PD Thistle OWS Clinic & Time Trials - 4 January 2025

Event date: 4th Jan 2025 (Saturday)

Location: Thistle PD Resort

Events: OWS for beginners | kids |  OWS Time Trials 750m | 1500m

Compulsory: Wearing safety buoy

Time Trial limit:  750m (30 pax) 1500m (70 pax). Complementary  Gifts for Top 3  Winners Male and Females. 

Entitlement: E-certificate (upon request), drinking water,  Medical team with ambulance (EMS/APM),

Events types: 

      

Beginner  Clinic - Designed for first-timers; transition from pool based to open-water.   Introducing essential OWS skills to help you prepare for your first open water race. Learn how to overcome anxiety, how to sight & navigate, how  to turn, etc and gain confidence to swim in the sea.  Pre-requisite: able to swim freestyle 400m in a pool under 15 min. 

OWS for kids - This session is designed for kids between from 7 year old.  It is conducted by coaching team of Bleufish Swim School specialized for kids open water swimming.  The kids session will start at 8:30am; earlier than adults. Must be able to swim freestyle and breaststroke. able to swim 100m non-stop. 

OWS Time Trials - This session is suitable to swimmers who already have OWS basic skills and would like to practice and condition by themselves. A swim course is setup with marking buoys, craft and lifeguard support. No coaching provided. First-timer is not recommended. You may choose 750m or 1500m.  Once your time-trial completed, you may continue to swim until the session end.

Tentative Itinerary (AM)

8:30 - Site registration  

8:50 - Safety briefing

9:00 - Session Start  

11:00 - Session End

Note: Kids session will start early at 8:30am

Thistle Port Dickson Resort

KM16, Jalan Pantai Teluk Kemang, 71050 Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. 

Time: 8am to 12:30pm

Objective: To boast Ocean water confident, knowledge/practical safety in Ocean swim, to swim confidently in Ocean open-water. By the end of session you are will become more confident in ocean and a good SUP paddler too.

Minimum requirement: Able to swim either freestyle of breaststroke.

Fee: RM160 (inclusive of SUP paddleboard, lifesavers support)