Club members wishing to gain competition experience will be delighted to learn following on from the great success of ‘BEST FEST 2013’ and ‘BEST FEST 2014’, the dates for next year’s renewal; ‘BEST FEST 2015’ have been announced!
The World’s premier week long open water swimming Festival will take place in Colonia St Jordi, Mallorca between Saturday 23 May and Saturday 30 May 2015.
The 2014 ‘BEST FEST’ was the ‘best’ yet, with a total of 260 participants enjoying the warm welcome offered by the BEST Swim Centre and the crystal clear Mediterranean waters in which the events take place.
The team are looking forward to welcoming returning swimmers and hope to add many new faces to the ‘BEST family’ at the 2015 event. The event programme has something for everyone – young or old; recreational or competitive; swimmer, triathlete or aquatic beginner – and it’s the people the event attracts that gives BEST FEST such a great atmosphere!
There are a total of eight events over seven days, these are;
- 5k Colonia Classic 1 (24/05/15)
- 1.5/ 2.5k Phoenician Trading Point Swim (25/05/15)
- 7k Colonia Classic 2 (26/05/15)
- 4k Round Town Challenge (27/05/15)
- 1.5k Colonia Classic 3 (28/05/15)
- 2.5k Tell Me Your Time! (28/05/15)
- 3k Es Carbo Italian Volcano – New for 2015 (29/05/15)
- 4x 500m Relay – max team 4 (30/05/15)
- Also included – FINIS athlete led pro-clinics, coached sessions and an informal evening events programme!
New for 2015 are a dedicated Facebook page (BEST FEST), Twitter page (@BESTSWIMFEST) and YouTube Channel (BEST FEST 2015) providing the latest news, deals and monthly competitions – watch out for, ‘like’ and ‘share’ their pages and posts for updates and a chance to win!
The coming weeks will see the launch of a newly refreshed website page, offering in-depth BEST FEST information, links to the entry process and an archived section containing past results, feedback and photos.
In the meantime download the ‘Early Bird’ Prices and Offers which are available on request via the BEST FEST Facebook page.