Swim Hellespont - follow Lord Byron and Wild Swim across Hellspont - by SwimTrek http://www.swimhellespont.com Leander, Lord Byron and Now You Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Book Now for Hellespont 2012! http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/book-now-for-hellespont-2012/ http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/book-now-for-hellespont-2012/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:51:00 +0000 swimtrek http://www.swimhellespont.com/?p=595 Booking for Hellespont 2012 is now open!
Book your place now using this link

SwimTrek are the sole providers for all non-Turkish entries, so places are limited. Book now to guarantee you place!

]]> http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/book-now-for-hellespont-2012/feed/ 0 2011 Hellespont Race Results http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/2011-hellespont-race-results/ http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/2011-hellespont-race-results/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:20:00 +0000 swimtrek http://www.swimhellespont.com/?p=560  

 

 

Congratulations to all the participants that took part in the 2011 Europe to Asia crossing.  The provisional race results are now available to view and can be assessed HERE.
 

Please note that the race organisers, The Canakkale Rotary Club, have informed us that a number of swimmers are currently under review and a final list will be posted a soon as possible.

 

 

]]> http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/2011-hellespont-race-results/feed/ 0 SwimTrek is sole provider for all non-Turkish entries http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/swimtrek-is-sole-provider-for-all-non-turkish-entries/ http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/swimtrek-is-sole-provider-for-all-non-turkish-entries/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:41:29 +0000 swimtrek http://www.swimhellespont.com/?p=544 On the 25th February, the Çanakkale Rotary Club, official organisers of the Turkish Victory Day Hellespont Swim Race, announced that SwimTrek would be the exclusive provider for all non-Turkish swimmers for the upcoming 2011 event.

This is official recognition of SwimTrek’s deep links with the city of Çanakkale and the Hellespont swim crossing, an event that we have pioneered over the last 11 years.

Over 300 swimmers Turkish & international have already signed up for this historic and culturally significant event.

Places are limited so all interested parties are encouraged to book soon.

]]> http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/swimtrek-is-sole-provider-for-all-non-turkish-entries/feed/ 0 ‘The Australian’ reports on Hellespont http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/the-australian-reports-on-hellespont/ http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/the-australian-reports-on-hellespont/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:27:21 +0000 swimtrek http://www.swimhellespont.com/?p=532 On September 4th, 2010 ‘The Australian printed a great write up of our August Hellespont swim after one of their journalists, Andrew Fraser took part in the swim:

Different strokes mind the gap in Byron’s bay

  • Andrew Fraser
  • From:The Australian
  • September 04, 2010 12:00AM


  • THE annual Hellespont swim in Turkey has been running for eight years and organiser Simon Murie, an Australian-born Briton who runs a company called SwimTrek, says conditions this week were easily the worst: 30-knot winds and choppy, swirling waters.

  • So how did I, an overweight 54-year-old journalist from Brisbane with no identifiable swimming prowess, find myself in the middle of the sea between Europe and Asia, gasping for air before being hit by the next wave and breast-stroking because freestyle involved taking in large amounts of water? Simply, this was a great adventure…

    CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

    • ]]>     http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/the-australian-reports-on-hellespont/feed/ 0     August Hellespont Results Now Online http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/527/ http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/527/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:18:51 +0000 swimtrek http://www.swimhellespont.com/?p=527 We now have the full results from the Byron Bicentennial Swim that took place on August 30th online. If you want to see how you finished compared to people in your age category, how you faired overall or just want to know what your personal time was, you can view all of the results HERE

    ]]>     http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/527/feed/ 0     Radio 4 programme on the Hellespont swim http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/radio-4-programme-on-the-hellespont-swim/ http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/radio-4-programme-on-the-hellespont-swim/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 16:36:26 +0000 swimtrek http://www.swimhellespont.com/?p=480 To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Byron’s crossing, Radio 4 broadcast a special programme to commemorate the feat.

    It features interviews with previous swimmers, Byron scholars and reviews his poetry and his love of swimming.

    Click here for the full programme….

    ]]>     http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/radio-4-programme-on-the-hellespont-swim/feed/ 0     Future Lord Byron swims 200 years after his ancestor. http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/the-future-lord-byron-swims-the-hellespont-200-years-after-his-ancestor/ http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/the-future-lord-byron-swims-the-hellespont-200-years-after-his-ancestor/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 16:24:48 +0000 swimtrek http://www.swimhellespont.com/?p=473 The Honourable Charles Byron successfully completed the swim 200 years to the day in honour of his forebear, the English poet Lord Byron.

    He said “It has been a wonderful experience to see that there are so many people that have been inspired by my ancestor to take part in this incredible, albeit chilly swim.  Although I was originally asked to do this because of my relationship to Byron, this also became a personal challenge as I was unsure whether I would do justice to the Byron name and complete the swim, so to have achieved swimming the Hellespont has made feel enormously proud plus I have also raised over £2,000 for the “Help the Heroes”’charity.

    ]]>     http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/the-future-lord-byron-swims-the-hellespont-200-years-after-his-ancestor/feed/ 0     Financial Times Article on Swim http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/financial-times-article-on-swim/ http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/financial-times-article-on-swim/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 10:52:51 +0000 swimtrek http://www.swimhellespont.com/?p=498 The Financial Times joined the Byron Hellespont Swim in May 2010. Find out what they thought of the experience by clicking here….

    ]]>     http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/financial-times-article-on-swim/feed/ 0     Places still available for August Hellespont swim http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/places-still-available-for-august-hellespont-swim/ http://www.swimhellespont.com/news/places-still-available-for-august-hellespont-swim/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 16:06:42 +0000 swimtrek http://www.swimhellespont.com/?p=457 A limited number of places are still available on our August swim to commemorate Byron’s crossing of the Hellespont in 1810.

    This swim is a celebration of this unique crossing and is featuring a field of Turkish and International swimmers

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