Community
30 September, 2023
Beach event a lot of fun
KICKING off the celebrations for its 100th anniversary and the revamp of its facilities, Cairns Surf Club Palm Cove hosted its first ever FunSwimRun where 60 participants swam and run from Clifton Beach to Palm Cove to promote the club’s services.
Departing from Clifton Beach and ending at the club’s venue in Palm Cove with a barbecue and live music, the FunSwimRun last Saturday (September 23) attracted supporters of the club and triathlon athletes for a laid back and friendly competition to celebrate the rebranding and soon-to-come 100th anniversary of the club.
Club swimrun organiser Annabel Grant said it would become an annual event.
“We’re turning 100 next year so we wanted this event to roll into our year of festivities,” she said.
“A swimrun is similar to a triathlon but it doesn’t have bikes and has no transitions, so it was a good way to market the club and showcase our area.
“For our opening year we ran it from Clifton Beach to Palm Cove with 5km of running and another 1.5kms of swimming.
“The event was very successful, we had 60 people competing and there’s room for the event to get bigger. We’ve already set a date for next year on July 27.”
“Our winners were the pro triathlon athletes Mitch Nissen and Hilary Bell who have competed in the ultimate swimrun in Sweden called One Water Race, although we weren’t tracking times, they must have finished in 30 minutes,” she said.
“The feedback we’ve received of the event has been very positive and people want to come back next year.
“It promoted our club, promoted the area that we patrol as lifesavers and it’s a beautiful area to walk on that council footpath with amazing ocean views.”
Ms Grant said the club thanked the community for their support through this rebranding a event launch.
“We thank everybody who attended. It’s a good event because you don’t have to be an expert, it’s about getting out, supporting the community, and about Cairns surf life saving giving back to the community with events that are accessible to people,” she said.
“Give it a go next year.”
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