DERBY, VERMONT – The Clubhous Gangstas are hard at it getting ready for a robust season of open water swimming and the Miracle of Summer in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Our legendary lakes may be frozen solid today. It’s 10 F and the wind is blowing hard outside, but the sap will start flowing next week, the Dandies are sure to arrive during High Spring as they trumpet, SUMMER IS ON THE WAY.
With the assurance that vaccines will be available to every adult American by the end of May, we are requiring that EVERY swimmer, yacker, and volunteer be vaccinated, unless they have a medical reason not to. We set this standard for the safety of all.
With that said, we are confident that we will be able safely to gather, to swim, and to CELEBRATE. And we will be nimble, flexible, and fierce to adjust the logistics of each swim as may be required by any lingering wiffs of Covid-19. (We had a successful summer in 2021 hosting 17 days of swims)
100 swimmers have already signed on for Kingdom Swim, on July 24th, including 50 in the USMS Ultra Marathon (10 mile) Distance Open Water National Championship and 22 in the 25 km Border Buster. Another 30 or so have already signed up for one or more swims during NEK Swim Week – 8 lakes in 9 days (we are about Half full). 25 are already “rostered up” for our Saturday Clubhous Swim Series in which we swim anywhere between 2 to 10 miles out and around the islands of Derby Bay. 9 Swimmer Scouts In Search of Memphre are tight on the leash waiting for the Border to open (WHICH IT WILL).
All in all about 200 swimmers are already ALL IN for one or more swims this summer, with room for a couple hundred more. They come from 27 different states, DC. 3 Canadian provinces, Australia and France. See our CURRENT ROSTER.
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