This year’s Rottnest swim again surprised participants with unpredictable surf conditions and a strong current. Two days before the event, the swimmers were relaxed and happy with a weather forecast of light winds, a high air temperature of around 40°C and a small swell – perfect conditions for an enjoyable and safe 20km open water…
The swim of the month is the Cook Strait swim completed by Marty Filipowski . On 23rd of February, Marty successfully crossed between the South and North Island of New Zealand. He is the first Vladswim swimmer and 100th ever swimmer to complete this swim. Near perfect conditions allowed Marty to finish in 9 hours…
Catalina night swim in California, USA. In September Peter and Martin travelled to California for the 35km swim from Island Catalina to LA. Coach Martin paddled and supported Peter all the way to the main land. Peter’s fantastic time of 10hour and 6min is a reflection of his great preparation. Congratulations Peter!
Congratulations go to: Dean Summers, Rachael Elkaim, Michael Hanisch and Marty Filipowski The Triple Crown swimmers must complete three challenging swims: the English Channel, the Catalina swim and the Manhattan Island swim. Dean, Rachael and Michael completed two swims in one season. Their first swim was the Catalina Channel and then only a month later…
Scott Miers The “Clean Half” swim is a 15km race in Hong Kong held in mid-October. This year, Scott worked hard over winter to prepare for the race. His hard preparation brought him a great result – he swam the 15km swim in very tough conditions in only 3 hours and 31 min and placed…
By Timmy Garrett Hi all… I will do two posts to Vlad group on this Arch2Arc and that’s it!! The second one will be the event report. Firstly, can’t thank Vlad enough for his coaching and getting me prepared for the swim. Also the support from Martin Vavrek and Jai Di Tommaso. Also thank you to all the…
Frank Lowy channels his inner Grant Hackett by Bryce Corbett Move over Grant Hackett – there’s a new senior citizen making waves in the swimming pool. Proving it’s never too late to discover your sporting mojo, 85-year-old shopping centre supremo and football enthusiast, Frank Lowy has been taking private swimming lessons to perfect his stroke.…
Harbour swim on Australia day 26th January 2016 On 26th of January Australia day, we are having a break from our program. The pool sessions are cancelled, but everyone is welcome to joins us for the Harbour swim, a unique Sydney race taking place next to the opera house Coach Vlad and his boys will…
