coline Rapneau	F11
34	12.40	Kate Lewis	F25
35	12.50	Michael Polak	M46
36	12.53	David Hunt	M25
37	13.04	Joachim Groder	M35
38	13.14	Maria Sommer	J11
39	13.15	Caroline James	F7
40	13.16	Tim Ricketts	M80
41	13.19	Myles Harrison	M47
42	13.20	Sopheap Keo	M71
43	13.23	Jessica Robertson	F22
44	13.25	Lisa Slavovsky	F31
45	13.26	Darren Marshall	M23
46	13.33	Patrick Kooijman	M53
47	13.35	Peter Roggekamp	M55
48	13.35	Jael Sommer	S4
49	13.45	Tonya Nicholoson	F55
50	13.50	Charlotte Lancaster	F9
51	14.01	Roy Jaekelmann	M68
52	14.03		F57
53	14.10	Tom Murray-Loans	M82
54	14.15	Veerle Cnudde	F56
55	14.19	James Oakley	M32
56	14.30	Matteo Piccoli	J3
57	14.50	Camille Niquin	F4
58	14.50	Sarah Sommer	J12
59	15.25	John Friend-Pereira	M38
60	15.32	Katie Watson	F26
61	15.34	Jenny Holden	F21
62	15.51		F58
63	15.54	John Coughlan	M36
64	15.55	Jessica Rendall	J10
65	16.01	Jean-Baptiste Beaufort	M33
66	16.05	Nicola Lockwood	F42
67	16.06	Rosaleen Martin	F48
68	16.14	Steven Gosselin	M75
69	16.17	Jenna Colbourne	F20
70	16.20	Petros Isaakidis	M56
71	16.26	Ray Walker	M61
72	16.35	Sibylle Dischler	F51
73	16.39	Lori Hastings	F32
74	16.40	Els Vandekerckhove	F14
75	16.41	Pierre Sudre	M60
76	16.41		M86
77	16.50	Robert Finch	M63
78	16.59	Katy Dyer	F28
79	17.00	Jakamo Sharpe	J1
80	17.02	Guenaele Laurent	F17
81	17.02	Christopher Green	S1
82	17.07	Arnaud Marguerat	M8
83	17.07	Emilie Keating	J9
84	17.09	Sandrine Leymarie	F49
85	17.10	Dominic Sharpe	M28
86	17.15	Julien Strens	M43
87	17.15	Rachel Arrundale	F44
88	17.16	Simon Culdaut	M70
89	17.20	Cassie Love	F8
90	17.23	Chloe Keating	J7
91	17.30	Stefan Hutter	M74
92	17.30		F59
93	17.37	Eva Pritscher	F16
94	17.38	Nicholas Preisner	M49
95	17.43	John Entwistle	M37
96	17.45	Regis Seng	J5
97	17.50	Caroline Aymard	F5
98	17.53	Christophe Gardella	M17
99	17.59	Mina Barling	F39
100	17.60	Michelle Keating	F38
101	18.10	Pierre Fontaine	M59
102	18.23	Kurt Burga	M44
103	18.29	Eden Prothero	J8
104	18.33	Polly Egerton	F43
105	18.39	Mark Prothero	M45
106	18.40	Susanne Lenz	F52
107	18.41	Richard Lekkerkerker	M62
108	18.52	Daniel Talstra	M22
109	19.00	Sarah Carter	F50
110	19.04	Jayne Green	F19
111	19.10	John Monnat	M40
112	19.13	Katja Horsch	F27
113	19.16	Anthony Green	M6
114	19.26	Leakhena Sophan	F30
115	19.38	Oliver Bonifacio	M52
116	19.50	Bindi Borg	F3
117	19.55	Naomi Rowland	F41
118	20.14	Abbie Hill	J6
119	20.15	Adrian Murray	M1
120	20.30	David Wooderson	M26
121	20.39	Phirun Nop	M58
122	21.44	Tania Duschene	F53
123	21.46	Melanie Friedmann	F37
124	21.47	Tim Harford-Cross	M79
125	22.18	Moustafa Hill	J4
126	22.20	Ross Hill	M66
127	22.32	John Shane	M41
128	22.37	Emily Bowden	F15
129	22.46	David Haskel	M24
130	22.48	Naomi Robinson	F40
131	23.00	Sovannarith San	M72
132	23.16	John Jeong	M39
133	24.39	Andy Bedard	M5
134	25.08	Lev Kakasenko	J2
135	25.14	Colleen Mascenik	F12
136	27.10	Caroline Berry	F6
137	27.57		M87
138	no time	Alessandro Spairani	M3
139	no time	Andrea Broggi	M4
140	no time	Brendan Siebert	M13
141	no time	Chris Merritt	M16
142	no time	Christophe Grundmann	M18
143	no time	Christophe Peschoux	M19
144	no time	Craig Meisner	M20
145	no time	Daniel Riegler	M21
146	no time	Julien Mermillon	M42
147	no time	Pelle Gatke	M54
148	no time	Phil Kelly	M57
149	no time	Roels Seppe	M64
150	no time	Scott Pierce	M69
151	no time	Stewart Jordan	M76
152	no time	Thong Sopha	M78
153	no time	Timothy Sturrock	M81
154	no time	Willem Dendooven	M84
155	no time	Aimee Brammer	F2
156	no time	Clarisse Reiter	F10
157	no time	Heather Ezzell	F18
158	no time	Julienne Hortle	F23
159	no time	Kimberly Moody	F29
160	no time	Margaret O’Donell	F34
161	no time	Marie Cammal	F35
162	no time	Rebecca Swarbrick	F46
163	no time	Robin Martz	F47
164	no time	Grace Tranter-Entwistle	S3

MRS teams!

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The closing dates for registering teams was Thursday 31st March. We can now announce that 7 teams are competing for the top team award at Sunday's Mekong River Swim. These teams are:

Red Team: Lori Hastings, Pierre Sudre, Jenna Colbourne & Narak Kun

Orange Team: Darren Marshall, Phil Kelly, Kim Moody & Kevin Shane (Kiwi Fitness)

Yellow Team: Xavier Riblet, Arnaud Demarti, Coline Rapneau & Eric Le Guen

Green Team: Matteo Piccoli, Sowon Hak, Rowdie Loughlin & David Hunt

Blue Team: Sovannrith Sam, Pierre Fontaine, Simon Culdaut & Christophe Gardella

Indigo Team: Caroline James, Kate Lewis, Katie Watson & Nikki Lockwood

Violet Team: Adele Peers, Charlotte Lancaster, Trevor Piper & Jessica Rendall

The times of the 4 individual swimmers in each of these teams will be added together to give a total time for their team.

The Swim Team

Only 3 days to go ... 157 swimmers so far!

2011-04-01T09:54:00.002+07:00

Today the entry fee for the MRS 2011 doubles to $20/20,000Riel. Up to 31st March 2011, 157 swimmers had registered to join the Swim on Sunday. The mighty Mekong River swimmers are ... MALE 18+ Adrian Murray Alan Kourie Alessandro Spairani Andrea Broggi Andy Bedard Anthony Green Arnaud Demarti Arnaud Marguerat Ben Rutledge Ben Wallace Benj Street Berry Schipper Brendan Siebert Carl-Emil Kjellstrand Chris Lahey Chris Merritt Christophe Gardella Christophe Grundmann Christophe Peschoux Craig Meisner Daniel Riegler Daniel Talstra Darren Marshall David Haskel David Hunt David Wooderson Dirk Horemans Dominic Sharpe Eric Le Guen George Jefferies Jady Smith James Oakley Jean-Baptiste Beaufort Jean-Pierre De Mamgemie Joachim Groder John Coughlan John Entwistle John Friend-Pereira John Jeong John Monnat John Shane Julien Mermillon Julien Strens Kurt Burga Mark Prothero Michael Polak Myles Harrison Narak Kun Nicholas Preisner Nicolas Axelrod Nobuaki Hirose Oliver Bonifacio Patrick Kooijman Pelle Gatke Peter Roggekamp Petros Isaakidis Phil Kelly Phirun Nop Pierre Fontaine Pierre Sudre Ray Walker Richard Lekkerkerker Robert Finch Roels Seppe Romain Clercq-Roques Ross Hill Rowdie Loughlin Roy Jaekelmann Scott Pierce Simon Culdaut Sopheap Keo Sovannarith San Stefaan Vande Walle Stefan Hutter Steven Gosselin Stewart Jordan Terry Bourke Thong Sopha Tim Harford-Cross Tim Ricketts Tom Murray-Loans Trevor Piper Willem Dendooven Xavier Riblet FEMALE 18+ Adele Peers Aimee Brammer Bindi Borg Camille Niquin Caroline Aymard Caroline Berry Caroline James Cassie Love Charlotte Lancaster Clarisse Reiter Coline Rapneau Colleen Mascenik Elisabeth Turnbull-Brown Els Vandekerckhove Emily Bowden Eva Pritscher Guenaele Laurent Heather Ezzell Jayne Green Jenna Colbourne Jenny Holden Jessica Robertson Julienne Hortle Karen Genzink Kate Lewis Katie Watson Katja Horsch Katy Dyer Kimberly Moody Leakhena Sophan Lisa Slavovsky Lori Hastings Louise Murray Margaret O’Donell Marie Cammal Marion Maitre Melanie Friedmann Michelle Keating Mina Barling Naomi Robinson Naomi Rowland Nicola Lockwood Polly Egerton Rachel Arrundale Rebecca Green Rebecca Swarbrick Robin Martz Rosaleen Martin Sandrine Leymarie Sarah Carter Sibylle Dischler Susanne Lenz Tania Duschene Tess Lambourne Tonya Nicholoson Veerle Cnudde MALE 14-17 Christopher Green Tristan Peschoux FEMALE 14-17 Grace Tranter-Entwistle Jael Sommer MALE 10-13 Jakamo Sharpe Lev Kakasenko Matteo Piccoli Moustafa Hill Regis Seng FEMALE 10-13 Abbie Hill Chloe Keating Eden Prothero Emilie Keating Jessica Rendall Maria Sommer Sarah Sommer Sowon Lee

Over 130 swimmers already registered!

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As of today, 132 swimmers have already registered for this year's Mekong River Swim. They are... MALE 18+ Alan Kourie Alessandro Spairani Andrea Broggi Andy Bedard Anthony Green Arnaud Demarti Arnaud Marguerat Ben Rutledge Ben Wallace Benj Street Berry Schipper Carl-Emil Kjellstrand Chris Lahey Chris Merritt Christophe Grundmann Christophe Peschoux Craig Meisner Daniel Riegler Daniel Talstra Darren Marshall David Haskel David Hunt Dirk Horemans Eric Le Guen George Jefferies Jady Smith James Oakley Jean-Pierre De Mamgemie Joachim Groder John Coughlan John Entwistle John Friend-Pereira John Shane Julien Mermillon Julien Strens Kurt Burga Mark Prothero Michael Polak Myles Harrison Narak Kun Nicholas Preisner Nicolas Axelrod Nobuaki Hirose Oliver Bonifacio Patrick Kooijman Peter Roggekamp Petros Isaakidis Phil Kelly Phirun Nop Pierre Sudre Ray Walker Robert Finch Roels Seppe Ross Hill Rowdie Loughlin Scott Pierce Sopheap Keo Stefaan Vande Walle Steven Gosselin Stewart Jordan Terry Bourke Thong Sopha Tim Harford-Cross Tim Ricketts Tom Murray-Loans Trevor Piper Willem Dendooven Xavier Riblet FEMALE 18+ Adele Peers Aimee Brammer Camille Niquin Caroline Berry Caroline James Cassie Love Charlotte Lancaster Coline Rapneau Colleen Mascenik Elisabeth Turnbull-Brown Els Vandekerckhove Emily Bowden Eva Pritscher Jayne Green Jenna Colbourne Jenny Holden Jessica Robertson Karen Genzink Kate Lewis Katie Watson Katja Horsch Katy Dyer Kimberly Moody Leakhena Sophan Lisa Slavovsky Lori Hastings Louise Murray Margaret O’Donell Marie Cammal Marion Maitre Melanie Friedmann Michelle Keating Mina Barling Naomi Robinson Naomi Rowland Nicola Lockwood Polly Egerton Rachel Arrundale Rebecca Green Rebecca Swarbrick Robin Martz Rosaleen Martin Sandrine Leymarie Sarah Carter Susanne Lenz Tania Duschene Tess Lambourne Tonya Nicholoson Veerle Cnudde MALE 14-17 Christopher Green Tristan Peschoux FEMALE 14-17 Grace Tranter-Entwistle Jael Sommer MALE 10-13 Lev Kakasenko Matteo Piccoli Moustafa Hill FEMALE 10-13 Abbie Hill Chloe Keating Eden Prothero Emilie Keating Jessica Rendall Maria Sommer Sarah Sommer Sowon Lee

Registration for the MRS 2011

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Late registration from Friday 1st April - Sunday 3rd April will be $20 for foreigners & 20,000 Riel ($5) for Cambodian nationals. Please collect and complete a registration form at K'NYAY Khmer & Vegan restaurant or iCAN British International School. Forms can also be emailed to prospective swimmers if they send a request to mekongriverswim@yahoo.com

See you on Sunday!

The Swim Team

Directions to the MRS 2011 site

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110 swimmers registered so far ...

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MALE 18+ Anthony Green Arnaud Demarti Arnaud Marguerat Ben Rutledge Ben Wallace Benj Street Berry Schipper Carl-Emil Kjellstrand Chris Lahey Chris Merritt Christophe Peschoux Christophe Grundmann Craig Meisner Daniel Talstra Darren Marshall David Haskel David Hunt Eric Le Guen George Jefferies Jady Smith James Oakley Jean-Pierre De Mamgemie Joachim Groder John Entwistle John Shane Kurt Burga Mark Prothero Myles Harrison Narak Kun Nicholas Preisner Nicolas Axelrod Nobuaki Hirose Oliver Bonifacio Phil Kelly Phirun Nop Pierre Sudre Ray Walker Robert Finch Roels Seppe Ross Hill Rowdie Loughlin Scott Pierce Sopheap Keo Stefaan Vande Walle Steven Gosselin Stewart Jordan Terry Bourke Tim Harford-Cross Tim Ricketts Tom Murray-Loans Trevor Piper Willem Dendooven Xavier Riblet

FEMALE 18+ Adele Peers Aimee Brammer Camille Niquin Caroline Berry Caroline James Cassie Love Charlotte Lancaster Colleen Mascenik Elisabeth Turnbull-Brown Els Vandekerckhove Emily Bowden Jayne Green Jenna Colbourne Jenny Holden Jessica Robertson Karen Genzink Kate Lewis Katie Watson Katja Horsch Kimberly Moody Lisa Slavovsky Lori Hastings Louise Murray Margaret O’Donell Marie Cammal Marion Maitre Michelle Keating Mina Barling Naomi Robinson Naomi Rowland Nicola Lockwood Polly Egerton Rachel Arrundale Rebecca Green Rebecca Swarbrick Robin Martz Rosaleen Martin Sandrine Leymarie Sarah Carter Susanne Lenz Tania Duschene Tess Lambourne Tonya Nicholoson

MALE 14-17 Christopher Green Tristan Peschoux

FEMALE 14-17 Grace Tranter-Entwistle Jael Sommer

MALE 10-13 Lev Kakasenko Matteo Piccoli Moustafa Hill

FEMALE 10-13 Abbie Hill Chloe Keating Eden Prothero Emilie Keating Jessica Rendall Maria Sommer Sarah Sommer

Charity supported by the MRS 2011

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This year The Swim Team has chosen to donate all profits from the MRS 2011 to supporting the rebuilding of a primary school in Ofunato, which is a large town located in Iwate prefecture, Japan.

Ofunato was reported to have been “wiped off the map” by the tsunami following the Tohoku earthquake earlier this month. According to police, every building smaller than three stories high has been completely flooded. In fact the town's theatre was one of only a few buildings left standing and is giving shelter to over 250 survivors. The city’s tsunami shelters were designed for a wave of 3-4m in height, but the tsunami of March 2011 created a wave over 23m in height which inundated the designated safe locations. Funnelled in by the narrow bay, the tsunami continued inland for 3km. Although the town was well prepared for earthquakes and tsunamis, it was not enough and more than 25% of the 15,000 houses were swept away. Ofunato's schools had the largest amount of damage of all towns and cities in Iwate prefecture.

Through links we are setting up between iCAN British International School and educators in Ofunato, we will be fundraising to help rebuild one of the local primary schools. Any profits from the MRS 2011 will be donated to this cause.

If any registered swimmers or spectators would like to donate additional funds on the Swim morning of the event or afterwards, then please contact The Swim Team at mekongriverswim@yahoo.com

Thank you for your support!

See you on Sunday!

The Swim Team

Here it is ...

2011-03-07T16:02:00.001+07:00

A huge thanks to Peap Tarr for creating the Mekong River Swim 2011 logo and poster! All you lucky swimmers will also receive a MRS t-shirt with Peap's design on it ... as will the volunteers!

We're in the March 2011 issue of AsiaLife!

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Registration for this years Mekong River Swim is now officially OPEN!

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Registration forms for the Mekong River swim 2011 will be emailed to all interested participants who send a request to The Swim Team at mekongriverswim@yahoo.com

Forms can also be collected in person from:

K'NYAY Khmer & Vegan Restaurant on street 268 during opening hours. http://www.knyay.com/contact.php

iCAN British International School between 7am-1pm and 2pm-4pm Mondays-Fridays.
http://www.ican.edu.kh/ContactUs.html

Registration fees:

Swimmers who register by Thursday 31st March
$10 foreigners & 10,000Riel ($2.50) Cambodian nationals

Swimmers registering on or after Friday 1st April
$20 foreigners & 20,000Riel ($5) Cambodian nationals.

The registration fee includes receiving a t-shirt and also refreshments on the day. Thank you to The Shop for sponsoring the MRS 2011 with these snacks once again.

Thank you to all of you who have already volunteered to help at this year's swim. The Swim Team will be in touch soon to let you know how you can best help the event to run smoothly.

We hope to reveal the logo for the MRS 2011 over the coming weeks ... so bookmark this page and keep checking back!

We will keep this site updated with the ongoing numbers of swimmers registered, as places will be issued on a first come, first served basis.

Get back in that pool and start training!

The Swim Team

... a team of volunteers from iCAN British International School and members of the Phnom Penh community.

The annual Mekong River Swim is BACK!

2011-01-20T18:37:00.006+07:00

MEKONG RIVER SWIM 2011

Sunday 3^rd April

We can confirm that the annual Mekong River Swim is BACK!

The site has been confirmed (the Swim will again be held at the Prek Leap Agricutural College, about 6km North of Phnom Penh, over the Japanese Bridge), and SOS Clinic have also confirmed their medical support (ambulance/doctor/nurse on stand-by at the site ... just in case) on the day.

So, apart from marking the date in your diary and seriously thinking about whether you intend to participate in the swim, please could you let The Swim Team know if you would like to join the iCAN British International School team and volunteer at the event. Volunteers can also participate as swimmers.

We will need volunteers to be involved with collating registration forms, ensuring everyone is suitably hydrated on the day (both before and after the swim), marshalling, assisting swimmers as they climb the bank after the swim (always a tricky and strenuous job), timekeeping, recording results, people on the spectator boats to ensure everyone’s having a great time, etc.

If you know you’re going to be in Phnom Penh that weekend and would like to join what promises to be a memorable sporting event, then please e-mail The Swim Team so that we can keep you updated.

You can e-mail The Swim Team at mekongriverswim@yahoo.com

Updates regarding start times and the registration process will be posted here on the blog and also on the Cambodia Parent Network, each week in the run up to the event on Sunday 3^rd April 2011.

Thanks for your support!

The Swim Team

... a team of volunteers from iCAN British International School and members of the Phnom Penh community

2011 Mekong River Swim Will be Held!

2011-01-15T12:01:00.002+07:00

Hurrah for David and other volunteers from iCAN! Thanks to their interest in volunteering to organise the Mekong River Swim, the event will be held this year. It will most likely be held in early April 2011, but the date has not yet been finalised so please check this site for further updates.

Mekong River Swim 2010 Not On

2010-03-23T17:10:00.004+07:00

Unfortunately, due to high Phnom Penh Boat Association fees and a lack of volunteers, the Mekong River Swim will not be held this year. Several people have expressed interest in volunteering for next year's Swim, which is tentatively planned for the first weekend of April 2011.

As many of you are aware, the Swim is organized solely by volunteers, and cannot be held without their help. It is hoped that next year there will be a sufficient number of people who offer their services as volunteers to help organize the Swim.

Please note that it is still possible to participate in the Swim if you volunteer.

Please check this site again soon for information on how you can become a volunteer in 2011.

Thank you for your continued interest in the Swim. We hope you will consider becoming a volunteer next year.

Results... Finally...

2009-05-06T22:09:00.002+07:00

Sorry for the delay, so without further ado:

C36	7:53	Xavier Riblet
A20	8:20	Stefaan vande Walle
C26	8:23	Herb Bowman
A25	9:09	Mary Brewer
C10	9:39	Narak Kun
A20	10:20
C72	10:23	Trevor Piper
C28	10:26	Rowena Eastick
C1	10:27	Steve West-Newman
C65	10:27	Shati Sattler
A1	10:52	Jacob Hallenborg
C75	11:15	Heta Tenno
C20	11:28	Nicolas Fruchart
C37	11:31	Dirk Horemans
C31	11:41	Emily Woodfield
B37	11:52	Hoeung Vireak
B23	12:25	Richard Pearshouse
C43	12:27	Stef Dahan
A30	12:34	Sylvain Ulisse
C21	12:36	Demarti
A29	12:44	Craig Fundak
C22	12:53	Eric Leguen
C40	12:54	Stephen Moore
A35	12:55	Christophe Lerolle
A40	12:55	Lauren Turner
C57	13:04	Matt Fox
C64	13:04	Jenn Carter
C60	13:05	Pouzoullic
C34	13:17	Tim Ricketts
C78	13:17
C46	13:19	Cheng Chandara
C66	13:24	Dennis McMahon
C42	13:26	Tristan Peschoux
A13	13:31	Laurent Boton
C27	13:31	Kat Mitchell
A33	13:38	Lisa Slavovsky
C67	13:43	Charis Wuerffel
C70	13:51	Kristina Mitchell
C56	13:58	Toomas Palu
C35	14:01	Anne-Maree Doherty
B13	14:13	Jenny Winkler
A37	14:17	Etienne Camel
A39	14:22	Stehly
C100	14:26	Frank Vink
B19	14:34	Constanze Oehlrich
B6	14:45
A12	14:46	Rosaleen Martin
B8	14:56
A5	14:57	Cnudde Ueerle
B14	14:59	Lena Neuberger
B7	15:01
C30	15:07	Simon Burden
C18	15:08	Sally Low
C9	15:11	Sowon Hak
C47	15:15
A36	15:20	Nathalie Lerolle
C44	15:23	Hem Bunting
C51	15:27	Laura Watson
A31	15:28	Richard
A9	15:28	Eilis Byrne
B20	15:35	Inazio
B36	15:38	Chhim Sovann
C32	15:40	Arthi Patel
B11	15:43
C14	15:43	Regis Seng
C51	15:45
A27	15:47	Arielle Berney
A10	15:53	Riona McCormack
A21	16:00	Els Vandekerckhove
C55	16:02	Silja Ranjander
A11	16:03	Brooks
C69	16:05	Megan MacInnes
A38	16:06	Cecile Toper
A18	16:07	Martin Aerne
C45	16:45	Sorn Sokhorn
C53	16:50	Brasset
A17	16:55	Michelle Kalmier
C41	17:00	Christophe Peschoux
A14	17:01	Frederick Smits
B29	17:02	Alex Grassby
C16	17:03	Stephanie Brownbridge
C61	17:03	Susan Jack
C7	17:03	Jessica Rendall
C38	17:06	Roo Griffiths
C29	17:30	Lucy Roberts
C5	17:44	Sakai Fumikazu
A2	18:05	Thomes Preischl
A15	18:07	Saskia Smits
B18	18:09	Kerstin Kastenholz
C59	18:10	Gijs Koop
C8	18:30	Sarah Wong
C39	18:39	Oscar Ricketts
C17	18:43	David Hunt
C3	18:49	Wataru Ueda
A3	19:26	Carla Chabert
A24	19:29	Susanne Hasman
A22	19:34	Boukje Reindersma
A7	19:36	Jacqueline Bredius
C68	19:45	Elizabeth Wuerffel
C33	19:52	Sarah Boddington
C12	20:00	Jenna Colborne
B12	20:01	Naomi Svensson
A16	20:06	William Smits
A6	20:06	Bob Pengel
C19	20:35	Sara Davis
B35	21:00	Kate Liana
C47	21:00	Ilja Engeset
C74	21:20	Alan Luchtenburg
C73	21:25	Paul Luchtenburg
C48	21:40	Rune Engeset
B40	21:42	Bastian Brettbauer
A23	22:02	Claire Bossingham
C15	22:02	Michelle Harrison-James
C13	22:03	Guy Colborne
B2	23:00	Nop Phirun
C71	23:41	Ian Masters
C25	24:00	Emilie Keating
B21	24:23	Rachael Brugger
B38	24:30	Christine Kroener
B4	24:45
B10	26:00	Suzie Hammel
B9	26:00	Melissa Cooper
C62	26:05	Bryan Hughes
C50	26:07	Tim Rann
C58	26:07	D Gillison
A4	26:30	Beau Tun
B99	26:50
B16	27:25	Jordyan Edmiston
C28	28:12
C24	28:18	Chloe Keating
C23	28:19	Michelle Keating
B41	28:30	Thonevath
B39	28:45	Katrin Schwabow
B42	28:45	Buth Polen
C11	29:00	Makoto Sota
A28	30:45	Christi Hang
A32	33:00	Mitzi Mak
C4	42:00	Kayoko Morii
A34	45:00
B24	45:00	Kauv
B25	45:00	Colas Chervier
A19	No time	Sok Bunnarith
A26	No time	Abby Seiff
A8	No time	Karen Genzink
B15	No time	Sophie Smith
B17	No time	Mike Albert
B22	No time	Betsy Bramon
B26	No time	William Battye
B27	No time	Adian Bolliger
B28	No time	Helen Rand
C2	No time	Naoyuki Aoi
C49	No time	Scott Tind-Simmons
C52	No time	Jessie Breen
C54	No time	Lavoisier
C6	No time	Kei Fukunishi
C62	No time	Ira Setiawati
C63	No time	Ralf Mueller
Unknown	No time	Sun Sopheak
Unknown	No time	Phat Bopha
Unknown	No time	Miklos Takaes
Unknown	No time	Sarah Stevenson
Unknown	No time	Rosetta Nou
Unknown	No time	Joy Singbeil
Unknown	No time	Rachael Kittley
Unknown	No time	Bourne
Unknown	No time	Mark Roy
Unknown	No time	Craig Meisner
Unknown	No time	Jeroen Roodnat
Unknown	No time	Zoe Holman
Unknown	No time	Teresa Diez
Unknown	No time	Petros Isaakidis
Unknown	No time	Nop Phirun

Feel free to fill me in on the missing info. See you next year!

AsiaLife May 2009

2009-05-01T18:07:00.000+07:00

Phnom Penh Post - April 6, 2009

2009-04-21T15:49:00.000+07:00

AsiaLife April 2009

2009-04-01T18:05:00.000+07:00

Swim Details

2009-03-22T09:16:00.004+07:00

The Swim will again be at the Prek Leap Agricutural College, about 6km North of Phnom Penh, over the Japanese Bridge on Sunday, April 5th. The Swim starts at 9:00am. Boats will leave from across the FCC on Sisowath Quay at 7:45am. Registration is possible on the boats, or on the site from 7:30 onwards.

Registration fee: $10 for foreigners, 10000 Riel for Cambodian Nationals. This includes a drink, sandwich and t-shirt.

We still need volunteers to help out on the day! We need some timekeepers and people helping out handing out sandwiches, drinks and t-shirts. Send an email through mekongriverswim@yahoo.com if you want to help out.

See you all on April 5th!

The Swim Team

We want to take the opportunity to sincerely thank our sponsors:

www.bongthom.com
International SOS
CamSwim
The Shop
Tiger Beer

14th Annual Mekong River Swim is on!

2009-02-17T13:23:00.000+07:00

The 14th Annual Mekong River Swim will be on Sunday the 5th of April, 2009.

Mark the date on your calendar, more info will follow shortly.

If you are interested in helping organize the event, or helping out on the day itself: please send an email to mekongriverswim@yahoo.com

The results are in!

2008-04-10T21:51:00.005+07:00

Hi all, sorry for being late... Below are the results as far as I could decipher. Maybe next year we should give out handwriting courses in the lucky draw!

If you're not in the list and want to be included, let me know and I'll faithfully update.

A big, big thank you to all swimmers, spectators and sponsors for a great Swim, see you all next year!

Number Name Time
C23 Xavier Riblet 7:34
C20 7:52
B15 Shanti Sattler 8:04
B14 Lucy Thallon 9:31
B12 Nadja Tilstra 9:32
C15 Karl Wabersinke 9:45
C25 Rowena Eastick 9:53
C38 Greta Amstutz 10:00
C18 Dirk Horemans 10:21
A5 Patrick Duigan 10:22
C17 Katherine Moriarty 10:25
C3 Tommi Tenno 10:35
C33 Erin Gotwals 10:35
C52 Katsuo Kogure 11:00
C8 Heta Tenno 11:05
A15 Monika Nowaczyk 11:09
C55 Stephan Moor 11:10
A16 Kylie Mannion 11:11
A28 Emily Woodfield 11:20
C67 Kristina Mitchell 11:21
B11 Jennifer Carter 11:24
C43 David Keller 11:24
B5 Lisa Slavovsky 11:25
A12 Tate Huffard 11:31
A1 Martin Lutterjohann 11:42
B19 Michael Kiess 11:45
C70 Frank Vink 11:52
C49 Yoshirao Hayakawa 12:00
C51 Peter Lindenmayer 12:01
B18 Marleen Schiereck 12:05
C65 Jocelyn Roberts 12:05
C7 Tracy Sprott 12:05
C40 Jeff Cane 12:20
C44 Hikoyuki Ukaz 12:25
A11 Lise Dahl 12:33
C62 Sarah Huffam 12:35
A2 Bonnie Moss 12:37
B6 Beatriz Serrano 12:38
A4 Dave Painter 12:39
C46 David Hunt 12:43
C66 Emmanuelle Lecomte 12:44
C31 Tyler Groff 12:55
A6 Aimee Brown 12:56
C42 Ruth Bryce 12:58
C26 Andrew Aveling 13:05
B16 Joslyn Meier 13:08
C1 Ben Schultz 13:08
C21 Katherine Mitchell 13:08
C32 Nicole Groff 13:08
B13 Erica Mire 13:10
C9 Conan 13:22
C56 Odile Benguot 13:30
C58 Laura Watson 13:38
C45 Anod Takeshi 13:45
C50 Rie Onodera 13:50
B7 Ellen Geerlings 13:54
A3 Colin Alfred 14:00
C2 Jens Richter 14:02
C27 Lucy Roberts 14:02
C41 Susan Jack 14:06
C57 Emil Benguot 14:06
C64 Anne Ziebarth 14:10
B9 Morgan Schmettzer 14:12
C36 Phanny Heam 14:14
C60 Sorn Sokhorn 14:18
C63 Maria G. Hagen 14:22
B8 Katie Ernst 14:25
C24 Claire Thevenet 14:30
C39 Rachael Carter 14:30
C10 Sor Vichet 14:40
A13 Penny Chan 14:55
C34 Seab Kim Srim 15:00
A7 Ralf Mueller 15:02
C200 15:08
C20 Margrit Kundig 15:10
C59 Steve Harknett 15:10
C35 Samang Nhcel 15:16
B3 Berenice Flores 15:23
B4 Minna Maaskola 15:23
C68 Frida Hulten 15:30
C69 Ewonne Lennartsson 15:30
C19 Kundig 15:47
C6 Gradin 16:16
A18 Kelti Giles 16:43
A10 Alex Hiniker 17:09
C11 Try Hy Say 18:15
A29 Monica Saxena 18:18
C47 Sakai Fumikazu 18:30
A17 Rongier 18:50
A14 Johanna MacDonald No time
A9 Ira Setiawati No time
B1 Katharine Owen No time
B10 Tavi T. Riddle No time
B17 Fernandez No time
B2 Rebecca Day No time
C12 Dabadie No time
C13 Teav Ly Eang No time
C14 Petit No time
C16 De Genouillac No time
C22 Ricarda Rieger No time
C28 Herb Bowman No time
C29 No time
C30 Sherry Groff No time
C37 Brak Arn No time
C4 Robert Thomson No time
C48 Yoneda Daisuke No time
C5 Dabadie No time
C53 Paul Luchtenburg No time
C54 Alan Luchtenburg No time
C61 Cheng Chandara No time

It's time for Lucky #13

2008-04-06T14:08:00.003+07:00

The Mekong River Swim draws enthusiasts from around the world who make a pilgrimage to the Prek Leap Agricultural College just to conquer the mighty Mekong river. All in good fun but with plenty of prizes and a myriad of smiling faces, the Mekong River Swim has become increasingly popular since its humble beginnings back in 1995.

This year, the 13th annual instalment of the Mekong River Swim will be held on Sunday, April 6!

As in previous years, the Swim will be at the Prek Leap Agricultural College, about 6km outside Phnom Penh, over the Japanese Bridge.

The swim is open to anyone wishing to participate. Last year over 100 swimmers from 21 countries joined the event and it was enjoyed by a large contingent of enthusiastic spectators. Competitors will swim 650 meters across the Mekong, and return to the starting point by boat. Spectator boats will be available for those who prefer a more leisurely crossing. After the swim there will be a lucky draw for all swimmers.

Registration

If you want to join the Swim, or come as a spectator to cheer on the brave men and women crossing the river, let us know by email on mekongriverswim@yahoo.com. To enter the swim is $10 for foreigners and 10,000 Riel for Khmer. This includes the boatride out to the location and back, drinks, food and a t-shirt.

Registration starts on the swim site at 7:45am, and the swim at 9:00am. The boat out to the site leaves at 7:30am from Sisowath Quay, across from FCCC (details below).

Locations

There will be a boat leaving at 7:30am across from the FCC on Sisowath Quay that goes directly to the site. It's expected back in town around 12:00. To reserve your places on the boat, please send an email to mekongriverswim@yahoo.com.

Of course you can also head out with your own transport. The Agricultural College is located in Prek Leap on the Chroy Changvar peninsula. It's about 6 kilometres over the Japanese Bridge on Highway #6 on your right hand side. You will see a large banner announcing the location.

The swim starts from the northeast corner of campus: turn left at the end of the soccer field and then right at the dorms at the edge of campus.

Volunteering

The Mekong River Swim is organised by volunteers. On the day of the event, we can always use some extra hands. Volunteering doesn't mean that you won't be able to swim! If you are interested in helping out on the day of the event, please let us know through mekongriverswim@yahoo.com.

The results are in!

2007-04-09T09:16:00.001+07:00

Well, most of them anyhow... If you have any corrections/additions, please email them and we'll dutifully update the list. If you claim to be in the Top 10 we're gonna need some hard proof, though!

The undisputed winner was no surprise: Xavier Riblet has won several of the previous editions. This year's winning time was 7:55, just over the record set by Xavier 10 years ago: 7:20. The first female on shore was Cary Telander in 9:17. The first Cambodian to finish was Hoeung Vireak in 12:22.

The youngest swimmer this year was not our little 13 year old Cambodian swimmer, but 12 year old Lene van der Borght who did the Swim for the second time and finished in 14:14!

Some great pictures of this year's Swim can be found on the Expat Advisory, just click here.

The results, as far as we can remember:

134 Xavier Riblet 7:55
125 Cary Telander 9:17
098 Jan Berkvens 10:23
130 Michael Freeze 10:31
008 Camilla Graham Wood 10:33
201 Bill Savage 10:35
301 Charis Wuerffel 10:53
203 Erik Valencia 11:07
094 Sandra Otten 11:17
113 Stephen Moore 11:23
400 - no name - 11:36
152 Besson 11:46
306 Linda Tolosi 11:53
137 Ymer Hjelmquist 11:55
307 Daniela Papi 12:08
144 Diane Gregory 12:20
004 Hoeung Vireak 12:22
114 Stephen Gibberd 12:35
027 Paul Luchtenburg 12:36
149 John Humpreys 12:37
143 Frank Vink 12:43
999 Michael Kiess 12:58
310 Dennis McMahon 13:04
119 Ley Kimsy 13:08
128 Georg Deichert 13:16
204 Sarah Huffam 13:28
140 Emmanuelle Lecomte 13:59
202 Adelheid Schubert 14:02
123 Isabelle Duzer 14:12
037 Lene van der Borght 14:14
901 Paul Lambiotte 14:17
141 Jeff Stubbs 14:22
147 Line Tykesson 14:30
205 Marine Wallace 14:51
120 Jurgen Assmann 14:52
122 Philipp Meissner 14:52
007 Nicolet Hutter 15:00
101 Jens Richter 15:08
131 Max Fleddermann 15:09
103 Bin Moeun 15:10
132 Chris Backhaus 15:10
003 Ellen Cossens 15:13
038 Joke Scheldeman 15:13
115 Rhonda Chapman 15:13
129 Boukje Reindersma 15:18
002 Amy Williams 15:19
200 Virginia Henderson 15:26
001 Our little Cambodian champion 15:30
146 Ray Hossinger 15:49
116 Lucy Roberts 15:51
309 Estelle des Dorides 16:22
005 Peter Kaufmann 16:34
300 Michelle Owen 16:35
124 Sheila Robinson 16:46
029 Nicole Groff 17:03
121 Galloway Bussi 17:04
304 Seth van Doorn 17:35
302 Panca van Doorn-Evenblij 17:37
305 Eef van Doorn 17:40
153 Jean-Daniel Gardere 17:43
017 Bob Zhang 18:00
110 Chanthy Huot 18:02
006 Ret Vandy 18:03
903 Nop Phirun 18:08
998 Ralf Muller 18:09
111 Ken White 18:17
109 Duch Veasna 18:23
206 Lee Gilman 18:24
126 Bradley Kopsick 18:50
020 Lauren Kulinski 18:53
902 Channa Dy 20:11
150 Susan Drever 20:30
207 Allana Hearn 20:31
142 Alan Lyons 21:29
019 Anne Erpelding 21:40
308 Sahail Arastu 23:12
021 Mike Ware 29:51
010 Tom Jansen no time
900 Kassia Regehr no time
303 Tim Paton no time
151 Brett Matthews no time
148 Willem Paling no time
145 Gudrun Arp no time
139 Davis Zunk no time
138 Laura Watson no time
136 Kristina Mitchell no time
135 Ricarda Rieger no time
133 Franck Marc no time
127 Chantha Yuthea no time
118 Oda Reihmer no time
117 Herb Bowman no time
112 Dirk Horemans no time
108 Takeshi Ando no time
107 Hikoyuki Ukai no time
106 Nobumoto Keiko no time
105 Kogure Katsuo no time
104 Imai Naohito no time
102 Joe Collins no time
022 Eric Self no time
009 Geerteke Jansen no time

Once again, a huge THANK YOU to our sponsors for you help in making the Swim a success! We hope to see all of you next year for the Lucky 13th.

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More pictures

2007-04-09T08:53:00.001+07:00

Overall winner Xavier Riblet

Female winner Cary Telander

Our mascot about to get a good back waxing

First pictures

2007-04-09T08:10:00.001+07:00

Kayakers preparing before the Swim:

Swimmers entering the water:

And off they go:

Anyone wishing to contribute pictures, please email them (compressed!) to mekongriverswim@yahoo.com

12th Annual Mekong River Swim

2007-04-08T08:00:00.001+07:00

The Mekong River Swim draws enthusiasts from around the world who make a pilgrimage to the Prek Leap Agricultural College just to conquer the mighty Mekong river. All in good fun but with plenty of prizes and a myriad of smiling faces, the Mekong River Swim has become increasingly popular since it's humble beginnings back in 1995.

The 12th Annual Mekong River Swim will be held on Sunday, April 8th at the Prek Leap Agricultural College.

The swim is open to anyone wishing to participate. Last year over 120 swimmers from 19 countries joined the event and it was enjoyed by a large contingent of enthusiastic spectators. Competitors will swim 650 meters across the Mekong, and return to the starting point by boat. Spectator boats will be available for those who prefer a more leisurely crossing. After the swim there will be a lucky draw for all swimmers.

Registration starts on the swim site at 7:45 am, and the swim at 9:00 am. There will be a boat leaving at 7:30 am across from the FCC that goes directly to the site.

Registration

Pre-registration is possible at Java Café (#56e1, Sihanouk Blvd) or by sending an email to mekongriverswim@yahoo.com.

To enter the swim is $10 for foreigners and $3 for Khmer. This includes the boatride out to the location and back, drinks, food and a t-shirt.

Registration on the swim site starts at 7:45 am.

Location

A boat will leave across from the FCC on Sisowath Quay at 7:30 am, and it's expected back in town around 12:00. To reserve your places on the boat, please send an email to mekongriverswim@yahoo.com.

Of course you can also head out with your own transport. The Agricultural College is located in Prek Leap on the Chroy Changvar peninsula. It's about 5 kilometers over the Japanese Bridge on Highway #6 on your right hand side. You will see a large banner announcing the location.

The swim starts from the northeast corner of campus: turn left at the end of the soccer field and then right at the dorms at the edge of campus.

Volunteering

The Mekong River Swim is organised by volunteers. On the day of the event, we can always use some extra hands. Volunteering doesn't mean that you won't be able to swim! If you are interested in helping out on the day of the event, please let us know through mekongriverswim@yahoo.com.

Sponsors

The Mekong River Swim would like to thank their sponsors:

Tiger Beer

International SOS

The SHOP

Smateria

The Place

Java Café & Gallery

Apsara

Garden Center Café

Watch this space for more info!