The Fourth Annual Kingdom Swim
10 miles, 6 miles, 3 miles, 1 mile, 1/4 mile, 100 yard
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
Our 2010 YouTube video is available on line by clicking here
We are proud to be selected as the host of the 2013 9+ Mile USMS National Championship
Kingdom Swim is a true
celebration of open water swimming held on Lake Memphremagog in the heart of the summer in the heart of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont – one of only a few geotourism areas in the world
specially designated by National Geographic. Kingdom Swim is a competitive and recreational charity swim for all skill levels, young and old alike, now offering distances of 10 miles, 6 miles,
3 miles, 1 mile, 1/4 mile and 100 yards on Saturday, July 7th, 2011.
The 10 mile, 6 mile, 3 mile and 1 mile swims will host two divisions, wet suit and non-wet suit. At 8:00 am, the 10 milers will leave from Prouty Beach, in Newport, head out of the bay, past
the lighthouse, north to the border, around Black, Belle, and Cove Islands and back. The 6 milers will leave at 8:30 am and the 3 milers will start at 9:00 am. The 1 mile, 1/4 mile, and
100 yard swims will be run from Prouty Beach in Newport Bay in the afternoon starting at 2:00 pm.
Kingdom Swim was sanctioned by USMS in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and we will seek sanctioning again in 2012. All adult Swimmers are required to be USMS members. All youth swimmers 18 and under
are required to be members of USA Swimming. We offer one day only memberships for those who do not have yearly memberships.
Registration for each distance in 2012 is now open. Each course is limited to the first 100 participants who are registered and paid. These limits have been set to assure that
we can adequately support each swimmer who makes the commitment to join the swim. Registration for the 10 mile, 6 mile and 3 mile courses will be closed on June 1st 2012. Registration
for the 1 mile course and the shorter youth courses will remain open until June 30th, 2012. Youth under 18 can participate in any of the six events. Adults can participate only in
the 1, 3, 6, and 10 mile swims.
Registration on line and more information is available here.
The prior open water swimming experience of all registrants for the 10 mile, 6 mile, and 3 mile swims will be reviewed by our Advisory Committee to assure that they are sufficiently qualified
to enter the event. We also offer ongoing assistance in planning, preparation, and training to assure that swimmers with limited open water experience can become qualified in time for the event
and also to help any and all entrants get the most out of their Kingdom Swim experience. For more information, please check out Technical Support.
We encourage and support recreational as well as competitive open water swimming. However, 7 hours after the start of the 10 mile event, we reserve the right to pull any remaining swimmers
out of the water. Our volunteer flotilla of patrol boats will need to get ready for the evening’s activities and we can’t expect them to stay on the lake beyond that point. We also
reserve the right to pull 6 mile swimmers after 6 hours, and 3 mile swimmers after 3 hours.
Those interested in participating in the youth swim are invited to check out our Youth Swim section on this home page. Youth swim registrations will be limited to the first 100 paid registrations
we have received, however youth swim registrations will remain open until June 30th, unless we have 100 registered youth swimmers before then.
All fees are non-refundable. We expressly reserve the right to delay, reschedule, or even cancel the swim in the event of extremely adverse weather conditions, a substantial
threat of lightening, or dense fog seriously limiting visibility.
This is a charity swim to support IROC’s Healthy Changes Initiative for people suffering from Diabetes, Obesity, and Heart disease. Prizes will be offered for highest pledges, largest groups, biggest families, furthest traveled to the event, plus the fastest times. We’ve got some great prizes lined up already, including a entry into Ned Dennison’s Long Distance Swim Camp in Cork, Ireland and a guided Alcatraz Swim in San Francisco Bay donated by Swim Art. We will be adding prizes right up to the day of the event. Please check out our Last One Back to the Barn Award, a complete autographed set of the works to date by Howard Mosher. We also offer the George Hunihan For the Love of the Swim Award, for that swimmer who best reflects the spirit of Kingdom Swim, a dinner for two at the Eastside Restaurant. A very special prize will be awarded to anyone who spots and photographs our very own lake monster: A lifetime registration in all of IROC’s special athletic and recreational events including, Dandelion Run, Tour de Kingdom, Kingdom Swim, and Kingdom Triathlon.
We invite all of our swimmers and yackers to join us for the Frontier Animal Society’s Pet and Swimmers Parade on Friday, July 6th starting at 6:30 pm. Swimmers are encouraged to bring their state, provincial, and national flags to fly in the parade. There will be a Swimmers and Yackers pasta dinner at the Gateway Center in Newport immediately following the parade.
For more information, contact Phil White or Katy Murray at (802) 334-8511 or e-mail swim@orleansrecreation.org For more information on the Youth Swim, please contact Peter Stuart at pstuart@NCHSI.org, or Charlotte Brynn, cbrynn@theswimmingholestowe.com
Aerial photo of Newport, VT courtesy of Scott Wheeler